Society for Social Work and Research 27th Annual Conference - Social Work Science and Complex Problems: Battling Inequities + Building Solutions: Roundtables

All in-person and virtual presentations are in Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST).

SSWR 2023 Poster Gallery: as a registered in-person and virtual attendee, you have access to the virtual Poster Gallery which includes only the posters that elected to present virtually. The rest of the posters are presented in-person in the Poster/Exhibit Hall located in Phoenix A/B, 3rd floor. The access to the Poster Gallery will be available via the virtual conference platform the week of January 9. You will receive an email with instructions how to access the virtual conference platform.

Roundtables

Thursday, January 12, 2023

1:30 PM-3:00 PM

Black and African Diaspora Focused-Research


09
[Roundtables] Anti-Black Racism and Historical Trauma: Pushing the Positive Youth Development Paradigm (Desert Sky, 3rd Level)
Organizer: Anna Ortega-Williams, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Troy Harden, PhD , Jaime Booth, PhD and Anna Ortega-Williams, PhD

Gender


10
[Roundtables] Affilia Roundtable: Applying Critical Feminist Principles to Social Work Research (Maryvale A, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Sara Goodkind, PhD, MSW
Speakers/Presenters: Mimi Kim, PhD , Ramona Beltran, PhD , Kalei Kanuha, PhD , Jessica Toft, PhD, LISW and Margaret Gibson

Research Design and Measurement


11
[Roundtables] Applying the Sort and Sift, Think and Shift Qualitative Approach to Decolonizing Knowledge on African and Asian Immigrant Youth (Maryvale B, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Gifty Ashirifi
Speakers/Presenters: Maryanne Kaboi, MSW , Eric Kyere, PhD , Minyoung Lim, MSW , Jessica Lee, PhD and Pious Malliar Bellian, MSW

Research on Social Work Education


12
[Roundtables] Promotion, Tenure, Research Funding, and the Scientific Paper: Reconsidering the Meaning and Value of Traditional Measures of Scholarly Productivity (Valley of the Sun C, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Clark Peters, PhD, JD
Speakers/Presenters: Clark Peters, PhD, JD , Brian Sims, PhD and Kelli Canada, PhD, LCSW

Social Work Practice


13
[Roundtables] Advancing Ecological Systems Theory in Social Work Theory and Practice: Integrating History and Place into an Ecological Framework (Valley of the Sun D, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Karen Staller, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Irene Routte, MSW , Sunghyun Hong, MSW and Liz Harris, MSW

3:15 PM-4:45 PM

Social Work Practice


37
[Roundtables] Rethinking "Evidence": Bridging Neuroscience and Psychodynamic Theory to Address Interpersonal and Structural Trauma (Maryvale B, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Sunghyun Hong, MSW
Speakers/Presenters: Sunghyun Hong, MSW , Paige Safyer, PhD and Julie Ribaudo, PhD(c)

Violence against Women and Children


38
[Roundtables] Strengths-Focused Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence Prevention: Current Approaches and Future Directions (Valley of the Sun C, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Laurie Graham, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Laurie Graham, PhD , Heather McCauley, ScD , Cynthia F. Rizo, PhD , April Cavaletto, MSW and Rebecca Macy, PhD

Friday, January 13, 2023

8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Social Work Practice


69
[Roundtables] Tensions & Possibilities: The Role of Peers across Social Work Contexts (Valley of the Sun D, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Emily Claypool, A.M.
Speakers/Presenters: Zhiying Ma, PhD , Hannah Norwood, AM , Jijian Voronka, PhD , Stacey Barrenger, PhD and Kendall Atterbury, PhD

Violence against Women and Children


70
[Roundtables] Envisioning Solutions and Identifying a Research Agenda: Child-, Family-, and Community-Centered Responses to Prevent Systems Involvement When Children Are Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence (Valley of the Sun E, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Ashley Rousson, MSW
Speakers/Presenters: Ashley Rousson, MSW , Emiko Tajima, PhD , Jessica Rodriguez-JenKins, PhD, LICSW , Miriam Valdovinos, PhD and Megan Holmes, PhD

9:45 AM-11:15 AM

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian and Global Indigenous Populations


99
[Roundtables] Considerations for Indigenous Scholarship within Anti-Racist Research (Ahwatukee A, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Katie Schultz, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Michael Spencer, PhD , Jessica Elm, PhD and Ramona Beltran, PhD

Disability


100
[Roundtables] Integrating Critical Disability Studies into Social Work Research, Practice, and Policy (Ahwatukee B, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Paul Sterzing, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Paul Sterzing, PhD , Vandana Chaudhry, PhD , Eunkyung Chung, MA , Nev Jones, PhD and Katie Savin, PhD

