In the Media

Eric Rice, professor, featured in KFF Health News on how homelessness surveys trap Black men on the streets

December 23, 2024

Ben Henwood, professor, featured in Capital & Main on the challenges faced by seniors in an unforgiving housing market

December 23, 2024

Debra Waters-Roman, associate teaching professor, featured in the Press-Enterprise on the challenges of working in child protective services

December 9, 2024

Eric Rice, professor, featured in Vox on how AI could help decide how people experiencing homelessness access scarce housing

December 6, 2024

Holly Priebe Sotelo, associate teaching professor, featured on Univision on the next administration's potential plan to end the U.S. Department of Education

November 12, 2024

John Blosnich, associate professor, featured in the Daily Bulletin on the growing teen suicide problem in Rancho Cucamonga and measures for prevention. 

November 1, 2024

Tracie Kirkland, associate teaching professor, featured in Contemporary Pediatrics on assessing knowledge of breastfeeding benefits among ethnic minority groups

October 8, 2024

Julie Cederbaum, associate professor, featured on the The Academic Minute podcast on how supportive adults make a difference to foster youth

October 7, 2024

Julie Cederbaum, associate professor, featured on AirTalk with Larry Mantle on how the stress of parenting is becoming a mental health crisis

August 30, 2024

Danielle Brown, associate teaching professor, featured in the Los Angeles Times on how Ukrainian soldiers are finding healing through sports

June 16, 2024

Julie Cederbaum, associate professor, featured in The Conversation on how former foster youth need continued support from caring adults to build successful lives

June 6, 2024

Ben Henwood, professor, featured in the Los Angeles Times on how basic income could get thousands of people off the streets

April 30, 2024

Maria P. Aranda, professor, featured in The Precinct Reporter Group and on KZSF La Kaliente 1370 AM on breaking cultural stigmas around Alzheimer's

April 11, 2024

Tracie Kirkland, associate teaching professor, featured in Contemporary Pediatrics on navigating artificial intelligence in health care

March 14, 2024

Maria Garay-Serratos, MSW '92, PhD '03, featured on NPR about her work with linking domestic violence and traumatic brain injury

March 8, 2024

Holly Priebe Sotelo, associate teaching professor, featured on CNN about missing girl in Texas and keeping open communication between parents and children

March 1, 2024

Carl Castro, professor, featured in This Old House on stressors associated with military moves and how loved ones can support

February 26, 2024

Sara Kintzle, associate research professor, featured in the Orange County Register on current veterans' needs per the recently published State of the American Veteran: Southern California Study

February 26, 2024

Ben Henwood, professor, featured in CalMatters on the challenges of accounting for people experiencing homelessness during the annual count

January 26, 2024

Carl Castro, professor, featured in ProPublica on the pattern of inadequate mental health care provided by Veterans Affairs

January 9, 2024

Sara Caliboso-Soto, associate teaching professor, featured in the Los Angeles Times on how counseling can help heal a fear of driving on highways.

January 4, 2024

Ben Henwood, professor, featured on ABC 7 on how his new basic income for people experiencing homelessness study could be the key to addressing the crisis

December 21, 2023

Ben Henwood, professor, featured on BBC World Service about the release of an interim report with promising results for his trial program providing basic income for people experiencing homelessness

December 20, 2023

Ben Henwood, professor, featured in the Los Angeles Times on a new basic income for people experiencing homelessness trial program in Los Angeles and San Francisco

December 19, 2023

USC Social Work featured in the Los Angeles Times on the release of the second report of its ongoing PATHS study, focused on the effects of homeless encampment sweeps on housing and health trajectories

December 14, 2023

Steve Hydon, teaching professor, featured in NEAToday on the impact of compassion fatigue and secondary traumatic stress can have on teachers

December 8, 2023

Eric Rice, professor, featured on Yahoo! News on the potential of a new AI triage tool to eliminate racial bias in housing allocation

December 6, 2023

Ben Henwood, professor, featured on Spectrum News on how homelessness has changed over the past five years and the new Inside Safe program in Los Angeles

November 24, 2023

Carl Castro, professor, featured on LAist/KPCC Air Talk on the biggest challenges facing veterans in Southern California

