Society for Social Work and Research 26th Annual Conference - Social Work Science for Racial, Social, and Political Justice: Symposia

Thursday, January 13, 2022

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1:30 PM-3:00 PM

Adolescent and Youth Development

[Symposia] Increasing Equity during the Transition to Adulthood: New Findings from the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative Restricted Use Dataset (Marquis BR Salon 12, ML 2)
Symposium Organizer: Rachel Rosenberg, PhD

Asian and Asian-Pacific Islander-Focused Research

[Symposia] WITHDRAWN (Independence BR C, ML 4)

Crime and Criminal Justice

[Symposia] WITHDRAWN Contact in Prison and Reentry Services for Justice-Involved Families: Considerations for Incarcerated Parents and Children (Independence BR B, ML 4)
Symposium Organizer: Pajarita Charles, PhD
Discussant: Qianwei Zhao, PhD

Health

[Symposia] Mitigation Interventions in the United States: An Exploratory Investigation of Determinants (Marquis BR Salon 14, ML 2)
Symposium Organizer: Shenyang Guo, PhD
Discussant: Timothy McBride, PhD

Immigrants and Refugees

[Symposia] Overcoming Challenges in Refugee Resettlement: Capacity Building and Collaborative Partnerships for Culture-Informed Programs (Marquis BR Salon 13, ML 2)
Symposium Organizer: Hyojin Im, PhD

Mental Health

[Symposia] WITHDRAWN COVID-19 and Students' Well-Being: An International Perspective (Independence BR F, ML 4)
Symposium Organizer: Tyler Frank, MS
Discussant: Michal Grinstein-Weiss, PhD

Mental Health

[Symposia] Evaluation of a Telemedicine Intervention to Improve Adherence Outcomes Among Individuals with Severe Mental Illness (Congress, ML 4)
Symposium Organizer: Nicole Mattocks, PhD

Research on Social Work Education

[Symposia] Transforming How Social Work Students Learn to Promote Equity and Social Justice: Evaluation Research Around a Holistic Approach to Capacity Building (Capitol, ML 4)
Symposium Organizer: Chi-Fang Wu, PhD
Discussants: Kevin Tan, PhD and Teresa Ostler

Violence against Women and Children

[Symposia] Centering Epistemic and Social Justice in Addressing Intersection of Multiple Marginalization in Social Work Practice and Research (Treasury, ML 4)
Symposium Organizer: Eunjung Lee, PhD

3:15 PM-4:45 PM

Adolescent and Youth Development

[Symposia] The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Youth in and Transitioning from Foster Care (Marquis BR Salon 12, ML 2)
Symposium Organizer: Elizabeth Aparicio, PhD
Discussant: Elizabeth Aparicio, PhD

Crime and Criminal Justice

[Symposia] WITHDRAWN Innovative Approaches to Reversing the Overrepresentation of Individuals with Behavioral Health Needs in the Criminal Legal System (Independence BR C, ML 4)
Symposium Organizer: Kathryn Bocanegra, PhD

Health

[Symposia] Adversity and the Origins of Chronic Disease and Disparity in Childhood and Adolescence (Independence BR B, ML 4)
Symposium Organizer: Julia Kobulsky, PhD
Discussant: Megan Holmes, PhD

Immigrants and Refugees

[Symposia] Exposed Vulnerabilities: Immigrant Communities, Structural Inequalities, and the Response of Local Organizations and Providers (Marquis BR Salon 14, ML 2)
Symposium Organizer: Benjamin Roth, PhD

Inequality, Poverty, and Social Welfare Policy

[Symposia] Fathering in the Face of Adversity (Marquis BR Salon 13, ML 2)
Symposium Organizer: Jaimie O'Gara, PhD
Discussant: Cindy Sousa, PhD, MSW, MPH