Social Work Practice


101
[Roundtables] Considering How Critical and Radical Social Work Can be Used to Address Current Challenges in Today’s Society (Laveen A, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Josh Lown, MSW
Speakers/Presenters: Josh Lown, MSW , G. Allen Ratliff, PhD , Fiona Doherty, MSW and Cameron Rasmussen, MSW

2:00 PM-3:30 PM

Race and Ethnicity


124
[Roundtables] Anti-Racist Research Implementation - a Review of a Multisystem Collaborative Approach Towards Addressing Institutional Harm in Systems (Valley of the Sun E, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Kelechi Wright, MEd
Speakers/Presenters: Kelechi Wright, MEd , Becci Akin, PhD , Shanelle Dupree, JD , Brandi Turner, BA and Abby Fry, BA

Work and Work-Life Policies and Programs


125
[Roundtables] Can't Fight Poverty in Poverty: Organizing for Equity in Social Work (Estrella, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Amanda Spishak-Thomas, MSW
Speakers/Presenters: Amanda Spishak-Thomas, MSW , Lauren Toppenberg, MPH, MPAff , Melanie Sonsteng-Person, PhD , Susan Lob, MSW and Pilar Bonilla, BA

3:45 PM-5:15 PM

Asian and Asian-Pacific Islander-Focused Research


154
[Roundtables] Unmasking Anti-Asian Racism from Multiple Perspectives: Working Towards Epistemic Justice (Ahwatukee A, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Izumi Sakamoto, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Eunjung Lee, PhD , Lin Fang, PhD , Rupaleem Bhuyan, PhD , Kedi Zhao, MA and Patricia Quan, BA

Race and Ethnicity


155
[Roundtables] Is Antiracism in Social Work Doomed to Fail?: A Roundtable on Interrogating Antiracism through Critical Colonialism (Ahwatukee B, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Claudette Grinnell-Davis, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Claudette Grinnell-Davis, PhD , Justin Harty, PhD , Autumn Asher BlackDeer, PhD , Na Youn Lee, MSW, MIA, PhD and Maria Gandarilla Ocampo, MSW

Race and Ethnicity


156
[Roundtables] Re-Envisioning Social Work Science As Praxis to Eliminate Structural Racism and Grow Life-Affirming Worlds (Laveen A, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Jelena Todic, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Jelena Todic, PhD , Charles Leah, PhD , Candace Christensen, PhD , Alexis Jemal, JD, PhD and Liliane Windsor, PhD, MSW

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity


157
[Roundtables] A Multi-Method Study with Transgender and Gender Diverse People Using Virtual Reality (Laveen B, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Kelly Clary, PhD, MSW
Speakers/Presenters: Jacob Goffnett, PhD, MSW , Vangelis Metsis, PhD and Richard Morley, PhD

5:30 PM-7:00 PM

Child Welfare


181
[Roundtables] Parenting and Caregiving in the Early Years: Who Are We Leaving out? (Ahwatukee A, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Julie Ribaudo, PhD(c)
Speakers/Presenters: Justin Harty, PhD , Nucha Isarowong, PhD , Amittia Parker, PhD and Tova Walsh, PhD

Communities and Neighborhoods


182
[Roundtables] Navigating, Subverting, and Replacing Conventional Academic Productivity Expectations to Co-Create with PAR Teams (Ahwatukee B, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Kimberly Bender, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Ramona Beltran, PhD , Anna Ortega-Williams, PhD , Danielle Littman, A.M., LCSW , Alex Wagaman, PhD and Laura Wernick, PhD

Communities and Neighborhoods


183
[Roundtables] Systems Thinking and Systems Science in Community and Neighborhood Research (Laveen A, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Andrew Foell, MSW, MPP
Speakers/Presenters: Natalie Pope, MBA, MSSW, CSW , Katherine Marçal, PhD , Kirk Foster, PhD , Daniel Brisson, PhD and Richard Smith, PhD

Saturday, January 14, 2023

8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Child Welfare


202
[Roundtables] Safeguarding Family Connections: Perceptions of and Experiences with Shared Parenting in Kinship Families (Camelback B, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Ramona Denby-Brinson, Ph.D., MSW
Speakers/Presenters: Amanda Klein-Cox, Ed.D. (Educational Leadership) , Angela Provenzano, OTD (Doctor of Occupational Therapy) , Charlene Ingram, MSW and Dot Erickson-Anderson, MS

