FEATURED FACULTY & RESEARCH STAFF

from KU School of Social Welfare 2022 Research Highlight

by KU Social Welfare

FEATURED FACULTY & RESEARCH INVESTIGATORS

Scholarship Focus

DEBORAH ADAMS

Associate Professor

MSW Program Director

Publication

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.

Adams, D., Mendenhall, A.N., Ohmer, M.L., & Mohr Carney, M. (2022). Gratitude and introductions from the new Journal of Community Practice Editor Team. Journal of Community Practice, 30(1), 1-2, https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2022.2045812

Product

Adams, D. (2021, November 17). Asset Poverty: What Is It & How Do We Eradicate It? KU School of Social Welfare Research Impact Talk.

BECCI AKIN

Associate Professor

PhD Program Director

Projects

Scholarship Focus

Equitable & eﬀective child welfare practices and policies; foster care; adoption; children’s mental health, parent substance abuse; domestic violence; parent mental health; implementation research; intervention research; translational research; community-based research; evidence-based practice

Kansas Strong for Children and Families (Principal Investigator)

Kansas PMTO (Principal Investigator)

Kansas Invests in Families (KinVest) (Principal Investigator)

Family Strong (Co-Investigator)

TFI Absent Youth (Co-Investigator)

Quality Improvement Center on Child Welfare Involved Children and Families Experiencing Domestic Violence (Co-Investigator)

Fatherhood FIRE (Co-Investigator)

Family First (Co-Investigator)

SFM, Assessment (Co-Investigator)

OPI (Co-Investigator)

Kansas SED Waiver Assessment & Evaluation Using the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (Co-Investigator)

Publications

Akin, B. A., Collins-Camargo, C., Strolin-Goltzman, J., Antle, B., Palmer, A., Verbist, N., & Krompf, A. (2021). Screening for trauma and behavioral health needs in child welfare: Practice implications for promoting placement stability. Child Abuse & Neglect, 122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105323 [OPEN ACCESS]

Barton, J. L., & Akin, B. A. (2022). Implementation drivers as practical measures of data driven decision making: An initial validation study in early childhood programs. Global Implementation Research and Applications. 2, 141–152. https://doi.org/10.1007/ s43477-022-00044-5 [OPEN ACCESS]

Kim, J.S., Brook, J., & Akin, B. (2021). Randomized controlled trial of solution-focused brief therapy for substance-use-disorderaﬀected parents involved in the child welfare system. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 12(3), 545-568.

Kim, J. S., Brook, J., Liming, K.W., Park, I.Y., Akin, B. A., & Franklin, C. (2022). Randomized controlled trial study examining positive emotions and hope in solution-focused brief therapy with substance using parents involved in child welfare system. International Journal of Systemic Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1080/2692398X.2022.2045160

Liming, K. W., Akin, B.A., & Brook, J. (2021). Adverse childhood experiences and foster care placement stability. Pediatrics, 148(6). https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2021-052700

Liming, K.W., Brook, J. & Akin, B. A. (2021). Cumulative adverse childhood experiences among children in foster care and the association with reuniﬁcation: A survival analysis. Child Abuse & Neglect, 113, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104899 [OPEN ACCESS]

Wright, K., Akin, B. A., Byers, K., McCall, S. E., Alford, D., Parker, A., Clark, S. L., Shaw-Woody, N., Kline, M., Brown, N., Hill, E., Davis-Myers, S., Parham, W., Rush, R. (2022). Using institutional analysis to examine the systemic sources of racial disproportionality and disparity: A case example. Child Welfare, 100(2), 99-136.

Wright, K., Carr, K., & Akin, B. A. (2021). The whitewashing of social work history: How dismantling racism in social work education begins with a more culturally equitable history of the profession. Advances in Social Work, 21(2/3), 274-297. https://doi. org/10.18060/23946 [OPEN ACCESS]

Presentations

Akin, B. A. (2022, March 4). Implementation science in social work. Presentation to faculty and students of the Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

Akin, B. A., Byers, K., Alford, D., Brown, A., Clark, S.L., Dunkerley, S., McArthur, V., McCall, S.E., Naemi Jimenez, P., Toplikar, J., & Wright, K. (2021, July 27-29). A multi-level, collaborative approach to strengthening a child welfare system. [Virtual]. 22nd Annual Conference, National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Thriving Children & Families: Prevention with Purpose. Washington, DC .

Akin, B. A., Byers, K., Clark, S. L., Dunkerley, S., Wright, K. C., & McCall, S. (2021, November 7). Child welfare professionals’ orientation toward child saving versus family focus. Council on Social Work Education 67th Annual Program Meeting, Leading Critical Conversations: Racial, Economic & Environmental Justice, Orlando, Florida.

Akin, B. A., Clark, S. L., Byers, K., McCall, S., Gomez, H., & Paceley, M.S. (2022, January). “That’s nothing if we never let you say how it feels to be already drenched:” Identifying key themes for supporting youth in foster care through poetic inquiry. 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Social Work Science for Racial, Social, and Political Justice, Washington, DC.

Barton, J., Byers, K., Akin, B. A., & Alford, D. (2022, January). Key Conditions for Change in Child Welfare: Applying a Collective Impact Framework to Inform Family First Prevention Services Implementations. [National/Accepted; Presentation canceled due to COVID-19]. 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Social Work Science for Racial, Social, and Political Justice, Washington, DC.

Brown, A., Alford, D., Akin, B.A., & Byers, K. (2021, November 5). Diﬀerences in local court procedures impact implementation of a cross-sector communication tool. Council on Social Work Education 67th Annual Program Meeting, Leading Critical Conversations: Racial, Economic & Environmental Justice, Orlando, FL.

Brown, A., Alford, D., Byers, K., & Akin, B. A. (2022, January). The adoption tracking tool: Creating structures to Improve cross-sector collaboration. 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Social Work Science for Racial, Social, and Political Justice, Washington, DC.

Brown, A., Naemi Jimenez, P., Byers, K., & Akin, B. A. (2022, January). Parent experiences with the child welfare system: Validation of surveys assessing interactions with caseworkers and the court system. 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Social Work Science for Racial, Social, and Political Justice, Washington, DC.

Clark, S. L. & Akin, B. A. (2022, April 3-5). There is no such thing as an independent scholar: Autoethnographic reﬂections of a doctoral candidate’s and chair’s experiences in doctoral education. [Virtual]. ResilienceCon 2022, Nashville, TN.

Clark, S. L., Byers, K., Akin, B. A., Dunkerley, S., Wright, K. C., & McArthur, V. (2022, January). Investigating the relationship between child welfare professionals’ well-being and application of casework skills in practice. 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Social Work Science for Racial, Social, and Political Justice, Washington, DC.

Clark, S. L., Byers, K., Akin, B. A., Dunkerley, S., Wright, K. C., McArthur, V., & Carr, K. (2022, January). Organizational responses to child welfare professionals: Do they predict secondary traumatic stress, burnout, compassion satisfaction and self-care among front line workers and supervisors? 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Social Work Science for Racial, Social, and Political Justice, Washington, DC.

Clark, S. L., McCall, S., Akin, B. A., Byers, K., Brown, A., Alford, D., Toplikar, J. & Wright, K. C. (2021, November 5). “Pause, listen, act”: Reimagining supports and systems impacting youth in foster Care. Council on Social Work Education 67th Annual Program Meeting, Leading Critical Conversations: Racial, Economic & Environmental Justice, Orlando, FL.

Diaz, A., Kepple, N., Holmes, C., Banda, L., Carlson, J., & Akin, B. A., (2022, January 14). Attitudes held by child welfare and domestic violence stakeholders regarding domestic violence survivors and people who use violence. [Electronic poster]. 25th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, D.C.

Dunkerley, S., McArthur, V., Akin, B. A., Brown, A. (2021, November 5). Honoring family: Engaging parent partners in strengthening a child welfare coaching program. Council on Social Work Education 67th Annual Program Meeting, Leading Critical Conversations: Racial, Economic & Environmental Justice, Orlando, FL.

Dunkerley, S., McArthur, V., Akin, B. A., & Brown, A. (2022, January). Honoring family: Engaging parent partners in strengthening a child welfare coaching program. 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Social Work Science for Racial, Social, and Political Justice, Washington, DC.

Dupree, S., Fry, A., Turner, B., & Akin, B. A. (2021, November 3). Overview and justiﬁcation for the Kansas Racial Equity Collaborative. Presentation to the quarterly meeting of the Kansas Early Childhood Systems Building, Topeka, KS.

Dupree, S., Fry, A., Turner, B., & Akin, B. A. (2022, February 8). Developing and implementing the Kansas Racial Equity Collaborative. Kansas Women in State Employment (WISE) Quarterly Webinar, Topeka, KS.

Grube, W., Mendenhall, A.N., Akin, B., Kepple, N., Ridley, M., & Riquino, M. (2022, November). Equitable child & family assessment: The role of social work education. Council on Social Work Education 68th Annual Program Meeting, Anaheim, CA.

