2020 Research Highlight by KU Social Welfare

2020 RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS socwel.ku.edu/research #kussw

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The 2019-20 academic year was filled with unprecedented circumstances and challenges, but also opportunities for reflection and change for social work researchers and practitioners. Amid the upheaval and change, we found that our work didn’t stop but, in many cases, became even more critical. In the KU School of Social Welfare, we came up with innovative solutions for continuing vital research activities, while honoring and respecting our social work values and the unique and challenging situations that those we partner with and serve were facing. This Research Highlight provides a glimpse into the innovative, community-based research conducted during the last year. Included are project spotlights, listings of publications and presentations and a summary of our yearlong Strengths Perspective celebration, which culminated in the Social Work Day Conference and publication of the book, ‘Rooted in Strengths: Celebrating the Strengths Perspective in Social Work’. This work would not be possible without our many sponsors and community partners, and so we thank them for engaging in this important work with us. We hope that our scholarship provides you with new knowledge, resources, or ideas that are applicable for your own work. Sincerely, Michelle Mohr Carney, Ph.D. Dean & Professor Amy N. Mendenhall, Ph.D Associate Dean for Research & Professor

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University of Kansas School of Social Welfare Vision & Mission Pilot Aims to Empower Women to Regain Their Sexual Health

Strengths-based Case Management Helps Youth with Mental Illness Thrive

Spirituality Helps People Thrive in Difficult Times

Working Toward a Better Future for LGBTQIA+ Seniors

Helping LGBTQ+ Youth Thrive

Celebrating the Strengths Perspective at the University of Kansas

Publications & Presentations by Featured Faculty & Research Staff

Publications & Presentations by PhD Graduates, Candidates & Students

Sponsors & Community Partners Index

OUR VISION All individuals, families, & communities utilize their power to achieve justice, equity & well-being The University of Kansas School of Social Welfare, rooted in the Strengths Perspective, aims to transform lives and social contexts and promote social, economic, and environmental justice in Kansas, the nation and the world. We do so by educating students to practice with integrity and competence; advancing the science and knowledge base of social work through scholarship and research; and participating in community-engaged service.

Guiding Principles & Values Relationship Building: We engage in relationship building that fosters creativity, collaboration, and mutual learning. Relationship building is essential across practice, scholarship, education and service. We take a strengths approach as we serve our local, state, national, and global communities. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: We embrace the inherent worth of all people. By taking the position of cultural humility and applying the lens of intersectionality, we seek to develop and promote modes of anti-oppressive social work and dismantle structures of exclusion. Practice with Integrity: We demonstrate our integrity and trustworthiness as scholars, educators, practitioners, and community members by promoting social work values, ethical practice, and the process of critical reflection. Multisystem Competency: We recognize that social, economic, and environmental injustices are the root causes of inequities and multiple strategies are necessary to address these. Our work integrates micro/macro social work and builds collaboration across systems and disciplines to create multi-level change. Critical Perspective: We engage in deliberate and continuing examination of social conditions and solutions. We use critical inquiry to analyze and challenge existing structures and systems in order to advance the field and promote social, economic, and environmental justice. Empirically Informed Social Work: We rigorously advance empirical research that impacts the social work knowledge base. By translating and applying evidence, we continually transform practice and policy across multiple systems.

& MISSION 46 students working on research projects

23% increase in sponsored grant funding over last year

Over 50% of external sponsorships come from federal grants

117 presentations by faculty & research staff

52 published books, chapers & journal articles

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Pilot Aims to Empower to Regain While talking about sex is difficult for many people, it can be especially uncomfortable or painful for women who have experienced intimate partner violence. Meredith Bagwell-Gray has specifically designed the Trauma Informed Sexual Safety Planning program to put the participants at ease and to help them feel empowered to improve their sexual health. In one session, the women will be asked to share with one another the places where they have found good sexual health care, where they have felt safe and comfortable. “Some women who are survivors haven’t had gynecological care for a long time, so I want to find ways to link them to resources,” Bagwell-Gray says. In another, the group will talk about how to cope with sexual trauma and the ways domestic violence can impact women’s health, increasing their risk of sexually transmitted diseases. The women will create a personalized risk assessment. Session five is geared toward empowering women to reclaim their personal sexuality. They will have a chance to define their sexual boundaries and expectations in a relationship. “This is for preventing future violence, to create a trajectory towards healthy relationships,” Bagwell-Gray explains. The pilot will conclude with an unconventional group directed project, where the women will decide together how they want to use the experience and education they just gained to help others. “When women talk about their healing, an important part for them is giving back to others, making sure other women don’t go through what they went through,” she explains. “I think I found what I need to do with my life,” Meredith Bagwell-Gray, Ph.D., LMSW, remembers thinking the night she came home from volunteering for a domestic violence center. During the volunteer orientation, when the staff discussed the services they offered women, Bagwell-Gray asked, “What about women’s sexual health risks?” Bagwell-Gray recounts, “She paused, and I remember the look on her face. She was trying to think. Then she said, ‘We don’t really have anything. We don’t do anything.’ I went home and realized these domestic violence shelters are doing great work, but they have a gap in their ability to provide services.”

Women Their Sexual Health Bagwell-Gray knew that women who have experienced intimate partner violence are much more likely to have sexually transmitted diseases, including HPV, which causes most cervical cancer. Today, Bagwell-Gray is an assistant professor at the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare and she is working to change that. With funding from the American Cancer Society, she is conducting a unique pilot intervention designed to test the most effective way to empower women who are survivors of intimate partner violence to reduce their sexual health risks, including their rate of cervical cancer. “There are very few researchers who look at cervical cancer for survivors of intimate partner violence. It’s under-studied,” she explains. “The goal is to help women to visit a sexual health care provider, get a pap test or HPV vaccination.” As a researcher, she knows that the only way you know for sure that any intervention is working is to test it. So she has designed a pilot program that addresses the unique sexual health needs of women who have experienced intimate partner violence, called Trauma Informed Sexual Safety Planning. The pilot will be held at two domestic violence shelters, where up to 40 women will be invited to go through an eight-session class focused on giving them the knowledge, resources, and support they need to engage in safer sexual practices that can result in reducing their rates of cervical cancer. The pilot’s efficacy will be measured through pre- and post-tests with participants and focus groups. Bagwell-Gray’s next step is to take her research to rural areas in Kansas and study the impact of increased barriers and risk factors for women seeking care. At the end of the day, Bagwell-Gray says her work as a researcher has one goal: caring for people and communities. “To me, social welfare research is grounded in everyday, practical impact. It’s not limited to the theoretical or philosophical. With practice, you might be able to impact a person, but with research, you can test the effectiveness. Are you having the impact you say you want to have?”

Supported in part by an American Cancer Society grant, the PILOT will be held at TWO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTERS, where UP TO 40 WOMEN will be invited to go through an EIGHT-SESSION CLASS focused on giving them the knowledge, resources, and support they need to engage in SAFER SEXUAL PRACTICES that can result in REDUCING THEIR RATES OF CERVICAL CANCER.

Strengths-based Case Youth with

The success stories are astounding. Children and adolescents with mental illness are finding new pathways to thrive, are excited about their future, setting big goals, and taking courageous steps to achieve them. The catalyst for this monumental change is simple but powerful: strengths-based case management. Here’s how it works. Instead of focusing on what they believe to be “wrong” with a youth experiencing mental illness, case managers flip the script and focus on what is right about them, explains Amy Mendehall, Ph.D, MSW. Mendenhall, who is a professor and the associate dean for research at the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare, has done extensive research on the impact of strengths-based case management to support the mental health of children and adolescents. Case managers using a strengths perspective first ask youth to identify the things they do well, their passions and interests, and the ways they have succeeded in the past. Next, they ask the youth to share their hopes, desires, and dreams for the future. Then, case managers and the youth work together to create a personal plan, a tool to help the young person take steps toward a goal they want to achieve, like get a job or participate in a school activity. Far too often, when children and adolescents begin treatment for mental illness, the focus is on fixing problem behavior, like angry outbursts or under-performance in school. When all a youth hears is how they are falling short, Mendenhall says, “It makes it so the kids don’t want to be there. It makes their symptoms worse, demoralizes them, and decreases their self-confidence. They are not going to want to go back, and they are not getting the services they need.” In contrast, Mendenhall’s research shows that when case managers use a strengths perspective in treatment, the results are radically different. The children and adolescents have personal buy in and feel a new sense of purpose and passion, which can help them take leaps toward achieving their clinical goals. “We have found that they start to want to come in for services. They are excited!” she explains. “We see so many success stories of youth who have met their goals and no longer need services.” Mendenhall shares the story of a young woman who saw writing as one of her strengths. She set a goal of writing a book about her experience with mental illness and having it published, and succeeded. “It was so powerful for her to say she wanted to do it and actually do it - publishing the book,” Mendenhall says.

Management Helps Mental Illness Thrive As more case managers embrace a strengths perspective, she sees big wins for youth, their families, communities and the mental health care delivery system as a whole. “Clients will have better experiences getting services. That will help them be more successful in improving their lives and going where they want to go,” she says. Mendenhall’s research has shown that when case managers use the strengths perspective with clients, the case managers are happier and more fulfilled in their jobs. “Social workers have high burn-out rates,” she points out. “If we give them the tools to provide services from a strengths perspective, it can improve their quality of life. It would lead to less turnover, so agencies can keep their staff longer.” As a result, agencies would save costs on recruiting and training new staff, and offer better care to clients. “When families are in crisis, or they need help getting whatever they need to survive, thrive, and grow,” Mendenhall concludes, “we need to focus on the things they bring to the table, how together we can use those things and build upon them, and empower them.”

NEW STRENGTHS ASSESSMENT EMPOWERS YOUTH In 2016, Mendenhall adapted the successful Strengths Model for case management so it could be used to help young people with mental illness. Questions such as these allow children & adolescents to develop their personal plan to achieve their dreams and desires: What are my current strengths? What qualities, talents, skills do I have? What personal, family, social, and environmental resources do I have? What are my future strengths and resources? What are my wants, hopes, and dreams? What are my past strengths and resources? What strengths have I used in the past?

Spirituality Helps In Difficult

The lotus flower is a perfect metaphor for the human condition, Ed Canda believes. “The lotus grows out of water that is murky and dirty. Its roots rise through the water and its leaves grow as pads resting on the surface, open to the sky. Then, a beautiful flower blooms,” says Canda. “Even though the human condition involves suffering, out of that we can blossom.” As a scholar and researcher focused on cross-cultural and international social work and spiritual and religious diversity, Canda has widely explored how people’s spiritual beliefs and practices help them build resilience, achieve recovery, and grow to reach their fullest potential by approaching adversity and challenges as opportunities to develop insight and deeper satisfaction. Early in his career, Canda and physician colleagues did research that sparked his interest in the role of spirituality in health resilience and profoundly influenced his work at KU. The study surveyed 402 people with cystic fibrosis (CF), including interviews with 16 participants, to see if they engaged in non-medical treatments in dealing with chronic illness. This was an innovative early study in the field of spirituality and health. Canda’s personal experience as someone who has CF piqued his curiosity about how others coped with the ongoing challenges of the chronic illness. The studies found that about 60 percent of people reported using practices related to spirituality. Interviewees commonly said that even though chronic illness is difficult, it offers positive spiritual possibilities: It made them more empathetic, increased their desire to help others, spurred them to examine their meaning and purpose in life, and helped them experience personal growth, even if they approached death. Canda has used the insights gained in all his research to help social welfare students cultivate the knowledge, values, and skills they need to help people incorporate their spiritual beliefs and practices, whether religious or non-religious, into the helping process, when appropriate. At KU in the 1990s, Canda established one of the country’s first social work masters courses on spiritual diversity. His co-authored book, “Spiritual Diversity in Social Work Practice,” is the most widely used text on this subject.

