Society for Social Work and Research 29th Annual Conference: Other Events

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

2:00 PM-7:00 PM

Registration Open (Grand Ballroom Prefunction, Level 2)

Thursday, January 16, 2025

7:30 AM-8:00 PM

Registration Open (Grand Ballroom Prefunction, Level 2)

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

SSRPCB-1

(Separate Fee Required) SSRPCB-1: All the things I never learned in graduate school: How not to bomb on your faculty job search (Aspen, Level 2)
Speakers/Presenters: Yoosun Park, PhD and Tamara Cadet, PhD

SSRPCB-2

(Separate Fee Required) SSRPCB-2: Beyond Publications: How to Build a Scholarly Enterprise and Productivity in Social Work (Seneca, Level 4)
Speakers/Presenters: Andrew Rundle, DrPH and Bronwyn Keefe, PhD, MSW, MPH

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

RMW-1

(Separate Fee Required) RMW-1: Using AI for Social Work Research (Redwood A/B, Level 2)
Speakers/Presenters: Jiaqi Gong and Hee Yun Lee, PhD

RMW-2

(Separate Fee Required) RMW-2: Moderation, Mediation and Longitudinal Analysis (Willow A, Level 2)
Speakers/Presenters: Yoonsun Choi, PhD and Michael Park, PhD

RMW-3

(Separate Fee Required) RMW-3: Designing and Developing Culturally-Grounded, Community-Based Participatory Research: Challenges and Strengths (Willow B, Level 2)
Speaker/Presenter: Linda Sprague Martinez, PhD

RMW-4

(Separate Fee Required) RMW-4: Mixed Methodology (Ballard, Level 3)
Speakers/Presenters: Michele Munson and Rohini Pahwa, PhD

10:15 AM-12:15 PM

SSRPCB-3

(Separate Fee Required) SSRPCB-3: Translating and Disseminating Knowledge to Policymakers (Aspen, Level 2)
Speaker/Presenter: Marylou Sudders

SSRPCB-4

(Separate Fee Required) SSRPCB-4: Research Leadership Institute (Seneca, Level 4)
Speakers/Presenters: Hee Yun Lee, PhD and David Pate

SSRPCB-5

(Separate Fee Required) SSRPCB-5: Unlocking the Secrets and Benefits of Winning a NIH Loan Repayment Program Award (Capitol Hill, Level 3)
Speakers/Presenters: Donte Boyd, PhD and Camille R. Quinn, PhD

12:15 PM-1:30 PM

(Separate Fee Required) Meet the Scientist Luncheon (Grand Ballroom A, Level 2)
Speakers/Presenters: Juan Rios, DSW , Mimi Abramovitz, DSW , Camille R. Quinn, PhD , Sheretta Butler-Barnes, PhD , Yuanjin Zhou, PhD , David Turner, PhD , Eunhye Ahn, PhD , Dale Maglalang, PhD, MA, MSW, MPH and Jane McPherson, PhD, MPH, LCSW

12:30 PM-1:30 PM

Social Policy Committee Current Events Session (Metropolitan Ballroom AB, Level 3)
Speakers/Presenters: Janice Deguchi , Jennifer Turner, PhD , Jennifer Romich, PhD and David Pate

Lunch On Your Own

1:30 PM-7:30 PM

Exhibits Open (Grand Ballroom AB, Level 2)

3:15 PM-4:45 PM

Invited Journal Editors Workshop I: Publishing Research in Peer-Reviewed Journals: Talk with the Editors (Aspen, Level 2)
Speakers/Presenters: Todd Herrenkohl, PhD , Jennifer Mosley, PhD , Darcey Merritt, PhD , Lisa Zerden, MSW, PhD , Bowen McBeath, PhD and Margaret Gibson

5:00 PM-6:30 PM

Opening Plenary [presented in person and live streamed] (Metropolitan Ballroom AB, Level 3)
Speakers/Presenters: Desmond Patton, PhD, MSW and Mary Ohmer, PhD, MSW, MPIA

6:30 PM-7:30 PM

Opening Reception (Metropolitan Ballroom Prefunction, Level 3)

7:30 PM-9:30 PM

Student Social Hour - all students are welcome!
Speaker/Presenter: Fatima Mabrouk, MSW

Friday, January 17, 2025

7:30 AM-4:00 PM

Registration Open (Grand Ballroom Prefunction, Level 2)

8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Special Session: JSSWR (Aspen, Level 2)
Speakers/Presenters: Tamara Cadet, PhD , Lisa de Saxe Zerden , Bowen McBeath, PhD , G. Lawrence Farmer, PhD and Todd I. Herrenkohl, PhD

8:00 AM-6:45 PM

Exhibits Open (Grand Ballroom AB, Level 2)

9:45 AM-11:15 AM

RCDC Roots and Wings Session I: Flexing your (academic) Freedom: Preparing Early Career Scholars to flourish in an anti-DEI Environment (Aspen, Level 2)
Speakers/Presenters: Luis Alvarez-Hernandez, PhD, LICSW , Charles Lea, PhD, MSW , Denise McLane-Davison and Jerome Schiele, PhD

