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School of Social Work Graduation - 2009
Presenter(s): Marilyn Flynn
Air Date: 5/15/2009
Air Time: 11:00 AM PDT
Duration: 1 Hour 54 Minutes 48 Seconds
Graduation is scheduled for Friday, May 15, 2008 at 11:00am. This stream will go live at approximately 5 minutes prior to the actual start of the ceremony.
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Suicide In Asia
Presenter(s): Mediasite Presenter
Air Date: 4/15/2009
Air Time: 11:00 AM PDT
Duration: 1 Hour 23 Minutes 55 Seconds
Paul Yip, PhD
Kathleen Ell, DSW
Jonathan Samet, MD
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Embedding Prevention in Communities: Results From the Experimental Trial of Communities That Care
Presenter(s): Default Presenter
Air Date: 3/9/2009
Air Time: 11:00 AM PDT
Duration: 1 Hour 14 Minutes 50 Seconds
Dr. J. David Hawkins
Endowed Professor of Prevention
Social Development Research Group,
School of Social Work, University of Washington
The 16th Rhoda G. & Bernard G. Sarnat Endowed Lecture
Dr. J. David Hawkins, the recipient of the 2009 Flynn Prize
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Dr. J. David Hawkins is the Endowed Professor of Prevention and Founding Director of the Social Development Research Group, School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle. He received his B.A. in 1967 from Stanford University and his Ph.D. in Sociology from Northwestern University in 1975. His research focuses on understanding and preventing child and adolescent health and behavior problems. He seeks to identify risk and protective factors for health and behavior problems across multiple domains; to understand how these factors interact in the development of healthy behavior and the prevention of problem behaviors. He develops and tests prevention strategies which seek to reduce risk through the enhancement of strengths and protective factors in families, schools, and communities.
He is principal investigator of the Seattle Social Development Project, a longitudinal study of 808 Seattle elementary school students who are now 33 years old. This project began in 1981 to test strategies for promoting successful development. He is also principal investigator of the Community Youth Development Study, a randomized field experiment involving 24 communities across seven states testing the effectiveness of the Communities That Care prevention system developed by Hawkins and Richard F. Catalano. He has authored numerous articles and several books as well as prevention programs for parents and families, including Guiding Good Choices, Parents Who Care, and Supporting School Success. His prevention work is guided by the social development model, his theory of human behavior.
He is a past President of the Society for Prevention Research, has served as a member of the National Institute on Drug Abuse's Epidemiology, Prevention and Services Research Review Committee, the Office for Substance Abuse Prevention's National Advisory Committee, the National Institutes of Health's Study Section for Community Prevention and Control, the Department of Education's Safe, Disciplined, Drug-Free Schools Expert Panel, and the Washington State Governor's Substance Abuse Prevention Committee. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Prevention Science. He is listed in Who's Who in Science and Engineering, was awarded the 1999 Prevention Science Award from the Society for Prevention Research, 1999 August Vollmer Award from the American Society of Criminology, and the 2003 Paul Tappan Award from the Western Society of Criminology. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Criminology and the Academy of Experimental Criminology. He is committed to translating research into effective practice and policy to improve adolescent health and development.
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The above is quoted from the University of Washington web site.
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2009 A Celebration of the Heart
Presenter(s): Marilyn Flynn
Air Date: 3/8/2009
Air Time: 6:00 PM PDT
Duration: 1 Hour 29 Minutes 45 Seconds
A Celebration of the Heart honors individual contributions to social work practice and research in the community and throughout the world. This year's Crystal Heart, the school's highest honor for community service, pays tribute to Pete Carroll, head USC football coach and founder of A Better LA. Proceeds from the evening will establish the Pete Carroll Scholarship for students pursuing graduate study at the USC School of Social Work.
Utilizing his relationships with leaders from the private, nonprofit, social service, faith-based, education and law enforcement sectors, Carroll created this nonprofit organization to promote change in Los Angeles communities. Its goal is to empower people and communities from within to facilitate change, foster growth and break the cycle of violence that plagues some areas.
The school presented the W. June Simmons Distinguished Alumna Award to Monica Garcia, president of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education and a 2001 MSW graduate. The award recognizes Garcia for her commitment to improving the education system and the lives of at-risk youth involved with the Los Angeles County child protective services and juvenile delinquent system.
