Jerry Brandell was a visiting social work scholar at the University of California Berkeley and at UCLA during the month of February.  He made public presentations at both schools, consulted with faculty members and also met with MSW and doctoral students.

In March, Jerry traveled to Taiwan, where he presented a paper on projective techniques in clinical child assessment at the International Forum on Family Assessment, held at National Taipei University. He then conducted a full day workshop on metaphorical communication with children in Taipei, as well as a two day clinical workshop on therapeutic storytelling, at the invitation of the Child and Family Therapy Consortium, in Taitung, Taiwan.

Jerry Brandell below with translator LiFang Tseng at National Taipei University.

The photo below was taken at the conclusion of a two-day workshop on therapeutic storytelling for social workers and psychologists led by Jerry Brandell in the southeastern coastal city of Taitung, Taiwan.

Sheryl Kubiak served as the keynote speaker at the Wayne State Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences 2019 Research Day on April 17 presenting "Understanding Behavioral Health Across the Criminal/Legal Continuum: What Practitioners Need to Know".

The week of March 18, 2019, Norma Schropshire presented a work-in-progress paper on technology integration in social work education at the 30th Annual Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference in Las Vegas, NV for the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

Shantalea Johns presented at the Febuary 22^nd Many Faces of Post-Tenure/ESS Success event sponsored by the WSU Provost Office and the Office of Teaching and Learning. The event provided the opportunity for attendees to discuss the challenges and opportunities they face after achieving job security, strategies to consider when thinking about career shifts and continued advancement, and the importance of intentionally thinking about what you want to do whether you are just approaching, entering, or have been living in this space for some time. Social Work attendees pictured below from the top left: Faith Hopp, Erin Comartin, Shantalea Johns, Fay Martin, Carolyn Dayton, Debra Patterson and Stella Resko.

Twelve Social Work students participated in the 2019 Graduate and Postdoctoral Research Symposium on March 5^th in McGregor. Congratulations to our #SocialWorkWarriorsInAction who presented posters and participated in the 3MT (Three Minute Thesis) Competition, including second year MSW student, Sarah Charbonneau, who earned second place in the poster competition! Click here for a PDF of our SSW presenters and Read More about Sarah's accomplishments.

• Katherine Asher
• Michael Broman
• Alexandra Cameron (3MT)
• Caitlin Cassady
• Sarah Charbonneau
• Julie Hanna
• Danielle Hicks
• Jeoung Min Lee
• Erin Stanley
• Laura Sutherland
• Lori Vanderwill
• Tamarie Willis