International Social Work & Global Issues

[Symposia] Policy for Separated Families Around the World (Independence BR F, ML 4)
Symposium Organizer: Daniel Meyer, PhD
Discussants: Irwin Garfinkel, PhD and Jennifer Burnszynski

Mental Health

[Symposia] Substance Use Disorders and Parenting Young Children (Congress, ML 4)
Symposium Organizer: Anna Herriott, PhD

Violence against Women and Children

[Symposia] WITHDRAWN-12795 (Capitol, ML 4)

Friday, January 14, 2022

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8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Adolescent and Youth Development

[Symposia] Findings from the California Youth Transitions to Adulthood Study (CalYOUTH): Implications for Policy and Practice (Marquis BR Salon 12, ML 2)
Symposium Organizer: Mark Courtney, PhD

Child Welfare

[Symposia] Judgements, Inequalities, and Biases in Child Welfare Decision-Making (Independence BR C, ML 4)
Symposium Organizer: Floor Middel, MSc.
Discussant: John Fluke, PhD

Crime and Criminal Justice

[Symposia] Risk and Protective Factors for Criminal Justice and Social Justice Success in Diverse Communities (Independence BR B, ML 4)
Symposium Organizer: Stephen Edward McMillin, PhD
Discussant: Terry Wolfer, PhD

Health

[Symposia] COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts on Mental Health and Well-Being in the US and Israel (Marquis BR Salon 14, ML 2)
Symposium Organizer: Talia Meital Schwartz Tayri, PhD

Immigrants and Refugees

[Symposia] Economic Integration Among Refugees in the United States: Language Resources and Barriers (Marquis BR Salon 13, ML 2)
Symposium Organizer: Yunju Nam, PhD
Discussant: Maryam Rafieifar, PhD

Inequality, Poverty, and Social Welfare Policy

[Symposia] Child Support, Procedural Justice, and the Courts (Independence BR F, ML 4)
Symposium Organizer: Yoona Kim, MSW
Discussants: Linda Mellgren, MPA and David Pate, PhD

International Social Work & Global Issues

[Symposia] Approaches to Promote Positive Parenting Around the World (Congress, ML 4)
Symposium Organizer: Garrett Pace, MSW
Discussant: Brenda Jones Harden, PhD

Mental Health

[Symposia] Entertain Me Well: An Entertaining, Customizable, Technology-Assisted Platform for Delivering Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression (Capitol, ML 4)
Symposium Organizer: Peter Felsman, PhD
Discussant: Richard Tolman, PhD

Substance Misuse and Addictive Behaviors

[Symposia] The Impact of the Pandemic on Substance Use/Misuse: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, & Consequences (Treasury, ML 4)
Symposium Organizer: Michael Fendrich, Ph.D.

9:45 AM-11:15 AM

Adolescent and Youth Development

[Symposia] Tell Me What You Want, What You Really, Really Want: Engaging Children and Adolescents in Planning Sex Education (Marquis BR Salon 12, ML 2)
Symposium Organizer: Monit Cheung, PhD

Child Welfare

[Symposia] Administrative Data and the Life Course Perspective (Independence BR C, ML 4)
Symposium Organizer: John Prindle, PhD
Discussant: Emily Putnam-Hornstein, PhD

Crime and Criminal Justice

[Symposia] Exploring Reentry Outcomes for Individuals Leaving Prison and Returning Home: Focusing on Behavioral Health Needs, Service Utilization, and the Impact of COVID-19 (Independence BR B, ML 4)
Symposium Organizer: Tanya Renn, PhD
Discussant: Stephanie Kennedy, PhD

Immigrants and Refugees

[Symposia] WITHDRAWN (Marquis BR Salon 14, ML 2)

Inequality, Poverty, and Social Welfare Policy

[Symposia] WITHDRAWN Financial Risk and Resilience Among U.S. Households during COVID-19 (Marquis BR Salon 13, ML 2)
Symposium Organizer: Mathieu Despard, PhD

