The Society for Social Work and Research (SWRR) will host its 28th Annual Conference from January 10-14, 2024 in Washington, DC with the theme of Recentering and Democratizing Knowledge: The Next 30 Years of Social Work Science. The Conference offers a scientific program that reflects a broad range of research interests, from workshops on the latest quantitative and qualitative research methodologies to symposia featuring studies in child welfare, aging, mental health, welfare reform, substance abuse, and HIV/AIDS. The event will feature over 500 symposia, workshop, roundtable, paper and poster presentations.

We encourage you to attend the following sessions hosted by faculty, staff and students of Detroit's Social Work School and visit our exhibit table #500.

Thursday, January 11, 2024

8:00 – 12:00 pm: Marquis BR Salon 9, ML 2
*Professor and Associate Dean for Research Richard Smith, et al.
Invited Workshop: (Separate Fee Required) RMW-3: Using Spatial Analysis Research Methods for Democratizing Knowledge

1:30 - 3:00 pm: Marquis BR Salon 13, ML2
*Associate Professor Suzanne Brown
Symposium: Parents’ Themes of Children and Parenting During Early Recovery from Substance Use Disorders

1:30 – 3:00 pm: Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2
*Assistant Professor Bryan Victor, et al.
ePoster 14P: Multi-System Recommendations to Prevent Foster Care Entry at the Community, System, and Structural Levels

3:15 - 4:45 pm: Congress, ML 4  
Professor Bridget Weller
Symposium/Oral Presentation: Training Social Work Students to Collaborate on Interdisciplinary Teams That Provide Culturally- and Linguistically-Appropriate Behavioral Health Care.” During that time, I will give a presentation titled “Facilitating Cultural and Linguistic Competencies Among Social Work Students: A Convergent Mixed Method Study.

3:15 - 4:45 pm: Liberty Ballroom J, ML 4
Postdoctoral Research Fellow Bakari Wallace, et al
Cluster: "That's How They Label Us:" Gendered-Antiblackness and Black Fatherhood

5:30 – 7:00 pm: Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2
*Associate Professor Viktor Burlaka, Associate Professor Jun Sung Hong, et al ePoster: 352P Bullying Victimization and Suicidal Thoughts Among African American Adolescents in Southside of Chicago: Emotional Distress and Neighborhood Conditions

5:30 – 7:00 pm: Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2
*Doctoral Student Hassan Arab, Associate Professor Jun Sung Hong, et al
ePoster: 382P Bullying Victimization and School Outcomes of U.S. Adolescents: The Moderating Role of Extracurricular Activities

 

Friday, January 12, 2024

8:00 – 9:30 am: Marquies BR Salon 14, ML2
*Assistant Professor Matthew Bakko
Symposia: Implementing 'defund the Police': How State-Nonprofit Funding Dynamics Contribute to Carcerality or Liberation from State Oppression

8:00 - 9:30 am: Liberty Ballroom I, ML4
*Associate Professor Suzanne Brown, et al. 
Paper presentation: Advances in Treatment: Virtual Reality Cue Exposure for the Treatment of SUDs

8:00 - 9:30 am: Congress, ML 4
*Assistant Professor Bryan Victor, et al.   
ePoster 64: Integrating ChatGPT into Social Work Research: A Workshop on Prompt Engineering, API Integration, and Recommendations for Ethical Use

9:45 - 11:15 am: Mint, ML 4
*Assistant Professor Lisa O’Donnell, et al.
Oral Presentation: Autism and Employment Challenges: Perceptions of an Autistic Employee in the Workplace      

9:45 – 11:15 am: Marquis BR Salon 13, ML 2
Assistant Professor Kess Ballentine, et al.
Symposium: Are Parental Nonstandard Work Schedules a Barrier to Their School Involvement?   

2:00 – 3:30 pm: Independence BR H, ML 4
Assistant Professor Kess Ballentine, et al.
Roundtable: Writing and Reviewing for Refereed Journals: Discussion with Editorial Advisory Board Members

2:00 – 3:30 pm:  Liberty Ballroom N, ML 4   
*Professor and Associate Dean for Research Richard Smith, et al.
Oral Presentation: Cluster Reunification and Permanency: Treatment Effects of a State Indian Child Welfare Act Statute on Discharge of Indian Children from Foster Care

2:00 - 3:30 pm: Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2  
*PhD Candidate Kathryn Wright
ePoster 246P: Peer relations and school engagement for disabled youth in self-contained classrooms

2:00 - 3:30 pm: Liberty Ballroom N, ML 4
*Assistant Professor Bryan Victor, et al.
Oral presentations: Community- and Systems-Level Factors Contributing to Foster Care Entry: Perspectives from Legal Professionals

3:45 – 5:15 pm: Marquis BR Salon 9, ML 2 
*Professor and Associate Dean for Research Richard Smith, et al.
Roundtables: Effective Project Leadership: Perspectives on Managing Grants and Research Teams 

