Brown School Faculty, Staff, Students Present at SSWR 2019 Annual Conference

Join the Brown School at the Society for Social Work and Social Policy annual conference in San Francisco on January 16-20, 2019. This year’s theme is Ending Gender Based, Family and Community Violence.

The Brown School will be represented in many exciting ways at the 2019 conference:

• Faculty, staff, students and recent alumni will present or moderate over 55 sessions during this year’s meeting.
• Professors Melissa Jonson-Reid and Brett Drake will receive the 2019 Society for Social Work and Research Book Award for “After the Cradle Falls: What Child Abuse Is, How We Respond to It, and What You can Do About It.” The awards presentation is Saturday, January 19 at 2:00 p.m. during the afternoon plenary session.
• The Brown School will host its annual reception on Friday, January 18 at 8:00 p.m. in Union Square #13, and celebrate the induction of Professors Brett Drake, Michal Grinstein-Weiss and Fred Ssewamala as AASWSW fellows.

In addition to the highlighted presentations listed below, the Brown School will support other notable featured speakers:

• Craig Winston LeCroy will present at the Aaron Rosen Lecture, which was established by SSWR in conjunction with the Brown School at Washington University. LeCroy, communitas professor of social work at Arizona State University in Tucson, focuses his research on home visitation services, social competence in adolescence, and evidence-based practice for social work. 
• Noted civil rights activist Angela Davis is the speaker at the Presidential Plenary; the event is co-sponsored by the Brown School. Davis, distinguished professor emerita of history and consciousness at the University of California at Santa Cruz, has written nine books on social justice and her work.

The annual Brown School reception will take place Friday, January 18 at 8:00 p.m. in Union Square #13 at the Hilton San Francisco. Contact Marissa Hardwrict at hardwrictm@wustl.edu with any questions.

Please consult the listings below to explore the breadth of ways to connect with Brown School staff, faculty and students.  All sessions will be taking place in the Hilton San Francisco Union Square, 333 O’Farrell St, San Francisco, CA 94102.

Thursday, January 17

*Asterisks indicate presenting speaker

10:15 a.m.	Moving Research Into Action for Social Change	Mary McKay Sean Joe Timothy McBride Gary Parker	Golden Gate 6 Lobby Level
12:15 p.m.	Meet the Scientist Luncheon	Melissa Jonson-Reid	Union Square 22 Tower 3, 4th Floor
1:30 p.m.	Examining the Relationship between Perceived Social Support, Family Cohesion and Psychological Wellbeing of Children Orphaned By HIV/AIDS in Southwestern Uganda	Thabani Nyoni* Proscovia Nabunya Fred Ssewamala	Continental Parlors 1-3 Ballroom Level
3:15 p.m.	Designing Effective Financial Tips to Guide Debt Repayment: Experimental Evidence from Tax Refund Recipients	Sam Bufe* Olga Kondratjeva Stephen Roll Michal Grinstein-Weiss	Union Square 1 Tower 3, 4th Floor
3:15 p.m.	Gambling Involvement in African American and European Americans: An Analysis By Gender	Manik Ahuja* Renee Cunningham-Williams	Continental Parlors 1-3 Ballroom Level
3:15 p.m.	Holes in the Nonprofit Safety Net? Rural-Urban and Regional Disparities	Mathieu Despard	Union Square 1 Tower 3, 4th Floor
3:45 p.m.	The Impact of Automated Reminders on Credit Outcomes: Results from an Experimental Pilot Program	Stephen Roll	Union Square 1 Tower 3, 4th Floor
4:15 p.m.	Refund Deferral Preferences Among Earned Income Tax Credit Recipients: Policy Implications	Mathieu Despard* Stephen Roll Michal Grinstein-Weiss	Union Square 1 Tower 3, 4th Floor