11:30 AM-12:30 PM

110

Aaron Rosen Lecture [presented in person and live streamed] (Metropolitan Ballroom AB, Level 3)
Speaker/Presenter: Leopoldo Cabassa, PhD

12:45 PM-1:45 PM

Lunch On Your Own

2:00 PM-3:30 PM

111

Invited Symposium I: On the Ground with Community Partners and Researchers: Challenges and Lessons Learned from Violence Prevention Research (Metropolitan Ballroom AB, Level 3)
Speakers/Presenters: Mary Ohmer, PhD, MSW, MPIA , Cheryl Hyde, PhD , Tyrone Morris, MSW , Katiana Foizen, MSW , Jason Beery, PhD and Cecelia Ware

3:45 PM-5:15 PM

138

Brief and Brilliant Session (Metropolitan Ballroom AB, Level 3)
Speakers/Presenters: Michelle Ridley, LMSW , Megan (Meg) Paceley, PhD , Angela DeCandia, DSW, LCSW , Venera Bekteshi, PhD , Lianne Urada, PhD and Kamilah Majied, PhD

139

Invited Journal Editors Workshop II: Forum on Publishing Qualitative Research (Willow A, Level 2)
Speakers/Presenters: Jane Gilgun, PhD , Mery Diaz , Margaret Gibson , Robert Hawkins , Sharvari Karandikar, PhD , Lisette Piedra, PhD, LCSW , Susan Robbins, PhD and Cristina Wilson, PhD

140

Special Symposium: “Whose facts matter!? – Part Two: Epistemic justice & professional values in faculty recruitment, promotion, tenure, and merit processes” (Aspen, Level 2)
Speakers/Presenters: Ramona Denby-Brinson, Ph.D., MSW , Gina M. Samuels, PhD , Darcey Merritt, PhD , Michele Munson , Marci Ybarra, PhD , David R Hodge, PhD and Philip Hong

Saturday, January 18, 2025

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Exhibits Open (Grand Ballroom AB, Level 2)

8:00 AM-2:00 PM

Registration Open (Grand Ballroom Prefunction, Level 2)

9:45 AM-11:15 AM

217

Invited Symposium II: Funder-Social Work Scholar Panel Discussion on Federal and Private Funding for Anti-Racist Collaborative Research (Metropolitan Ballroom AB, Level 3)
Speakers/Presenters: Joyce Dieterly, MPH , Jason Beery, PhD , Liz Miller, PhD , Mary Ohmer, PhD, MSW, MPIA , Sara Goodkind, PhD , Andrea Robles and Christopher T. Allen, PhD

11:30 AM-12:30 PM

244

Annual Social Policy Forum [presented in person and live streamed] (Metropolitan Ballroom AB, Level 3)
Speaker/Presenter: David Sanders, PhD

12:30 PM-1:30 PM

Lunch On Your Own

12:30 PM-1:45 PM

245

Student Session and Luncheon: Palestine, Free Speech and DEI Bans: Social Work's Response to Silencing Tactics, Genocide, and Systemic Injustice (Grand Ballroom D, Level 2)
Speakers/Presenters: Sireen Irsheid, PhD , Amie Thurber, PhD , Adam McCormick, PhD , Brianna Suslovic, MSW and Aneelah Afzali

12:45 PM-1:45 PM

246

Grand Challenges for Social Work Roundtable: Leveraging the Social Impact of the Grand Challenges for Social Work: A Framework for Collaborative and Community Engaged Research (Aspen, Level 2)
Speakers/Presenters: Kira Silk, LMSW , Schnavia Hatcher , Carrie Pettus, PhD and Michael Spencer, PhD

2:00 PM-3:00 PM

247

Presidential Plenary [presented in person] (Metropolitan Ballroom AB, Level 3)
Speakers/Presenters: Ramona Denby-Brinson, Ph.D., MSW and Isabel Wilkerson

3:15 PM-3:45 PM

248

Fellows and Awards Presentations [presented in person and live streamed] (Metropolitan Ballroom AB, Level 3)
Speakers/Presenters: Ramona Denby-Brinson, Ph.D., MSW and Joan Blakey, PhD, LCSW

4:00 PM-5:30 PM

249

Invited Symposium III: Resisting Regression II: Strengthening Social Work Science and Collaboration Amid Anti-DEI and Anti-Democratic Initiatives (Metropolitan Ballroom AB, Level 3)
Speakers/Presenters: Justin Harty, PhD , Mimi Abramovitz, DSW , Kyaien O. Conner, PhD and Lenna Nepomnyaschy, PhD

250

RCDC Roots and Wings Session II: Upholding Academic Freedom in Social Work Research in the Context of Diversity-Related Challenges (Aspen, Level 2)
Speakers/Presenters: Mo Yee Lee, PhD , Mimi Chapman, Ph.D. , Robert Eschmann, PhD , Kirk Foster, PhD and Fatima Mabrouk, MSW

5:45 PM-6:15 PM

276

Membership Business Meeting [presented in person and live streamed] (Metropolitan Ballroom AB, Level 3)
Speaker/Presenter: Ramona Denby-Brinson, Ph.D., MSW

6:15 PM-7:15 PM

277

President's Reception

Sunday, January 19, 2025

7:45 AM-11:00 AM

Registration Open (Grand Ballroom Prefunction, Level 2)