Mental Health

[Symposia] Social Isolation and Social Support in the Context of Adversity: Risks and Resilience (Independence BR F, ML 4)
Symposium Organizer: Suzanne Brown, PhD

Research Design and Measurement

[Symposia] Participatory Action Research As Praxis of Resistance (Congress, ML 4)
Symposium Organizer: Sid Jordan, JD
Discussant: Lee Ann Wang, PhD

Substance Misuse and Addictive Behaviors

[Symposia] Current and Future Strategies to Address Substance Use and Violence (Liberty Ballroom P, ML4)
Symposium Organizer: Peter Delany, PhD, LCSW-C
Discussant: Peter Delany, PhD, LCSW-C

2:00 PM-3:30 PM

Child Welfare

112

[Symposia] (WITHDRAWN)

Immigrants and Refugees

113

[Symposia] How Culture Affects Healthcare Use in Burmese Refugee Communities (Independence BR C, ML 4)
Symposium Organizer: Isok Kim, PhD

Inequality, Poverty, and Social Welfare Policy

114

[Symposia] Economic Hardship and the Parenting Experiences of Fathers from Racially Diverse or Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Backgrounds (Independence BR B, ML 4)
Symposium Organizer: Joyce Lee, MSW, MS
Discussant: Shawna Lee, PhD

Mental Health

115

[Symposia] WITHDRAWN Maternal Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: An Overlooked Social Justice Issue (Marquis BR Salon 14, ML 2)
Symposium Organizer: Tova Walsh, PhD

Social Work Practice

116

[Symposia] Human-Animal Interaction (HAI) and Social Work Science: Implications for Practice and Social Justice (Marquis BR Salon 13, ML 2)
Symposium Organizer: Mary Elizabeth Rauktis, PhD
Discussant: Shelby McDonald, PhD

3:45 PM-5:15 PM

Aging Services and Gerontology

140

[Symposia] WITHDRAWN (Marquis BR Salon 12, ML 2)

Child Welfare

141

[Symposia] WITHDRAWN Family Well-Being: Examining the Strengths and Needs of Families after Adoption or Guardianship from Foster Care (Independence BR C, ML 4)
Symposium Organizer: Nancy Rolock, PhD

Gender

142

[Symposia] WITHDRAWN: Creating Equitable Health Services to Promote Reproductive Justice (Independence BR B, ML 4)
Symposium Organizer: Emma Carpenter, PhD, MSW

Inequality, Poverty, and Social Welfare Policy

143

[Symposia] WITHDRAWN: Using the Administrative Past to Change the Future: A Transdisciplinary Collaboration Proposing Policy Solutions to Housing Needs in the Aftermath of Covid-19 (Marquis BR Salon 14, ML 2)
Symposium Organizer: Maria Rodriguez, PhD, MSW

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

144

[Symposia] WITHDRAWN Exploring Visual Methods in Technology-Mediated Qualitative Studies: Conceptualizing Resilience in Research with Diverse Sexual and Gender Minority Youth (Marquis BR Salon 13, ML 2)
Symposium Organizer: Shelley Craig, PhD
Discussant: Andrew Eaton, PhD

5:30 PM-7:00 PM

Black and African Diaspora Focused-Research

165

[Symposia] WITHDRAWN Centering the Voices and Experiences of Black Fathers: Qualitative Explorations of the Contexts in Which Black Fathers Parent (Marquis BR Salon 12, ML 2)
Symposium Organizer: Otima Doyle, PhD
Discussant: Branden McLeod, PhD

Child Welfare

166

[Symposia] WITHDRAWN (Independence BR C, ML 4)

Gender

167

[Symposia] WITHDRAWN: Pregnancy, Parenting and Criminalization: A Social Work Perspective Grounded in Reproductive Justice (Independence BR B, ML 4)
Symposium Organizer: Anu Manchikanti Gómez, PhD

