Each October, Domestic Violence Awareness Month serves as a reminder of how abuse ravages and traumatizes victims. For students and their mentors at Survivor Link , awareness — and offering... Read more

As students began returning in person to school this fall, educators faced a greater likelihood of encountering children who had been abused at home since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.... Read more

Community health workers impact the lives of residents of underserved areas where basic health services are often scarce. Over the next five years, Arizona State University’s School of Social Work... Read more

An Arizona State University professor will be researching ways to predict the safety of domestic violence survivors while their accused partners are awaiting trial.

Jill Messing ,... Read more

As it celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month , the School of Social Work is recognizing its Hispanic and Latino faculty, students and alumni by sharing a selection of reflections about the diversity... Read more

The Phoenix Indian Center recently honored Christopher Sharp (Colorado River Indian tribes), a clinical assistant professor in Arizona State University's School of Social Work , with its 2021 Man... Read more

Social workers help people better navigate life’s difficulties, usually dispatched from government agencies and social service providers. But they are also found in hospitals and clinics,... Read more

More than a quarter century ago, a social worker helped a teenage mother cope with some of the struggles that come from being a parent at an early age. That teenager was Michelle Shangin, who... Read more

Researchers and staff at Arizona State University’s Family Violence Center confront domestic violence through aid to families and a wide variety of public information, but as they do they... Read more

Frank Dillon is the new director of the Center for Applied Behavioral Health Policy in the Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center .

Dillon’s appointment to the directorship, as well... Read more

As school districts around the country ramp up to welcoming students back in person full time, the National Institutes of Health put out a call to fund additional research projects to identify... Read more

For the second straight year, a program of Arizona State University's School of Social Work will receive the President’s Medal for Social Embeddedness . ASU President Michael Crow will present the... Read more