Kepple, N. J., Bagwell-Gray, M., Mendenhall, A.N., Sattler, P., Akin, B. A., Jeong, M., Carr, K., Paceley, M.S., Jen, S. (2021, November 6). Revisioning doctoral education to center racial justice and a critical perspective. Council on Social Work Education 67th Annual Program Meeting, Leading Critical Conversations: Racial, Economic & Environmental Justice, Orlando, FL.

Liming, K.W., Brook, J., & Akin, B. A. (2021, October 4-7). Considerations for achieving child well-being: Examining adverse childhood experiences among children in foster care. 2021 Kempe International Virtual Conference: A Global Call to Action to Change Child Welfare.

McArthur, V., Dunkerley, S., Akin, B. A., Atkins, T., Crain, E., Eibes, M., Hanna, A., Hinkle, C., & Santiago-Mason, N. (2021, November 6). Lessons learned: Initial implementation of a skills-based coaching program in child welfare. Council on Social Work Education 67th Annual Program Meeting, Leading Critical Conversations: Racial, Economic & Environmental Justice, Orlando, FL.

McArthur, V., Hanna, A., Eibes, M., Dunkerley, S., Akin, B. A., & Byers, K. (2022, January). Adapting and installing a coaching program for child welfare supervisors: Lessons learned from initial implementation. 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Social Work Science for Racial, Social, and Political Justice, Washington, DC.

Mota, W., White Starr, R., Carlson, J., & Akin, B. A. (2022, February 4). Centering racial equity in collaboration: A research conversation on the purposeful development of a new survey instrument. [Presentation and discussion for Research Conversations]. University of Kansas School of Social Welfare, Lawrence, KS.

Naemi Jimenez, P., Brown, A., Byers, K., & Akin, B. A. (2022, January). A conﬁrmatory factor analysis of a brief version of the secondary traumatic stress-informed organization assessment (STSI_OA). [Poster presentation]. 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Social Work Science for Racial, Social, and Political Justice, Washington, DC.

Paceley, M.S., Akin, B. A., Clark, S. L., Byers, K., & McCall, S. (2022, January). “Youth are not something to check oﬀ your to do list”: Poetic inquiry into the symbols youth and other stakeholders use to reimagine supports for youth in foster care. [Poster Presentation]. 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Social Work Science for Racial, Social, and Political Justice, Washington, DC.

Schiele, J., Akin, B., A., Ali, S., Gil, K., & Sousa, C. (2022, May 24). Keynote panel discussion: Innovations in implementing anti-racist and inclusive practices in doctoral education. Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education in Social Work (GADE) Annual Conference: Societal Shifts and the Changing Landscape of Doctoral Education: Research, Pedagogy, and Public Impact, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.

Wright, K. C., Akin, B. A., Byers, K., & McCall, S. (2021, November 6). Courts, communities, and accountability: Executing genuine community-based research. Council on Social Work Education 67th Annual Program Meeting, Leading Critical Conversations: Racial, Economic & Environmental Justice, Orlando, FL.

Wright, K. C., Akin, B. A., Byers, K., McCall, S., E., Alford, D. & Carr, K. (2022, January). Discrimination, disproportionality, and disparity: Black families’ experiences of structural and systemic bias in child welfare. 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Social Work Science for Racial, Social, and Political Justice, Washington, DC.

Products

First Annual Racial Equity Collaborative Symposium (2022, April), Lawrence, KS.

E ALEXANDER Assistant Professor

Publications

Scholarship Focus

Centering BIPOC womxn and QTPOC: e’s scholarship explores relationships among neocolonial subjectivity and subjection on college campuses, community cultural wealth (Yosso, 2005) in higher education, and intersectional organizational violence in academia’s operations.

alexander, e. (2021). The Elders’ pedagogy: Teaching as survivance in the academy. In T. Kress, C. Edmin, & R. Lake (Eds.) Critical pedagogy for healing: Paths beyond “wellness,” toward a soul revival of teaching and learning. Bloomsbury Press.

Pasque, P.A. & alexander, e. (Eds.). (2022). Advancing culturally responsive research and researchers: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003126621

Program Coordinator

Presentation

MEREDITH BAGWELL-GRAY Assistant Professor

Projects

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.

Cervical Cancer Prevention among Survivors of Partner Violence: Technological Innovations for a Trauma-Informed Approach (Principal Investigator)

Enhancing the Public Health Response to Domestic Violence in the Context of COVID-19 (Principal Investigator)

Publications

Bagwell-Gray, M. E. (2021). Sexual violence perpetrated by men against women in intimate relationships. In T. K. Shackelford The SAGE handbook of domestic violence (Vol. 2, pp. 77-97). SAGE Publications Ltd, https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781529742343.n5

Bagwell-Gray, M.E., Messing, J.T., Ogbonnaya, I., Brown, M. L. (Accepted). Deﬁ nitions and Measurement of Family Violence and Aggression: Spotlight on Intimate Partner Violence. In P. Sturmey (Ed.) Violence in Families: Integrating Research into Practice. Springer.

Bagwell-Gray, M. E. & Ramaswamy, M. (2022). Cervical cancer screening and prevention among survivors of intimate partner violence. Health & Social Work, 47 (2), 102–112, https://doi.org/10.1093/hsw/ hlac009

Bagwell-Gray, M. E., Thaller, J., Messing, J. T., & Durfee, A. (2021). Women’s Reproductive Coercion and Pregnancy Avoidance: Associations With Homicide Risk, Sexual Violence, and Religious Abuse. Violence Against Women, 27(12–13), 2294–2312. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012211005566

Jock, B. W., Dana-Sacco, G., Arscott, J., Bagwell-Gray, M. E., Loerzel, E., Brockie, T., Packard, G., O’Keefe, V. M., McKinley, C. E., & Campbell, J. (2022). “We’ve already endured the trauma, who is going to either end that cycle or continue to feed it?”: The inﬂuence of family and legal systems on Native American women’s intimate partner violence experiences. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. https://doi. org/10.1177/08862605211063200

Messing, J. T., Bagwell-Gray, M. E., Ward-Lasher, A., & Durfee, A. (2021). ‘Not bullet proof’: The complex choice not to seek a civil protection order for intimate partner violence. International Review of Victimology, 27(2), 173–195. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269758021993338

Ogbonnaya, I. N., AbiNader, M. A., Cheng, S. Y.*, Jiwatram-Negrón, Bagwell-Gray, M. E., Brown, M. L., Messing, J. T. (Accepted). Intimate partner violence, police engagements, and perceived helpfulness of the legal system: An analysis by survivor race and ethnicity. Journal of the Society of Social Work and Research.

Salyer, C., Lipnicky, A., Bagwell-Gray, M., Lorvick, J., Cropsey, K., & Ramaswamy, M. (2021). Abnormal pap follow-up among criminal-legal involved women in three U.S. cities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(12), 6556. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126556

Presentations

Bagwell-Gray, M. E., & Jen, S. (2022, January). “I’m not pussyfooting around…who’s got time for that anymore?”: A research poem of time lost and time left in healing from intimate partner violence. Society for Social Work and Research 26th Annual Conference, Washington D.C.

Bagwell-Gray, M. E., Paceley, M.S., Mohr, Carney, M., Jen, S., & Riquino, M. (2022, January). “It still comes back to my kids”: A qualitative study of the lived experiences of BSW and MSW student mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Poster Presentation]. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Washington D.C.

MAHASWETA BANERJEE Professor

BSW Program Director

Presentation:

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.

Jen, S., Banerjee, M.M., Carr, K., Paceley, M.S., Wright, K., & Cole, S. (2021, November). Addressing tensions and inequities through trauma-informed pedagogy: Lessons from students’ pandemic experiences. [Symposia]. Council for Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting. Orlando, FL.

Product:

Mahasweta Banerjee. (2022, May 6). Reconceptualizing introduction to social work research course. [Poster presentation]. Center for Teaching Excellence, Revolutionizing Academic Learning Community, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.

JARED BARTON Assistant Research Professor

Projects

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.

Director of 11 sponsored projects for implementing Results Oriented Management (ROM Reports) (Principal Investigator)

Evaluation of the Missouri Children’s Trust Fund’s Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Initiative (Principal Investigator)

Evaluation of the Missouri Children’s Trust Fund’s Capacity Building Project (Principal Investigator)

Evaluation of the Saint Francis Community Services Fatherhood FIRE Initiative (Principal Investigator)

Universal Supports for Strong and Thriving Families (Family Strong) (Co-Investigator, Evaluator)

Safe Sleep Grant Program Evaluation for the Missouri Children’s Trust Fund (Co-Investigator)

Examination of Predictors of Youth Absence from Care (Co-Investigator)

Assessment of Client Functioning across Populations and Programs Safe Sleep Program Evaluation for Missouri Children’s Trust Fund (Co-Investigator)

Publication

Presentations

Barton, J. (2021, July 26). Machine learning to promote child and family wellbeing: A model for improving foster care placement decisions Invited presentation at the July 2021 Quarterly ROM Leadership Council Meeting. (National/Invited; virtual conference)

Barton, J., Byers, K., Akin, B. A., & Alford, D. (2022, January). Key conditions for change in child welfare: Applying a collective impact framework to inform family ﬁrst prevention services implementations [National/Accepted; Presentation canceled due to COVID-19]. 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Social Work Science for Racial, Social, and Political Justice, Washington, DC.

