Archive for the ‘Trauma & Violence’ Category
May 15, 2023
Center on Human Trafficking Hosts Research Conference
From May 22-24, The UGA School of Social Work Center on Human Trafficking Research & Outreach will host the Prevalence Reduction Innovation Forum (PRIF) at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Over three days, researchers, as well as guests from national and international anti-human trafficking agencies like the United Nations, will review the results of […]
April 4, 2023
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month
The month of April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. As you walk into the Athens campus you will see blue pinwheels along the walkways. Blue Pinwheels are the national symbol for child abuse prevention, selected because they serve as a physical reminder of joy and childhood. They represent the hope we have for every child […]
February 15, 2023
New Grant Provides Education to DFCS Employees
Thanks to a four-year, $650,000 grant, our Title IV-E Child Welfare program is helping Georgia Division of Family and Child Services employees get their MSW degrees.
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.
February 23, 2022
A new training program helps Korean American pastors address domestic violence in their pews
School of Social Work faculty member Joon Choi was recently interviewed with two partner domestic violence agencies on NBC News . The interview discusses how research can help community organizations and communities directly. Click HERE to read more.
October 12, 2021
Joon Choi receives grant from the Office on Violence Against Women
Joon Choi, an associate professor at the School of Social Work, was recently awarded a two-year, $477,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women to address domestic violence in the Asian immigrant community. Known as Korean Americans for Healthy Families, the program will seek to change norms around domestic violence […]
August 3, 2021
Partnering with clergy to prevent domestic violence
June 3, 2021
Caregiver alcohol abuse can mean long-term stress on kids
Orion Mowbray, associate professor and Director of Research, Jennifer Elkins, associate professor and Director of the MSW Program, PhD student Mariam Fatehia, alumna Porter Jennings-McGarity MSW’12 PhD’19 and Claudette Grinnell-Davis from the University of Oklahoma recently published the study “Caregiver problem drinking and trajectories of post-traumatic stress among youth.” The study discusses how children raised […]
June 19, 2019
Teaching trauma-informed care in the courtroom
A judge will decide whether Amanda Tate and her husband, Eric Tate will lose their parental rights. Juvenile court judge Ashley Willcott will decide whether Georgia’s Division of Family and Children Services is correct to want to terminate the parents’ rights. But this isn’t a real trial. It’s a mock trial. Alexis Trumble, who is […]
