Rutgers School of Social Work at SSWR's Annual Conference 2024

Rutgers School of Social Work will be represented at the Society for Social Work & Research (SSWR)'s 28th Annual Conference from January 10-14, 2024 by a number of presentations being hosted by our faculty, postdocs, Ph.D. students, lecturers, alumni, and staff. See the list below for a list of Rutgers SSW-affiliated presentations.

Thursday, January 11

Associate Professor Lenna Nepomnyaschy (Moderator)
Social Policy Committee Current Events Session
Featuring Indivar Dutta-Gupta, President & Executive Director of the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) and Sharon Parrott, President of the Center on Budget & Policy Priorities (CBPP). Social worker leaders of two of the most influential progressive policy research think tanks in DC to discuss the most relevant and burning social policy topics. 
Thursday, January 11, 2024: 12:30-1:30pm

Associate Professor Emmy Tiderington
What Facilitates Positive Transitions from Permanent Supportive Housing?: A Scoping Review and Theoretical Model of Factors Relevant to Positive Exits from Permanent Supportive Housing
Presentation Type: Poster Presentation
Thursday, January 11, 2024: 1:30-3:00pm

Associate Professor & Chancellor’s Scholar for Inclusive Excellence in Interpersonal Violence Research Chiara Sabina
Multi-System Recommendations to Prevent Foster Care Entry at Community, System, and Structural Levels
Presentation Type: Poster Presentation
Thursday, January 11, 2024: 1:30-3:00pm

Assistant Professor Qiana L. Brown
Associations between Cannabis Use, Cannabis Use Disorder and Mental Health Disorders Among Pregnant and Postpartum Women in the US
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
Thursday, January 11, 2024: 3:15-4:45pm

Friday, January 12

Associate Professor Emmy Tiderington
End Homelessness (Grand Challenges for Social Work)
Presentation Type: Special Interest Group
Friday, January 12, 2024: 7:00-8:00am

Ph.D. Student Yafan Chen
Perceived community support and acceptance of domestic violence among Asian immigrants: Moderating effect of nativity status
Presentation Type: Poster Presentation
Friday, January 12, 2024: 8:00-9:30am

Ph.D. Candidate Lauren Manley & Associate Professor Lenna Nepomnyaschy
The Influence of Childhood IPV Exposure on Adolescent Sleep Quality 
Presentation Type: Poster Presentation (170P)
Friday, January 12, 2024: 9:45-11:15am

Associate Professor & Chancellor’s Scholar for Inclusive Excellence in Interpersonal Violence Research Chiara Sabina 
Community- and Systems-Level Factors Contributing to Foster Care Entry: Perspectives from Legal Professionals
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
Friday, January 12, 2024: 2:00-3:30pm

Professor and Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Antoinette Y. Farmer & Ph.D. Student Yuhan Wei
Racial trauma and suicidal ideation among ethnoracially minoritized college students: The moderating effect of the college environment
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
Friday, January 12, 2024: 3:45-5:15pm

Assistant Professor Abigail Williams-Butler
Understanding the expansion of social control and helping professionals as unwilling agents of the state: The passing of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
Friday, January 12, 2024: 3:45-5:15pm

Assistant Professor Abigail Williams-Butler
Justification for the criminalization of parents: The passing of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
Friday, January 12, 2024: 3:45-5:15pm

Associate Professor & Chancellor’s Scholar for Inclusive Excellence in Interpersonal Violence Research Chiara Sabina (Discussant)
Culturally Responsive Intimate Partner Violence Screening and Interventions for Latinas
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
Friday, January 12, 2024: 3:45-5:15pm

Ph.D. Student Yafan Chen
Attitudes toward domestic violence and intention to intervene in domestic violence situations among Asian Americans
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
Friday, January 12, 2024: 5:30-7:00pm 

Ph.D. Student Yafan Chen
Domestic Violence in Asian Immigrant Communities: A Scoping Review of Quantitative Literature
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
Friday, January 12, 2024: 5:30-7:00pm