Friday, January 18

8:00 a.m.	Relative Efficiency of Using Summary Statistics in Meta-Analysis: Recent Advances	Shenyang Guo	Golden Gate 3 Lobby Level
8:00 a.m.	Structural and Geographic Barriers to Health	Tess Thompson	Union Square 1 Tower 3, 4th Floor
9:00 a.m.	Does Medication Improve Retention in Treatment for Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder?	Sara Beeler-Stinn* David Patterson Silver Wolf Derek Brown Ned Presnall Richard Grucza	Union Square 25 Tower 3, 4th Floor
9:45 a.m.	Prevalence of Disruptive Behaviors Among School Going Children in Southwestern Uganda	William Byansi* Ozge Sensoy Bahar Apollo Kivumbi James Mugisha Fred Sswemala Mary McKay	Continental Parlors 1-3 Ballroom Level
9:45 a.m.	Examining Organizational Factors Fostering a Therapeutic Climate Supporting the Adoption and Use of Evidence-Based Practices for Outpatient Mental Health Clinics Serving Youth	Mary McKay	Continental Parlors, 1-3 Ballroom Level
11:15 a.m.	Older Adults as Assets to the AASW & SW’s Grand Challenges	Nancy Morrow-Howell	Continental Parlor 8 Ballroom Level
12:30 p.m.	Build Financial Capability for All (Grand Challenge)	Margaret Sherraden	Golden Gate 5 Lobby Level
12:30 p.m.	Stop Family Violence (Grand Challenge)	Patricia Kohl Melissa Jonson-Reid	Union Square 1 Tower 3, 4th Floor
1:45 p.m.	Community-Based Participatory Research to Address Neighborhood Health Disparities	Andrew Foell* Jason Purnell Rachel Barth Michelle Witthause Derek Holland	Continental Parlors 1-3 Ballroom Level
1:45 p.m.	Examining Provider Factors Supporting the Adoption and Use of Evidence-Based Practices for Outpatient Mental Health Clinics Serving Youth	Mary McKay	Continental Parlors 1-3 Ballroom Level
2:15 p.m.	Father Engagement and Positive Co-Parenting: The Role of Informal Support	Lara Markovitz* Patricia Kohl	Union Square 22 Tower 3, 4th Floor
3:30 p.m.	Examining Disparities	Brett Drake	Union Square 13 Tower 3, 4th Floor
3:30 p.m.	Heterogeneous Effects of Savings on Participation in the Gig Economy	Stephen Roll* Sam Bufe Olga Kondratjeva Michal Grinstein-Weiss	Union Square 19 Tower 3, 4th Floor
3:30 p.m.	Interpersonal Violence and Health	Tonya Edmond	Union Square 15 Tower 3, 4th Floor
5:00 p.m.	Assessing the Stability of Financial Well-Being in a Low- and Moderate-Income Population	Sicong Sun* Stephen Roll Olga Kondratjeva Michal Grinstein-Weiss	Golden Gate 6 Lobby Level
5:15 p.m.	Basic Finance in the Information Age: Moving Toward a Public Good?	Michael Sherraden	Golden Gate 4 Lobby Level
5:15 p.m.	Protective Factors Associated with Sexual Risk Behaviors and Drug Use Among African American Adolescent Girls in Child Welfare	Wendy Auslander Michael Galvin* Donald Gerke Melissa Jonson-Reid	Continental Parlors 1-3 Ballroom Level
5:45 p.m.	Financial Capability and Financial Well-Being: An Empirical Examination Using the CFPB National Financial Well-Being Survey	Margaret Sherraden	Golden Gate 4 Lobby Level
6:15 p.m.	The Expansion of Financial Services in Social Policy: Does This Trend Benefit Vulnerable Populations?	Margaret Sherraden	Golden Gate 4 Lobby Level
6:15 p.m.	Incorporating Evidence-Based Interventions in Standard Clinical Practice Takes Grit	David Patterson Silver Wolf	Union Square 15 Tower 3, 4th Floor

