News Archive
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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.
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The USC School of Social Work welcomed two new professors to its faculty this semester.
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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."
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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.
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SPECIAL ISSUE: TRANSNATIONAL AND TRANSDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS
CALL FOR PAPERS
Deadline for submission: March 31, 2008
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Latinos' preferred language may be more important than ethnicity in their use of mental health services. An examination of the usage of publicly sponsored mental health services by Spanish-speaking Latinos in San Diego revealed significant differences from use patterns by either English-speaking Latinos or Caucasians.
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Cherry Short, USC School of Social Work assistant dean of global and community initiatives, has been asked to be part of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's rehabilitation strike team focused on implementing radical policy change within the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR).
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More than 40 up-and-coming Korean-American leaders from civic, political and business sectors visited South Korea in March as part of a professional leadership program offered through the Network of Korean-American Leaders (NetKAL) fellowship program, which is supported by the Center for Asian-Pacific Leadership at the USC School of Social Work.
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The USC School of Social Work's Field Education department bestowed its Agency of the Year Award at its annual luncheon on May 7 to Pasadena-based Pacific Clinics. Linda Waters, an associate of the School of Social Work for the past 16 years, was also honored with the Jules Levine Memorial Award.
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The California Social Welfare Archives held its annual induction ceremony for the California Social Work Hall of Distinction on May 4 in San Francisco, admitting six illustrious social workers, including three posthumously.