People Thrive Times “Many social workers did not feel comfortable using spirituality in their work,” Canda shares. “But for our clients, spirituality is often a key component of their lives.” Thanks to Canda’s work, social workers include this essential component in their practice more often, allowing more people to harness the power of their own spiritual beliefs to draw strength and bloom despite adversity, much like a lotus.

EQUIPPING KANSAS MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Dr. Canda knows mental health professionals are often not comfortable incorporating a client’s spiritual beliefs into their recovery plan, even though his research shows many clients view spirituality as an important source of support. To address this, Canda has worked to equip mental health providers with the training and tools they need to do so, when appropriate. He helped create a free resource for mental health professionals in Kansas and elsewhere that includes the principles of strengths-based and spiritually-sensitive mental health work and provides simple guidelines to follow. It is available to download at:

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Dr. Ed Canda, MSW, Ph.D., is a professor emeritas at the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare and former coordinator of the Spiritual Diversity and Social Work Initiative. He retired in fall 2019 after 30 years at the University of Kansas. He has over 200 publications and more than 230 presentations in the United States and abroad, especially in East Asia and Central Europe. His most widely cited books are 'Spiritual Diversity in Social Work Practice' and 'Contemporary Human Behavior Theory'.

Working Towards a Better Future for LGBTQIA+ Seniors

As a master’s student working in long-term care facilities serving older adults, Sarah Jen had residents discreetly come out to her as nonhetrosexual and transgender. She was struck by the fact that the residents felt uncomfortable expressing their sexual and gender identities in the facilities and by how unprepared some of the facilities were to serve these residents’ needs. “I identify as bisexual. I saw a window into my future and didn’t like what I saw,” shares Jen, Ph.D. This experience helped set the course for Jen’s research into better understanding the needs of LGTBQIA+ seniors and developing interventions that will help them thrive. “We have an opportunity to shape the field the way we want it to be,” she says. Today, as an assistant professor at the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare, Jen is working to discover how we can better support the needs of LGBTQIA+ seniors. On the national level, she is engaged in a National Institutes of Health study that explores the health and wellbeing of midlife and older LGBTQIA+ people. The data uncovered so far in the study show poor mental health outcomes for bisexual people compared with lesbian and gay counterparts, which was a big surprise for Jen. “I thought bisexual older adults were doing fine, compared to other sub groups. But the study shows their outcomes are worse,” she says. “I wanted to understand why.” That quest is inspiring the research she wants to do in Kansas. “One of the things that drew me to Kansas is the need for rural research,” she explains, as much of the existing research on LGBTQIA+ midlife and older adults comes from large, urban centers. She plans to study the long-term care sector in Kansas to learn what sexual issues have come up in their facilities, the sexual policies in place, and their awareness of LGBTQIA+ issues. With this knowledge, Jen wants to pilot a strengths-based intervention that equips facilities to better support seniors’ sexual expression and the needs of LGBTQIA+ residents. Jen admires the strength and resiliency she has witnessed in LGBTQIA+ older adults in Kansas. She wants to play a part in providing them with a retirement that is welcoming and inviting, where sexual and identity differences are celebrated.

Helping LGBTQ+ Youth Thrive

Megan Paceley, Ph.D., was amazed by the transformations she witnessed. In the five years she worked at a community center with teenagers who identified as LGBTQIA+, she saw teens who had been quiet and unsure of themselves, who felt shame about their sexual identity, or faced mental health issues, blossom. Witnessing firsthand how teens thrive when they are part of a supportive community was so impactful for Paceley, who identifies as queer, that it helped set the trajectory for her career. As an assistant professor at the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare, Paceley wants to better understand -- and improve-- the experiences of gender and sexual minority youth in Kansas.In past decades, research has focused on uncovering the risks LGTBQIA+ communities face. In contrast, Paceley is using a strengths-based approach in her work, focusing on how to empower youth and communities to reach their goals. She just completed a study of Kansas transgender youth aged 13 to 24 to learn about their experiences in their families, schools, and communities, and how those experiences affected them, sparking feelings of pride or shame. In July 2019, she began a year-long case study in Kansas in which she works with four youth under the age of 18 who identify as transgender, and their families, in order to understand the barriers they might face to receiving health care that affirms their identity. The goal of the research is to identify specific areas in which to advocate for better care. Throughout all her research initiatives, Paceley says, “Our overall goal is to change systems and change communities. The problem isn’t the young people. It’s our society and how it treats them.”

The theme for all Research Impact Talks in the 2020-21 academic year is:

Research for Change: Centering LGBTQ+ Lives & Communities All four of these talks will be available online for free. To learn more and register go to socwel.ku.edu/ceu

Celebrating the Strengths University

The newest book from KU's School of Social Welfare, 'Rooted in Strengths: Celebrating the Strengths Perspective in Social Work', was published in April 2020. Available for free, open-source through KUScholarWorks. Download the entire book for free at hdl.handle.net/1808/30023 Buy a hardcopy through the KU Bookstore at kubookstore.com

Perspective at the of Kansas We celebrated the Strengths Perspective during the 2019-2020 academic year with 30 events, creating a dedicated strengths webpage, hosting a Strengths-themed reception at the CSWE conference, holding Research Impact Talks all focused on Strengths throughout the academic year and publishing a peer-reviewed book. We also turned our Social Work Day Conference into a virtual event in less than a month, where we hosted over 180 attendees. This conference is now serving as a continuing education option moving forward, both for free via our website and through a CEUearning training course.

30 events were held to celebrate 30 years since the term 'Strengths Perspective' was first coined by KUSSW researchers in an article published in 1989, although strengths-based work had already been happening for many years before that Over 180 community practitioners attended our virtual Social Work Day Conference with local, national & international speakers that provided 6 continuing education credits and is still available for viewing to earn CEUs Our new book, 'Rooted in Strengths: Celebrating the Strengths Perspective in Social Work', has 48 authorsÂ who penned 20 chapters with authors from 4 continents & has been downloaded for free more than 513 times, providing over $15,903 in free books to community members within the first three months of publication July 1, 2019 was declared the '30th Anniversary of the Strengths Perspective for Social Work Practice' by Kansas Governor Kelly

View the Social Work Day conference sessions for free: socwel.ku.edu/swd2020 Check out our 30 events: socwel.ku.edu/strengthsperspective-30th-anniversary-celebration

PUBLICATIONS & FEATURED FACULTY

PRESENTATIONS & RESEARCH STAFF DEBORAH ADAMS Associate Professor, MSW Program Director Scholarship Focus Poverty and policy studies; asset building and asset effects; well-being of women and children; social and economic development; theory for research; mixed methods research.

Grand Challenges Reduce extreme economic inequality. Stop family violence. Build financial capability and assets for all.

Publications Berg-Weger, M., Adams, D., & Birkenmaier, J. (2020). The Practice of Generalist Social Work, 5th ed. New York: Taylor & Francis. 603. Sherraden, M., Johnson, L., Clancy, M. M., Beverly, S. G., Sherraden, M. S., Schreiner, M., Elliot, W., III, Williams Shanks, T. R., Adams, D., Curley, J., Huang, J., Grinstein-Weiss, M., Nam, Y., Zhan, M., & Han, C.-K. (2019). Asset building toward inclusive policy. In C. Franklin, et al. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Work.

Presentations Bailey, Darlyne; Mizrahi, Terry; Plitt-Donaldson, Linda; Adams, Deborah. (October 2019). Revitalizing a Movement for Macro Education: Historic Moments, Future Directions. CSWE Annual Program Meeting, Denver, CO.

BECCI AKIN

Associate Professor, PhD Program Director Scholarship Focus Understanding the keys to successful implementation and effective and equitable interventions for families involved in child welfare.

Grand Challenges Ensure healthy development for all youth. Stop family violence.

Publications Kim, J., Brook, J., & Akin, B. (in press). Randomized Controlled Trial Study of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy for Substance Use Disorder Affected Parents Involved in the Child Welfare System. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research. Akin, B. A., Johnson-Motoyama, M., Kepple, N. J., & Clark, S. L. (in press). Intergenerational Transmission of Maltreatment. In E. J. Mullen (Ed.), Oxford Bibliographies in Social Work. New York: Oxford University Press. Akin, B. A., Dunkerley, S., Brook, J., & Bruns, K. (in press). Driving organization and systems change toward trauma-responsive services in child welfare: Supervisor and administrator perspectives on initial implementation. Journal of Public Child Welfare. Collins-Camargo, C., Strolin-Goltzman, J., & Akin, B. A. (in press). Use of Technology to Facilitate Practice Improvement in Trauma-Informed Child Welfare Systems. Child Welfare. Clark, S. L., Akin, B. A., & Wright, K. C. (2020). A future of strength: The strength perspective and developing social workers. In A. Mendenhall & M. M. Carney, Rooted In Strengths. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas School of Social Welfare. Brook, J., & Akin, B. A. (in press). Using theory of change as a framework for examining community context and philanthropic impact. Evaluation and Program Planning, 77. Kim, J., Akin, B. A., & Brook, J. (2019). Solution-Focused Brief Therapy to improve child well-being and family functioning outcomes with substance using parents in the child welfare system. Developmental Child Welfare, 1(2), 124-142. Akin, B. A., Lang, K., McDonald, T., Yan, Y., & Little, T. (in press). Randomized trial of PMTO in foster care: Six month child well-being outcomes. Research on Social Work Practice, 29(2), 206-222.