Communities and Neighborhoods


203
[Roundtables] Incentives to Participants in Community-Based Research: Who Decides What Is Reasonable? (Hospitality 1 - Room 443, 4th Level)
Organizer: Sondra Fogel, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Sondra Fogel, PhD , Stephanie Rosado, MSW , Jerome Galea, PhD and Cheryl Hyde, PhD

Communities and Neighborhoods


204
[Roundtables] Rematriation and Place-Based Reparations: Policies and Practices to Advance Racial Justice in Brown, Black, and Indigenous Communities (Hospitality 2 - Room 444, 4th Level)
Organizer: Amie Thurber, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Amie Thurber, PhD , Jason Sawyer, PhD, MSW , Amy Krings, MSW, PhD and Greer Hamilton, MSW

Immigrants and Refugees


205
[Roundtables] Welcoming Afghan Evacuees: A National Discussion of Rapid Response, Emerging Needs, and Mechanisms for Support (Hospitality 3 - Room 432, 4th Level)
Organizer: Patricia Shannon, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Patricia Shannon, PhD , Mary Bunn, PhD , Hyojin Im, PhD , Miriam Kuttikat, Ph.D and Ashley Cureton, PhD

International Social Work & Global Issues


206
[Roundtables] International Implementation Research: Community-Based Research on Hard-to-Reach Populations during a Global Pandemic (Estrella, 2nd Level)
Organizer: David Okech, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Alex Balch, PhD , Nathan Hansen, PhD , Tamora Callands, PhD , Claire Bolton, PhD and Lydia Aletraris, PhD

Mental Health


207
[Roundtables] Abolitionist Approaches to Mental Health (Cave Creek, 3rd Level)
Organizer: Casey Bohrman, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Meg Panichelli, PhD , Erin Hipple, PhD , Emil Smith, MSW and Nev Jones, PhD

Organizations & Management


208
[Roundtables] How to Make Program and Policy Evaluation Findings Actionable for Decision-Makers (Encanto A, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Pamela Lilleston, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Pamela Lilleston, PhD , Katie Barghaus, PhD , Allison Thompson, PhD , Ida Tamarin, MPA/ID and Kalee Singh, DrPH

Race and Ethnicity


209
[Roundtables] Improving Hiring, Retention, and Promotion of Bipoc Faculty (Encanto B, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Ijeoma Nwabuzor Ogbonnaya, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Matt Ignacio, PhD , Tina Jiwatram-Negron, PhD , Stephanie Lechuga-Peña, PhD , Natasha Mendoza, PhD and Ijeoma Nwabuzor Ogbonnaya, PhD

School Social Work


210
[Roundtables] Charting an Agenda for School-Based Research in Racial Equity, Social Justice, and Pandemic Recovery Around the Framework for 21st Century School Social Work Practice (Maryvale A, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Jenna Mahoney, MSW
Speakers/Presenters: Aaron Thompson, PhD , Kevin Tan, PhD , Leticia Villarreal Sosa, PhD , Andy Frey, PhD and Brenda Lindsey, Ed.D

Sustainable Development, Urbanization, and Environmental Justice


211
[Roundtables] Psychosocial Factors and Perishable Data Collection in Disasters: Creating Resilience through Research (Maryvale B, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Holly Davies, MSW
Speakers/Presenters: Holly Davies, MSW , Roni Fraser, MA and Margaret Webb, MS

9:45 AM-11:15 AM

Child Welfare


224
[Roundtables] Promoting Equitable Supports for Kinship Caregivers By Examining and Reducing Systemic Barriers (Alhambra, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Amanda Klein-Cox, Ed.D. (Educational Leadership)
Speakers/Presenters: Ramona Denby-Brinson, Ph.D., MSW , Angela Provenzano, OTD (Doctor of Occupational Therapy) , Charlene Ingram, MSW and Dot Erickson-Anderson, MS

Adolescent and Youth Development


226
[Roundtables] Technological Innovations for Social Change on Youth Mental Health (Desert Sky, 3rd Level)
Organizer: Dora Tam, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Siu Ming Kwok, PhD , Barbara Lee, PhD and Tara Collins

Communities and Neighborhoods


227
[Roundtables] Using Qualitative Geographic Methods to Understand Embodied Experiences of Place (Maryvale A, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Samantha Teixeira, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Greer Hamilton, MSW , Danielle Littman, A.M., LCSW and Josh Lown, MSW