November 6, 2023

Nicole Pyles, MSW '23, featured in the Los Angeles Times on the need for more mental health workers to address the homeless crisis

October 28, 2023

Maria P. Aranda, professor, featured on ABC News on the risk of leaving Hispanic and Latinx communities behind with innovative Alzheimer's treatments

October 7, 2023

Annalisa Enrile, teaching professor, featured on Fox LA about why it is important for parents to communicate with their children about sexual harassment

October 5, 2023

Maria P. Aranda, professor, featured on NPR about why more Latinos need to be involved in clinical trials for Alzheimer's

September 18, 2023

Michal Sela-Amit, associate teaching professor, featured in Insider on the damaging effects of withholding food as punishment for children

August 31, 2023

Suzanne Wenzel, professor, featured in Forbes on how students are struggling to find housing as a new academic year begins. 

August 20, 2023

Maria P. Aranda, professor, featured in Nature on the lack of diversity in Alzheimer's drug trials

August 2, 2023

Maria P. Aranda, professor, featured in the Los Angeles Times on a new study showing the highest counties in the country for Alzheimer's disease

July 26, 2023

Eric Rice, professor and director of the USC Center for AI in Society, featured in the Los Angeles Times on Congressional regulation of AI. 

July 5, 2023

Ben Henwood, professor, featured in the Los Angeles Times on the release of the 2023 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count. 

June 29, 2023

Ben Henwood, professor, featured in the New York Times on the Beauty 2 the Streetz initiative providing support for the homeless in Los Angeles.

June 21, 2023

Lawrence Palinkas, professor, featured in Insider on what draws people to become obsessed with stories about disasters.

June 21, 2023

Susan Hess, associate teaching professor, featured on Arirang News on the issue of making the identities of sexual assault criminals public in South Korea.

June 18, 2023

John Blosnich, assistant professor, featured in The New York Times about his work training 'death investigators' in collecting data on gender and sexuality

June 1, 2023

Lawrence Palinkas, professor, featured in the Los Angeles Times about the impact of gloomy weather on seasonal depression

May 30, 2023

Rosemary Alamo, associate teaching professor, and Rick Ornelas, associate teaching professor, featured in La Opinion about assisting law enforcement with mental health issues in the community

May 22, 2023

Omar Lopez, teaching professor, featured on Bally (Fox) Sports for "Social Work in Sports" night at the San Diego Padres, discussing the mental health needs of athletes.

May 16, 2023

Ben Henwood, professor, featured in the Los Angeles Times on the effects of companionship on people experiencing homelessness

May 8, 2023

Tyan Parker Dominguez, teaching professor, featured in the New York Times on Black women's birth stories and disparities in outcomes

May 6, 2023

Rosemary Alamo, associate teaching professor, and Rick Ornelas, associate teaching professor, featured on Univision about their Social Work and Public Safety Collaborative

April 29, 2023

Eric Rice, professor, featured in the Los Angeles Times on how to make LAHSA's system for housing more equitable for Black and Latino homeless people

February 28, 2023

Ben Henwood, professor, featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer on the rise of homelessness rates

February 16, 2023

Kristen Zaleski, director of the SDP-Keck Human Rights Clinic, featured in the Washington Post on how AI effects sexual violence

February 13, 2023

Lawrence Palinkas, professor, featured in The Hill as author of recent study on California neighborhoods with higher electric vehicle adoption experiencing better air quality

February 2, 2023

Danielle Brown, associate teaching professor, featured on ABC News on how eye movement desensitization and reprocessing - or EMDR - can help those experiencing severe trauma

February 1, 2023

B.K. Elizabeth Kim, associate professor, featured in The Nation on the first guaranteed income pilot program in Los Angeles, BIG:LEAP

January 23, 2023

Maria P. Aranda, professor, featured in the New York Times on how to have conversations about caregiving

January 19, 2023

Ben Henwood, professor, featured on NBC News about the development of the PATHS survey and using smartphones to better understand LA's homeless crisis

January 16, 2023

Jacqueline Ashley, DSW '18, MSW' 11, featured in Forbes on how women of color can leverage emotional intelligence to level up as leaders

January 5, 2023

Omar Lopez, teaching professor and director of workforce development, featured in the Los Angeles Times on the increasing problem of burn out among mental health workers

