Session: Centering Communities: Participatory Methods for Transformative Impact (Society for Social Work and Research 30th Annual Conference Anniversary)

Schedule:

Friday, January 16, 2026: 5:30 PM-7:00 PM

Liberty BR O, ML 4 (Marriott Marquis Washington DC)

Cluster: Research Design and Measurement

* noted as presenting author

Co-Designing, Implementing, and Disseminating Research with Communities to Maximize Public Impact: Strategies from a Mixed Method Cluster RCT in Zimbabwe
Colleen Fisher, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Sarah Moore, PhD, University of North Texas

Deeply Participatory Research and Practice with Urban Youth Experiencing Marginalizations Based on Income and Race: Ontological and Epistemological Considerations
Kevin Miller, PhD, Dominican University; Katherine Tyson McCrea, PhD, Loyola University, Chicago; Amzie Moore, PhD, Loyola University, Chicago; Yigermal Ayalew, MSW, Loyola University, Chicago; Heather Watson, PhD, Loyola University, Chicago; Neeraj Mishra, MSW, Loyola University Chicago; Kevin Nguyen, Loyola University, Chicago

Making Memes As Both a Community Building Activity and Data Collection Method
Brittanie Ash, PhD, Colorado State University; Heather Crate, LCSW, Colorado State University; Quinn Hafen, PhD, University of Wyoming; Kerri Bond, M.S.Ed, Baylor University

Understanding and Facilitating Youth Voice: Integrating Community Engaged Methods with Constructivist Grounded Theory
Julia Lesnick, University of California-Los Angeles; Laura Wray-Lake, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles; Gabino Rosales, Community Member; Junior Vargas, Community Member

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Session: Centering Communities: Participatory Methods for Transformative Impact (Society for Social Work and Research 30th Annual Conference Anniversary)

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