Research

College of Social Work Assistant Professor Dr. Stacia West, along with Dr. Amy Castro Baker, Assistant Professor at University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2), were recently named as co-leaders of the Center for Guaranteed Income Research. The Center was established by Mayors for a Guaranteed Income (MGI), together with the University…

The College of Social Work at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Douglas Coatsworth as Betsey Bush Endowed Professor in Behavioral Health and Associate Dean for Research. Dr. Coatsworth comes to UTK from Colorado State University, where he serves as professor in the Department of Human Development and…

John Wodarski, PhD, received a new SAMHSA grant entitled “Tennessee’s Evidence Based Substance Abuse Disorder Treatment Education of the Social Work Student.”  This grant will span the period of 4/30/20 to 4/29/22. John Wodarski is a Professor in the College of Social Work, serving with the Center for Behavioral Health Research. He has served as…

Hari Sreenivasan of the PBS News Hour Weekend spoke with Assistant Professor Stacia West on March 28, in a roundtable titled, “Outbreak Reignites Idea of Universal Basic Income” as part of the series, “Chasing the Dream.” She is the co-PI of the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration, the first modern city-led guaranteed income experiment in the…

Thereasa Abrams, assistant professor at the College’s Nashville campus, envisioned the design of a mobile app so that patients released from burn units could receive the recovery guidance they require without the need of in-person consultation at overburdened medical facilities. She collaborated with five others from the University of Tennessee and the Firefighters Burn Center…