3:45 - 5:15 pm: Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2  
*PhD Candidate Jenny Clift, LMSW; PhD Candidate Shani Saxon, LMSW; Research Associate Kristina Nikolova, MSW
ePoster 311P:  Barriers to Economic Self-Sufficiency of Low-Income Families: The Perspectives of Social Service Agencies7

3:45 - 5:15 pm: Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2  
*PhD Candidate Jenny Clift, LMSW;  Research Associate Emily Pasman, LMSW; PhD Student Kellan McNally, LMSW; Research Assistant Samantha Singer, BA; Associate Director of Research Elizabeth Agius; Professor, Social Work Doctoral Program Director Stella Resko, MSW,  

ePoster 334P: Perceptions of safe consumption sites among peer recovery coaches in Michigan
5:30 – 7:00 pm: Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2
*MSW Student Allison Herrst; Associate Professor Erin Comartin; Assistant Professor Grant Victor; Dean and Professor Sheryl Kubiak;
ePoster 356P: Evaluating the Medication for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Outcomes of Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder in Jails

5:30 - 7:00 pm: Independence BR H, ML 4
Associate Professor Tam Perry
Roundtable: The Contributions of Critical Discourse Analysis to Social Work

 

Saturday, January 13, 2024

 

8:00 – 9:30 am: Marquis BR Salon 7, ML 2
*Assistant Professor Matthew Bakko
Oral Presentation: The Institutional Work of Social Service Providers: Mechanisms That Contribute to Institutional Change in Logics of Public Safety

9:45 - 11:15 am: Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2  
*Doctoral Research Fellow Guijin Lee Post;  PhD Candidate Jenny Clift, ; Research Associate Emily Pasman; Research Assistant Samantha Singer, ; Associate Director of Research Elizabeth Agius, Associate Director of Research; Professor, Social Work Doctoral Program Director Stella Resko,
ePoster 499P: Factors associated with knowledge of naloxone dispensing sites: Implications for overdose prevention efforts.

4:00 – 5:30 pm:  Marquis BR Salon 6, ML
*MSW Student Julia Stewart and MSW Student Drew Stapleton
ePoster 552P: Scoping Study: Current Psychedelic Literature as it Relates to Issues of Equitable Access

4:00 - 5:30 pm: Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2  
*Post Doctoral Research Fellow Guijin Lee; Research Associate Emily Pasman; Research Assistant Nick Burson; Associate Director of Research Elizabeth Agius; Professor, Social Work Doctoral Program Director  Stella Resko
ePoster presentation 555P: Attitudes toward medications for opioid use disorder among peer recovery coaches.

 

Sunday, January 14, 2024

8:00 – 9:30 am: Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2
Associate Professor Jun Sung Hong, et al
ePoster: 570P Depressive Symptoms in Asian Indian Women: The Role of Intimate Partner Violence, Unfair Treatment, and Family Support

9:45 - 11:15 am: Monument, ML 4  
*Professor Bridget Weller
Oral Presentation: Multiracial Emerging Adults' Perspectives on Participating in Mental Health Care: A Qualitative Study

9:45 - 11:15 am: Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2  
*Manager of Community Partnerships Micheal Broman; Assistant Professor Marvin Solberg;  Associate Director of Research Elizabeth Agius;  Professor, Social Work Doctoral Program Director Stella Resko, PhD, MSW, et al.   
ePoster 662P: Stigma and support for public policy responses to the US overdose crisis.  

9:45 - 11:15 am: Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2  
*PhD Student Lester Kern; Associate Professor Erin Comartin; Data Analyst Victoria Nelson; Dean and Professor Sheryl Kubiak
ePoster 648P: The Impact of Jail-Based for-Profit Mental Health Providers on Post-Jail Treatment Engagement

11:30 am - 1:00 pm: Marquis BR Salon 7, ML 2  
*Research Associate Emily Pasman; Assistant Professor Kristina Nikolova; Assistant Professor Bryan Victor;  Associate Director of Research Elizabeth Agius; Professor, Social Work Doctoral Program Director Stella Resko;
Conference presentation:  Perceived stigma toward naloxone training attendees: Implications for overdose response.

11:30 am - 1:00 pm: Mint, ML 4  
*PhD Candidate Kathryn Wright; Assistant Professor Kess Ballentine
Oral presentation: A Taxonomy of Work-School interaction among low-paid working parents with elementary-aged children

11:30 am - 1:00 pm: Marquis BR Salon 6, ML2
*Doctoral Student Bethany Welc; Associate Professor Suzanne Brown
ePoster 716P: The Needs of Parents Following School Shooting Events: A Scoping Review

11:30 am – 1:00 pm Marquis BR Salon 7, ML 2
*Assistant Professor Bryan Victor;  Manager of Community Partnerships Elizabeth Agius; PhD Director and CADAS Coordinator Stella Resko
Oral presentation: Perceived Stigma Toward Naloxone Among Naloxone Training Attendees: Implications for Overdose Response