Barton, J., Byers, K., & Bowling, A. (2021, Nov. 12). Family ﬁrst prevention services act data elements. Invited presentation at the Casey Family Program Child Welfare Data Leaders Convening. (National/Invited; virtual conference)

Barton, J., Byers, K., Brown, A., Alford, D., Vancy, P., Sushinsky, J., & Shaver, C. (2022, March). How the Kansas Family First Initiative Brings Together Data for CQI. CQI Statewide Conference for Child Welfare and Probation, Davis, CA. (State/Invited; virtual conference).

Byers, K, & Barton, J. (2022, March). Early Lessons Learned in Moving Child Welfare Upstream: Family First Prevention Services in Kansas. CQI Statewide Conference for Child Welfare and Probation, Davis, CA. (State/Invited Keynote; virtual conference).

Byers, K, & Barton, J. (2022, April). Supporting Families with Youth Children: Early Lessons Learned in Moving Child Welfare Upstream with Family First. Kansas Association of Infant Mental Health Annual Conference, Newton, KS. (State/Invited Keynote).

Wells, R., Bauer., A., Barton, J., & Epp, P. (2021, Dec. 1). Modernizing child welfare information systems: Discover the power of a modern information system. Presentation for Advanced CareDirector Live Webinar.

Projects Ending

Results Oriented Management (ROM) reporting system for Montana State Department of Public Health and Human Services Results Oriented Management

ROM for the State of Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services Examination of Predictors of Youth Absent from Care

Scholarship Focus

Behavioral health issues including SBIRT, Technology-Based Clinical Supervision, Behavioral Health Integration and Ethics in the Age of Technology; improving the delivery of integrated services in Kansas and across the country; equity of health resources in rural areas.

Projects

Integrated Health Scholars (Consultant)

Publications

Crowl, A.N., Wellner, Z., Levy, M., Boyd, C., Bates, J., Barnes, J., Shrader, S. (2021). Determining the impact of an interprofessional simulation focused on social determinants of health among pharmacy students, Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, 13(7), 779-783. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cptl.2021.03.002

Levy, M. & Boyd, C. (in press). Grow your own: Educating social workers in rural and frontier areas to address the behavioral health workforce crisis. Contemporary Rural Social Work Journal.

Robertson, A.D., Crowl, A.N., Matejkowski, J., Levy, M., Boyd, C., Barnes, J. & Shrader, S. (2021). Use of a warm handoﬀ interprofessional simulation to model asynchronous and patient-centered teamwork. Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice, 22 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjep.2020.100410

Presentations

Boyd, C. (2021, August 25). Understanding the stages of change and how to motivate patients. [National Webinar] Opioid Response Network sponsored event.

Boyd, C. (2021, September 12). SBIRT: Let’s start the conversation about substance use. Annual Conference for Behavioral Health, Manhattan, KS.

Boyd, C. (2021, September 16). Diagnosis and treatment of co-occurring disorders: Working towards better outcomes. Annual Conference for Behavioral Health, Manhattan, KS.

Boyd, C. (2021). Substance use disorders: A primary care approach to managing substance use disorders. [Panel]. University of Kansas Medical Center. Kansas City, Mo.

Boyd, C. (2022, March 4). Spring 2022 CCEC: Clinical social work licensure. [1 hour Virtual Training]. KU School of Social Welfare.

Boyd, C. (2022, March 27). CCEC and KUMC: Ethical and competent telebehavioral health social work practice. [Virtual, 1 hour co-facilitated]. KU School of Social Welfare. https://mediahub.ku.edu/media/t/1_e4udrbo3

Boyd, C. (2022, May 3). CCEC and KUMC: Telehealth ethics training. [Virtual, 3 hour co-facilitated]. KU School of Social Welfare. https://mediahub.ku.edu/media/t/1_32oqw9ai

Boyd, C. (2022, May 3-25). CCEC resiliency based clinical supervision. [4 virtual sessions]. KU School of Social Welfare

Boyd, C. (2022, May 17). New ethical dilemmas in the digital age. Navigating the new Normal Conference, Kansas City, MO.

Boyd, C. (2022, June 8-29). CCEC resiliency based clinical supervision. [4 virtual sessions]. KU School of Social Welfare

Boyd, C. (2022). ECHO: Opiod crisis. [Panel]. Substance Use Disorders. University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Mo.

JODY BROOK Associate Professor

Projects

Scholarship Focus

Substance abuse across the lifespan; child welfare; family drug courts; substance abuse prevention; community substance abuse strategies; mixed research methods.

Oklahoma Partnership Initiative (Phase 3) (Principal Investigator)

Kansas Serves Substance Aﬀected Families (follow up analyses) (Principal Investigator)

Publications

Brook, J. (2022). Reframing recovery: The limitations of an ASFA driven approach to substance use among child welfare involved families. Family Integrity & Justice Quarterly. https://publications.pubknow.com/view/752322160/. [Open Access]

Kim, J.S, Brook, J., Liming, K.W., Park, I.Y., Akin, B.A., & Franklin, C. (2021). 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, 12(1), 545-568. https://doi. org/10.1086/715892

Kim, J.S., Brook, J., & Akin, B. (2021). Randomized controlled trial 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, 12(3), 545-568

Liming, K. W., Akin, B., & Brook, J. (2021). Adverse childhood experiences and foster care placement stability. Pediatrics, 148(6). https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2021-052700

Lloyd-Sieger, M., Becker, J. & Brook, J. (2021). Family treatment court participation and permanency in a rural setting: Outcomes from a rigorous quasi experiment. Child and Family Social Work, 26(4).

Presentations

Brook, J., Liming, K. W., Byers, K. & Coles, C. (2022, January 14). Examining the substance use patterns and treatment experiences of foster care involved, substance use aﬀected families. [Virtual conference e-poster presentation]. Society for Social Work Research 2022, Social Work Science for Racial, Social, and Political Justice.

Brook, J., Liming, K. W., Byers, K. & Coles, C. (2022, January 14). Before and after: An examination of the impact of parenting program participation on parental attitudes among substance abuse aﬀected, child welfare involved families. [Virtual conference e-poster presentation]. Society for Social Work Research 2022, Social Work Science for Racial, Social, and Political Justice.

Brook, J., Mazzetti, S. & Liming, K.W. (2022, March 22). Utilizing publicly available data to inform prevention planning for adults and children involved in public child welfare. [Virtual conference presentation]. International Public Health Conference: Exploring Public Health Challenges and Development in a Globalizing World.

Liming, K.W. & Brook, J. (2021, September 14). Kansas serves substance-aﬀected families: A regional partnership grant, round III. [Virtual presentation]. Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Statewide Provider Workshop, OK.

Liming, K.W. & Brook, J. (2021, October 1). Sharpening the focus of program evaluation: The Kansas serves substance aﬀected families experience. [Virtual presentation]. University of Kansas, School of Social Welfare, Lawrence, KS.

Liming, K.W. & Brook, J. (2021, October 7). Results from a randomized control trial: The impact of a parent-skills program on reuniﬁcation for young children aﬀected by parental substance use. [Virtual conference presentation]. 2021 Kempe International Virtual Conference: A Global Call to Action to Change Child Welfare.

Liming, K. W., Brook, J., Byers, K. & Coles, C. (2022, January 14). Trauma and depressive symptomology of parents involved in a child welfare parenting-skills intervention: Did participation help? [Virtual conference e-poster presentation]. Society for Social Work Research 2022, Social Work Science for Racial, Social, and Political Justice.

Liming, K. W., Brook, J., Byers, K. & Coles, C. (2022, January 14). Examining early childhood development among children in foster care after participation in the Strengthening Families Program. [Virtual conference e-poster presentation]. Society for Social Work Research 2022, Social Work Science for Racial, Social, and Political Justice.

Products

Brook, J., Liming, K., Coles, D.C., Smith, K., & Byers, K. (2021). Final Report: Regional Partnership Grant – Third Round, Kansas Serves Substance Aﬀected Families. University of Kansas School of Social Welfare. Lawrence, KS.

Clark, S. L., Palmer, A. N., Akin, B. A., Dunkerley, S., & Brook, J. (2021). Increasing placement stability through screening and interviewing in children’s trauma symptoms. University of Kansas School of Social Welfare. https://socwel.ku.edu/sites/socwel/ ﬁles/2022-03/ResearchBrief-ShelbyClark.pdf

AMANDA BROWN Associate Researcher

Presentations

Brown, A., Alford, D., Akin, B. A., & Byers, K. (2021, November 5). Diﬀerences in local court procedures impact implementation of a cross-sector communication tool. Council on Social Work Education 67th Annual Program Meeting, Leading Critical Conversations: Racial, Economic & Environmental Justice, Orlando, FL.

Dunkerley, S., McArthur, V., Akin, B.A., Brown, A. (2021, November 5). Honoring family: Engaging parent partners in strengthening a child welfare coaching program. Council on Social Work Education 67th Annual Program Meeting, Leading Critical Conversations: Racial, Economic & Environmental Justice, Orlando, FL.

