Awards and Honors

AYESHA GHAZI EDWIN LECTURER AND ENGAGE: DETROIT PROGRAM COORDINATOR

Ayesha Ghazi Edwin was appointed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer to serve on the Michigan Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission.

TERRI FRIEDLINE ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SOCIAL WORK

Terri Friedline was appointed to the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Academic Research Council. Her research on fair banking and financial practices will impact the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the nation.

LUKE SHAEFER PROFESSOR OF SOCIAL WORK, DIRECTOR U-M POVERTY CENTER

Luke Shaefer was named a 2020 Andrew Carnegie Fellow. The twoyear award provides support for his project, “Deepening Our Understanding of America’s Most Vulnerable Communities.” Shaefer was also appointed Special Counselor to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and will act as special counselor to the director.

Ruth Dunkle

Todd Herrenkohl

Shanna Kattari PAULA ALLEN-MEARES was named a 2020 Society for Social Work and Research Fellow.

DAVID CÓRDOVA was named an Ambassador for the Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students.

RUTH DUNKLE was named a 2020 Society for Social Work and Research Fellow.

LISA FEDINA, LORRAINE GUTIÉRREZ, DACIA PRICE and RICHARD TOLMAN received a 2019 Michigan Social Work Diversity Equity and Inclusion Impact Award for leading the School’s Undoing Racism community building efforts.

TODD HERRENKOHL was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare.

JOSEPH HIMLE was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare.

JUSTIN HODGE was elected to the board of directors for the Congressional Research Institute for Social Work and Policy (CRISP), which is committed to expanding the participation of social workers in federal legislative and policy processes. • JUSTIN HODGE was awarded a 2019

Michigan Social Work Diversity Equity and Inclusion Impact Award. He facilitates dialogue in his courses that challenge students to communicate across cultural differences and encourages critical thinking about systems and how they affect communities of color.

SHANNA KATTARI is a member of the Student IDEA Board, which received a U-M Distinguished Diversity Leaders Award from the Office of the Provost and U-M Human Resources. SHAWNA LEE was appointed director of the Program Evaluation Group (PEG).

DEBRA MATTISON is a member of the U-M IPE Foundations Experience Team that received the 2019 Demonstration Model Award at the Midwest Interprofessional Practice, Education, and Research Center annual conference.

ROSALVA OSORIO was appointed to the Task Force on Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health and Developmental Neuroscience, a collaborative project between the Council on Social Work Education and the Erikson Institute.

JULIE RIBAUDO was appointed by the Erikson Institute and the Council on Social Work Education to serve on the Infancy and Early Childhood Mental Health Steering Committee.

KRISTIN SEEFELDT was appointed new associate faculty director at University of Michigan Poverty Solutions. Poverty Solutions is a presidential initiative that aims to prevent and alleviate poverty through action-based research.

DIANE KAPLAN VINOKUR’s new book, Shared Space and the New Nonprofit Workplace, won the 2019 Terry McAdam Book Award from The Alliance for Nonprofit Management.

DAPHNE WATKINS was appointed to the 2020 American Psychological Association Presidential Task Force on Advancing Social and Emotional Development of Black Boys through Research, Advocacy and Community Engagement.

Shawna Lee

Kristin Seefeldt

Daphne Watkins