Presentations Dunkerley, Stacy; Akin, Becci; Brook, Jody. (January 2020). An Examination of Parent Engagement and Parent Challenges Early in Foster Care Involvement. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Reducing Racial and Economic Inequality, Washington, DC. Moon, Debby; Johnson-Motoyama, M; Akin, Becci. (January 2020). Trauma-Informed Integrated Primary Care: Rural Healthcare Innovation through Community Partnership. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Reducing Racial and Economic Inequality, Washington, DC. Mendenhall, Amy; Grube, Whitney; Jeong, Mijin; Davis, Sharah; Kepple, Nancy; Akin, Becci. (January 2020). Using Standardized Assessments for Service Eligibility & Delivery in the Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Behavioral Health. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Reducing Racial and Economic Inequality, Washington, DC. Palmer, Ashley; Akin, Becci; Dunkerley, Stacy; Brook, Jody; (January 2020). Collaboration in a Public-PrivateUniversity Partnership for Trauma-Informed Child Welfare Services. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Reducing Racial and Economic Inequality, Washington, DC. Clark, Shelby; Palmer, Ashley; Akin, Becci; Dunkerley, Stacy; Brook, Jody. (January 2020). Investigating the Relationship between Trauma Symptoms and Placement Instability for Children in Foster Care. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Reducing Racial and Economic Inequality, Washington, DC. Akin, Becci; Carlson, Juliana; White Starr, Ruby; Mota, Wendy. (January 2020). Collaboration and Racial Equity in Domestic Violence and Child Welfare: Exploring the Development and Use of a Racial Equity and Anti-White Supremacy Infused Measure of Collaboration. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Reducing Racial and Economic Inequality, Washington, DC. Dunkerley, Stacy; Akin, Becci.; Brook, Jody. (October 2019). Parent Reports of Engagement and Challenges Early in Their Foster Care Involvement. Council on Social Work Education 65th Annual Program Meeting, Social Work Education: Looking Back, Looking Forward, Denver, CO. Carlson, Juliana; Akin, Becci. (September 2019). Cultivating a Suite of Implementation Tools for a Domestic Violence and Child Welfare Intervention. Global Implementation Conference, Implementation for Impact, Glasgow, Scotland. Barton, Jared; Akin, Becci. (September 2019). Implementation Drivers as Practical Measures of Data-Driven Decision-Making in Early Childhood Programs. Global Implementation Conference, Implementation for Impact, Glasgow, Scotland. Akin, Becci; Mota, Wendy; White Starr, Ruby; Carlson, Juliana. (September 2019). Lessons Learned from Developing and Using a Measure of Collaboration Informed by a Racial Equity Lens. Global Implementation Conference, Implementation for Impact, Glasgow, Scotland. Akin, Becci; Bass, L; McArthur, V. (September 2019). Where Do We Go From Here? Lessons on Sustaining a Trauma-Informed Child Welfare Initiative. Global Implementation Conference, Implementation for Impact, Glasgow, Scotland. Moon, D; Johnson-Motoyama, M; Nelson, E; Wright, S.; Akin, Becci. (September 2019). Rural Primary Care Organizational Change Toward Trauma-Informed Integrated Primary Care through Community Partnerships. 5th Biennial Society for Implementation Research, Where the Rubber Meets the Road: The Intersection of Research, Policy, and Practice, Seattle, Washington.

Clark, Shelby; Dunkerley, Stacy; Akin, B; Palmer, Ashley. (August 2019). Making Data Digestible: How a Study on Early Parent Engagement in Foster Care is Shaping Child Welfare Practice in Kansas. 2019 National Child Welfare Evaluation Summit, Washington, DC. Dunkerley, Stacy; Akin, B; Palmer, Ashley. (August 2019). Making Data Digestible: How a Study on Early Parent Engagement in Foster Care is Shaping Child Welfare Practice in Kansas. 2019 National Child Welfare Evaluation Summit, Washington, DC. Akin, Becci; Bass, L.H.; McArthur, V. (August 2019). Reunification Outcomes of Families of Children with Mental Health Problems: A Randomized Study. 2019 National Child Welfare Evaluation Summit, Washington, DC.

MEREDITH BAGWELL-GRAY Assistant Professor Scholarship Focus Reduce health disparities for survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV); sexual safety planning intervention to address HIV/STI risk, substance use, and trauma.

Grand Challenges Stop family violence.

Publications Bagwell-Gray, M. E., Loerzel, E., Socco, G. D., Messing, J., Glass, N., Sabri, B., Jock, B., Arscott, J., & Campbell, J. From myPlan to ourCircle: Adapting a Web-based Safety Planning Intervention for Native American Women Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence. The Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work. Messing, J., Bagwell-Gray, M., Brown, M. L., Kappas, A., & Durfee, A. (in press). Intersections of stalking and technology-based abuse: Emerging definitions, conceptualization, and measurement. Journal of Family Violence. Bagwell-Gray, M. (in press). Sexual Violence Perpetrated by Men against Women in Intimate Relationships. In Handbook of Domestic Violence. SAGE Publications. Presentations Bagwell-Gray, Meredith. (date unknown). Trauma-informed sexual safety planning for survivors of intimate partner violence. 2020 National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence, Chicago, IL. Bagwell-Gray, Meredith; Akin, Becci; Carlson, Juliana; Rose, Jennifer; Taggaty, Shellie; Davis, Lonna. (April 2020). Junctions of domestic violence and child welfare: Exploring diverse stakeholdersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; perspectives. 2020 National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence, Chicago, IL.

Bagwell-Gray, Meredith; Jen, Sarah. (April 2020). Lost time and time left: Survivors’ experiences of time when healing from intimate partner violence. 2020 National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence, Chicago, IL. Cheng, Shih-Ying; Karin, Wachter; Andrea, Kappas; Jill, Messing; Jiwatram-Negron, Jill; Bagwell-Gray, Meredith; Saltanat, Childress. (January 2020). Patterns of strategies and actions survivors employ to address violence in intimate relationships. Social for Social Work and Research 24th Annual Conference, Washington, D.C. Bagwell-Gray, Meredith; Holmes, Cheryl; White Starr, Zulema; Banda, Linda. (August 2019). Responding to domestic violence among child welfare involved families: Lessons learned in evaluating a novel child welfare approach. National Child Welfare Evaluation Summit, Washington, D.C.

MAHASWETA BANERJEE Professor, BSW Program Director Scholarship Focus Theories and practices associated with enhancing social and economic justice; community development; micro-enterprise as an anti-poverty strategy; international social development; qualitative and quantitative research.

Grand Challenges Reduce extreme economic inequality. Build financial capability and assets for all.

Presentations Androff, David; Pawar, Manohar; Rice, Karen; Fisher, Colleen; Hermoso, Jocelyn; Shavari, Jaya; Vijay, Kar; Mahasweta, Pillai; Banerjee, M.; Abu Bader, Soleman. (October 2019). Achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs): The International Consortium for Social Development. CSWE, Denver, CO. Jung, Euijin; Banerjee, Mahasweta. (October 2019). Better-off and worse-off Americans’ financial capability and financial well-being. Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), Denver, CO. Banerjee, Mahasweta; Jung, Euijin. (October 2019). Exploring Social Work students’ financial capability and financial well-being. Council on Social Work Education, Denver, CO. Banerjee, Mahasweta. (July 2019). An examination of financial well-being through the lens of gender and income. International Consortium of Social Development (ICSD), Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

JARED BARTON Assistant Research Professor Scholarship Focus Child welfare management; management reporting; use of data in program improvement planning and management decision making; outcomes research; program evaluation; risk assessment; and abuse/neglect prevention with public assistance populations.

Grand Challenges Ensure healthy development for all youth. Harness technology for social good.

Publications Garska, T., Barton, J., Harms, J., Palermo, M., & Hernandez, S. (2019). Moving to What Matters: Cornerstones of Care Impact Plan. Kansas City, MO: Prepared in partnership between the University of Kansas Center for Public Partnerships and Research and Cornerstones of Care for the Kauffman Foundation.

Presentations Barton, Jared; Akin, Becci. (September 2019). Implementation drivers as practical measures of data-driven decision-making in early childhood programs. Storyboard presentation at the Global Implementation Conference, Baltimore, MD.

JODY BROOK Associate Professor Scholarship Focus Substance abuse across the lifespan; child welfare; family drug courts; substance abuse prevention; community substance abuse strategies; mixed research methods.

Grand Challenges Close the health gap. Ensure healthy development for all youth. Advance long and productive lives.

Publications Brook, J., & Akin, B. (2019). Using theory of change as a framework for examining community context and philanthropic impact. Evaluation and Program Planning. Akin, B., Dunkerly, S., Brook, J., & Bruns, K. (2019). Driving organization and systems change toward traumaresponsive services in child welfare: Supervisor and administrator perspectives on initial implementation. Journal of Public Child Welfare.

Presentations Brook, Jody; Liming, Kiley; Coles, D. Crystal. (date unknown). Supporting child welfare involved substance abuse affected parents in the US: Evaluation of a statewide implementation of family skills training. World Association for Infant Mental Health, 16 World Congress Conference on Creating Stories in Infant Mental Health: Research, Recovery and Regeneration, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Brook, Jody; Akin, Becci. (date unknown). Trauma-informed assessment and foster care placement stability. World Association for Infant Mental Health, 16 World Congress Conference on Creating Stories in Infant Mental Health: Research, Recovery and Regeneration, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Dunkerley, Stacy; Akin, Becci; Palmer, Ashley; Brook, Jody. (January 2020). An Examination of Parent Engagment and Parent Challenges Early in Foster Care Involvement. Society for Social Work and Research, 24th Annual Conference, Washington, DC. Palmer, Ashley; Akin, Becci; Dunkerley, Stacy; Brook, Jody. (January 2020). Collaboration in a Public-PrivateUniversity Partnership for Trauma-Informed Child Welfare Services. Society for Social Work and Research, 24th Annual Conference, Washington, DC. Lloyd, Margaret; Becker, Jessica; Brook, Jody. (January 2020). Family Drug Court Participation and Permanency in a Rural Setting: Outcomes from a Rigorous Quasi-Experiment. Society for Social Work and Research, 24th Annual Conference, Washington, DC. Clark, Shelby; Palmer, Ashley; Akin, Becci; Dunkerley, Stacy; Brook, Jody. (January 2020). Investigating the Relationship between Trauma Symptoms and Placement Instability for Children in Foster Care. Society for Social Work and Research, 24th Annual Conference, Washington, DC.

KAELA BYERS Associate Research Professor Scholarship Focus Social determinants of health and toxic stress; promotion of protective factors; child welfare and early childhood systems improvement; implementation and outcomes evaluation.

Grand Challenges Ensure healthy development for all youth. Build healthy relationships to end violence.

Publications McCrae, J. S., Spain, A., Byers, K., Sander, A., & Axelrod, J. (2019). Evaluating community approaches to preventing or mitigating toxic stress (Research brief 1). Chicago, IL: Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago. McCrae, J. S., Laffan, A., Byers, K., McCrae, J. S., Lee, S., Campanella, S., Latterner, M., Hoyt, S., & Byshee, T. (2019). Key aspects of clinic capacity to assess pediatric healthcare quality using Electronic Health Records (Research brief 3). Chicago, IL: Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago. Byers, K. (2019). Maltreatment Measurement Recommendations Report. Chicago, IL: Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago.

Presentations Epstein, R.; Byers, K.; Chor, K.H.B.; Luo, Z.; Jordan, N. (2020). Impact of safety organizing on children’s residential treatment outcomes. 2020 Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, Boston, MA. Byers, Kaela.; Spain, Angeline.; McCrae, Julie; Monahan, Emma. (June 2020). Perspectives on family needs and pediatric innovations to address social determinants of health: A person-centered approach. Administration for Children and Families National Research Conference on Early Childhood, Arlington, VA. Sattler, P.; Mendenhall, A.; Byers, K.; Mulkey, Z. (March 2020). Implementation of an evidence-based early childhood home visiting intervention across diverse community-based service contexts. 33rd Annual Children’s Mental Health Research & Policy Conference. (Conference cancelled), Tampa, FL. Akin, B.A.; Byers, K. (March 2020). Summary Results of SOAR Analysis for Kansas Strong for Children and Families. Strengthening Child Welfare Systems Grantee Meeting, Administration for Children and Families, Children’s Bureau, Washington, DC. Karter, C.; Byers, K. (January 2020). The Housing insecurity scale: Development and validation of a comprehensive housing insecurity survey measure. Society for Social Work and Research 24th Annual Conference, Washington, DC. Mendenhall, A.; Grube, W.; Sattler, P.; Byers, K. (2019). Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up: Lessons learned from implementation of an evidence-based practice in rural and urban communities. Spotlight Presentation at the 21st National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Washington, DC.