Dunkerley, S., McArthur, V., Akin, B.A., & Brown, A. (2022, January). Honoring family: Engaging parent partners in strengthening a child welfare coaching program. 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Social Work Science for Racial, Social, and Political Justice, Washington, DC.

KAELA BYERS Associate Research Professor

Projects

Scholarship Focus

Social determinants of health and toxic stress; promotion of protective factors; child welfare and early childhood systems improvement; implementation and outcomes evaluation.

Universal Prevention for Strong and Thriving Families (Family Strong) (Principal Investigator)

Kansas Family First Prevention Services Act Evaluation (Principal Investigator)

TFI Absent Youth (Principal Investigator)

Kansas Strong for Children and Families (Co-Investigator)

Kansas Invests in Families (KinVest) (Co-Investigator)

Fatherhood FIRE (Co-Investigator)

Safe Sleep Program Evaluation (Co-Investigator)

Child Abuse Prevention Evaluation (Co-Investigator)

Publications

Byers, K., Monahan, E., McCrae, J., Robinson, J., & Finno-Velasquez, M. (in press). Improving child health and healthcare use outcomes: How risk and resilience intersect in pediatric care. Prevention Science.

McCrae, J., Spain, A., Robinson, J., Byers, K., & Axelrod, J. (2021). The Mitigating Toxic Stress study design: approaches to developmental evaluation of pediatric health care innovations addressing social determinants of health and toxic stress. BMC Health Services Research, 21(71).

Moreno, A., Byers, K., Monahan, E. Robinson, J., & McCrae, J. (2021). Beyond overwhelmed: A new measure of the functional impact of toxic stress on parents of young children. Children and Youth Services Review, 131.

Sattler, P., Paceley, M.S., Byers, K., Mulkey, Z., & Mendenhall, A.N. (2022). Lost in translation: Bilingual parent coaches’ experiences implementing an un-adapted early childhood intervention with non-english speakers. Global Implementation Research and Applications, 2, 12-21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43477-022-00037-4

Wright, K., Akin, B. A., Byers, K., McCall, S. E., Alford, D., Parker, A., Clark, S. L., Shaw-Woody, N., Kline, M., Brown, N., Hill, E., DavisMyers, S., Parham, W., Rush, R. (2022). Using institutional analysis to examine the systemic sources of racial disproportionality and disparity: A case example. Child Welfare, 100(2), 99-136.

Presentations

Akin, B.A., Byers, K., Alford, D., Brown, A., Clark, S.L., Dunkerley, S., McArthur, V., McCall, S.E., Naemi Jimenez, P., Toplikar, J., & Wright, K. (2021, July 27-29). A multi-level, collaborative approach to strengthening a child welfare system. [Virtual]. 22nd Annual Conference, National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Thriving Children & Families: Prevention with Purpose. Washington, DC .

Barton, J., Byers, K., Akin, B. A., & Alford, D. (2022, January). Key conditions for change in child welfare: Applying a collective impact framework to inform Family First prevention services implementations [National/Accepted; Presentation canceled due to COVID-19]. 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Social Work Science for Racial, Social, and Political Justice, Washington, DC.

Brown, A., Alford, D., Akin, B. A., & Byers, K. (2021, November 5). Diﬀerences in local court procedures impact implementation of a crosssector communication tool. Council on Social Work Education 67th Annual Program Meeting, Leading Critical Conversations: Racial, Economic & Environmental Justice, Orlando, FL.

Mendenhall, A.N., Grube, W., Sattler, P. L., Byers, K., & Davis, S. (2022, January) Eﬀects of early intervention on child and parent outcomes: An analysis of Attachment and Biobehavioral Catchup. [ePoster presentation]. Society for Social Work and Research 26th Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.

Mendenhall, A.N., Olaleye, O., Paceley, M.S., Grube, W., & Byers, K. (2022, November). Assessing facilitators and challenges to implementation of early intervention from multiple perspectives. Council on Social Work Education 68th Annual Program Meeting, Anaheim, CA. (National)

Products

Byers, K., Barton, J., Grube, W., Wesley, J., & Akin, B. (2022, May). Youth absences from care: Final report of study ﬁndings. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas, School of Social Welfare.

JULIANA CARLSON Associate Professor

Projects

Scholarship Focus

International organizational practices to engage men in genderbased violence prevention; formal support of new and expectant fathers to reduce child exposure to domestic violence; economic and social justice for families.

Quality Improvement Center on Child Welfare Involved Children and Families Experiencing Domestic Violence (Principal Investigator)

KU Sexual Assault Prevention and Education Center, KDHE “Prevention is Possible” Cohort Sexual Assault Survey (Co-Investigator)

Publications

Banda, L, & Carlson, J. (accepted). Malawi’s marriage law and constitutional amendment: Analysis of policy solutions to increase girls’ rights. The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare.

Casey, E., Willey-Sthapit, C., Hoximeier, J., & Carlson, J. (in press). Patterns of gender equitable attitudes and behavior among young men: Relationships with violence perpetration and masculinity ideologies. Violence Against Women.

Hoximeier, J., Carlson, J., Casey, E., & Willey-Sthapit, C., (2021). Men’s participation in anti-violence activism: Frequency and relationships with demographic characteristics & history of sexual harassment perpetration. Journal of Aggression, Conﬂict and Peace Research. 14(1), 61-72. https://doi.org/10.1108/ JACPR-02-2021-0579

Presentations:

Carlson, J., Diaz, A, Kepple, N., Banda, L., Wright, K. & Carr., K [Added - In person presenter] (2022, January 14). The implementation of an anti-racist practice in research teams: process and pollination. [Roundtable]. 25th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, D.C.

Casey, E., Willey-Sthapit, C. Carlson, J. & Hoxmeier, J. C. (2022, January 13). Patterns Of gender equitable attitudes and behavior among young men: Relationships with violence perpetration. [Oral presentation]. 25th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, D.C.

Struble, D., Carlson, J., Mabachi, N, & Doan, A. (2022, January 15). Perceptions of college men in men’s engagement programs on masculinities and gender norms. [Electronic poster]. 25th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, D.C.

Product

Translated the KU SAPEC “Prevention is Possible” survey results (administered in August-Sept 2021 for all ﬁrst year KU students) into multiple Instagram “stories” to disseminate the ﬁndings in a way that the study participants might absorb them. Project launched during April 2022 for Sexual Assault Prevention month activities. https://www.instagram.com/ku_sapec/?hl=en (PIP Study).

Award

Award of Excellence, University of Minnesota, College of Education and Human Development Alumni Society (November 2021)

MICHELLE CARNEY Dean Professor

Publications

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.

Adams, D., Mendenhall, A.N., Ohmer, M.L., & Carney, M. (2022). Gratitude and introductions from the new Journal of Community Practice Editor Team. Journal of Community Practice, 30(1), 1-2, https://doi. org/10.1080/10705422.2022.2045812

Carney, M., Adams, D., Mendenhall, A.N., & Ohmer, M. (2022). The lens of community. Journal of Community Practice, 30(2), 105–108. https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2022.2077598

Presentations:

Bagwell-Gray, M. E., Paceley, M.S., Carney, M., Jen, S., & Riquino, M. (2022, January). “It still comes back to my kids”: A qualitative study of the lived experiences of BSW and MSW student mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Poster Presentation]. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Washington D.C.

Kortney Carr

Associate Professor of Practice

Doctoral Student

Publications

Scholarship Focus

Intergenerational trauma, clinical practice in social work, leadership development, trauma and its impact on behaviors, relationships, and violence in communities, mental health.

Jen, S., Brandt, G., Carr, K., Riquino, M. R., Cole, S. J., & Paceley, M. S. (2022). “I Don’t Know What World I Live in Anymore”: Social work student narratives of the COVID-19 pandemic. Qualitative Social Work. https://doi.org/10.1177/14733250221114389

Paceley, M.S., Cole, S., Robinson, J., Carr, K., Jen, S., Riquino, M., Mitra, S., & Wright, K. (2021). “Nobody’s failing at going through a global pandemic”: Lessons and tensions in social work education. Journal of Social Work Education, 57(supp 1), 168-181. Special issue on: Teaching, Field Instruction, and Administration in the Time of Pandemic or Natural Disaster. https://doi.org/10.1080/10437797.2021.1916664

Presentations

Jen, S., Brandt, G., Carr, K., Riquino, M., Cole, S., & Paceley, M.S., (2021, November). “I don’t know what world I live in anymore”: Social work student narratives of COVID-19. Council for Social Work Education, Orlando, FL.

Jen, S., Brandt, G., Carr, K., Riquino, M., Cole, S., & Paceley, M.S. (2022, January). “I don’t know what world I live in anymore”: Social work student narratives of COVID-19. [Submission withdrawn]. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Washington D.C.

ELISE CRAIN Program Coordinator

Presentation

SHARAH DAVIS-GROVES Project Manager

Presentation

Johnson-Motoyama, M., Ginther, D., Chung, Y., Phillips, R., Beer, O., Sattler, P. L., & Davis, S. (2022, January). State SNAP policy options and child protective services involvement. [Symposium]. Society for Social Work and Research 26th Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.

