In the Media

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
  • How to Balance Your Safety While Maintaining Social Distance During Coronavirus Pandemic (May 21, 2020)
  • UWM Gerontologist Offers Advice on Easing Senior Isolation, Loneliness (March 25, 2020)
  • Aging Americans: Researcher Looks to Help Older People Be Safer & Healthier (January 9, 2020)

Andrew Steward

Andrew Steward, PhD, LCSW
stewarat@uwm.edu; 414-229-4414

• UWM Report
  • Tackling the Continuing Issue of Ageism in Health Care (Aug. 16, 2024)
• Washington Post
  • Negative Thoughts about Aging Can Be Harmful. Here’s How to Reduce Them. (Aug. 17, 2023)
• Wisconsin Public Radio
  • Age-Based Bias in Healthcare (Sept. 5, 2024)

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
  • Minnesota’s Invisible Caregivers: A Growing Army of Children Take Care of Family Members in Need (June 25, 2016)
• NPR
  • For Young Adults, Caregiving Isn’t Just Hard. It Can Shape You for Life (Dec. 23, 2024)
• U.S. News and World Report
  • Caring for Relatives With ALS Almost a Full-Time Job for Youth: Study (March 27, 2020)
• 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)
• WUWM 89.7 Milwaukee’s NPR
  • The Impact Caretaking Has On Children (May 14, 2015)

Stan Stojkovic

Stan Stojkovic, PhD
Professor Emeritus

• The New York Times
  • Inmates Helping Inmates (Dec. 18, 2013)

Tina Freiburger

Tina Freiburger, PhD
freiburg@uwm.edu; 414-229-4400

• WBAY 2 News Green Bay
  • Study Shows SSTOP Program Reduces the Number of Repeat Drunk Drivers in Outagamie County (Oct. 10, 2017)
• 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)

Theodore S. Lentz

Theodore S. Lentz, PhD
lentzt@uwm.edu; 414-251-6685

• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  • Over 11,500 vehicles were stolen across the Milwaukee area in 2021 (Jan. 14, 2022)
• Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
  • Got Something to Say about Crime and Justice in Milwaukee? Here’s Your Chance. (March 15, 2023)
• Patch.com
  • Scared To Talk: What’s Fueling the Deadly Crime Wave in Milwaukee (March 31, 2022)
• The Badger Project
  • Milwaukee Homicides Falling after Record Peaks During Pandemic. What’s Going On? (April 19, 2024)
• Time
  • Milwaukee’s Soaring Homicide Rate Renews the Debate Over Cash Bail (Oct. 7, 2022)
• Wisconsin Watch
  • Is Violent Crime in Milwaukee Higher than the National Average? (Sept. 22, 2023)

Alyssa Sheeran

Alyssa Sheeran, PhD
asheeran@uwm.edu; 414-251-8687

• WBAY 2 News Green Bay
  • Study Shows SSTOP Program Reduces the Number of Repeat Drunk Drivers in Outagamie County (Oct. 10, 2017)

Theodore S. Lentz

Theodore S. Lentz, PhD
lentzt@uwm.edu; 414-251-6685

• MKElifestyle
  • Gun Violence Crisis (Dec. 22, 2021)

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)

Tina Freiburger

Tina Freiburger, PhD
freiburg@uwm.edu; 414-229-4400

• HuffPost
  • Similar Cases with Dissimilar Punishments: Differences Between the Slenderman and Laughing Jack Cases (Dec. 3, 2015)
  • 17-Year-Olds Should Be Tried in Juvenile Court (Dec. 24, 2015)
  • What the Slender Man Case Reveals About the Juvenile Criminal Justice System (June 19, 2014)
• UWM Research Report
  • Justice for All (Feb. 26, 2018)
• WTMJ-TV Milwaukee
  • Young Black Men Given Harsher Sentences Than Any Other Wisconsin Demographic, Per UW-Milwaukee Study (May 1, 2019)
• WUWM 89.7 Milwaukee’s NPR
  • When Should a Child Face Criminal Charges in Adult Court? (March 19, 2015)

Danielle Romain Dagenhardt

Danielle Romain Dagenhardt, PhD
dmromain@uwm.edu; 414-229-6953

• UWM Report
  • UWM Cybersecurity Expert Teaches Students How to Hack for Good (Aug. 2, 2021)

Colleen Janczewski

Colleen Janczewski, PhD
janczew2@uwm.edu; 414-229-6733

• Protecting Children Using Data Science (Feb. 1, 2019)

Melinda S. Kavanaugh

Melinda S. Kavanaugh, PhD, LCSW
kavanaug@uwm.edu

• UWM Report
  • Helping Health Care Providers Break the News about Incurable Illnesses (Jan. 20, 2023)
• WUWM 89.7 Milwaukee’s NPR
  • New Training Tool Aims to Help Doctors Better Deliver Hard News (Feb. 28, 2023)

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)

Jane Hereth

Jane Hereth, PhD
hereth@uwm.edu; 414-251-9266

• USA Today
  • LGBTQ People More Likely than Straight People to End Up in Prison (June 24, 2022)
• UWM Report
  • LGBTQ+ People Overrepresented in Criminal System, UWM Scholar Finds (Sept. 29, 2022)
• Wisconsin Public Radio
  • Report Says LGBTQ+ People are Overrepresented in the Criminal Justice System (Aug. 2, 2022)

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
  • From Trauma to Healing, How Tools Developed by UWM Researchers are Helping Families and Communities (Feb. 22, 2019)