Saturday, January 19

8:00 a.m.	Correlates of Research Productivity and Time-to-Degree: A 9-Year Case-File Review of Social Work PhD Candidates Seeking Jobs in Academic or Research Intensive Settings	Ellie S. Wideman* Renee Cunningham-Williams LaShawnda Fields	Continental Parlors 1-3 Ballroom Level
8:00 a.m.	Depression and Stigma Measurement for Clinical Research with Hispanics in Primary Care	Leo Cabassa	Continental Parlor 8 Ballroom Level
8:00 a.m.	Factors Associated with Severe Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Victimization Among Adolescents in Chinese Societies	Shih-Ying Cheng* Melissa Jonson-Reid	Continental Parlors 1-3 Ballroom Level
8:00 a.m.	Financial Upheaval in U.S. Households: Systems of Guidance	Margaret Sherraden	Golden Gate 4 Lobby Level
8:00 a.m.	Psychometric Properties of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ9) in a Treatment Seeking Hispanic Population with Depression	Leo Cabassa	Continental Parlor 8 Ballroom Level
8:30 a.m.	Profiles of Depression: A Latent Profile Analysis of Depressive Symptoms Among Hispanics	Leo Cabassa	Continental Parlor 8 Ballroom Level
8:30 a.m.	Models of Financial Guidance for Disadvantaged Families	Margaret Sherraden	Golden Gate 4 Lobby Level
9:45 a.m.	Building Assets from Birth: The Singapore Story	Michael Sherraden	Golden Gate 7 Lobby Level
9:00 a.m.	Building a Fintech Platform to Support Universal Financial Guidance	Margaret Sherraden	Golden Gate 4 Lobby Level
9:00 a.m.	Stigma and Mental Health: Confirmatory Factor Analyses of Three Depression Stigma Measures of Treatment, Antidepressant Medication, and Social Distance in a Sample of Hispanics	Leo Cabassa	Continental Parlor 8 Ballroom Level
9:45 a.m.	Examining the Effect of Child Development Accounts (CDAs) on Self-Efficacy Among Children and Adolescents Orphaned By HIV/AIDS in Southwestern Uganda	Proscovia Nabunya *Byansi William Fred Ssewamala Damulira Christopher	Golden Gate 7 Lobby Level
9:45 a.m.	Resiliency from a Feedback Perspective	Wendy Auslander Autumn Asher Blackdeer Katie Chew Patrick Fowler Peter Hovmand* Zhou Ke	Continental Parlors 1-3 Ballroom Level
10:45 a.m.	The Impact of State Earned Income Tax Credit Expansions on Material and Medical Hardships	Mathieu Despard Michal Grinstein-Weiss Olga Kondratjeva* Stephen Roll	Union Square 1 Tower 3, 4th Floor
12:45 p.m.	Grand Challenges for Social Work Roundtable: Vision, Mission, Principles, and Guideposts for Action	Michael Sherraden	Golden Gate 8 Lobby Level
4:00 p.m.	Community Violence and Mental Health in Urban African American Youth: An Exploration into Variations in Paths of Influence	Von Nebbitt	Golden Gate 5 Lobby Level
​4:00 p.m.	​Hippocampal Volume By Birth Cohort and Dementia Status	​Takashi Amano	​Continental Parlors 1-3 Ballroom Level
4:00 p.m.	Longitudinal Effect of Perceived Neighborhood Collective Efficacy on Adolescent Subjective Well-Being	Patrick Fowler	Continental Parlors 1-3 Ballroom Level
4:00 p.m.	Pathways to Seeking Help from a Partner Abuse Intervention Program: A Qualitative Study of Voluntary and Non-Court Mandated Latino Men’s Experiences	Maxine Davis* Melissa Jonson-Reid	Continental Parlors 1-3 Ballroom Level
4:00 p.m.	The Role of Qualitative and Mixed Methods in Implementation Research: A Roundtable Discussion Relevant to Social Work	Leo Cabassa Enola Proctor	Union Square 3/4 Tower 3, 4th Floor
​4:00 p.m.	Subtypes of Neglect in State Statute and Reported Neglected Children across States: Findings from Ncands	Chien-jen Chiang	Continental Parlors 1-3 Ballroom Level
4:00 p.m.	Violence Exposure and Anxiety Sensitivity: Assessing Direct and Indirect Effects of Community, Family, and Peers	Von Nebbitt	Golden Gate 5 Lobby Level
4:30 p.m.	Exposure to Violence and Depressive Symptoms: Examining the Role of Community, Family, and Peers	Von Nebbitt	Golden Gate 5 Lobby Level
5:00 p.m.	Exposure to Violence and Post-Traumatic Stress: Do Community, Family, and Peers Matter?	Von Nebbitt	Golden Gate 5 Lobby Level

Sunday, January 20

8:00 a.m.	Mental Health Pathways between Adverse Childhood Experiences and School Achievement in Adolescence: Results from a Sequential Mediation Model	Wendy Auslander	Golden Gate 3 Lobby Level
8:00 a.m.	Violence and Adversity in Childhood: Life Course Pathways from Adverse Childhood Experiences to School Achievement and Problematic Substance Use	Wendy Auslander	Golden Gate 3 Lobby Level
9:00 a.m.	Parental Social Isolation Is Associated with Parental and Teenage Health: A Dyadic Analysis of Data from the Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health, and Eating Study	Tess Thompson	Union Square 16 Tower 3, 4th Floor
9:45 a.m.	“Is It a Challenge? Yes…Is It Possible? Yes”: Clients’ Experiences with a Peer-Led Healthy Lifestyle Intervention for People with Serious Mental Illness	Leo Cabassa	Continental Parlors 1-3 Ballroom Level
9:45 a.m.	Charting Suicide Risk in Latina Adolescents	Peter Hovmand	Union Square 18 Tower 3, 4th Floor
9:45 a.m.	Scholarly Productivity Among Early Career Social Work Faculty Members from Top- Ranked Social Work Programs in the United States	Ellie S. Wideman* Cole Hooley Shih-Ying Cheng Katherine Marcal Yiqi Zhu Yi Wang Shenyang Guo Renee Cunningham-Williams	Continental Parlors 1-3 Ballroom Level
11:30 a.m.	Estimating the Total Maltreatment Rate in the US: Methodological Innovations and Considerations	Melissa Jonson-Reid	Union Square 3/4 Tower 3, 4th Floor
​11:30 a.m.	​Experience and Struggles of Being an International Student in an MSW Program	​Areum Lee* Joomo Kang	​Golden Gate 1 Lobby Level
11:30 a.m.	Intersectionality, Education and Social Work	Wendy Auslander	Union Square 25 Tower 3, 4th Floor
​12:30 p.m.	Determinants of Community Garden Incubation: Exploring Contextual Characteristics of Community Garden Locations	​Joomo Kang* Andrew Foell	​Union Square 17 Tower 3, 4th Floor
1:00 p.m.	What about Money? Coverage and Gaps in Financial Capability and Asset Building (FCAB) Topics in Social Work Education	Margaret Sherraden	Golden Gate 4 Lobby Level