Spain, A.; Byers, K.; McCrae, J. (November 2019). Latinx parent voice in pediatric practice to mitigate social determinants of health: A mixed-methods examination of multiple stakeholder perspectives. Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management 41st Annual Research Conference, Denver, CO. Spain, A.; Byers, K. (September 2019). Caregiver engagements and leadership development in pediatric practice to mitigate social determinants of health: A mixed-methods examination of multiple stakeholder perspectives. Prevent Child Abuse America National Conference, Milwaukee, WI.

JULIANA CARLSON Associate Professor Scholarship Focus International organizational practices to engage men in gender-based violence prevention; formal support of new and expectant fathers to reduce child exposure to domestic violence; economic and social justice for families.

Grand Challenges Stop family violence.

Publications Graham, L., Casey, E., & Carlson, J. (in press). Gender Matters: Infusing a Gender Analysis into The Healthy Development of All Youth Grand Challenge. Social Work. Mabachi, N., Quiason, M., Doan, A., & CARLSON, J. (2020). Developing an Effective Campus Sexual Assault Prevention Task Force: Lessons Learned From Multiple Midwestern Universities. Health Education & Behavior. Tolman, R. M., Casey, E. A., Carlson, J., Leek, C., & Allen, C. T. (2019). Bystander behavior in the context of gender-based violence: Willingness to take violence preventative action in a global sample of men. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma. Carlson, J., Leek, C., Casey, E. A., Tolman, R. M., & Allen, C. T. (2019). What is an â&#x20AC;&#x153;allyâ&#x20AC;?? A synthesis of allyship elements from activist and academic sources. Journal of Family Violence.

Presentations Akin, Becci; White Starr, Ruby; Mota, Wendy; Carlson, Juliana; (January 2020). Collaboration and Racial Equity in Domestic Violence and Child Welfare: Exploring the Development and Use of a Racial Equity and Anti-White Supremacy Infused Measure of Collaboration. Washington DC. Carlson, Juliana; Semanchin Jones, Annette. (November 2019). Life as an Assistant Professor at a Research University. University of Minnesota School of Social Work, PhD Colloquia, St Paul, MN.

D. CRYSTAL COLES Assistant Professor Scholarship Focus Child welfare and the intersection of the African-American/Black diaspora through the lens of health disparities in rural and urban communities; focusing on the child and maternal well-being as a preventative method of children transitioning into the foster care system.

Grand Challenges Ensure healthy development for all youth. Close the health gap.

Publications Price, S. K., Coles, D. Crystal, & Wingold, T. (2019). Clusters of behavioral health and psychosocial risk for childbearing women in four [state] communities. Maternal and Child Health Journal. Sawyer, J., & Coles, D. Crystal. (2020). Strengths perspective in critical macro practice: Tentative guidance for strengths based policy, organizational, and community transformation. In Rooted in strengths: 30 years of the strengths perspective in social work. Barnett, T., Thorne, N., Coles, D. Crystal, & Swindle, T. (2019). The role of family: Understanding the childhood and current family environment of Early Care and Education Teachers. Journal of Education and Human Development, 8(3).

Presentations Brook, Jody; Liming, Kiley; Coles, D. Crystal. (June 2020). Supporting child welfare involved substance abuse affected parents in the US: Evaluation of a statewide implementation of family skills training. 17th World Congress of the World Association for Infant Mental Health, Brisbane, Australia. Sawyer, Jason; Coles, D. Crystal. (April 2020). Strengths Perspective in Critical Macro Practice: Tentative Guidance for Transformative Strengths-Based Policy, Organizational, and Community Practice. Rooted in Strengths Conference, Lawrence, KS. Coles, D. Crystal; Walton, Quenette; Barnett McElwee, Tracey; Washington, Tyreasa. (January 2020). The complexities of mothering: Clusters of behavioral health risks experienced by African-American mothers. 24th Annual Society for Social Work Research, Washington, D.C. Dunnigan, Allison; Coles, D. Crystal. (January 2020). Understanding the Interconnectedness of Health and Experiences in Foster Care. Society for Social Work Research, Washington, D.C. Coles, D. Crystal. (2019). Understanding the complexity of behavioral health risks experienced by mothers. International Convention of Psychological Science. Paris, France. Coles, D. Crystal; Mann-Williams, Angie. (November 2019). Achieving social justice: The role of critical consciousness in delivering HBSE content. 65th Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education, Denver, CO.

SARAH JEN Assistant Professor Scholarship Focus Intersections of social work, gerontology, and sexuality; support the sexual needs of aging populations and to improve the health and well-being of LGBTQ midlife and older adults.

Grand Challenges Achieve equal opportunity and justice. Close the health gap. Advance long and productive lives.

Publications Bagwell-Gray, M., Jen, S., & Scheutz, N. (in press). How intimate partner violence and intersectional identities influence women’s sexual health across environmental contexts. Social Work. Paceley, M., Goffnett, J., Sattler, P., & Jen, S. (in press). “It feels like home”: Transgender youth in the Midwest and conceptualizations of community climate. Journal of Community Psychology. Jen, S., Zhou, Y., & Jeong, M. (2020). “You’ll see”: Younger women interviewing older women in qualitative research. Journal of Gerontological Social Work. Segal-Englelchin, D., Jen, S., & Erera, P. E. (2019). Parenting in hetero-gay families: Motivations, assumptions, gender, and culture. In O. Taubman-Ari & (Eds.), Pathways and barriers to parenthood. Springer. Jen, S. (2019). Ambivalence in labels, freedom in lives: Older women’s discursive constructions of their bisexual identities. Journal of Bisexuality, 19(3), 386-413.

Presentations Jen, Sarah. (March 2020). “Hardwired” biology and “light bulb” moments: Divergent discourses and life trajectories of older bisexual women. American Society on Aging Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA. Jen, Sarah; Jeong, Mijin; Zhou, Yuanjin. (March 2020). “You’ll see”: Younger researchers interviewing older participants. American Society on Aging Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA. Willey-Sthapit, Claire; Jen, Sarah; Storer, Heather; Benson-Gonzalez, Odessa. (January 2020). Using critical discourse analysis in social work research. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Washington D.C. Bagwell-Gray, Meredith; Jen, Sarah; Schuetz, Nik. (January 2020). Women’s sexual health in the context of intimate partner violence: The intersections of gender, race, class, and age. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Washington D.C. Paceley, M.; Goffnett, J.; Sattler, P.; Jen, S. (January 2020). “It feels like home”: Transgender youth in the Midwest and conceptualizations of community climate. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Washington D.C.

Jen, Sarah. (November 2019). “Hardwired” biology and “light bulb” moments: Divergent discourses and life trajectories of older bisexual women. Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting, Austin, TX. Jen, Sarah; Jeong, Mijin; Zhou, Yuanjin. (November 2019). “You’ll see”: Younger researchers interviewing older participants. Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting, Austin, TX.

CHERYL HOLMES Research Project Director Scholarship Focus Frontier and rural; integrated care; behavioral health.

Grand Challenges Closing the health gap. Eradicating social isolation.

Publications Acquavita, S.P., B., L., Levy, M., Holmes, C., Sacco, P., & Harley, D. (2020). Preparing Master of Social Work Students for Interprofessional Practice. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work.

Presentations Holmes, Cheryl; Gladney, Suzanne; Richard, Toniann; Reynolds, Kimberly. (March 2020). Partnering with Migratory and Seasonal Agricultural Workers: Building Capacity for Healthcare Delivery and Research. Center for Migration Research Speaker Series, Lawrence, KS. Holmes, Cheryl. (September 2019). Engaging Migratory and Seasonal Agricultural Workers in Health Services and Research. 29th Annual Midwest Stream Forum for Agricultural Worker Health, Denver, CO. Holmes, Cheryl; Levy, Michelle; Mariscal, Susana. (September 2019). Exploring Research and Information Gaps for Serving MSAWs. 29th Annual Midwest Stream Forum for Agricultural Worker Health, Denver, CO. Holmes, Cheryl; Gladney, Suzanne; Reid, Elizabeth; Uland, Kaylee. (September 2019). Engaging Migrant & Seasonal Farmworkers in Healthcare Research. 2019 PCORI Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. Bagwell-Gray, Meredith; Holmes, Cheryl; Chimwemwe Banda, Linda. (August 2019). Responding to Domestic Violence Among Child Welfare Involved Families. 2019 National Child Welfare Evaluation Summit, Washington, D.C.

Nancy Jo Kepple Assistant Professor Scholarship Focus Social consequences of the availability, distribution and use of psychoactive substances; substance use behaviors among parenting populations; the role of parent substance use in child welfare decisionmaking; and racial/ethnic disparities within the child welfare system.

Grand Challenges Stop family violence. Ensure healthy development for all youth. Eradicate social isolation.

Publications Kepple, N. J., & Freisthler, B. (in press). All drugs arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t created equal: Exploring the general and specific effects of psychoactive substances to understand child maltreatment risk by drug type. In A. Begun & P. Murray (Eds.), Handbook of Social Work in the Addictions. Freisthler, B., & Kepple, N. J. (in press). Using spatial analysis to better integrate context into our understanding of addictive behaviors. In A. Begun & P. Murray (Eds.), Handbook of Social Work in the Addictions. Freisthler, B., Kepple, N. J., Wolf, J. P., & Carson, L. (2019). Activity Spaces: Assessing Differences in Alcohol Exposures and Alcohol Use for Parents. GeoJournal. Freisthler, B., & Kepple, N. J. (2019). Types of substance use and punitive parenting: A preliminary exploration. Journal of Social Work Practice in Addictions.

Wolf, J. P., Kepple, N. J., & Freisthler, B. (2019). Understanding the role of parental opiate and marijuana use in child welfare substantiation decisions. Journal of Social Work Practice in Addictions.

Presentations Mendenhall, A.; Grube, W.; Jeong, M.; Davis, S.; Kepple, Nancy; Akin, Becci. (January 2020). Using Standardized Assessments for Service Eligibility & Delivery in the Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Behavioral Health System: Observations & Recommendations from a Midwestern State. 24th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, D.C. Kepple, Nancy; Johnson Motoyama, Michelle; Akin, Becci. (2019). Resilient Parenting Project: Exploring the Role of OB/GYN Clinics in the Prevention of the Intergenerational Transmission of Child Maltreatment. 23rd Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, San Francisco, CA. Parker, Amittia.; Kepple, Nancy. (2019). Understanding the Community Context of Housing Services for Individuals in Recovery from Substance Use Disorder By Facility Spiritual-Orientation. 23rd Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, San Francisco, CA. Kepple, Nancy; Parker, Amittia; Whitmore, Susan. (2019). Using Knowledge to Build a More Responsive System for Individuals on Medication Assisted Treatment. 23rd Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, San Francisco, CA.

