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Chad Dion Lassiter, SP2 Alum, Receives 2021 Social Worker of the Year Award
On October 26th, the National Association of Social Workers, Pennsylvania Chapter, presented Chad Dion Lassiter, Penn’s School of Social Policy...
SP2 Mentor Collective Connects Students with Supportive Alums
Navigating the student experience at a rigorous Ivy League institution like Penn – and planning for what comes next—comes with...
SP2 Alumna Receives Society for Social Work Leadership’s 2021 Kermit B. Nash Award
SaraKay Smullens, a 1965 alumna of the Master of Social Work (MSW) program at Penn’s School of Social Policy &...
SP2 Alum Honored for Ongoing Gender Identity Research, Work
For years, Loran Grishow-Schade, MSW ’20, MSSP ’21, has proven to be a prolific leader and fully-immersed pioneer in work...
Substance Use Disorder Treatment: Trust and Communication are Key
Currently, Johnna Marcus, MSW ’15, LICSW, works at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s Division of Addiction Psychiatry in Boston. There,...
MSSP Alumna Named President of The Commonwealth Institute
As Ashley Kenneth explains, “I have always been passionate about social change and a strong advocate for justice”—and her notable...
DSW Alum Publishes First Book on Social Work, Sociometry, and Psychodrama Intersection
As Scott Giacomucci explains, psychodrama—a form of group psychotherapy rooted in aspects of theater, psychology, sociology, and mysticism— has, in...
Faculty & Research, Student Life, Alumni Stories
Guaranteed Income Increases Employment, Improves Financial and Physical Health
Results released on March 3, 2021 from the first year of the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration (SEED) show guaranteed income...
MSW Alumna Reflects on Transformative Year as Penn Women’s Center Director
In January 2019, Sherisse Laud-Hammond was named the new director of the Penn Women’s Center, a position in which she...