December 20, 2022

Tyan Parker Dominguez, teaching professor, featured in Voice of San Diego on why more young San Diegans were affected by COVID

November 28, 2022

Carl Castro, professor, featured in the Baltimore Sun on the new resiliency center for veteran mental health care at Fort Meade

November 16, 2022

Lawrence Palinkas, professor, featured in the Los Angeles Times and Yahoo News on seasonal affective disorder

November 5, 2022

Ben Henwood, professor, featured in the Los Angeles Times on release of new report on how cellphones are providing a deeper insight into the homeless crisis

October 29, 2022

Glenna Anderson, DSW '18, featured in the Los Angeles Times on the Southern California Counseling Center

September 22, 2022

Holly Priebe Sotelo, associate teaching professor, featured on NBC News Los Angeles about the recent trend of high school shooting threat hoaxes

September 14, 2022

USC Social Work and USC Law partner to provide an educational opportunity for students to focus on social justice advocacy

September 6, 2022

USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work mentioned in the Associated Press on homelessness and pet ownership

August 30, 2022

Linda Bankston, MSW student, featured on NBC affiliate KARK on her role in helping local police department launch new program focused on domestic violence advocacy

August 29, 2022

Cynthia Sanchez, clinical assistant professor, featured in the Los Angeles Times on tracking apps for those trying to get pregnant

July 16, 2022

Suzanne Wenzel, professor, featured in leading Chilean news source El Mercurio on the opioid crisis in the United States

June 27, 2022

Ben Henwood, professor, featured in SmartCitiesDive on the increase in homeless encampments in Boulder, Colorado

June 10, 2022

Laura Trejo, DSW '22, featured in La Opinión on receiving her doctoral degree, her fourth from USC

May 27, 2022

Jennifer Weck, MSW '22, featured in the San Diego Union-Tribune on working with homeless children at Monarch School

May 26, 2022

Maria P. Aranda, professor, featured in USA Today on talking with older adults about anxiety and depression

May 7, 2022

Robynn Cox, assistant professor, featured in Business Insider on the heavy economic cost of mass-incarceration

April 9, 2022

Oludara Adeeyo, MSW '19, featured in Afropunk on using her mistreatment at work to encourage Black women to prioritize self-care

April 7, 2022

Cynthia Sanchez, clinical assistant professor, featured by the California Health Care Foundation on the need for more nurse practitioners to reach undocumented patients

March 24, 2022

MSW students Brittany Collier, Aneesa Motala and Olivia Ta featured in CalMatters on addressing the homeless crisis with intensive case management

March 10, 2022

Karen Lincoln, associate professor, featured in Vox on the history of anti-vaccination movements

March 4, 2022

Lawrence Palinkas, professor, featured in the Los Angeles Times on coping amid multiple global crises

February 25, 2022

Robynn Cox, assistant professor, featured on KNBC on honoring the legacy of Bridget "Biddy" Mason in Los Angeles

February 22, 2022

Ben Henwood, professor, featured in USA Today on how the Super Bowl highlighted LA's homeless crisis

February 12, 2022

Suzanne Wenzel, professor, featured in CalMatters on the challenges to expanding permanent supportive housing in California

January 17, 2022

Dorian Traube, associate professor, featured on NPR's Air Talk about how parents with children under five are grappling with vaccine uncertainty

January 14, 2022

Dorian Traube, associate professor, featured on NPR's Air Talk on celebrating holiday traditions in the era of COVID

December 23, 2021

Ben Henwood, associate professor, featured on Yahoo! Finance on the crisis of veterans experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles

November 11, 2021

Lawrence Palinkas, professor, featured on Yahoo! News on how the California oil spill could take emotional toll

October 7, 2021

Karen Lincoln, associate professor, featured on ABC News on why US Blacks and Latinos remain "vaccine deliberate"

September 7, 2021

Sara Kintzle, research associate professor, featured in the New York Times on sexual assault in the military

August 3, 2021

Ben Henwood, associate professor, featured on ABC6 Columbus on eviction moratoriums nearing an end

July 23, 2021

Jacqueline Ashley, DSW '18, featured in Forbes on why multidimensional self-care is essential to leadership