TERRY KOENIG Professor Scholarship Focus Ethical decision making in social work practice; social welfare philosophy; international social work development and cross-cultural practices; Central Asian and post-Soviet issues; aging, elder abuse and self-neglect; qualitative research methods.

Grand Challenges Achieve equal opportunity and justice.

Publications Chappell Deckert, J., & Koenig, T. (in press). Growth and Dissonance in Kazakhstan. Qualitative Social Work. Koenig, T., Spano, R., & Thompson, J. (2020). Human Behavior theory for Social Work Practice. Koenig, T., & Nardi, P. (2019). VET for inclusion and identity development: The Cometa approach with young migrants. In B. E. Stalder & C. Nagele (Eds.), Trends in vocational education and training research, Vol. II. Proceedings of the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), Vocational Education and Training Network (VETNET) (pp. 224â&#x20AC;&#x201C;232). (Vol. 2, pp. 224-232). Thompson, J., Spano, R., & Koenig, T. (in press). Back to Addams and Richmond: Was Social Work Really a Divided House in the Beginning? Koenig, T., & Kepple, N. Curriculum Innovation Stakeholder Report: Detailed Findings.

Presentations Koenig, Terry. (2019). Elder self-neglect. Positive Aging Conference, Kansas City, MO. Koenig, Terry; Spano, Rick. (2019). Human behavior theory for use in social work practice. Midwest School Social Work Conference, Wichita, KS. Koenig, Terry; Nardi, Paolo. (2019). Social and emotional learning for migrants: Feeling at home to work everywhere, the Cometa approach. European Conference of Educational Research, Hamburg, Germany. Hudson, Jon; Koenig, Terry. (2019). Social work educatorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; teaching of the natural environment. Global Partnership for Transformative Social Work, International Conference, Burlington, VT. Spano, Rick; Koenig, Terry. (2019). Social work practice text and essays? Global Partnership for Transformative Social Work, International Conference, Burlington, VT. Koenig, Terry. (2019). The long road out of Africa: Inclusion and identity in Como, Italy. School of Social Welfare, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.

MICHELLE LEVY Research Project Director Scholarship Focus Recruitment, retention and workforce issues; health and behavioral health; interprofessional education, integrated care; prevention; rural perspectives; engagement; organizational intervention; cross-systems collaboration.

Grand Challenges Ensure healthy development for all youth. Close the health gap. Achieve equal opportunity and justice.

Publications Acquavita, S., Lee, B., Levy, M., Holmes, C., Sacco, P., & Harley, D. (in press). Preparing Master of Social Work students for interprofessional practice. Journal of Evidence-based Social Work.

Presentations Levy, Michelle. (March 2020). Cultural competency and disproportionality. Regional Partnership Grant (RPG) Program, Annual Grantee Meeting, Washington, D.C. Levy, Michelle; Mendenhall, Amy; Fairman, Maria. (March 2020). Kansas Serves Native American Families: An Overview. Regional Partnership Grant Program, Annual Grantee Meeting, Washington, D.C. Levy, Michelle; Mendenhall, Amy. (March 2020). Measuring fidelity to well-specified program models. Regional Partnership Grant (RPG) Program, Annual Grantee Meeting, Washington, D.C. Levy, Michelle; Ramirez, Laurie. (October 2019). Equity and justice in community-engaged research. Research Conversations, University of Kansas School of Social Welfare. Levy, Michelle; Boyd, Christina; Carr, Kortney. (October 2019). Interprofessional education and social work: Preparing students and promoting the profession. Council on Social Work Education 65th Annual Program Meeting, Denver, CO. Levy, Michelle. (October 2019). Strengthening Native families. Region 7 Child Welfare Administrators Meeting, Administration for Children & Families, Kansas City, MO. Holmes, Cheryl; Levy, Michelle; Mariscal, Susanna. (September 2019). Exploring research and information gaps for serving migrant and seasonal farmworkers. National Center for Farmworkers Health 29th Annual Midwest Stream Forum for Agricultural Worker Health, Denver, CO. Levy, Michelle; Johnston, Kristy; Randolph, Sasha; Boyd, Christina; Shrader, Sarah. (September 2019). It takes a village: Growing a pipeline through innovation and collaboration. National 3RNet Annual Conference, Wichita, KS.

MELINDA LEWIS

Associate Professor of Practice, Associate Director for the Center for Community Engagement & Collaboration Scholarship Focus Poverty and economic inequality; asset-based financial aid; social change; strategies for effective policy advocacy by nonprofit organizations; advocacy evaluation; advocacy capacity-building for individuals and social service organizations.

Grand Challenges Achieve equal opportunity and justice. Reduce extreme economic inequality. Ensure healthy development for all youth. Build financial capability and assets for all.

Publications Lewis, M. (in press). Instructor Resources. Social Policy for Effective Practice: A Strengths Approach: New Directions in Social Work: Routledge.

Presentations Lewis, M. (April 2019). Making Education Work for the Poor. Keynote presentation for the Kansas Association of Scholarship and Financial Aid Administrators conference. Lawrence, KS. Lewis, M. (July 2018). Building Advocacy Capacity to Reduce Poverty. Presentation for the Kansas Conference on Poverty. Topeka, KS. Elliott, W., Reeves, R., Hamilton, D., and Lewis, M. (July 2018). Making Education Work for the Poor. Book presentation at New America. Washington, DC.

ALLY MABRY Research Project Director Scholarship Focus Evidence-based best practices implementation support for organizations providing services to adults and transition-age you who experience serious mental illness; strengths model of case management; development of fidelity scales; client-centered social administrative practices for mental health organizational and state mental health authorities.

Grand Challenges Eradicate social isolation. End homelessness. Reduce extreme economic inequality. Achieve equal opportunity and justice.

Presentations Mabry, A., Knowles, B., Spencer, K., Goscha, R., & Karpitian, G. (May 2020). 2-day Virtual Strengths Model Workshop. Sacramento, California.

Mabry, A., & Knowles, B. (September 2019). Strengths Model Case Management. ECKAN, Ottawa, KS. Mabry, A., Spencer, K., Knowles, B., & Goscha, R. (June 2020). Strengths Model Case Management Basic 2-Day Workshop. Sacramento, CA. Mabry, A., & Goscha, R. (May 2020). Supervisors Webinar. California, California. Mabry, A. (February 2020). Research Impact Talk- A Foundation of Strengths: A catalyst of change, hope and growth for systems serving adults. Overland Park, KS. Mabry, A. Strengths Model Case Management- Implementation Considerations. County Social Services. Cresco, Iowa. Mabry, A., & Goscha, R. (January 2020). Strengths Model Case Management Basic Workshop. Lake County Mental Health, Lake County, California. (January 2020) Mabry, A. & Goscha, R. (November 2019). Strengths Model Refresher. County of Napa, Health and Human Services, Napa, California. Mabry, A. (September 2019). Strengths Model Overview Presentation. Seoul Welfare Foundation, sponsored by Johnson County Mental Health Center, Shawnee, KS. Mabry, A., & Goscha, R. (July 2019). Strengths Model Case Management Basic Workshop. Long Beach, CA.

JASON MATEJKOWSKI Associate Professor, Associate Dean for Academic Programs Scholarship Focus Policies and services involving adults with mental illness who are involved with the criminal justice system or who are homeless.

Grand Challenges Promote smart decarceration. End homelessness.

Publications Matejkowski, J. (in press). Report to the U.S. Attorneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office, District of Massachusetts regarding parole board adherence to the ADA with individuals with mental health disabilities. Boston, MA: U.S. Attorneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office, District of Massachusetts. Matejkowski, J., & Ostermann, M. (in press). The waiving of parole consideration by people with mental illness who are incarcerated and recidivism outcomes. Criminal Justice and Behavior. Matejkowski, J., & Severson, M. (2020). Predictors of shared decision making with people who have a serious mental illness and who are under justice supervision in the community. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 70, 10. Matejkowski, J., Han, W., & Conrad, A. (2020). Voluntariness of treatment, mental health service utilization, and quality of life among mental health court participants. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 26(2), 185-197. Han, W., Matejkowski, J., & Lee, S. (2020). Racial variation in mental health court experiences and the associations of these experiences with recidivism. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 47(7), 808-828. Matejkowski, J. (2019). Mental health courts. In B. M. Huebner (Ed.), Oxford Bibliographies in Criminology. Oxford. Matejkowski, J., & Severson, M. (2019). Initial performance measures and comparative outcomes of the Douglas County behavioral health court. Lawrence, KS: Douglas County Commission. Matejkowski, J., & Conrad, A. (2019). Minor criminal risk factors. In R. D. Morgan (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Criminal Psychology. Sage.

Presentations Matejkowski, Jason; Severson, Margaret. (January 2020). Initial performance measures and comparative outcomes of the Douglas County behavioral health court. Douglas County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, Lawrence, KS. Matejkowski, Jason. (January 2020). Shared decision making in community corrections. Society for Social Work Research Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.

BRIANA McGEOUGH Assistant Professor Scholarship Focus Understanding and intervening on mental health disparities experienced by sexual minority individuals, particularly disparities in depression and alcohol use disorders.

Grand Challenges Close the health gap. Ensure healthy development for all youth. Advance long and productive lives. Achieve equal opporunity and justice.

Publications McGeough, B., & Aguilera, A. (2020). Clinical interventions with sexual minority clients: Review, critique, and future directions. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services. McGeough, B. (2020). Using Motivational Interviewing to support the coming out process. Families in Society.

Presentations McGeough, Briana. (Spring 2020). Emotion-Regulation Mechanisms As Risk-Factors for Depression Among Sexual Minority Women. Society for Social Work Research, Washington, D.C. McGeough, Briana. (Spring 2020). Identifying Additional Treatment Targets for Alcohol Interventions for Sexual Minority Women. Society for Social Work Research, Washington, D.C.

AMY MENDENHALL Professor & Associate Dean for Research Scholarship Focus Children’s mental health including serious mental illness, service utilization, parent and child education and the impact of mental illness on children and their families.

Grand Challenges Achieve equal opportunity and justice. Close the health gap. Ensure healthy development for all youth.