Mendenhall, A.N., Grube, W., Sattler, P. L., Byers, K., & Davis, S. (2022, January). Eﬀects of early intervention on child and parent outcomes: An analysis of Attachment and Biobehavioral Catchup. [ePoster presentation]. Society for Social Work and Research 26th Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.

Product

Mendenhall, A.N., Grube, W., Davis, S. & Young, A. (2021, October). Practitioner’s guidebook: Best practices in assessment for the Kansas serious emotional disturbance waiver. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas, School of Social Welfare. http://hdl.handle.net/1808/32434

MARY EIBES Program Coordinator

Presentations

MARIA FAIRMAN Project Coordinator

Presentations

Fairman, M., Holder, M., Levy, M., Mendenhall, A.N., & Two Bulls, S. (2021, September 15). Grow stronger together: Building tribal community connections & capacity to strengthen indigenous families. [Virtual panel member with Kansas Serves Native American Families]. University of Kansas School of Social Welfare Research Impact Talk. https://socwel.ku.edu/research-free-trainings

Levy, M., Mendenhall, A.N., & Fairman, M. (2022, May 10). Kansas Serves Native American Families: Final year overview. [Virtual]. Regional Partnership Grants (RPG) Annual Grantee Meeting. (National)

Product

Fairman, M. & Levy, M. (2022, May). Opening the door to learning: How to connect with our two-spirit. community. TSLGBTQ: Spirit, honor, inclusion. https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Spirit-Honor-Inclusion--Walking-in-Two-Worlds.html?soid=1126177386893&aid=RTFnPS3AD0o

WHITNEY GRUBE Research Project Coordinator

Project

Kansas SED Waiver Assessment & Evaluation Using the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (Co-Investigator)

Publication

Graaf, G., Accomazzo, S., Matthews, K., Mendenhall, A.N.N., & Grube, W. (2021). Evidence Based Practice in Systems of Care for Children with Complex Mental Health Needs. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 18(4); 394-412. https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2021.1891172

Presentations:

Products

Byers, K., Barton, J., Grube, W., Wesley, J., & Akin, B. (2022, May). Youth absences from care: Final report of study ﬁndings. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas, School of Social Welfare.

ALANEA HANNA Program Coordinator

Presentations

CATRINA HINKLE Program Coordinator

Presentation

MELISSA HOLDER Assistant Professor

Project

Scholarship Focus

The impacts of historical trauma on intimate violence among Indigenous women, as well as the cultural integrity and competence of institutions of higher education serving Indigenous populations.

Kansas Serves Native American Families. Co-PI KU/Haskell 500 Nations Bridge. (Co-Investigator)

Presentations

Baca, M., Jacobo, A. & Holder, M. (2021, September 14). Native American healthcare and equity. [Virtual panel member]. University of California Berkeley American Indian Graduate Program & School of Public Health.

Holder, M. (2021, December 4). From historical trauma and oppression to cultural resurgence. A survival culture. [Virtual presentation]. Developmental Disabilities Administration Region 2. Seattle, Washington.

Holder, M., Paceley, S., & Sandman, L. (2021, December 2, 9). Unﬁnished: Growth through trauma. [Virtual presentation]. Tribal Partnership State of Washington.

Holder, M., & Ramirez, L., (2021, September 23). Restorative practices & wellness. [Virtual panel]. The Commons: Community Learning & Practice: Native Ways of Thinking, Knowing, Being: Restorative Practices & Wellness. University of Kansas. https://thecommons.ku.edu/community-learning-practice-native-ways-thinking-knowing-being

CHERYL HOLMES Research Project Director

Projects

Migratory and Seasonal Agricultural Workers and Health Research: Developing Capacity for PCOR (Principal Investigator)

Health, Food, and Family: Rural Systems and COVID-19 Decision Making (Principal Investigator)

Farmworker Health Program (Evaluator)

Quality Improvement Center on Child Welfare Involved Children and Families Experiencing Domestic Violence (Evaluator)

Kansas Serves Native American Families (Evaluator)

Child Sexual Abuse Prevention (Evaluator)

Presentations

Geary, C., Lessem, R., Holmes, C., Abbott, K., & Roes, M. (2022, March). Patient engagement in research: Introduction to application. [Pre-conference workshop presentation; virtual]. Annual Midwest Nursing Research Society Conference.

Jung, E., Mendenhall, A.N., Levy, M. & Holmes, C. (2021). Delivering a parenting program in Native American communities during a pandemic: Lessons learned. [Poster presentation]. Council on Social Work Education 67th Annual Program Meeting, Orlando, FL.

Products

Holmes, C., Garay, R., Geary, C., Britton, & Ramos, A. (2021). Research agenda: Migratory and seasonal agricultural workers and COVID-19. University of Kansas School of Social Welfare. https://www.pcori.org/sites/default/ﬁles/Working-Throughout-COVID19-MSAW-Final-Report-v2.pdf

Holmes, C., Reid, E., & Gladney, S. (2021). Partnering with farmworkers in research: Tips for researchers. English: https://www.pcori.org/ sites/default/ﬁles/farmworkers-tips-for-researchers.pdf Spanish: https://www.pcori.org/sites/default/ﬁles/consejos-para-los-investigadores.pdf

Holmes, C., Reid, E., Gladney, S., & Britton, H. (2021). COVID-19 vaccine confidence: Gathering information to assist with decision-making.University of Kansas School of Social Welfare. English: https://www.pcori.org/sites/default/files/COVID-19-Vaccine-Confidence-Farmworkers.pdf Spanish: https://www.pcori.org/sites/default/files/farmworkers-covid-spanish.pdf

University of Kansas School of Social Welfare (2021). Migratory workers in the U.S.: Enhancing equity, funding healthy communities. [Video]. https://youtu.be/sXfWV03_mOw

University of Kansas School of Social Welfare (2021). Migratory workers in the U.S.: Enhancing equity, listening to our communities. [Video]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pBk_aot5ys

Projects Ending

Migratory and Seasonal Agricultural Workers and Health Research: Developing Capacity for PCOR (including additional COVID-19 enhancement)

QIC-DVCW

Sarah Jen

Assistant Professor

Projects

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.

Supporting the Equitable Health Achievement of Bisexual Midlife and Older Adults: A Mixed-Methods Examination of Key Factors and Gender Diﬀerences (Principal Investigator)

Mapping Bisexual Lives and Trajectories (Principal Investigator)

Psychosocial Adjustment and Coping: A Comparison of Racial and Ethnic Minorities and Non-Hispanic White Individual Living with Dementia (Principal Investigator)

Sexual Competencies, Policies, and Practices in Long-Term Care Settings for Older Adults (Principal Investigator)

Publications

Clark, S. L., & Jen, S. (2022). “Conscious compassion”: A co-created poetic representation of social workers’ experiences with compassion. Qualitative Social Work. https://doi.org/10.1177/14733250211070795

Jen. S. (2021). “Hardwired” biology and “light bulb” moments: Divergent life course trajectories and discourses among older bisexual women. Journal of Bisexuality. Advance Online Publication. 21(4), 465-483. https://doi.org/10.1080/15299716.2021.2004484

Jen, S., Harrop, E., Galambos, C., Mitchell, B., Willey-Sthapit, C., Storer, H. L., Gonzalez-Benson, O., Barber, C., Kim, J. C., & Zhou, Y. (2021). Discursive constructions during COVID-19: Calling for the critical analysis of discourse in social work in and beyond the pandemic. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research. 12(4), 619-629. https://doi.org/10.1086/716953

Jen, S. Jeong, M., Kang, H., & Riquino, M. (2021). Ageism in COVID-related newspaper coverage: The ﬁrst month of a pandemic. The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 76(9), 1904–1912. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab102

Jen, S., & Paceley, M. S. (2021). Capturing queer and trans lives and identities: The promise of research poems to inform stigma research. Stigma and Health, 6(1), 62–69. https://doi.org/10.1037/sah0000282

Paceley, M.S., Jen, S., Riquino, M., Cole, S., Carr, K., & Wright, K. (2022). Trauma-informed approaches to teaching students with marginalized identities during times of crisis. In J. Carello & Thompson, P. (Eds.); Trauma-informed pedagogies: A guide for responding to crisis and inequality in higher education. Palgrave Macmillan Cham.

Presentations

Barber, C., Mitchell, B., Jen S., & Willey-Sthapit, C. (2022, January). Discourses of ageism, racism, and gender during the COVID-19 pandemic: Critical Discourse Analysis roundtable. [Submission withdrawn]. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Washington D.C.

Jen, S., Brandt, G., Carr, K., Riquino, M., Cole, S., & Paceley, M.S. (2021, November). “I don’t know what world I live in anymore”: Social work student narratives of COVID-19. Council for Social Work Education, Orlando, FL.

Jen, S., & Jeong, M. (2021, November). Sexual expression, policy and practices in skilled nursing facilities: An updated assessment in the state of Kansas. [Virtual]. Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientiﬁc Meeting.

