Research 2021

As part of the School of Social Work’s (SSW) Centennial celebration, the Research Office, in collaboration with the SSW Marketing and Communications team, collected information from our entire governing faculty, including tenure-track and clinical faculty and research scientists. The goal was to produce a panoramic view of our research landscape on our hundredth anniversary. We asked faculty to identify the most representative populations and content areas for their current research, and to briefly describe their key contributions to this population/area of research. The result shows that our faculty’s research agendas specifically address all three themes of the Centennial: social justice; the School’s past, present and future; and social work and the arts.

Our colleagues are collaborating not only among themselves but with others across disciplines and institutions in the US and abroad. Our research shows how the school has supported, particularly in the past five years: team-based and individual research; growing a diverse scholarship portfolio that makes a strong societal impact; and advancing diversity, equity and inclusion through knowledge development that emphasizes social justice through public, engaged scholarship, research and dissemination. We are excited about the growth in our research expenditures and the corresponding expansion of our scholarship touching on myriad psychosocial and community needs. We hope you enjoy discovering all the innovations described below.