Josh Mersky, associate professor of social work, has been named a 2017 fellow of the Society for Social Work and Research.
The induction notes “individual contributions, leadership, and contribution to SSWR as a scientific society” and recognizes the contribution the person has made to the social work field. Mersky was one of 55 people inducted into the society this year.
Mersky is a founding director of the Institute for Child and Family Well-Being. He is currently the lead evaluator of the Family Foundations Home Visiting program, a partnership between the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families and Department of Health Services that supports evidence-based home visiting programs statewide. He also heads the Healthy Families Study, a randomized trial of multiple home visiting programs at the Milwaukee Health Department.
This is the second honor given to a member of the School Social Work faculty by SSWR in the past two years. Colleen Janczewski was honored by SSWR last year with the Outstanding Dissertation Award.
