Getting to know new social work faculty for 2024-25
The VCU School of Social Work has five faculty who started their first full academic year with the school in fall semester. They include three tenure-track faculty with a focus on research and two teaching faculty who are also school alumni. Daniel Baslock, Ph.D. Assistant professor Position before joining VCUSSWI was a Ph.D. student at […]
Focusing on public mental health, Rosemary and David Farmer fund a new M.S.W. scholarship
With a career devoted to clinical social work and social work education, it’s no surprise Rosemary Farmer’s philanthropy would focus on helping students follow in her footsteps and pursue internships and employment in the public sector. Along with her husband, they have established the Drs. Rosemary L. and David J. Farmer Public Mental Health Scholarship […]
Social work faculty, students, alumni presenting at SSWR 2025
More than 50 VCU School of Social Work faculty, students and alumni have had presentations accepted or are serving in other roles with sessions such as special interest groups, roundtables or symposia at the Society for Social Work and Research 2025 conference in Seattle, Jan. 15-19, 2025. In total there are 69 presentations or sessions involving […]
Quarterly faculty research and service news: November 2024
The VCU School of Social Work is proud to recognize the following accomplishments from our faculty this fall through November 2024. Funding Amy Adkins, Ph.D., assistant professor, College of Humanities & Sciences in conjunction with the School of Social Work-led Institute for Research on Behavioral and Emotional Health Dr. Adkins and IRBEH were awarded a […]
‘I enjoy connecting with everyone’: Kimberly King earns Outstanding Staff Award
Kimberly King stepped into a leadership role for the 2023-2024 academic year as president of the Staff Council at the VCU School of Social Work. She’s stepped out with more experience and a sense of accomplishment – and as the recipient of the school’s annual Outstanding Staff Award. “Receiving the award made me feel special,” says […]
‘Wild stories, red lipstick and high heels’: Remembering Florence “Flossie” Segal
Florence Z. “Flossie” Segal was a fixture at the VCU School of Social Work from 1968 to 1990, bringing color and light everywhere she went – often in her bright yellow Volkswagen Beetle convertible. She loved jazz and fresh flowers from her garden. She and her husband, Jake, hosted pool parties, holiday celebrations and even wedding receptions […]
Gary Cuddeback named VCU School of Social Work dean
Gary S. Cuddeback, Ph.D., has been named dean of Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Social Work, effective Oct. 28, 2024. Cuddeback, who has served as interim dean since July 2023, was named following a national search. “I’m honored by this appointment as I believe there has never been a better time to be part of VCU’s School […]
2024 Council on Social Work Education conference presentations
As the Council on Social Work Education‘s 70th Annual Program Meeting opens in Kansas City on Oct. 24, 2024, the VCU School of Social Work is proud to recognize our faculty, student scholars and social work alumni who are presenting or participating. CSWE Program Director Academy A special congratulations to two of our program directors who […]
Spit for Science is a growing data registry for researchers
Led by the School of Social Work’s Karen G. Chartier, Ph.D., associate professor, VCU’s Spit for Science initiative is collecting data for the first time since 2021 – one test tube (of spit) at a time. Spit for Science is the nation’s largest genetic and environmental study of college students with more than 13,000 students […]
Marsha and Marian’s Neighbors: Youth shared-housing program could be national model
Using “radical imagination,” VCU School of Social Work faculty Maurice Gattis, Ph.D., and M. Alex Wagaman, Ph.D., and their collaborators have developed a youth shared-housing model in Richmond unlike any in the country. “There are just so few evidence-informed, co-designed interventions for this population,” says Dr. Wagaman, who is now serving a one-year term as special advisor […]