Publications Mendenhall, A. (in press). Mental Health. In S. Kapp (Ed.), Introduction to Social Work. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications. Mendenhall, A. N., & Early, T. J. (in press). Pediatric bipolar disorder: considerations for school social workers. School Social Work Journal. Schuetz, N., & Mendenhall, A. N. (2020). Strengths Model for Youth Case Management: Impact on Provider and Agency. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal. Frauenholtz, S., & Mendenhall, A. N. (2020). “They’ll give you a second chance”: Perceptions of Youth and Caregivers Regarding Their Experiences in a Community-Based mental Health System of Care. Child and Adolescent Social Work. Mendenhall, A. N., Grube, W., & Schuetz, N. (2020). Strengths Model for Youth: Moving toward a clientcentered strengths-based model of case management in community mental health. In A. Mendenhall & M. Carney (Eds.), Rooted in Strengths: Celebrating the Strengths Perspective in Social Work. Lawrence, Kansas. Mendenhall, A. N., & Carney, M. M. (2020). Rooted in Strengths: 30 Years of the Strengths Perspective in Social Work. University of Kansas Libraries. Schuetz, N., & Mendenhall, A. (2019). Anxiety Disorders. In School Mental Health: An Evidence-Based Perspective (pp. 230-261). Mendenhall, A. N., Grube, W., & Jung, E. (2019). Implementing Strengths Model for Youth in Community Mental Health: Impact on Case Managers’ Professional Quality of Life. Children & Youth Services Review. Schuetz, N., Mendenhall, A., & Grube, W. (2019). Strengths Model for Youth Case Management: Professionals’ Perceptions of Model Impact on Clients. Social Work in Mental Health, 17(4), 426-448.

Presentations Mendenhall, Amy; Grube, Whitney; Schuetz, Nikolaus. (April 2020). Strengths Model for Youth: Moving toward a Client-Centered Strengths-Based Model of Case Management in Community Mental Health. Social Work Day 2020, Lawrence, KS. Levy, Michelle; Mendenhall, Amy. (March 2020). Kansas Serves Native American Families: An Overview. Regional Partnership Grants (RPG) Annual Grantee Meeting, Washington D.C. Levy, Michelle; Mendenhall, AmyN. (March 2020). Measuring Fidelity to Well-Specified Program Models: An Example from Evidence-Based Home Visiting to Prevent Maltreatment. Regional Partnership Grants (RPG) Annual Grantee Meeting, Washington D.C. Mendenhall, Amy; Grube, Whitney; Jeong, Mijin; Davis, Sharah; Kepple, Nancy; Akin, Becci. (January 2020). Using Standardized Assessments for Service Eligibility & Delivery in the Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Behavioral Health System: Observations & Recommendations from A Midwestern State. Society for Social Work Research 24 Annual Conference, Washington D.C.

MEGAN PACELEY Assistant Professor, Coordinator for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Scholarship Focus Understanding the impact of non-urban communities on the health and well-being of gender and sexual minority (GSM) youth; development, sustainability, and evaluation of gender and sexual minority community organizations.

Grand Challenges Eradicate social isolation. Achieve equal opportunity and justice. Close the health gap. Create social responses to a changing environment. Ensure healthy development for all youth. Stop family violence. Advance long and productive lives.

Publications Paceley, M. S., Okrey-Anderson, S., Fish, J. N., & McInroy, L. (in review). Beyond a shared experience: Queer and trans youth navigating COVID-19. Paceley, M., Goffnett, J., Sanders, L., & Gadd-Nelson, J. (in press). “Sometimes you get married on Facebook”: The use of social media among nonmetropolitan sexual and gender minority youth. Journal of Homosexuality. Goffnett, J., & Paceley, M. S. (in press). Challenges, pride, and connection: A qualitative exploration of advice transgender youth have for other transgender youth. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services. Paceley, M. S., Sattler, P., Goffnett, J., & Jen, S. (in press). “It feels like home”: Transgender youth in the Midwest and conceptualizations of community climate. Journal of Community Psychology. Paceley, M. S., Ramirez, L., & Wright, A. (in press). Innovating an undergraduate social work diversity course: A mixed method evaluation. Journal of Social Work Education. Paceley, M. S., Fish, J. N., Thomas, M. M., & Goffnett, J. (2020). The impact of community size, community climate, and victimization on the physical and mental health of SGM youth. Youth & Society, 52(3), 427-448. Withey-Rila, C., Schwartz, J. J., Alexander, L. M., & Paceley, M. S. (2020). Trans/Nonbinary Sexualities and Prioritizing Pleasure. In S. K. Kattari, M. K. Kinney, L. Kattari, & N. E. Walls (Eds.), Social Work and Health Care with Transgender and Nonbinary Individuals and Communities. Routledge. Gandy-Guedes, M., & Paceley, M. S. (2020). Identification of Strengths among Southwestern LGBTQ+ Young Adults. In A. Mendenhall & M. M. Carney (Eds.), Rooted in Strengths: Celebrating the Strengths Perspective in Social Work (pp. 293-304). Lawrence, KS: KU Libraries. Paceley, M. S. (2020). Moving away from a risk paradigm to study rural communities among LGBTQ+ youth: Promotion of a strengths perspective in research, practice, and policy. In A. Mendenhall & M. M. Carney (Eds.), Rooted in Strengths: 30 Years of the Strengths Perspective in Social Work (pp. 281-292). Lawrence, KS: Kansas University Press. Paceley, M. S. (2020). In Their Words: A Found Poem on the Experiences of Rural LGBTQ Youth. Qualitative Inquiry, 26(3-4), 407-408.

Wagaman, M. Alex, Alessi, E., Goffnett, J., Watts, K., Iacono, G., Thomas, D., Paceley, M. S., & Craig, S. (in press). Interrupting hetero- and cisnormativity in social work programs: LGBTQ+ student strategies for increasing inclusion. Journal of Social Work Education. Paceley, M. S., Fish, J. N., Conrad, A., & Schuetz, N. (2019). Diverse community contexts and community resources for sexual and gender minority youth: A mixed-methods study. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 29(6), 445-460. Paceley, M. S., Thomas, M., & Turner, G. (2019). Factors limiting SGM youthsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; involvement in nonmetropolitan SGM community organizations. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services, 31(1), 1-18. Gandy-Guedes, M. E., & Paceley, M. S. (2019). Activism in Southwestern queer and trans young adults after the marriage equality era. Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, 34(4), 439-460.

Presentations Paceley, Megan; Jen, Sarah. (May 2020). Capturing Queer and Trans Lives and Identities: The Promise of Research Poems to Inform Stigma Research. LGBTQ Research Symposium, Champaign, IL. Paceley, Megan. (April 2020). Moving away from a risk paradigm to study rural communities among LGBTQ+ youth: Promotion of a strengths perspective in research, practice, and policy. Social Work Day 2020, Lawrence, KS. Paceley, Megan; Goffnett, Jacob. (March 2020). Growing up transgender in the rural Midwest: Negotiating identity in the family context. Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, CA. Paceley, Megan. (February 2020). Queer/rural communities. Red Hot Research, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. Paceley, Megan; Sattler, Patricia; Goffnett, Jacob. (January 2020). Midwestern trans young people and conceptualizations of community and community climate. Society for Social Work and Research, Washington DC. Paceley, Megan; Fish, JessicaN; Thomas, Margaret; Goffnett, Jacob. (January 2020). The impact of community size, community climate, and victimization on the health of sexual and gender minority youth. Society for Social Work and Research, Washington DC. Sattler, Patricia; Goffnett, Jacob; Paceley, Megan. (January 2020). Trans Youth Navigating Identity Disclosure in the Midwest: Contextual Factors in the Family, School, and Community. Society for Social Work and Research, Washington DC. Paceley, Megan; Riquino, Michael. (December 2019). Cultural competence and LGBTQ youth. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connell Youth Ranch, Lawrence, KS. Holman, Elizabeth; Paceley, Megan. (November 2019). Identity disclosure in diversity courses within the current socio-political climate. National Council on Family Relations, Dallas, TX. Warren, Sherry; Chappell Deckert, Jennifer; Paceley, Megan; Gomi, S. (October 2019). Creatively engaging abstract concepts: Arts-based education for social issues. Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Denver, CO.

Paceley, Megan; Ramirez, Laurie; Spears, Sydney; Wright, Amy. (October 2019). Evaluation of innovative teaching methods in a BSW diversity course. Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Denver, CO. Paceley, Megan; Holman, Elizabeth. (October 2019). Identity disclosure in diversity courses within the current socio-political climate. Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Denver, CO. Paceley, Megan; Lin, Malcolm; Goffnett, Jacob. (September 2019). Growing up trans: Advice from trans youth in the Midwest. 7th Annual TransKansas Conference, Manhattan, KS.

MICHAEL RIQUINO Assistant Professor Scholarship Focus Non suicidal self-injury across the lifespan, child and adolescent mental health and trauma, ventering the perspective of you with marginalized identities, integrating micro and macro approaches, mixed methods research.

Grand Challenges Ensure health development for all youth. Achieve equal opportunity and justice. Advance long and productive lives.

Publications Castillo, J., Hendrix, E., Nguyen, V. L., & Riquino, M. R. (in press). Macro practice supervision by social work field educators. Journal of Social Work Education. Garland, E. L., Hanley, A. W., Riquino, M. R., Reese, S. E., Baker, A. K., Salas, K., Yack, B. P., Bedford, C. E., Bryan, M. A., Atchley, R., Nakamura, Y., Froeliger, B., & Howard, M. O. (2019). Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement reduces opioid misuse risk via analgesic and positive psychological mechanism: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 87(10), 927-940. Garland, E. L., Baker, A. K., Riquino, M. R., & Priddy, S. E. (2019). Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement: A review of its theoretical underpinnings, clinical application, and biobehavioral mechanisms. In I. Ivtzan (Ed.), Handbook of mindfulness-based programmes (pp. 327-340). New York, NY: Routledge.

Presentations Riquino, Michael; Reese, Sarah; Nguyen, Van; Molloy, Jen; Garland, Eric. (January 2020). Attentional bias for nonsuicidal cues among self-injuring young adults. Society for Social Work and Research Conference, Washington, DC. Reese, Sarah; Riquino, Michael; Garland, Eric. (January 2020). Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement leads to decreased pain and negative affect among chronic pain patients. Society for Social Work and Research Conference, Washington, DC. Reese, Sarah; Riquino, Michael. (October 2019). Engaging students in social work research to promote evidencebased practice. Council on Social Work Educationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Annual Program Meeting, Denver, CO. Castillo, Jason; Hendrix, Elizabeth; Riquino, Michael. (October 2019). Macro practice education in the field practicum: A survey of field instructors. Council on Social Work Educationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Annual Program Meeting, Denver, CO. Riquino, Michael. (September 2019). Care & well-being. Red Hot Research, Lawrence, KS. Riquino, Michael. (September 2019). Mental health applications of mindfulness in clinical social work practice. Mindfulness Symposium, Lawrence, KS.

PAUL SMOKOWSKI Professor Scholarship Focus Children and families, Latino immigrant families, rural youth, school, health, psychodrama techniques.

Grand Challenges Ensure healthy development for all youth. .