Jen, S., Jeong, M., & Lafountain, O. (2022, January). Sexual expression, policy, and practices in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs): An updated assessment in the state of Kansas. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Washington D.C.

Jeong, M., Jen, S., Kang, H., Riquino, M., & Goldberg, J. (2021, November 10). Representations of older adults in COVID-related newspapers: A comparison of perspectives between older adults and young adults. [Virtual]. Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientiﬁc Meeting.

Jones, R., & Jen, S. (2021, September). Reimagining ageing in the pages of Bi Women Quarterly. [Virtual]. International Bisexuality Research Conference.

NANCY JO KEPPLE Associate 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 decision-making; and racial/ethnic disparities within the child welfare system.

Projects

Quality Improvement Center on Child Welfare Involved Children and Families Experiencing Domestic Violence (Co-Investigator)

Kansas SED Waiver Assessment & Evaluation Using the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (Co-Investigator)

Doctoral Dissertation Research: Macro-level inﬂuences on police decision-making and engagement with victims of serious violent crime: A narrative case study of two states (Co-Investigator)

Publications

Kendrick, S. & Kepple, N. J. (2022). Scripting sex in courtship: Predicting genital contact in date outcomes. Sexuality & Culture. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-021-09938-2 (Peer-reviewed)

Kepple, N. J., Wolf, J.P., & Freisthler, B. (2022). Substance use disorder & child maltreatment: Providing a framework for understanding the relationship using current evidence. In R. Krugman & J. Korbin (Eds.), Handbook of child maltreatment (2nd Ed). New York: Springer.

Maali, O., Kepple, N. J., & Lines, B. (2022). Strategies to achieve high adoption of organizational change initiatives within the AEC industry. Journal of management in engineering, 38(4), 04022021. https://doi. org/10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0001051

Presentations

Projects Ending

Quality Improvement Center on Child Welfare Involved Children and Families Experiencing Domestic Violence Kansas SED Waiver Assessment & Evaluation Using the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale

Doctoral Dissertation Research: Macro-level inﬂuences on police decision-making and engagement with victims of serious violent crime: A narrative case study of two states

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.

Project

The long road out of Africa: Inclusion and identity in Como, Italy (Principal Investigator)

Publications

Hudson, J. W., & Koenig, T. L. (2021). The personal is professional: How U.S. social work educators’ personal relationships with nature inform their professional lives. Social Work Education: The International Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2021.2021174

Koenig, T. L., Spano, R., & Thompson, J. B. (2021). Chapter 1: Introduction (peer reviewed). In T. L. Koenig, R. Spano & J. B. Thompson (Eds.), Social work practice: Shining a light on powerful paradoxes and pitfalls. San Diego, CA: Cognella.

Koenig, T. L., Spano, R., & Thompson, J. B. (2022). Chapter 2: Frameworks for practice (peer reviewed). In T. L. Koenig, R. Spano & J. B. Thompson (Eds.), Social work practice: Shining a light on powerful paradoxes and pitfalls. San Diego, CA: Cognella.

Koenig, T. L., Spano, R., & Thompson, J. B. (2022). Chapter 3: The art of relationship in social work practice: Part 1 (peer reviewed). In T. L. Koenig, R. Spano & J. B. Thompson (Eds.), SSocial work practice: Shining a light on powerful paradoxes and pitfalls. San Diego, CA: Cognella.

Koenig, T. L., Spano, R., & Thompson, J. B. (2022). Chapter 4: The art of relationship in social work practice: Part 2 (peer reviewed). In T. L. Koenig, R. Spano & J. B. Thompson (Eds.), Social work practice: Shining a light on powerful paradoxes and pitfalls. San Diego, CA: Cognella.

Koenig, T. L., Spano, R., & Thompson, J. B. (2022). Chapter 5: The professional social worker’s skills of helping (peer reviewed). In T. L. Koenig, R. Spano & J. B. Thompson (Eds.), Social work practice: Shining a light on powerful paradoxes and pitfalls. San Diego, CA: Cognella.

Koenig, T. L., Spano, R., & Thompson, J. B. (2022). Chapter 6: The professional social worker’s skills of helping (peer reviewed). In T. L. Koenig, R. Spano & J. B. Thompson (Eds.), Social work practice: Shining a light on powerful paradoxes and pitfalls. San Diego, CA: Cognella.

Presentations

Hudson, J., & Koenig, T. L. (2022). The personal is professional: How U. S. social work educators’ personal relationships with nature inform their professional lives. Women’s and Gender Studies Consortium Conference, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.

Koenig, T. L., Nardi, P., Williams, M., Tersalvi, G., Cloyd, A., & Hudson, J. (2021). The long road out of Africa: African refugees’ journeys to Como, Italy. [Panel Presentation]. Mid-America Alliance for African Studies National Conference, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AK.

Koenig, T. L., Nardi, P., Williams, M., Tersalvi, G., Cloyd, A., & Hudson, J. (2022). Life changing journeys: Perilous travel from Africa to Italy. [Panel Presentation]. Digital Humanities Symposium, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.

Award

Digital Humanities Fellow (2021-2022), The long road out of Africa: Digital storytelling of African refugee journeys from home to Como, Italy. $1000, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.

MICHELLE LEVY Research Project Director

Projects Integrated Health Scholars Program (Principal Investigator) Kansas Serves Native American Families (Principal Investigator)

Publications

Levy, M. & Boyd, C. (in press). Grow your own: Educating social workers in rural and frontier areas to address the behavioral health workforce crisis. Contemporary Rural Social Work Journal.

Presentation

Kennedy, T. & Levy, M. (2022, April 26). Grand challenges for social work: Close the health gap. University of Kansas School of Social Welfare, Center for Community Engagement & Collaboration.

Levy, M. (2022). Health Center and Academic Collaboration Forum. [Invited facilitator; online]. Community Care Network of Kansas.

Levy, M., Fairman, M., Hicks Jr., R. & Hammouda, K. (2021, November 3). Resource sharing and relationship building through community mapping. [Virtual]. 45th Annual Governor’s Conference for the Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect.

Levy, M., Fairman, M., Two Bulls, S. & Jackson, N. (2021, September 16). Utilizing technology for remote delivery of a program for Native American families. [Conference canceled]. Kansas Telehealth Summit 2021, University of Kansas Center for Telemedicine & Telehealth.

Levy, M., & Matejkowski, J. (2022, May). Social work training for rural health workforce development. National Rural Health Association Annual Rural Health Conference. Albuquerque, N.M.

Levy, M. & Matejkowski, J. (2021, August 26). Supporting learners in integrated behavioral health. [Webinar]. University of Kansas School of Social Welfare, Center for Community Engagement & Collaboration.

Levy, M., Mendenhall, A.N., & Fairman, M. (2022, May 10). Kansas Serves Native American Families: Final year overview. [Virtual]. Regional Partnership Grants (RPG) Annual Grantee Meeting. (National)

Levy, M., Mendenhall, A.N., Fairman, M. & Two Bulls, S. (2021, July 27-29). Grow stronger together…Enhancing well-being and connection through the COVID-19 pandemic. [Virtual poster presentation]. 22nd National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect.

Products

The Integrated Health Scholars (42) each completed a Capstone Project and poster presentation. These projects include practice innovations, research, or program development conducted at the students’ ﬁeld practicum aimed at promoting equity and responsiveness of service systems of care. https://socwel.ku.edu/ihsp-2022-capstone-projects

Honor

Invited to participate in the Emotional Wellness and Cultural Appropriate Food/Food Sovereignty Subcommittee. Food and Mood Project: SAMHSA Regions 7 & 8, and USDA FNS Mountain Plains Region, 2021-present.

KILEY LIMING Associate Researcher

Projects

Oklahoma Partnership Initiative Phase 3 (OPI-3) (Co-Investigator)

Publications

Kim, J.S, Brook, J., Liming, K.W., Park, I., Akin, B., & Franklin, C. (2021). 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, 12(1), 545-568. https://doi. org/10.1086/715892

Liming, K.W., Akin, B., & Brook, J. (2021). Adverse childhood experiences and foster care placement stability. Pediatrics, 148(6). https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2021-052700

Presentations

Liming, K.W. (2021, October 4). The elephant in the child welfare living room: Addressing the issue of adverse childhood experiences among children in foster care. [Oral presentation, virtual]. 2021 Kempe International Virtual Conference: A Global Call to Action to Change Child Welfare.

Product

JASON MATEJKOWSKI Associate Dean for Academic Programs Associate Professor

Projects

Scholarship Focus

Policies and services involving adults with mental illness who are involved with the criminal justice system or who are homeless.

HRSA-BHWET - Integrated Health Scholars Program (Co-Investigator)

Publications

Matejkowski J. (2021). Challenges to employing shared decision making with adults under community supervision who have a mental illness. Frontiers in psychiatry, 12, 773411. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.773411 [Open Access]

Matejkowski, J., & Ostermann, M. (2021). The Waiving of Parole Consideration by Inmates With Mental Illness and Recidivism Outcomes. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 48(8), 1052–1071. https://doi. org/10.1177/0093854820972162

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Levy, M & Matejkowski, J. (2022, May). Social work training for rural health workforce development. National Rural Health Association Annual Rural Health Conference. Albuquerque, N.M.