Dean Marilyn Flynn presented the Flynn Prize for Research to J. David Hawkins. The award honors a scholar whose interdisciplinary research has achieved high social impact and a demonstrable change in the lives of vulnerable populations. It carries a $20,000 honorarium and gold medallion.
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Socio-ecological Factors Associated with Tobacco use, Mental Health, and Externalizing Behaviors in Underserved Adolescent Populations
Presenter(s): Default Presenter
Air Date: 2/24/2009
Air Time: 11:30 AM PST
Duration: 55 Minutes 53 Seconds
Dr. Tamika Gilreath is being considered for a position as Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in the School of Social Work. She will be making a two day visit on Tuesday and Wednesday, February 24 and 25 at the School of Social Work for a series of meetings with faculty and staff. She is currently a NIDA Postdoctoral Fellow in the Division of Prevention and Community Research, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine. She received her MS in General Psychology from Virginia State University in 2003 and her PhD in Biobehavioral Health from Pennsylvania State University in 2007. Her areas of special interest include disparities in mental health, substance abuse, and social outcomes in African American children and adolescents in the United States and South Africa. Her teaching interests include research methods; advanced quantitative methods; drugs behavior and health; adolescent development; and international social work.
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Army National Guard Women Deployed in support of the Global War on Terrorism: A Descriptive Analysis
Presenter(s): Default Presenter
Air Date: 2/18/2009
Air Time: 11:30 AM PST
Duration: 53 Minutes 43 Seconds
Nikki R. Wooten, MSW, LCSW-C, is being considered for a position as Assistant Professor (tenure track) in the School of Social Work. Ms. Wooten is currently completing her dissertation research at the University of Maryland School of Social Work in Baltimore. She received her MSW from Howard University in 1995. Her areas of special interest include forensic and military social work, child mental health, child welfare, and family violence. Her dissertation topic is “Deployment Risk and Resilience among Global War on Terrorism Army National Guard Women Veterans: Biopsychosocial and Mental Health Outcomes”. Her research is being supported by a Department of Veterans Affairs Social Work Pre-Doctoral Fellowship.
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Women and Violence in a Diverse Community - All School Day 2009
Presenter(s): Default Presenter
Air Date: 2/11/2009
Air Time: 9:00 AM PST
Duration: 50 Minutes 19 Seconds
Keynote Speaker
Constance L. "Connie" Rice
Constance L. "Connie" Rice, a civil rights activist and lawyer, is the co-director of the Advancement Project, a policy "action tank" committed to racial justice. She has received more than 60 major awards for advancing multi-racial democracy, including the 2001 Peace Prize from the California Wellness Foundation and the 2002 John Anson Ford Humanitarian Award from Los Angeles County. Rice has successfully co-litigated civil rights cases winning more than $1.6 billion in policy changes and remedies during her tenure with the NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund. In 1999 and 2000, California Law Business named her one of California's top 10 most influential lawyers. In 2006, Los Angeles Times West Magazine named Rice one of the 100 most powerful people in Southern California, and Pasadena Weekly placed Rice first in their listing of most powerful women. She is the second cousin to former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
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Eric Rice - Social Networks and Social Networking Technology for Preventing HIV/AIDS among Homeless Youth
Presenter(s): Default Presenter
Air Date: 2/10/2009
Air Time: 11:30 AM PST
Duration: 58 Minutes 43 Seconds
Dr. Eric Rice is being considered for a position as Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in the School of Social Work. He is currently an Assistant Research Sociologist at the University of California, Los Angeles Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Center for Community Health. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology from Stanford University in 2002 and was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the AIDS Research Training Program at UCLA from 2002 to 2004. His areas of special interest include families and children, homeless adolescents, HIV, and substance abuse. In 2007, Eric was awarded a K01 Research Training Grant, with funding for 5 years, for work on social-network based HIV prevention for homeless youth.
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Wei Chin Hwang - Meeting the Needs of Ethnic Minority Communities
Presenter(s): Default Presenter
Air Date: 2/3/2009
Air Time: 11:30 AM PST
Duration: 57 Minutes 9 Seconds
Wei Chin Hwang is being considered for a position as Associate Professor (tenure-track) in the School of Social Work. He received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from UCLA in 2003 and was an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Utah before joining the faculty at Claremont McKenna College. His areas of special interest include ethnic, racial and cultural issues in mental health. He is the author of 27 publications in peer reviewed journals and the Principal Investigator of an NIH R34 grant to adapt Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chinese Americans.
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