Assistant Professor Katherine Marcal
Housing insecurity and employment stability: An investigation of working mothers
Presentation Type: Poster Presentation
Friday, January 12, 2024: 5:30-7:00pm

Saturday, January 13

Assistant Professor Angela Malorni
Social Media and Youth Critical Action: A Photovoice Project Examining the Ways Online Experiences Shape Critical Action for 12 Adolescent Organizers
Presentation Type: Poster Presentation
Saturday, January 13, 2024: 8:00-9:30am

Assistant Professor Abigail Williams-Butler
Multidimensional aspects of social networks: Implications for CPS recurrence
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
Saturday, January 13, 2024: 9:45-11:15am

Ph.D Student Allison Brachmann and Professor & Director of the Center for Research on Ending Violence Sarah McMahon
Workplace Incivility, Sexual Harassment, and University Employee Job Outcomes
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation 
Saturday, January 13, 2024 9:45am-11:15am

Ph.D. Student Nora Sullivan
Risk Environment Analysis to Inform Harm Reduction Interventions in New Jersey
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
Saturday, January 13, 2024: 9:45-11:15am 

Ph.D. Student Nora Sullivan
Just Get it Out There: Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Program Design Informed by People Who Use Drugs and Naloxone Distributors
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
Saturday, January 13, 2024: 9:45-11:15am

Ph.D. Student Yan “Stella” Zhu & Associate Professor Lenna Nepomnyaschy
Mothers' Early Childhood Engagement and Adolescents' Adaptive Social Behaviors
Presentation Type: Poster Presentation (510P)
Saturday, January 13, 2024: 4:00-5:30pm
 
Associate Professor Joy J. Kim & Associate Professor Michael M. Joo
Social Work Interstate Licensure Compacts: Rationales, Expected Effects, and a Future Research Agenda
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
Saturday, January 13, 2024: 4:00-5:30pm

Assistant Professor Katherine Marcal
Material hardship in the postpartum year: Links to child maltreatment
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
Saturday, January 13, 2024: 4:00-5:30pm

Sunday, January 14

Associate Professor Emmy Tiderington 
Health Service Use after Moving on from Permanent Supportive Housing
Presentation Type: Poster Presentation
Sunday, January 14, 2024: 8:00-9:30am

Ph.D. Student Jordan Goodwin
Studying Work Experiences and Mental Health Among Homeless Service Providers during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
Sunday, January 14, 2024: 8:00-9:30am

Assistant Professor Adrian Gale & Associate Professor Lenna Nepomnyaschy
Examining Associations between School Connectedness and Mental Health in Black Adolescents
Presentation Type: Paper presentation: 
Sunday, January 14, 2024: 8:00-9:30am
 
Associate Professor Lenna Nepomnyaschy 
Income Support Policies and Family and Child Wellbeing 
Presentation Type: Symposium Discussant
Sunday, January 14, 2024: 9:45-11:15am

Professor & Director, Center for Leadership and Management Allison Zippay
Organizational Approaches to Furthering Community in Supported Housing Programs
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
Sunday, January 14, 2024: 9:45-11:15am
 
Assistant Professor Laura Cuesta
How Is Child Support Regularity Associated with Custodial Mothers' Income Packages and Economic Well-Being? Evidence from the United States
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation 
Sunday, January 14, 2024, 9:45-11:15am

Associate Professor of Teaching & Director of the Certificate on Interpersonal Violence and Trauma Rupa Khetarpal
Embodiment of Structural Vulnerability: Complex Illness Experiences of Somali Refugee Women in Displacement
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
Sunday, January 14, 2024: 11:30am-1:00pm

Associate Professor of Teaching & Director of the Certificate on Interpersonal Violence and Trauma Rupa Khetarpal 
Continuity of Care, Self-Sufficiency, and Wellness Among Asylees in the U.S.: A Qualitative Case Study
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
Sunday, January 14, 2024: 11:30am-1:00pm