News: Social Work

Intersectionality and Disability: A Conversation with Reshawna Chapple, PhD, LCSW

Written By: Sara Turner | April 12, 2023
University of Michigan’s Center for Disability Health and Wellness spoke with UCF School of Social Work Assistant Professor Reshawna Chapple on her research as co-director for the AHEAD-MC RRTC (Advancing...

Awardees Announced for 2023 Founders’ Day Faculty Honors Celebration

Written By: Joe Adams | March 31, 2023
UCF’s annual marquee event for faculty on April 5 highlights outstanding teaching, advising, mentoring, research, professional service and librarianship.

UCF Reach for the Stars 2023 Honorees Are Unleashing the Potential of People, Ideas

Written By: Robert Wells | March 29, 2023
Part of the UCF Violence Against Women faculty cluster, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and Social Work Bethany Backes is among the 2023 Reach for the Stars honorees.

UCF Student Dancer Uses Choreography to Bring Awareness to Eating Disorders

Written By: Madeleine Mulford | March 28, 2023
For UCF Celebrates the Arts 2023, former ballet dancer and social work major Sabrina Landa has choreographed a dance that is inspired by her personal struggles and aims to make...

UCF Student Research Week 2023 Kicks Off with the Academic Exhibition of the Year

Written By: Mila Chial ’23 | March 24, 2023
During Research Week 2023, doctoral candidate in the Public Affairs social work track, Itunu Ilesanmi, will share her research on the barriers to reintegration among returnees, focusing on internally displaced...

Getting to the Heart of the Matter

Written By: Julie Harper ’01 | March 17, 2023
An interdisciplinary team of UCF researchers are focusing on the human connection to improve heart health in medically underserved communities thanks to a new grant from the U.S. Department of...

At K9 Partners for Patriots, their method is backed by promising research

Written By: K9 Partners for Patriots | March 15, 2023
A 2019 report led by researchers from the University of Central Florida’s School of Social Work showed “statistically significant improvement” in all 12 PTSD symptoms examined.

2022 Baker Act numbers may correlate with pandemic-related mental health struggles, UCF officials say

Written By: Andrea Charur | February 7, 2023
When Delaney Kirwin-Moore got her master’s in social work at UCF, she knew she wanted to get into crisis intervention. She wanted to work with people who needed immediate help.

Research Roundup: Recent Publications By CHPS Faculty 2022

Written By: Mikita Nayee | February 6, 2023
Students at the College of Health Professions and Sciences benefit from faculty who conduct research into a broad number of health and wellness topics, discovering new insights and creating innovation...

UCF Class Spotlight: Macro Level Roles and Interventions in Social Work

Written By: UCF School of Social Work | January 23, 2023
Students gain hands-on experience while learning the importance of social work in supporting survivors of human trafficking.

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