Publications Smokowski, P. R., & Evans, C. B. R. (2019). Bullying and Victimization Across the Lifespan: Playground Politics and Power. Boston, MA: Springer. Cotter, K. L., Rose, R. A., Bacallao, M., & Smokowski, P. R. (In Press). Parenting Wisely six months later: How delivery format impacts program effects at follow-up. Journal of Primary Prevention. Smokowski, P.R. & Evans, C.B.R., Rose, R., & Bacallao, M. (2020). A Group Randomized Trial of Restorative Justice Programming to Address the School to Prison Pipeline, Reduce Aggression and Violence, and Enhance School Safety in Middle and High School Students", Journal of School Violence. Kingston, B., Smokowski, P.R., MacFarland, A., Evans, C.B.R., Pampel, F. Mercado, M., Vagi, K., & Spies, E. (2020). Testing the Nurturing Environments Framework on youth violence and prosocial behavior across ethnically and geographically diverse rural and urban samples of adolescents. Youth & Society. Wu, Q., Guo, S., Evans, C. B. R., Smokowski, P. R., Bacallao, M. & Cotter, K. L. (2019). Modeling ecological risk, health promotion, and prevention program effects for rural adolescents. Journal for the Society of Social Work and Research.

Presentations Smokowski, P. R. (2020). Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in Robeson County, NC: A community of services. NC Youth Violence Prevention Center, webinar. Smokowski, P. R. (2020).Â NC Youth Violence Prevention Center: Ten years of working to reduce ACEs in Robeson County, NC, webinar. Smokowski, P.R. (2020). Teen Court as an Evidenced-Based Juvenile Justice Diversion Program. North Carolina Juvenile Services Association conference. Wilmington, NC Espel, E. V., Dmitrieva, J., & Smokowski, P. (2020). Adverse Childhood Experiences, Family and School Transitions, and Problem Behavior. Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Annual Meeting, Virtual conference.

Espel, E. V., Dmitrieva, J., & Smokowski, P. (2019, November). Relationship between Oregon School Discipline code and juvenile justice involvement. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Dmitrieva, J., Espel, E. V., & Smokowski, P. (2019). Understanding pathways of the school-to-prison pipeline. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Smokowski, P.R. & Evans, C.B.R. (2019). The impact of restorative justice teen courts on rural adolescents. American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA. Smokowski, P.R. (2019). Equity & fairness in school discipline and juvenile justice systems. Symposium Chair, American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA. Smokowski, P.R. (2019). Effectiveness of restorative justice programs. Restorative Justice World Conference, Bethlehem, PA. Smokowski, P.R. (2019). Effectiveness of restorative justice programs. Teen Court & More Conference. NC Department of Public Safety, Hickory, NC. Smokowski,P.R. (2019). Youth violence as a public health problem. School of Public Health Colloquium, University of California Los Angeles

CARRIE WENDELHUMMELL Research Project Director Scholarship Focus Healthcare and long term services and supports policy, mental health over the life-course, aging with disabilities, mixed methods research, community based research.

Grand Challenges Eradicate social isolation. Close the health gap. Advance long and productive lives.

Presentations Wendel-Hummell, Carrie; Kang, Hyun; Sullivan, Darcy; O’Neal, Alan; Swartzendruber, Lora; LaPierre, Tracey; Poggio, John. (November 2019). Updating and Testing the PASRR Screen in Kansas: Real World Implications. Gerontological Association of America, Austin, TX.

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Kortney Carr Presentations Levy, M., Boyd, C., Carr, K. (2019) Interprofessional Education and Social Work: Preparing Students and Promoting the Profession. CSWE 65th Annual Program Meeting.

Shelby Clark Publications Clark, S.L. Akin, B.A., Wright, K. (2020). A Future of Strength: The Strengths Perspective and Developing Social Workers. In A.N. Mendenhall & M.M. Carney (Eds.) Rooted in Strengths (p. 39-50). University of Kansas Libraries.

Presentations Clark, S.L, Dunkerley, S., Akin, B.A., Palmer, A. (August 2019). Making Data Digestible: How a Study on Early Parent Engagement in Foster Care is Shaping Child Welfare Practice in Kansas. Poster presentation at the National Child Welfare Evaluation Summit, Washington D.C. Clark, S.L, Palmer, A., Akin, B.A., Dunkerley, S., Brook, J. (January 2020). Investigating the Relationship between Trauma Symptoms and Placement Instability for Children in Foster Care. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Reducing Racial and Economic Inequality, Washington D.C.

STACY DUNKERLY Publications Akin, B.A., Dunkerley, S., & Brook, J. (2019). Driving organization and systems change toward trauma-responsive services in child welfare: Supervisor and administrator perspectives on initial implementation. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 1-21.

Presentations Dunkerley, S., Akin, B., Palmer, A., Brook, J. (January 2020). An Examination of Parent Engagement and Parent Challenges Early in Foster Care Involvement. Presentation at the Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Washington, D.C. Palmer, A., Akin, B., Dunkerley, S., Brook, J. (January 2020). Collaboration in a Public-Private-University Partnership for Trauma-Informed Child Welfare Services. Poster presentation at the Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Washington, D.C. Clark, S., Palmer, A., Akin, B., Dunkerley, S., Brook, J. (January 2020). Investigating the Relationship between Trauma Symptoms and Placement Instability for Children in Foster Care. Presentation at the Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Washington, D.C. Dunkerley, S., Akin, B., Brook, J. (October 2019). Parent Reports of Engagement and Challenges Early in Their Foster Care Involvement. Presentation at the 65th Annual Program Meeting for the Council on Social Work Education, Denver, CO. Clark, S., Dunkerley, S. Akin, B., Palmer, A. (August 2019). Making Data Digestible: How a Study on Early Parent Engagement in Foster Care is Shaping Child Welfare Practice in Kansas. Poster presentation at the National Child Welfare Evaluation Summit, Washington, D.C.

WHITNEY GRUBE Publications Schuetz, N., Mendenhall, A., & Grube, W. (in press). Strengths Model for Youth Case Management: Impact on the provider and agency. Child and Adolescent Social Work. Mendenhall, A., Grube, W., & Jung, E. (2019). Implementing Strengths Model for Youth in community mental health: Impact on case managersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; professional quality of life. Children and Youth Services Review.

Presentations Mendenhall, A., Grube, W., Jeong, M, Davis, S., Kepple, N., & Akin, B (January 2020). Using Standardized Assessments for Service Eligibility & Delivery in the Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Behavioral Health System: Observations & Recommendations from A Midwestern State. Society for Social Work Research 24th Annual Conference, Washington DC, January 2020.

MIJIN JEONG Publications Jen, S., Zhou, Y., & Jeong, M. (2020) Youll See: Younger Women Interviewing Older Women in Qualitative Research. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, Ahead of print, 1-15.

Presentations Jen, S., Zhou, Y., & Jeong, M. (November 2019). Youll see: younger women interviewing older women. Jeong, M. (December 2019). Long-Term Care Insurance (LTCI) policy in South Korea: multiple stream framework analysis. Workshop presented at University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.

AMITTIA PARKER Publications Paceley, M., Sattler, P. L., Goffnett, J., Jen, S. (accepted, May 2020). It feels like home: Transgender youth in the Midwest and conceptualizations of community climate. Journal of Community Psychology. Sattler, P. L. (2020). The Crime Victims’ Rights Act: Rhetoric or reality? Greenwich Social Work Review, 1(1), 5058.

PATRICIA SATTLER Publications Paceley, M., Sattler, P. L., Goffnett, J., Jen, S. (accepted, May 2020). It feels like home: Transgender youth in the Midwest and conceptualizations of community climate. Journal of Community Psychology. Sattler, P. L. (2020). The Crime Victims’ Rights Act: Rhetoric or reality? Greenwich Social Work Review, 1(1), 5058.

Presentations Sattler, P., Goffnet, J., & Paceley, M. (January 2020). Trans Youth Navigating Identity Disclosure in the Midwest: Contextual Factors in the Family, School, and Community. [Poster]. Society for Social Work and Research 24th Annual Conference, Washington, D.C. Paceley, M., Sattler, P., & Goffnet, J. (January 2020). Midwestern Trans Young People and Conceptualizations of Community and Community Climate. [Poster]. Society for Social Work and Research 24th Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.

NIK SCHUETZ Publications Bagwell-Gray, M.E., Jen, S., & Schuetz, N. (in press). How intimate partner violence and intersectional identities influence women's sexual health across environmental contexts. Social Work. Schuetz, N., Mendenhall, A.N. & Grube, W. (2020). Strengths Model for Youth Case Management: Impact on the Provider and Agency. Child Adolescent Social Work Journal. Mendenhall, A., Grube, W., Schuetz, N., (2020). Changing focus: Moving toward a client-centered strengthsbased collaborative model for youth case management. In A. N. Mendenhall & M.M. Carney (Eds.), Rooted in Strengths: Celebrating the strengths perspective in social work (pp. 203-221). University of Kansas Libraries. Paceley, M, Fish, J., Conrad, A., & Schuetz, N. (2019). Diverse community contexts and community resources for sexual and gender minority youth: A mixed methods study. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 1-16.

Presentations Bagwell-Gray, M. E., Schuetz, N., & Jen, S. (January 2020). Women's sexual health in the context of intimate partner violence: The intersections of gender, race, cl Schuetz, N., Mendenhall, A., Pfannenstiel, A., Cornwell, P. (March 2020). Developing a universal survey to measure agency-wide impact: One instrument across diverse programs, services, and clients. Annual Research and Policy Conference on Child, Adolescent, and Young Adult Behavioral Health. Mendenhall, A., Grube, W., Schuetz, N., (April 2020). Changing focus: Moving toward a client-centered strengths-based collaborative model for youth case management, University of Kansas Social Work Day Conference 2020.

KELECHI WRIGHT Publications Clark, S., Akin, B., & Wright, K. (2020). A Future of Strength: The Strengths Perspective and Developing Social Workers. In Mendenhall, A. N., & Carney, M. M (Eds.) Rooted in Strengths: Celebrating the Strengths Perspective in Social Work. (pp. 39-49). University of Kansas Libraries. Wright, K. & Akin, B. (2020). The Whitewashing of Social Work History. How dismantling racism in social work education begins with a more culturally equitable history of the profession. In preparation for Advances in Social Work.

Presentations Wright, K. (March 2020). Lecture on Research and Program Evaluation, University of Kansas, MSW Program, Lawrence, KS. Clark, S., Akin, B., & Wright, K. (April 2020).Â A Future of Strength: The Strengths Perspective and Developing Social Workers. Social Work Day 2020, Lawrence, KS.

THANKS SPONSORS & PARTNE

The University of Kansas School of Social Welfare would like to thank the many sponsors and community partners who made our work in the 20192020 fiscal year possible. Together with these partners, we have engaged in transformative social work research which has positively impacted individuals, organizations and communities in Kansas and beyond.

