Helen Bader School of Social Welfare faculty and staff offer their expertise and insight on current criminal justice and social work topics.
Aging
Colleen Galambos
Colleen Galambos, PHD, LCSW, ACSW, FGSA, FAASWSW
galamboc@uwm.edu; 414-251-8986
- The New York Times
- Just What Older People Didn’t Need: More Isolation (April 13, 2020)
- UWM Report
- UWM Gerontology Expert Raises Awareness of Elder Abuse (June 14, 2019)
- Galambos Appointed to National Academies Committee (January 17, 2019)
- UWM Research Report
- Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults (Feb. 21, 2020)
- WUWM 89.7 Milwaukee’s NPR
Andrew Steward
Andrew Steward, PhD, LCSW
stewarat@uwm.edu; 414-229-4414
- Fortune Well
- Next Avenue
- How the Aging Together Program Tackles Ageism (Feb. 17, 2025)
- UWM Report
- Tackling the Continuing Issue of Ageism in Health Care (Aug. 16, 2024)
- Washington Post
- Wisconsin Public Radio
- Age-Based Bias in Healthcare (Sept. 5, 2024)
Caregiving
Melinda S. Kavanaugh
Melinda S. Kavanaugh, PhD, LCSW
kavanaug@uwm.edu
- American Psychological Association
- Invisible Caregivers (Sept. 2015, Vol 46, No. 8)
- AP News
- Young Caregivers ‘Exist in the Shadows,” Offer Crucial Help (May 31, 2022)
- Kaiser Health Network
- Role Reversal: Covid Increases the Ranks of Child Caregivers (March 17, 2021)
- Milwaukee Community Journal
- UWM Partners on Project to Prevent Dementia-Related Crises (April 25, 2019)
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- When a Parent is in Need, Every Day is Mother’s Day (May 12, 2017)
- Minneapolis Star Tribune
- NPR
- U.S. News and World Report
- UWM Report
- Symposium Focuses on the Burgeoning Needs of Family Caregiving (Oct. 20, 2023)
- Project Aims to Head Off Crisis Points of Dementia Care in Minority Communities (April 4, 2019)
- Child Caregivers Find Ally, Author in UWM Researcher (Nov. 13, 2018)
- Barely Noticed, 1.3 Million Spend Their Youth Caring for Adults (March 13, 2015)
- UWM Research Report
- The Young Caregivers (April 6, 2017)
Corrections
Stan Stojkovic
Stan Stojkovic, PhD
Professor Emeritus
- The New York Times
- Inmates Helping Inmates (Dec. 18, 2013)
Crime
Tina Freiburger
Tina Freiburger, PhD
freiburg@uwm.edu; 414-229-4400
- WBAY 2 News Green Bay
- WTMJ-TV Milwaukee
- Wisconsin Program Helps Rehabilitate Repeat Drunk Drivers (Dec. 20, 2018)
- WUWM 89.7 Milwaukee’s NPR
- Essay: Kids’ Perceptions of the Police (Aug. 26, 2014)
Alyssa Sheeran
Alyssa Sheeran, PhD
asheeran@uwm.edu; 414-251-8687
- WBAY 2 News Green Bay
Crime Analysis
Rebecca Headley Konkel
Rebecca Headley Konkel, PhD
rkonkel@uwm.edu; 414-229-6874
- WTMJ-TV Milwaukee
- Wauwatosa Police Using Analyst to More Efficiently Solve Crime (June 11, 2019)
Ruben Burgos
Ruben Burgos
burgosr@uwm.edu; 414-251-7563
- WUWM 89.7 Milwaukee’s NPR
- Numbers Help Police Predict Upcoming Crimes (July 2, 2014)
Criminal Justice Process
Tina Freiburger
Tina Freiburger, PhD
freiburg@uwm.edu; 414-229-4400
- UWM Research Report
- Justice for All (Feb. 26, 2018)
- WTMJ-TV Milwaukee
- WUWM 89.7 Milwaukee’s NPR
- When Should a Child Face Criminal Charges in Adult Court? (March 19, 2015)
Data Science
Danielle Romain Dagenhardt
Danielle Romain Dagenhardt, PhD
dmromain@uwm.edu; 414-229-6953
- UWM Report
Colleen Janczewski
Colleen Janczewski, PhD
janczew2@uwm.edu; 414-229-6733
- Protecting Children Using Data Science (Feb. 1, 2019)
Healthcare
Melinda S. Kavanaugh
Melinda S. Kavanaugh, PhD, LCSW
kavanaug@uwm.edu
- UWM Report
- WUWM 89.7 Milwaukee’s NPR
- New Training Tool Aims to Help Doctors Better Deliver Hard News (Feb. 28, 2023)
Intimate Partner Violence
Danielle Romain Dagenhardt
Danielle Romain Dagenhardt, PhD
dmromain@uwm.edu; 414-229-6953
- Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
- Milwaukee More Dangerous for Women of Color, New Data Shows (Aug. 3, 2023)
Joshua Mersky
Joshua Mersky, PhD
mersky@uwm.edu; 414-229-5003
- The Atlantic
- The Worst Situation Imaginable for Family Violence (May 8, 2020)
LGBTQ + and Criminal Justice System
Jane Hereth
Jane Hereth, PhD
hereth@uwm.edu; 414-251-9266
- USA Today
- UWM Report
- LGBTQ+ People Overrepresented in Criminal System, UWM Scholar Finds (Sept. 29, 2022)
- Wisconsin Public Radio
Trauma
Joshua Mersky and Dimitri Topitzes
Joshua Mersky, PhD
mersky@uwm.edu; 414-229-5003
Dimitri Topitzes, PhD
topitzes@uwm.edu; 414-229-3004
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- Why Does Economic Resurgence Not Reach Everyone? Data Increasingly Points to Trauma (Topitzes) (Dec. 20, 2018)
- An Epidemic of Childhood Trauma Haunts Milwaukee (March 27, 2017)
- Mone, Troy: Collaboration Critical to Addressing City Challenges (Nov. 19, 2016)
- The Chronicle of Higher Education
- What One University Learned About Pandemic Trauma and Its Work Force (Topitzes) (Feb. 15, 2022)
- WUWM 89.7 Milwaukee’s NPR
- UWM Professors Share How The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Impacting Child Welfare (Aug. 24, 2020)
- Generational Trauma in Milwaukee: ‘Even If They Can’t Name It, They Feel It’ (March 23, 2020)
- How a UWM Program Helps People Deal With Trauma & Find Employment (Topitzes) (Nov. 29, 2018)
- Projects Aim to Improve Community Well-Being in Milwaukee Through Health Evaluations (Oct. 24, 2017)
- Effects of Childhood Trauma Reverberate Through Generations of Milwaukeeans (April 13, 2017)
- UWM Professors Study the Long-Term Impacts of Toxic Stress (Topitzes) (April 13, 2017)
- UWM Report
- Podcast Offers Information on Causes, Prevention of Child Neglect (April 10, 2024)
- UWM Research Report