Apply Now for 2024

Fall 2024 On-Campus MSW Application Main Deadline: April 1, 2024

News Archive

  • Public speaking strikes fear in the hearts of many. And it's not just making a speech. Individuals can experience anxiety any time they present ideas in front of other people. This dread of being judged by others, looking foolish, being laughed at or making a mistake can be particularly problematic for future academicians. So, 10 PhD students from the School of Social Work, who are planning careers in front of a classroom and delivering research findings to colleagues, took a page out of the School of Theatre's playbook to handle their stage fright.

  • The California Social Welfare Archives (CSWA) hosted its annual awards luncheon on Oct. 30 at USC Town and Gown to honor Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti and social worker David Kuroda for their commitment to the advancement of social welfare.

  • Devon Brooks, associate professor and associate dean for faculty affairs at the USC School of Social Work, has been named to the Senior Research Fellows Program at the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, a non-profit research, education and advocacy organization dedicated to improving adoption laws, policies and practices.

  • Imagining a bright future often can be difficult when growing up in an underprivileged inner-city neighborhood. But for 20 Garfield High School students in East Los Angeles, a field trip to USC and a pep talk from students in the USC School of Social Work has convinced many of these high school juniors a cardinal and gold future is a real possibility.

  • Penelope Trickett, the David Lawrence Stein/Violet Goldberg Sachs Professor of Mental Health at the USC School of Social Work, has been awarded an Advancing Scholarship in the Humanities and Social Sciences grant from the USC Provost's Office for more than $20,000. The prize will be used to further Trickett's current research study, "From Nature vs. Nurture to Nature x Nurture: Investigating How Genes Interact with Child Abuse and Neglect."

  • Ann Marie Yamada, assistant professor at the USC School of Social Work, has received a $733,500 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to pilot test a new intervention to give mental health providers in psychosocial rehabilitation services a more effective way to assess sociocultural issues across diverse client populations.

  • USC social work and business professor Michalle Mor Barak has won the 2007 George Terry Book Award from the Academy of Management, making her the first USC author to earn the prestigious honor. She received the accolade for Managing Diversity: Toward a Globally Inclusive Workplace (Sage Publications), which judges deemed this year's most outstanding contribution to the advancement of management.

  • The USC School of Social Work welcomed two new professors to its faculty this semester.

  • R. Paul Maiden has been named the USC School of Social Work's new vice dean of faculty and student affairs. He brings 27 years of expertise in the field of workplace human services, most recently with the University of Central Florida's School of Social Work.

    "Paul comes to us with significant experience in graduate social work education, distance learning, international programming and continuing education," Dean Marilyn Flynn said. "He's a dynamic individual with great talent and leadership, and has shown he has many ideas to share with faculty."

  • All too often, depression in cancer patients is regarded as an expected reaction by health care providers – and even by the patients themselves. This can lead to depression among cancer patients being accepted instead of treated.