Are there measurable actions that can counter the mental health effects that keep young people with HIV in Zambia from adhering to their treatment regimens? Associate Professor Rainier “Rain” Masa, a scholar at the School of Social Work who also serves as research director of the School’s Global Social Development Innovations (GSDI) center, is trying to find out.
Organized around the theme of Improving Inclusive Youth Development, the 2024 GSDI Global Research Symposium will bring together some of the most thoughtful experts from across UNC-Chapel Hill and the globe to highlight how researchers and practitioners are improving the lives of vulnerable and marginalized youth.
We spoke with Robert L. Hawkins, UNC School of Social Work’s incoming vice dean, about the path that led him back to Carolina.
Robert L. Hawkins, Ph.D., has been named to the new position of vice dean at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work, effective July 1.
A group representing UNC School of Social Work visits Solwezi, Zambia, with longtime collaborators from Rising Fountains Development Program (RFDP), a Zambian nonprofit organization founded in 2000, to learn more about local women’s savings and credit groups.
UNC School of Social Work Dean Ramona Denby-Brinson and research associates Amanda Klein-Cox and Angela Tobin presented “Hidden and Unmet Needs: Supporting Kinship Caregivers Raising Children with Disabilities” at the 28th annual Society for Social Work and Research conference in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 11, 2024.
UNC School of Social Work board member Deloris Jordan accepted the Coretta Scott King Soul of the Nation Award on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024.
Friends of the Tiny Homes Village gathered at a 40-acre farm eight miles southwest of campus for an off-site event hosted by UNC School of Social Work.
Three celebrated research professors have joined the team of social scientists powering the collaborative research engine behind more than $33.5 million in awards this year (Jan. 1–Oct. 30, 2023) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work.