Inequality, Poverty, and Social Welfare Policy

168

[Symposia] WITHDRAWN: Community-Driven Pilots to Policy: Building the Evidence for a Guaranteed Income (Marquis BR Salon 14, ML 2)
Symposium Organizer: Stacia West, PhD

Mental Health

169

[Symposia] WITHDRAWN (Marquis BR Salon 13, ML 2)

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

170

[Symposia] Researching the Bright Side of the Rainbow- Resilience Among Lgbtqia+ Youth, Insights and Challenges (Independence BR F, ML 4)
Symposium Organizer: Victor Rodrigo González Álvarez, MSc
Discussant: Leo Vincent, Masters degree

Work and Work-Life Policies and Programs

171

[Symposia] Parental Employment, Work-Family Policy, and Family Well-Being (Congress, ML 4)
Symposium Organizer: Anna Walther, BS
Discussants: Julia Henly, PhD and Jennifer Romich, PhD

Saturday, January 15, 2022

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8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Black and African Diaspora Focused-Research

193

[Symposia] Suicide Prevention and Intervention for Black Americans: Promoting Strengths, Facilitators and Protective Factors across Diverse Contexts (Marquis BR Salon 12, ML 2)
Symposium Organizer: Camille Quinn, PhD, AM
Discussants: Raven Lynch, MSW and Micah Mitchell, MS

Child Welfare

194

[Symposia] Employing Complexity Theory and Computational Approaches to Improve Services for Foster Youth with the Most Complicated Histories (Independence BR C, ML 4)
Symposium Organizer: JoAnn Lee, Ph.D.
Discussant: Michael Wolf-Branigin, PhD

Race and Ethnicity

195

[Symposia] Attitudes about and Experiences with Psychedelic Drug Use Among Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Populations (Independence BR B, ML 4)
Symposium Organizer: Alan Davis, PhD
Discussant: Alan Davis, PhD

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

196

[Symposia] WITHDRAWN Health Disparities Among Demographically Diverse LGBTQ Adults: Advancing Knowledge to Achieve Health Equity and Justice (Marquis BR Salon 14, ML 2)
Symposium Organizer: Hyun-Jun Kim, PhD

Work and Work-Life Policies and Programs

197

[Symposia] Equally Essential: Findings of Employee Experiences and Research Processes during COVID-19 (Marquis BR Salon 13, ML 2)
Symposium Organizer: Elyssa Schroeder, MSSW
Discussant: Savannah Downing, MA

9:45 AM-11:15 AM

Child Welfare

219

[Symposia] WITHDRAWN COVID-19, Child Maltreatment, and Child Protection Systems: Population-Based Evidence across Jurisdictions (Marquis BR Salon 12, ML 2)
Symposium Organizer: Rebecca Rebbe, PhD
Discussant: Richard Barth, PhD

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

220

[Symposia] WITHDRAWN: Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Sexual and Gender Diverse Persons in Kazakhstan (Independence BR C, ML 4)
Symposium Organizer: Yong Gun Lee, MSW
Discussant: Alissa Davis, PhD

Work and Work-Life Policies and Programs

221

[Symposia] Addressing Workplace Inequities through State, Local, and Worksite Policy (Independence BR B, ML 4)
Symposium Organizer: Kess Ballentine, MA, MSW, PhD
Discussant: Jeffrey Shook, PhD, JD

4:00 PM-5:30 PM

Child Welfare

252

[Symposia] Impact of Individual Differences and Interventions on Child Welfare Workforce Stress and Turnover: On-Going Results from the Quality Improvement Center for Workforce Development (Marquis BR Salon 12, ML 2)
Symposium Organizer: Rebecca Orsi, PhD
Discussant: John Fluke, PhD

Military Service Members, Veterans and Their Families

253

[Symposia] [WITHDRAWN) Addressing Institutional Betrayal and Institutional Courage Among Veterans at the Clinical and Macro Level (Independence BR C, ML 4)
Symposium Organizer: Katharine Bloeser, PhD
Discussant: Ivana Alexander, MSW