Matejkowski, J. & Wright, K. (2021, November). Forensic mental health social work with adults who have criminal justice system contact. American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL.

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Matejkowski, J., & Ostermann, M. (2021). Waiving of parole consideration by inmates with mental illness and recidivism outcomes. University of Kansas School of Social Welfare. https://socwel.ku.edu/sites/socwel/ ﬁles/2022-03/ResearchBrief-JasonMatejkowski.pdf

Award

Suzanne and Harry Statland Award for Excellence in Research and Scholarship, 2022

VICKIE MCARTHUR Program Manager

Presentations

Akin, B. A. (principal author), Byers, K., Alford, D., Brown, A., Clark, S.L., Dunkerley, S., McArthur, V., McCall, S.E., Naemi Jimenez, P., Toplikar, J., & Wright, K. (2021, July 27-29). A multi-level, collaborative approach to strengthening a child welfare system. [Virtual]. 22nd Annual Conference, National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Thriving Children & Families: Prevention with Purpose. Washington, DC .

Dunkerley, S., McArthur, V., Akin, B.A., Brown, A. (2021, November 5). Honoring family: Engaging parent partners in strengthening a child welfare coaching program. Council on Social Work Education 67th Annual Program Meeting, Leading Critical Conversations: Racial, Economic & Environmental Justice, Orlando, FL.

Dunkerley, S., McArthur, V., Akin, B.A., & Brown, A. (2022, January). Honoring family: Engaging parent partners in strengthening a child welfare coaching program. 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Social Work Science for Racial, Social, and Political Justice, Washington, DC.

SARAH MCCALL Project Coordinator

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Presentations

BRIANA MCGEOUGH Assistant Professor

Projects

Scholarship Focus

Understanding and intervening on mental health disparities experienced by sexual minority individuals, particularly disparities in depression and alcohol use disorders.

SMART Recovery for LGBTQ Individuals (Principal Investigator)

LGBTQ Youth Needs Assessment (Co-Investigator)

Presentations

McGeough, B. L. (2022, January). Outcomes of 12-step involvement among sexual and gender minority individuals. [Poster Presentation]. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.

McGeough, B. L. (2022, January). Understanding the experiences of LGBTQ+ people in 12-step programs. [Oral Presentation]. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.

McGeough, B. L. (2022, June). Supporting SMART recovery involvement among LGBTQ individuals. [Oral Presentation, withdrawn]. Association for Recovery in Higher Education.

McGeough, B. L., Greenwood, E., & Cohen, N. L. (2022, June). Understanding the needs and experiences of sexual and gender minority individuals in SMART recovery. [Oral Presentation]. LGBTQ Research Symposium, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.

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LGBTQ Research Symposium (co-chair): https://socwel.ku.edu/research-symposium-2022

Amy Mendenhall

Associate Dean for Research & Faculty Development

Professor

Projects

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.

Kansas Serves Native American Families (KSNAF) (Co-Investigator)

Oklahoma Partnership Grant-3 (Co-Investigator)

Saint Francis Ministries Impact Framework (Principal Investigator)

Kansas Early Childhood Initiative (Principal Investigator)

Kansas Family First Prevention Services Evaluation (Co-Investigator)

Kansas SED Waiver Assessment & Evaluation Using the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (Principal Investigator)

Publications

Adams, D., Mendenhall, A.N., Ohmer, M.L., & Carney, M.. (2022). Gratitude and introductions from the new Journal of Community Practice Editor Team. Journal of Community Practice, 30(1), 1-2, https://doi. org/10.1080/10705422.2022.2045812

Frauenholtz, S., & Mendenhall, A.N. (2021). “Ze geven je een tweede kans”: Percepties van jongeren en verzorgers van hun ervaringen met een gemeenschapsgericht systeem voor geestelijke gezondheidszorg. Gezinstherapie Wereldwijd. 32, 376–391. https://doi. org/10.1007/s12440-021-00156-8

Graaf, G., Accomazzo, S., Matthews, K., Mendenhall, A.N., & Grube, W. (2021). Evidence Based Practice in Systems of Care for Children with Complex Mental Health Needs. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 18(4); 394-412. https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2 021.1891172

Carney, M., Adams, D., Mendenhall, A.N., & Ohmer, M. (2022). The lens of community. Journal of Community Practice, 30(2), 105–108. https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2022.2077598

Reese, J., Mendenhall, A.N., Arnold, L. Eugene, & Fristad, M. (2022). Parent counseling, psychoeducation, & parent support groups. In M. K. Dulcan (Ed.), Textbook of child and adolescent psychiatry (3rd ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing. https:// doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9781615374809.md39

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Levy, M., Mendenhall, A.N., & Fairman, M. (2022, May 10). Kansas Serves Native American Families: Final year overview. [Virtual]. Regional Partnership Grants (RPG) Annual Grantee Meeting. (National)

Mendenhall, A.N. & Hicks, C. (2022, May 10). Kansas Serves Native American Families: Designing & implementing a meaningful cost study. Regional Partnership Grants (RPG) Annual Grantee Meeting, online.

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Kansas SED Waiver Assessment & Evaluation Using the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale.

PEGAH NAEMI JIMENEZ Research Associate

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Kansas Strong (Evaluator)

FIRE Fatherhood (Evaluator)

CTF - Safe Sleep Program Evaluation (Principal Investigator)

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First Annual Racial Equity Collaborative Symposium (2022, April), Lawrence, KS

MEGAN PACELEY Associate Professor

Scholarship Focus

Exploring the relationship between queer and trans youth’s social environments (communities, schools, families) and their health and well-being; community-based, qualitative, and mixed methods research; transforming stigmatizing environments that diminish well-being into aﬃrming and supportive environments that promote healthy development and well-being for all queer and trans youth.

Projects

LGBTQ Youth in Families Study (LYFS) (Co-Investigator)

LGBTQ Youth Needs Assessment, (Co-Investigator)

ABC Project (Analyst)

Transgender Youth in the Midwest Study (Co-Investigator)

Q Chat Space Evaluation & Study (Co-Investigator/Evaluator)

SSW Students and COVID-19 (Co-Investigator)

Publications

Fish, J. N., Williams, N. D., McInroy, L. B., Paceley, M. S., Edsall, R. N., Devadas, J., Henderson, S. B., & Levine, D. S. (2022). Q Chat space: Assessing the feasibility and acceptability of an internet-based support program for LGBTQ youth. Prevention Science, 23, 130-141. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/ s11121-021-01291-y

Goﬀnett, J., Paceley, M. S., Saban, P., & Fish, J. N. (2022). Between cornﬁelds and kinfolk: Identity management among transgender youth in Midwestern families and communities. Family Process. https:// doi.org/10.1111/famp.12759

Holman, E. G., Paceley, M. S., & Courts, D. (2022) “I Share to Help Them See”: A mixed-method analysis of faculty use of self-disclosure in diversity courses. Journal of Social Work Education. https://doi.org/10. 1080/10437797.2022.2033660

Paceley, M. S., Ananda, J., Thomas, M. M. C., Hiegert, D., & Davis, T. (2021). “I have nowhere to go”: A multiple-case study of transgender and gender diverse youth, their families, and healthcare experiences. [Special issue on Health and Healthcare for Transgender and Gender Diverse Communities]. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(17), 9219. https://www.mdpi.com/16604601/18/17/9219

Paceley, M. S., Goﬀnett, J., Diaz, A. L., Kattari, S. K., Navarro, J., & Greenwood, E. (2021). “I Didn’t Come Here to Make Trouble”: Resistance strategies utilized by transgender and gender diverse youth in the midwestern U.S. Youth, 1(1), 29–46. https://doi.org/10.3390/youth1010005

Paceley, M. S., Greenwood, E., Dikitsas, Z. A., Fish, J. N., McInroy, L. B., Riquino, M. R., & Henderson, S. B. (2022). “They Make These Laws to Put Us Back in Our Place”: A found poem on the trauma, hope, and resilience of transgender and gender diverse youth and discriminatory policies. Qualitative Inquiry, 28(3–4), 392–393. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778004211030198

Rand, J., Paceley, M., Fish, J., & Okrey Anderson, S. (2021). LGBTQ+ Inclusion and Support: An Analysis of Challenges and Opportunities Within 4-H. Journal of Youth Development, 16(4), 26-51. doi:https://doi.org/10.5195/jyd.2021.1072

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Greenwood, E., Paceley, M.S., Flores, R., Sanders, I., Goﬀnett, J., & Sattler, P. (2022, June). “My parents broke me” and other research poems on the individual and collective victimization, trauma, resilience, and power among transgender and gender diverse youth. [Paper Presentation]. LGBTQ Research Symposium.

Kattari, L., Kattari, S.K., & Paceley, M.S. (2022, January). Examining the impact of the LGBTQIA+ policy landscape on the ﬁeld of social work. [Roundtable withdrawn due to COVID-19]. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference.