International Social Work & Global Issues


228
[Roundtables] Utilizing Complexity Theory to Deconstruct the Global Vulnerabilities of Farmers: Where Are the Social Work Solutions? (Maryvale B, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Shena Leverett Brown, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Anna Scheyett, PhD , George Leibowitz, PhD and Shankar Das, PhD

Organizations & Management


229
[Roundtables] Centering Equity through a Breakthrough Series Collaborative: Reflections on Engaging Fathers and Paternal Relatives in Child Welfare (Hospitality 3 - Room 432, 4th Level)
Organizer: Jennifer Bellamy, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Jennifer Bellamy, PhD , Ed Davies and Matthew Stagner, PhD

Research Design and Measurement


230
[Roundtables] Threats to Online Surveys: Recognizing, Detecting, and Preventing Survey Bots (Valley of the Sun D, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Yanfeng Xu, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Yanfeng Xu, PhD , Sarah Pace, MSW , Jaeseung Kim, PhD , Aidyn Iachini, PhD, MSW, LSW and Melissa Simone, PhD

Research on Social Work Education


231
[Roundtables] Academic Transfer Is a Social Equity Issue: Why Aren't We Talking about It More? (Valley of the Sun E, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Christopher Robinson, DEd
Speakers/Presenters: Michele Belliveau, PhD , Christopher Robinson, DEd , Kathy Schank, MSS , Margaret Smith, PhD and Stephanie Turin, MSW

School Social Work


232
[Roundtables] "New Terrains of Justice": Directions for Systems-Change Research and Praxis Spanning the PreK-12 Educational Continuum (Estrella, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Brita Bookser, MA
Speakers/Presenters: Brita Bookser, MA , Jelena Todic, PhD , Melanie Sonsteng-Person, PhD , Andrea Joseph, PhD and Tasha Seneca Keyes, PhD

4:00 PM-5:30 PM

Adolescent and Youth Development


257
[Roundtables] Moving Beyond Voice: Changing Child Welfare Research to Integrate Lived Expertise (Desert Sky, 3rd Level)
Organizer: Claudette Grinnell-Davis, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Scout Hartley, MPA , Starlett Hartley , Kimberly Osborn, MSW , Claudette Grinnell-Davis, PhD and Bailey Stevens, BA

Child Welfare


258
[Roundtables] Integrating Family First: Early Implementation, Outcomes, and Lessons Learned from Moving Child Welfare Upstream (Maryvale A, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Kaela Byers, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Jared Barton, PhD , Amanda Brown, PhD , Dennis Alford, MSW , Priya Vanchy Kadavasal, PhD and Becci Akin, PhD

Communities and Neighborhoods


259
[Roundtables] Conducting Community-Based Research across Languages and Culture (Maryvale B, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Cal Halvorsen, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Patrick Ho Lam Lai, MSW , Samantha Teixeira, PhD , Kerri Evans, PhD and María F. Pineros-Leano, PhD

Inequality, Poverty, and Social Welfare Policy


260
[Roundtables] Universal Basic Income: An Imperative Conversation for Social Workers (Hospitality 4 - Room 428, 4th Level)
Organizer: Dylan Bellisle, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Leah Hamilton, PhD , Anu Manchikanti Gomez, PhD , Michael Lewis, PhD , Stacy Elliott, MSW and Brittany Pope, MSW

International Social Work & Global Issues


261
[Roundtables] Towards Transnational Feminist Theory and Methodologies in Social Work Research (Valley of the Sun D, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Claire Willey-Sthapit, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Lindsay Gezinski, PhD , Sharvari Karandikar, PhD , Nadine Shaanta Murshid, PhD and Claire Willey-Sthapit, PhD

Research Design and Measurement


262
[Roundtables] Keeping the P in PAR during Analysis: A Critical Discussion on Participatory Strategies to Analyzing Data and Building Solutions to Social Problems (Valley of the Sun E, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Dominique Mikell Montgomery, MSW
Speakers/Presenters: Melanie Sonsteng-Person, PhD , Sid Jordan, JD and Victoria Copeland

Research on Social Work Education


263
[Roundtables] Infrastructure to Support Public Impact Scholarship: Launching the Hub for Engaged Action Research (HEAR) Lab (Estrella, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Jody Gardner, MSW
Speakers/Presenters: Jody Gardner, MSW , Sarah Narendorf, PhD , Anil Arora, MSW , Samira Ali, PhD, MSW and Andre Harris, MSW

School Social Work


264
[Roundtables] Addressing the School Mental Health Crisis: Interprofessional Collaboration and Integrated Solutions (Cave Creek, 3rd Level)
Organizer: Stacy Gherardi, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Erika Gergerich, PhD , Pamela Gray, PhD , Kimberly Knox, PhD , Kate Philippo, PhD and Emily Shayman, PhD