Sunday, January 16, 2022

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8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Child Welfare

280

[Symposia] Using Linked, Administrative Data to Understand the Needs and Conditions of Child Welfare Populations (Marquis BR Salon 12, ML 2)
Symposium Organizer: Andrea Eastman, PhD
Discussant: Jacquelyn McCroskey, DSW

School Social Work

281

[Symposia] WITHDRAWN (Independence BR C, ML 4)

9:45 AM-11:15 AM

Child Welfare

307

[Symposia] WITHDRAWN Foster Youth at Risk of (Im)Permanence: The Possibilities of Predictive Risk Modeling at the Back End of Child Welfare (Marquis BR Salon 12, ML 2)
Symposium Organizer: Judy Havlicek, PhD
Discussant: Emily Putnam-Hornstein, PhD

Communities and Neighborhoods

308

[Symposia] WITHDRAWN University-Community Partnerships during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Elevating the Role of Social Work in Community Practice and Knowledge Co-Creation (Independence BR C, ML 4)
Symposium Organizer: Natalie Pope, MSSW, MBA

Race and Ethnicity

309

[Symposia] Stronger Together: Community Responses to Address the Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Communities of Color (Independence BR B, ML 4)
Symposium Organizer: David Becerra, PhD

Research Design and Measurement

310

[Symposia] WITHDRAWN (Marquis BR Salon 14, ML 2)

School Social Work

311

[Symposia] WITHDRAWN Promoting Racial Justice in the School Context before and during COVID-19 (Marquis BR Salon 13, ML 2)
Symposium Organizer: Tiffany Jones, PhD MSW MFT
Discussant: Michael Spencer, PhD

11:30 AM-1:00 PM

Child Welfare

334

[Symposia] Training, Validating, and Implementing a Predictive Risk Model to Support Child Welfare Practice in Los Angeles County (Marquis BR Salon 12, ML 2)
Symposium Organizer: Emily Putnam-Hornstein, PhD

Communities and Neighborhoods

335

[Symposia] Co-Creating Knowledge and Power-Sharing: The Importance of Using Community-Based Research Methods with Marginalized Communities (Independence BR C, ML 4)
Symposium Organizer: Kelli Canada, PhD, LCSW

Crime and Criminal Justice

336

[Symposia] WITHDRAWN: Perspectives of Staff and Workforce Members in Various Criminal Legal and Community Settings about Strategies to Improve Criminal Justice Related Outcomes (Independence BR B, ML 4)
Symposium Organizer: Jenny Afkinich, PhD
Discussant: Ashley Jackson, MSW

Health

337

[Symposia] WITHDRAWN (Marquis BR Salon 14, ML 2)

Immigrants and Refugees

338

[Symposia] Refugee Youth: Identifying Risk and Protective Factors for Psychosocial Well-Being, Substance Use, and Educational Outcomes (Marquis BR Salon 13, ML 2)
Symposium Organizer: Mary Lehman Held, PhD

Mental Health

339

[Symposia] Environmental and Racial Justice, Traumatic Effects, and Strength-Related Growth after Major Disasters (Independence BR F, ML 4)
Symposium Organizer: Amy Ai, PhD
Discussants: James Clark, PhD and Irvin Clark, PhD

Research on Social Work Education

340

[Symposia] The Current State and Future Directions for PhD Education (Congress, ML 4)
Symposium Organizer: Cynthia Franklin, PhD

School Social Work

341

[Symposia] WITHDRAWN: Exploring the Possibility of Equity-Enhancing Prevention in Schools Though Social and Emotional Learning: Disparity Reduction, Contextual Considerations, and Transformational Aspirations (Capitol, ML 4)
Symposium Organizer: Valerie B. Shapiro, PhD
Discussant: Bo-Kyung Elizabeth Kim, PhD