Angela Thomas
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UTCSW Assistant Professor Jennifer First Participating on Team to Receive $4.3 Million to Plant Trees in Urban Areas
UTCSW Assistant Professor Jennifer First is participating on the team that received two federal grants totaling $4.3 million, which will give tree lovers hoping to expand Knoxville’s canopy – especially in neighborhoods needing it the most – something to celebrate. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, was awarded $2.6 million to increase tree canopy coverage, reduce…
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Alumni Homecoming Event
UT College of Social Work alumni, friends, faculty/staff, and community partners in the Knoxville area recently participated in a Homecoming social at Maple Hall. Over 80 registered guests enjoyed appetizers, beverages, fellowship, swag, and bowling. It was a great way to kick off the 2023 Homecoming weekend.
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Staff Profile- Jon Rea
Jon Rea is a Financial Analyst for the College of Social Work. He has been with the college for two years, worked in higher ed for three years prior to UTCSW, and was employed in private/public accounting before that. What does your job entail?My job mostly involves budget management and financial analysis/reporting. No one day…
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A Look Inside SWORPS-Joint Task Force on Children’s Justice and Child Sexual Abuse
The Joint Task Force on Children’s Justice and Child Sexual Abuse (JTF), a multi-disciplinary group of child welfare professionals, develop a plan and implement recommendations for improving the prevention, investigation, prosecution, judicial handling, and treatment of cases of child sexual abuse and exploitation, and other forms of severe child abuse and neglect. JTF Impact Child…
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SJII Funded Projects Announced for 2023-2024
The 2023-2024 Social Justice Innovation Initiative is underway. Thirteen groups applied for funding during the 2023-2024 school year. Of the 13, five projects have been funded. Campaign School (Nashville / Virtual) – $10,000 – Anna Gordon (Nashville MSSW Student), Kate Chaffin, Tami Walker – Year ThreeThe Campaign School for Social Workers is a two-day workshop…
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McNabb Center Endows Scholarship
The McNabb Center, the largest provider of mental health services in East Tennessee, has endowed a scholarship in the University of Tennessee College of Social Work. The Helen Ross McNabb Center Endowed Scholarship is open to undergraduate and graduate students who have an interest in community mental health. It will provide tuition assistance to two…
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Increase in Employment-based Field Placements Allows Students Greater Opportunities
Director of Field Education and Professor of Practice Kim Crane Mallory discusses a marked increase in employment-based field placements (EBPs) which has made a big difference for Social Work students. Over 30 percent of all field students have a paid internship this year, a number which has nearly doubled from last year. What do you…
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Dr. Jennifer First Receives Federal Grant
Dr. Jennifer First and colleagues were recently awarded a federal grant of over $350,000 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Center’s Weather Program Office for their research titled, While you were sleeping: Improving warning reception and response to nocturnal rapid-onset hazards in the Southeast. The Southeast region experiences a high proportion of rapid-onset hazards (e.g.,…
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A Look Inside SWORPS
Tennessee Child Support Employment and Parenting Program (TCSEPP) The UT Social Work Office of Research and Public Service (SWORPS) specializes in program evaluation, applied research, software development & systems engineering, and staff training & development. They have the capacity to help design, implement, and/or evaluate projects of any scale. As a center within the College of…
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PhD Student Chesney Ward Presented at the World Vaccine Congress
PhD Student Chesney Ward recently presented at the World Vaccine Congress in Glasgow Scotland. Ward made an oral presentation on the results of a study about uptake of the HPV vaccine in Appalachian women who were surveyed anonymously over social media about their unmet reproductive health care needs. Ward is the lead author and was…