Paceley, M.S., Fish, J.N., Watson, R., Ramseyer Winter, V., & Kattari, S.K. (2022, March). The relationship between the family environment and community context on sexual and gender minority youth’s disordered eating behaviors. [Poster Presentation]. Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Conference.

Paceley, M.S., Watson, R., Fish, J.N., Ramseyer Winter, V., & Kattari, S.L. (2022, June). The relationship between family, school, and community context and disordered eating among LGBTQ+ youth: A national and regional examination. [Poster Presentation]. LGBTQ Research Symposium.

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LGBTQ Research Symposium (co-chair): https://socwel.ku.edu/research-symposium-2022

Anti-trans policies & social work education: A national town hall: https://socwel.ku.edu/town-hall

Center for Sexuality and Gender Diversity on demand education: https://sgd.ku.edu/demand-education

LAURIE RAMIREZ Associate Professor of Practice

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Scholarship Focus

Culturally grounded social work practice with oppressed populations, diversity, equity and inclusion in social work education, children and families, and evaluation of culturally adapted practices.

Kansas Serves Native American Families (Liaison)

Presentations

Bointy, M., Gipp, F., Peterson, M., Ramirez, L., Walker, K. (2022, May 10). A panel discussion on Native American and Indigenous communities and mental health. [Panel member]. Nash Cares Education Series. Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center. Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence, KS.

MICHEAL RIQUINO Assistant Professor

Projects

Scholarship Focus

Nonsuicidal self-injury across the lifespan, child and adolescent mental health and trauma, centering the perspectives of youth with marginalized identities, integrating micro and macro approaches, mixed methods research.

Kansas SED Waiver Assessment & Evaluation Using the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (Co-Investigator)

LGBTQ Youth Needs Assessment, (Co-Investigator)

Publications

Garland, E.L., Hanley, A.W., Nakamura, Y., Barrett, J.W., Baker, A.K., Reese, S.E., Riquino, M.R., Froeliger, B., & Donaldson, G.W. (2022). Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement vs. supportive group therapy for co-occurring opioid misuse and chronic pain in primary care: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA Internal Medicine, 182, 407-417. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.0033

Nguyen, V.L., Riquino, M.R., Reese, S.E., & Molloy, J. (2022). An exploration of racial and ethnic disparities at the point of arrest from the perspectives of Youth of Color. Youth Voice Journal.

Paceley, M. S., Dikitsas, Z. A., Greenwood, E., McInroy, L. B., Fish, J. N., Williams, N., Riquino, M. R., Lin, M., Henderson, S. B., & Levine, D. (2021). The perceived health implications of policies and rhetoric targeting transgender and gender diverse youth: A community-based qualitative study. Transgender Health.

Reese, S.E., Garland, E.L., Conradt, E., & Riquino, M.R. (2021). An integrated mechanistic model of Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement for opioid-exposed mother-infant dyads. Frontiers in Psychology, 12: 688359. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.688359

Presentations

Project Ending

Kansas SED Waiver Assessment & Evaluation Using the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (Dec. 21, 2021)

NATASHA SANTIAGO-MASON Program Coordinator

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Chad Shaver

Senior Functional Systems Analyst

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Barton, J., Byers, K., Brown, A., Alford, D., Vancy, P., Sushinsky, J., & Shaver, C. (2022, March). How the Kansas Family First Initiative brings together data for CQI. CQI Statewide Conference for Child Welfare and Probation, Davis, CA. (State/Invited; virtual conference).

JON SUSHINSKY Associate Director

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LAURA SWARTZENDRUBER Research Project Coordinator

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Wendel, C., LaPierre, T., Olds, D., Sullivan, D., Babitzke, J., & Swartzendruber, L. (2021, Dec. 14-16). Multi-level barriers and facilitators to rapidly implementing safety practices in home and community-based services during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Virtual]. Academy Health 14th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation.

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Wendel-Hummell, C., LaPierre, T., Olds, D., Sullivan, D., Babitzke, J., Swartzendruber, L., & Mullen, G. (2021, July). Care and Safety Practices during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Home and Community Based Services: Research Brief. Issue 1. Lawrence: Center for Research on Aging and Disability Options, University of Kansas. (Distributed to stakeholder advisory board and state agencies.)

JULIE TOPLIKAR Research Project Coordinator

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Kim Warren

Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

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Scholarship Focus

A historian of race and gender, social reform, education, civil, human, and women’s rights, Dr. Warren conducts research and teaching in areas of African Diasporas, Native American studies, and feminist studies.

Narrow, S., Warren, K.C., & Tzu-Chen Wu, J., (Eds.). (In press). Unequal sisters: An inclusive reader in U.S. women’s history (5th ed.). New York: Routledge.

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Warren, K.C., Hicks, C., & Houser, A. (2022, May 16). A question of freedom: The families who challenged slavery from the nation’s founding to the Civil War. [Moderators]. Lawrence, KS.

CARRIE WENDEL-HUMMELL Project Manager

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COVID19-HCBS project, (Principal Investigator)

Presentations

Babitzke, J., LaPierre, T., Wendel-Hummel, C., Sullivan, D., Swartzendruber, L., Boyd, C. & Olds, D. e (2022, Apr 13-16) “He Deﬁnitely Don’t Care About Me”: COVID-19 politicization and the marginalization of Americans with disabilities. [Paper]. Midwest Sociological Society (MSS). Chicago, IL.

LaPierre, T., Wendel-Hummell, C., Olds, D., Babitzke, J., Sullivan, D., Swartzendruber, L. & Barta, T. (2022, June 4-7). Stakeholder engagement strategies and impact on patient centered research in home and community based care. [Poster]. Academy Health Annual Research Meeting. Washington D.C.

Olds, D., Wendel-Hummell, C., LaPierre, T., Sullivan, D., Babitzke, J., Swartzendruber, L & Mullen, G. (2022, Jun 13-15) Environment of care factors in the provision of long-term services and supports to vulnerable populations during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Poster]. Association of Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). Indianapolis, IN.

Sullivan, D., Wendel-Hummell, C., LaPierre, T., Babitzke, J., Swartzendruber, L., Boyd, C. & Olds, D. (2022, Apr 13-16) “They Don’t Get Paid Even Half of What They’re Worth to Us”: Worker shortages and unmet care needs during the COVID-19 Pandemic. [Paper]. Midwest Sociological Society (MSS). Chicago, IL.

Wendel-Hummell, C. & LaPierre, T., (2021, Sept. 23) Lessons in community engaged research: The COVID-19 home care study. University of Kansas Disability Studies Seminar. Lawrence, KS. (invited)

Wendel, C., LaPierre, T., Olds, D., Sullivan, D., Babitzke, J., & Swartzendruber, L. (2021, Dec. 14-16). Multi-level barriers and facilitators to rapidly implementing safety practices in home and community-based services during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Virtual]. [Poster]. Academy Health 14th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation.

Wendel-Hummell, C. LaPierre, T., Olds, D., Babitzke, J., Sullivan, D., Swartzendruber, L. & Barta, T. (2022, June 4-7). Care and safety during the pandemic in home and community-based services: Challenges of a fragmented system. [Poster]. Academy Health Annual Research Meeting. Washington D.C.

Wendel-Hummell, C. LaPierre, T., Olds, D., Babitzke, J., Sullivan, D., Swartzendruber, L. & Barta, T. (2022, June 4-7). “They Seemed to Forget about Us Little People”: The invisibility and neglect of essential homecare workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic. [Paper]. Academy Health Annual Research Meeting. Washington, D.C.

Wendel-Hummell, C. & Smith, K., (2021, Sept. 18). Nothing about us without us includes research. [Virtual]. [Paper]. Seeking Opportunities for an Advocacy Revolution (SOAR) 2021 conference.

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Wendel-Hummell, C. (2021, Oct. 7). The LTC Workforce Needed for Long and Productive Lives. KU School of Social Welfare Grand Challenge Event. [Panel]. Virtual.

Wendel-Hummell, C. & Hyten, A. (2021, Sept). Direct Support Workers: An Essential Workforce Surviving on Poverty Wages. Kansas: KU Center for Research on Aging and Disability Option & Topeka Independent Living Resource Center. (Research brief distributed to state and national legislators in support of proposed legislation to improve DSW wages and beneﬁts.)

Wendel-Hummell, C. & LaPierre, T. (2022, Apr 6) Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) during COVID-19: Challenges, triumphs, and implications. KU School of Social Welfare Research Impact Talk, virtual.

RENEE WHITE Associate Professor of Practice

Publication https://doi.org/10.1007/s42972-022-00047-4

Street, L.A., Martin, P.H., White, A.R. et al. Problem-based learning in social policy class: a semester-long project within organizational policy practice. Journal of Policy Practice & Research. 3,118–131 (2022).

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White, A.R. (2022, March 4). After the marches, demonstrations, and protests end… the real work of social justice begins. 19th Annual Joplin Area Professional Social Work Seminar.

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Macro Social Work Stories with Dr. Renee White #disasterrecovery #community collaboration Ep. 23. Streamed live on Feb 18, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3I9g0BEFOY&t=640s

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