Archive for the ‘Civil Rights & Social Justice’ Category
February 13, 2024
McPherson Uncovers the Complex History of the SSW Building
A complex history: Project unveils complicated past, but hopeful future for School of Social Work’s home By Thomas Ehlers The building at 279 Williams Street has served as a center of teaching, learning, and scholarship since the University of Georgia’s School of Social Work decided to call it home in 2015. Once known as the […]
January 29, 2024
Dr. Cornelius Inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare
On January 13, 2024, Dr. Llewellyn J. Cornelius was one of eight new Fellows inducted into the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (the Academy), the nation’s leading honorific society of distinguished scholars and practitioners dedicated to high-impact work that advances social good. Llewellyn J. Cornelius is the Donald L. Hollowell Distinguished Professor […]
May 25, 2023
SSW Center for Social Justice, Human and Civil Rights Partners with East Athens Development Corporation
Members from the UGA School of Social Work and East Athens Development Corporation (EADC) recently met to continue their partnership to address the needs of East Athens residents. Dr. Llewellyn Cornelius, director of the UGA Center for Social Justice, Human and Civil Rights, noted the technical assistance, community engagement and capacity building efforts that have […]
April 24, 2023
Social Work faculty leads effort to establish Georgia historical marker
An application for a historical marker may have brought Tony Lowe to Meriwether County, but it was the conversations with the people in the community that ultimately led him to make a deeper investment in the project’s success. Working with Odessadale Preservation Committee (OPC), Lowe, an associate professor at the University of Georgia School of […]
January 6, 2023
SSW Faculty and Students Present at SSWR
Over 40 faculty and students from the School of Social Work and CenHTRO will be presenting at the Society for Social Work and Research 27th Annual Conference. This year’s conference will be in Phoenix, AZ from January 11-15, 2023. Click on the following booklet to read more about their research and presentations.
December 7, 2022
Grant Allows Social Work Team to Evaluate Georgia Parole Services
The dynamic between law enforcement and social work has always been rather sensitive, but the work by Orion Mowbray, associate dean for research at the University of Georgia School of Social Work, has helped to bridge any existing gap between these two worlds. Three years ago, Mowbray and a team of researchers and students completed […]
November 14, 2022
Social Justice Wanted 2022-2023 Magazine is Out
The 2022-2023 edition of our yearly magazine, Social Justice Wanted, is now available for free online. SJW is a collection of essays from our faculty and PhD students on topics surrounding social justice. This year’s edition includes essays on civil rights, rural community well-being, human rights, trauma, racism, and environmental justice. Click HERE to read more.
September 21, 2020
UGA leads study of family legislation’s implications for children of color
by Laurie Anderson | Sept. 21, 2020 A multi-institution study led by a University of Georgia researcher is looking at how new federal legislation may help children of color stay out of foster care. Among other things, the study will identify the unintended consequences of the legislation related to inequities. Harold Briggs, the Pauline M. […]
June 22, 2020
Addressing the policing crisis
UGA researcher looks at lethal use of force and needed changes Athens, Ga. – Even after the Ferguson riots, it didn’t occur to Michael Robinson to research the frequency of police killings of unarmed Blacks. The African American academic was not studying law enforcement practices, but a brief encounter with a total stranger changed the […]
February 3, 2020
Research on African American history helps Georgia town win Visionary Cities Award
by Laurie Anderson | Feb. 3, 2020 When it comes to development, most towns look to the future. A School of Social Work faculty member has gotten one Georgia town to use its past. Associate Professor Tony Lowe’s research on a nearly lost tale of early African American civil rights activism in Georgia has helped […]
November 4, 2019
Social work faculty member promotes inclusion through scholarship, service
Laurie Anderson | Nov. 4, 2019 At age 14, Llewellyn Cornelius was unwittingly exposed to his future career. Raised in a slum tenement in East Harlem, he earned money one summer assisting his father in the mailroom of the National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers. The nonprofit addressed social problems, poverty, health care and […]