June 28, 2021

Dorian Traube, associate professor, featured in Politico on the California labor shortage in early education

June 24, 2021

Michael Washington, MSW '19, featured in Oprah Winfrey special "Honoring Our Kings, Celebrating Black Fatherhood"

June 18, 2021

Ben Henwood, associate professor, featured in USA Today on the homeless crisis in Los Angeles

June 13, 2021

Suzanne Wenzel, professor, featured in The Economist on what to do about Skid Row

May 15, 2021

Alyssa Cash, MSW student, featured in the Los Angeles Times on helping homeless client receive writing credit for Daft Punk song

May 6, 2021

Daniel Hackman, assistant professor, featured on NBC4 on how neighborhoods are important for children's brain development

May 5, 2021

Sgt. Allan Tuazon, MSW '05, featured in the Santa Barbara Independent for promotion in the Santa Barbara Police Department

April 14, 2021

Sarah Gehlert, dean, featured on LA This Week

April 6, 2021

Steve Hydon, clinical professor, featured in The Philadelphia Inquirer on high school athletes and coaches coping with trauma

March 31, 2021

Jacqueline Ashley, MSW' 11, DSW '18, featured in Forbes on how leaders can establish themselves within an organization

March 31, 2021

Dorian Traube, associate professor, featured in Cal Matters on child care during COVID-19

March 24, 2021

Karen Lincoln, associate professor, featured on ABC News' FiveThirtyEight podcast on improving vaccine distribution to underserved communities

March 22, 2021

Karen Lincoln, associate professor, featured in the Los Angeles Times on adversity to vaccines by communities of color

February 25, 2021

Faculty and Alums of Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work lead NASW-CA Diversity & Inclusion Committee

February 18, 2021

Steve Hydon, clinical professor, featured in The Washington Post on effects of January 6 events on the workplace

February 12, 2021

Rafael Angulo, clinical professor, featured on ABC7

January 26, 2021

Daniel Lee, DSW student, featured in Los Angeles Magazine

January 15, 2021

Ted Lumpkin Jr., MSW '53, Tuskegee Airman, featured in the New York Times

January 14,2021

Rory Brosius, MSW '14, featured on PBS News Hour on becoming Executive Director of Joining Forces

January 14, 2021

Elida Sanchez, MSW '15, featured on Spectrum News 1

January 12, 2021

Lawrence Palinkas, professor, featured in Elsevier on climate change

January 5, 2021

Shay Sorrells, DSW student, featured in Spectrum News 1

December 31, 2020

Dorian Traube, associate professor, featured in the Los Angeles Times

December 23, 2020

Susan Hess, clinical associate professor, and Patricia Ramirez, MSW '17, DSW '20, appointed to LA County District Attorney's Crime Victims Advisory Board

December 17, 2020

Benjamin Henwood, associate professor, featured in LAist

December 10, 2020

Clinical Associate Professors Rosemary Alamo and Rick Ornelas featured in NASW News

November 20, 2020

USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work to partner with LA County on Human Trafficking Prevention Program in Schools, featured on NBC 4

November 20, 2020

Lawrence Palinkas, professor, featured on NBC 4

November 17, 2020

Terence Fitzgerald, clinical associate professor, featured in Axios

November 14, 2020

Sara Kintzle, research associate professor, featured in Social Work Today

November 2020

Karen Lincoln, associate professor, featured in Healthline

September 18, 2020

Ben Henwood, associate professor, featured on The RAND Blog

September 16, 2020

Karen Lincoln, associate professor, featured on CNN Health

September 1, 2020

Omar Lopez, clinical professor, featured on ABC7

August 10, 2020

Brittani Morris, clinical associate professor, featured in Tampa Bay Times

August 10, 2020

Ben Henwood, associate professor, featured in The Hill

August 2, 2020

USC Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society (CAIS) featured in Forbes

June 22, 2020

Holly Proebe Sotelo, clinical associate professor, featured on ABC7

June 2, 2020

Eric Rice, associate professor, featured on Wall Street Journal: MarketWatch

May 26, 2020

Lawrence Palinkas, Professor, featured on ABC10

May 21, 2020

Lawrence Palinkas, Professor, featured on PBS News Hour

May 5, 2020