Sunday, January 15, 2023

8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Crime and Criminal Justice


284
[Roundtables] Youth Justice at a Crossroads: A Discussion of Visions for the Next Horizon (Camelback A, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Julia Lesnick
Speakers/Presenters: Laura Abrams, PhD , Durrell Washington, MSW , Karen Kolivoski, PhD, MSW and Charles Lea, PhD, MSW

Research Design and Measurement


285
[Roundtables] Implementing and Researching Guaranteed Basic Income: Successes, Issues and Challenges (Desert Sky, 3rd Level)
Organizer: Gaurav Ranjan Sinha, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Christopher R. Larrison, PhD , Daniel Brisson, PhD , William Schneider, PhD , Katie Hoops Calhoun, MSW and Elsa Augustine

Research on Social Work Education


286
[Roundtables] Listening and Learning from Doctoral Students to Improve Doctoral Education (Maryvale A, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Amy Krings, MSW, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Jaclynn Hawkins, PhD , Celeste Sanchez , Andrea Mora, MSW , Saria Bechara and Lorraine Gutierrez, PhD

9:45 AM-11:15 AM

Child Welfare


312
[Roundtables] Bridging the Science-to-Service Gap: Strengthening the Child Welfare Workforce through Knowledge Engagement (Maryvale A, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Amy He, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Sharon Kollar, MSW , Michelle Clinch and Amy He, PhD

Crime and Criminal Justice


313
[Roundtables] Achieving Juvenile Justice through Abolition (Maryvale B, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Durrell Washington, MSW
Speakers/Presenters: Toyan Harper, AM , Alizé Hill, AM , Taylor Reed, MSW , Ashley Jackson, MSW and Cortney VanHook, MSW, MPH

Gender


314
[Roundtables] (WITHDRAWN) Gender-Affirming Treatment for Mental Health Recovery (Valley of the Sun C, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Amanda Fialk, PhD, LCSW, LICSW
Speakers/Presenters: Amanda Fialk, PhD, LCSW, LICSW , Beck Gee-Cohen, MA, CADC-II and Jordan Held, LCSW

Research Design and Measurement


315
[Roundtables] Exploring the Use of Art-Based Collaborative Auto-Ethnography (Valley of the Sun D, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Darren Cosgrove, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Bridget Colacchio, MA , Dana Levin, PhD, LMSW and Darren Cosgrove, PhD

Research on Social Work Education


316
[Roundtables] Writing and Reviewing for Refereed Journals: Discussion with Editorial Advisory Board Members (Valley of the Sun E, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Cristina Mogro-Wilson, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Cristina Mogro-Wilson, PhD , Sondra Fogel, PhD and Kirstin Anderson

11:30 AM-1:00 PM

Black and African Diaspora Focused-Research


337
[Roundtables] Black Men in Social Work (Desert Sky, 3rd Level)
Organizer: Christopher Robinson, DEd
Speakers/Presenters: Andre Harris, MSW , Christopher Robinson, DEd and Ed-Dee Williams, PhD

Communities and Neighborhoods


338
[Roundtables] Challenges and Potential Solutions to Supporting and Rewarding Community Engaged Scholarship (Maryvale A, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Mary Ohmer, PhD, MSW, MPIA
Speakers/Presenters: Mary Ohmer, PhD, MSW, MPIA , Kirk Foster, PhD and Daniel Brisson, PhD

Gender


339
[Roundtables] Mainstreaming Gender in the Grand Challenges for Social Work and Society: Stronger Social Fabric (Maryvale B, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Jill Messing, MSW, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Kristy Kelly , Jama Shelton, PhD , Megan Brown and Bonita Sharma, PhD

Research Design and Measurement


340
[Roundtables] Issues of Equity in Qualitative Research Methods (Valley of the Sun C, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Johanna Creswell Baez, PhD, LCSW
Speakers/Presenters: Catherine Simmons, PhD, LCSW , Stephanie Gangemi, PhD, LCSW and Malikah Marrus, DSW, MSW

Research on Social Work Education


341
[Roundtables] Elevating Historical Research in Social Work: Battling Our Past + Building a More Just Future (Valley of the Sun D, 2nd Level)
Organizer: Mimi Abramovitz, DSW
Speakers/Presenters: Mimi Abramovitz, DSW , Laura Curran, PhD , Justin Harty, PhD , Stephen Monroe Tomczak, PhD, MSW and Jessica Toft, PhD, LISW