News Archive
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Single mother and domestic abuse survivor Yvonne Elliott applied to the Master of Social Work (MSW) program at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work with a singular, career-changing goal in mind: to become a private practice therapist in order to better support her two children. However, almost immediately after started the program, she discovered a greater purpose.
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Laura Trejo came to Los Angeles from El Salvador at age eleven, speaking no English, and immediately set her sights on attending the University of Southern California, a goal she has now achieved in spades. Trejo is a triple Trojan, with a BA and MS in Gerontology and a Master of Public Administration (MPA), and is receiving her fourth degree from USC in 2022, a Doctorate of Social Work (DSW), making her among the elite few to achieve this distinction.
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As a child, Jennifer Weck always knew she wanted to work in a school. When other kids were pretending to be doctors or astronauts, she was pretending to be the school principal. Now, after a career in health and fitness and having two children, Weck has come full circle. She will complete her Master in Social Work (MSW), with an emphasis in school social work, in May 2022.
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Dean Sarah Gehlert of the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work has been invited by the White House to join its new nonpartisan White House Health Equity Leaders Roundtable and has accepted the honor. The White House Office of Public Engagement established the group to provide key communication and expert perspective regarding health care access, one of this administration’s central issues.
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The USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work is excited to welcome Dana L. Suskind, MD, of the University of Chicago as keynote speaker for its 2022 Commencement Ceremony on May 13, 2022. Dr. Suskind is a national thought leader in early language development, optimizing foundational brain development and preventing early cognitive disparities and their lifelong impact. Drawing from a career devoted to encouraging parents, Dr.
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On the occasion of her centennial birthday in February, social work leaders from around the world gathered to honor Bernice Catherine Harper, MSW ’48, and reflect on her life and impact at a celebration hosted by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW).
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The concept of using AI for social good is a relatively new one.
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USC Social Work Dean Sarah Gehlert joined an impressive panel at this year’s Junior League of Los Angeles “See Her Soar” 2022 Civic Leadership Forum (CLF) on Saturday, March 5 to discuss the challenges and opportunities to “Educate, Inspire, Transform” youth in foster care. CLF is an annual spring event that raises awareness around the foster youth system, with this year’s focus on transitional age female foster youth. Joining Dean Gehlert on the panel were NASA’s Janeya Griffin and Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger.
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Social Worker Leads Transdisciplinary Study on Alzheimer’s and Sleep Quality Among African AmericansWith a body of work that brings rigorous, transdisciplinary research directly into the communities that need it most, Karen Lincoln, associate professor at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, contradicts the myth that social work is a discipline, not a science. Lincoln’s work proves it can be both.
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Eight professors of the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work are recognized among the top 2% of scientists in the world for 2021 in a study by Elsevier and Stanford University. The ranking considers 22 scientific fields and 176 subfields. Based on the bibliometric information contained in the Scopus database, it represents approximately 180,000 scientific researchers from a pool of more than 8 million globally.