In celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a variety of events will be taking place around campus and the community. We invite you to check out some of these events, which are done in collaboration with the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Sunday, January 18MLK Advocacy for Justice Countywide Celebration Join the community as they […]
The School of Social Work is pleased to congratulate Dr. Moses Okumu, Assistant Professor, and Jeehae Kang, PhD student, on receiving the 2026 GADE Research & Mentoring Awards. Dr. Moses Okumu stands to receive the Faculty Award for Early Career Achievement in Social Work Doctoral Education. This award is given to an early career faculty […]
The School of Social Work recently hosted the inaugural Beyond Borders: Global Mental Health Research and Services Conference. Coinciding with World Mental Health Day, the conference sought to bring together leaders, researchers, practitioners and people with lived experience from the local Champaign-Urbana community and around the world. Spanning two days, the event included speaker sessions […]
Beth Shelton, a PhD student at the University of Illinois School of Social Work and the first certified perinatal mental health specialist in Memphis, Tennessee, and the Mid-South region, recognized early on the profound impact that a lack of trauma-focused care can have on the mental well-being of families who have experienced the loss of […]
This November, the Second World Summit for Social Development (WSSD2) will convene in Doha, Qatar, nearly thirty years after the landmark 1995 Copenhagen Summit. The first summit produced the Copenhagen Declaration, which committed governments to three foundational pillars: poverty eradication, full and productive employment, and social integration. Since then, progress has been slow and uneven […]
We are thrilled to announce that Professor Karen Tabb Dina has been selected as the inaugural Mark Brandt Faculty Scholar in the School of Social Work. The Brandt Faculty Scholar was established to honor scholarship and leadership of the highest distinction in research, mentorship, and professional service. Following an open call for nominations among eligible […]
When University of Illinois School of Social Work PhD student Erika La Frano began her career as a clinician, she witnessed firsthand the struggles immigrant women face when seeking help after intimate partner violence (IPV). Her clients encountered barriers that extended far beyond the violence itself, including language differences, cultural stigma, lack of legal knowledge, […]
The School of Social Work received the Illinois Global Institute (IGI) New Approaches to International Area and Global Studies Grant and has, in partnership with other units at the University if Illinois Urbana-Champaign, created “Leveraging the Arts for Global Dialogue”. This initiative aims to explore racial and social transnational justice through creative expression. Gianna Camacho […]