TO OUR COMMUNITY RS SPONSORS U.S Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children & Families U.S Department of Health & Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration U.S Department of Health & Human Services Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute U.S. Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bureau California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions Kansas Department of Aging & Disability Services Kansas Department of Children & Families Saint Francis Ministries United Methodist Health Ministry Fund Children's Trust Fund of Missouri American Cancer Society KVC Kansas Colorado Department of Human Services Connecticut Department of Children and Families Iowa Department of Human Services Maine Department of Health and Human Services Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Oregon Department of Human Services 55

COMMUNITY PARTNERS Administration for Children and Families, Region 7 Aetna Antelope Valley Mental Health Center Caminar Latino Catholic Charities of Southwest Kansas Center for Health & Safety Culture Center for the Study of Social Policy Central Kansas Mental Health CenterÂ Child Advocacy and Parenting Services Children's Mercy Hospital Children's Trust Fund of Missouri Chrysalis Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence City on the Hill Cloud County Health Department Colorado Department of Human Services Cometa Vocational Training Program Community Care Network of Kansas Community Solutions, Inc. Compass Behavioral Health Connecticut Department of Children & Families Cornerstones of Care County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California County Social Services DCCCA Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin Douglas County Coalition on Aging Duchesne Clinic ECKAN Exodus Recovery Farmworker Justice First Care Clinic Foster Adopt Connect Futures Without Violence Great Circle Haskell Health Center Haskell Indian Nations University HaysMedÂ Heartland Community Health Center Hong Fook Mental Health Association Horizons Mental Health Center Hoxie Clinic Imperial County Behavioral Health Services Implementation Sciences International, Inc. Iowa Department of Human Services Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska Jayhawk Primary Care Johnson County Mental Health Center JUNTOS Center for Advancing Latino Health Kansas Children's Alliance Kansas Department for Children and Families

Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services Kansas Department of Health and Environment Kansas Family Advisory Network Kansas Health Institute Kansas Legal Services Kansas Office of Judicial Administration, Kansas Court Improvement Program Kansas Parents as Teachers Kansas Recruitment and Retention Center Kansas Supreme Court Task Force on Permanency Planning Kansas Unified School District 347 Kansas Unified School District 473 Kansas Unified School District 480 Kansas Unified School District 497 - Native American Student Services Kansas Youth Advisory Council KCSL Konza Prairie Community Health Center KUMC - Project Eagle KVC Kansas Lake County Behavioral Health Lawrence Memorial Hospital - Integrated Crisis Team LifeWorks LiveWell Finney County Health Coalition LiveWell Northwest Kansas Long Beach Mental Health Lutheran Indian Ministries Maine Department of Health and Human Services MHP Salud Migrant Clinicians Network Migrant Farmworkers Assistance Fund Minds Matter Missouri Migrant Education Program/Research Foundation at SUNY Mono County Behavioral Health Montana Department of Public Health Napa County Mental Health National Center for Farmworker Health National Council on Family and Juvenile Court Judges New Chance New Mexico Department for Children, Youth, & Families North Kansas City Hospital Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Old Dominion University Oregon Department of Human Services Plumas County Behavioral Health PMRC Clinic Services-Women's Clinic Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Public Works Virginia Rainbos REACH Healthcare Foundation Reach Out 2 Someone Else Rediscover Rose Brooks, Kansas City, MO Russell Child Development Center

Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska Sacramento County Mental Health Services SafeHome Saint Francis Community Services Saint Francis Ministries Samuel U. Rodgers Health Clinic Sojourner Center, Phoenix, AZ State of Kansas Department of Health Care Services State of Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services State of Kansas Department for Children and Families State of New Hampshire State of Oklahoma Department of Human Services State of Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Success by 6 Sunflower Health Plan Swope Health Telecare TFI Family Services The PRIDE Study, SMART Recovery Tri-City Mental Health U.S. Children's Bureau U.S. Department of Labor United HealthCare United Methodist Health Ministry Fund Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore University of Delaware University of Kansas Alzheimer's Disease Center University of Kansas Center for Telemedicine and Telehealth University of Kansas Health System University of Kansas Medical Center University of Kansas School of Medicine University of Kansas School of Pharmacy University of Nebraska Medical Center University of Oklahoma, Health Sciences Center Vermont Department for Children and Families Via Christi Vibrant Health WEAVE Inc. Wyoming Department of Family Services Youthlink/Centerlink

INDEX Complete List of Faculty Deborah Adams (pg. 17) Scholarship focus: Poverty and policy studies; asset building and asset effects; well-being of women and children; social and economic development; theory for research; mixed methods research. Becci Akin (pg. 18) Scholarship focus: understanding the keys to successful implementation and effective and equitable interventions for families involved in child welfare. Meredith Bagwell-Gray (pg. 20) Scholarship focus: Reduce health disparities for survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV); sexual safety planning intervention to address HIV/STI risk, substance use, and trauma. Mahasweta Banerjee (pg. 21) Scholarship focus: Theories and practices associated with enhancing social and economic justice; community development; microenterprise as an anti-poverty strategy; international social development; qualitative and quantitative research. Jared Barton (pg. 22) Scholarship focus: Child welfare management; management reporting; use of data in program improvement planning and management decision making; outcomes research; program evaluation; risk assessment; and abuse/neglect prevention with public assistance populations. Jody Brook (pg. 23) Scholarship focus: Substance abuse across the lifespan, child welfare, family drug courts, substance abuse prevention, community substance abuse strategies, mixed research methods. Kaela Byers (pg. 24) Scholarship focus: Social determinants of health and toxic stress; promotion of protective factors; child welfare and early childhood systems improvement; implementation and outcomes evaluation. Michelle Mohr Carney Scholarship focus: Intimate partner violence, at-risk youth, community practice, nonprofit development and management, program development and evaluation, leadership development, collaboration building and conflict resolution, grant writing, strategic planning. Juliana Carlson (pg. 25) Scholarship focus: International organizational practices to engage men in gender-based violence prevention; formal support of new and expectant fathers to reduce child exposure to domestic violence; economic and social justice for families. D. Crystal Coles (pg. 27) Scholarship focus: Child welfare and the intersection of the African-American/Black diaspora through the lens of health disparities in rural and urban communities; focusing on the child and maternal well-being as a preventative method of children transitioning into the foster care system. Sarah Jen (pg. 28) Scholarship focus: Intersections of social work, gerontology, and sexuality; support the sexual needs of aging populations and to improve the health and well-being of LGBTQ midlife and older adults. Nancy Jo Kepple (pg. 32) Scholarship focus: Social consequences of the availability, distribution, and use of psychoactive substances; substance use behaviors among parenting. Terry Koenig (pg. 34) Scholarship focus: Ethical decision making in social work practice; social welfare philosophy; International social work development and cross-cultural practices; Central Asian and post-Soviet issues; aging, elder abuse and self-neglect; qualitative research methods. Melinda Lewis (pg. 35) Scholarship focus: Poverty and economic inequality, asset-based financial aid, social change, strategies for effective policy advocacy by nonprofit organizations, advocacy evaluation, and advocacy capacity-building for individuals and social service organizations. Jason Matejkowski (pg. 38) Scholarship focus: Policies and services involving adults with mental illness who are involved with the criminal justice system or who are homeless.

Briana McGeough (pg. 39) Scholarship Focus: Understanding and intervening on mental health disparities experienced by sexual minority individuals, particularly disparities in depression and alcohol use disorders. Amy Mendenhall (pg. 40) Scholarship focus: Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mental health including serious mental illness, service utilization, parent and child education and the impact of mental illness on children and their families. Megan Paceley (pg. 42) Scholarship focus: Understanding the impact of non-urban communities on the health and well-being of gender and sexual minority (GSM youth; development, sustainability, and evaluation of gender and sexual minority community organizations. Laurie Ramirez Scholarship focus: Indigenous and Latinx issues; cultural competency; social justice; substance abuse prevention and treatment; community organizing. Michael Riquino (pg. 45) Scholarship Focus: Non suicidal self-injury across the lifespan, child and adolescent mental health and trauma, centering the perspective of youth with marginalized identities, integrating micro and macro approaches, mixed methods research. Edward Scanlon Scholarship focus: Anti-poverty programs and policies; social justice; policy and social change strategies. Paul Smokowski (pg. 46) Scholarship Focus: Children and families, Latino immigrant families, rural youth, school, health, psychodrama techniques.

Complete List of Research Staff Dennis Alford Scholarship focus: Strengthening child welfare systems; improving safety, permanency and well-being outcomes for children and families Taryn Atkins Scholarship Focus: Child welfare services; implementation of evidence based practices, secondary traumatic stress, supervision and coaching practices Amanda Brown Scholarship Focus: Parenting education, parenting beliefs and practices across cultural contexts, play, early childhood development and school readiness Elise Crain Scholarship focus: Child welfare services; implementation of evidence-based practices, secondary traumatic stress, supervision and coaching practices Sharah Davis Scholarship focus: Promote evidenced-based and community-based practices to improve family well-being with at risk families; utilize research findings to guide community-based interventions for at risk families Mary Eibes Scholarship Focus: Child welfare services; implementation of evidence based practices, secondary traumatic stress, supervision and coaching practices. Maria Fairman Scholarship focus: Indigenous and Tribal issues; Cultural Competence; Understanding how cultural adaptation promote evidence-based practices to improve the well-being of families with children who are affected by substance abuse;Â Initiate and preserve partnership and collaboration with organizations that serve families with children Alanea Hanna Scholarship Focus: Child welfare services; implementation of evidence-based practices, secondary traumatic stress, supervision and coaching practices Catrina Hinkle Scholarship Focus: Child welfare services; implementation of evidence-based practices, secondary traumatic stress, supervision and coaching practices

Cheryl Holmes (pg. 30) Scholarship focus: Frontier and Rural; Integrated Care; Behavioral Health Bryan Knowles Scholarship focus: Evidence-based best practices implementation support for organizations providing services to adults and transition age youth who experience serious mental illness Michelle Levy (pg. 35) Scholarship focus: Recruitment, retention and workforce issues; health and behavioral health; interprofessional education, integrated care; prevention; rural perspectives; engagement; organizational intervention; cross-systems collaboration Ally Mabry (pg. 37) Scholarship focus: Evidence-based best practices implementation support for organizations providing services to adults and transition age youth who experience serious mental illness; the Strengths Model of Case Management; Development of fidelity scales to measure adherence to emerging best practices in mental health; Client-centered social administrative practices for mental health organizations and state mental health authorities Victoria McArthur Scholarship focus: Child welfare services; implementation of evidence-based practices, secondary traumatic stress, supervision and coaching practices Sarah McCall Scholarship focus: child welfare services and collaboration Natasha Santiago-Mason Scholarship Focus: Child welfare services; implementation of evidence-based practices, secondary traumatic stress, supervision and coaching practices Chad Shaver Scholarship focus: Child welfare management, use of data in program improvement planning and management Kellie Spencer Scholarship focus: Consultant and trainer directly supporting community mental health agencies in developing recovery oriented and strengths based programs with the ultimate aim of improving the lives and amplifying the voices of those impacted by the mental health system Jon Sushinsky Scholarship focus: Child welfare management, use of data in program improvement planning and management Lora Swartzendruber Scholarship focus: Aging and disability options Julie Toplikar Scholarship focus: Strengthening child welfare prevention services; system alignment Carrie Wendel-Hummell (pg. 47) Scholarship areas: Healthcare and Long Terms Services and Supports Policy, Mental Health over the Life-course, Aging with Disabilities, Mixed Methods Research, Community-based Research

List of Featured PhD Graduates, Candidates & Students Kortney Carr (pg. 50) Shelby Clark (pg. 50) Stacy Dunkerley (pg. 51) Whitney Grube (pg. 51) Mijin Jeong (pg. 52) Amittia Parker (pg. 52) Patricia Sattler (pg. 52) Nik Schuetz (pg. 53) Kelechi Wright (pg. 53)

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