The Helen Bader School at 2025 SSWR

January 16, 2025

Tajammal Yasin, MSW

PhD Student, Social Work
Research Assistant, Social Work

tyasin@uwm.edu

Joshua Mersky, PhD

Professor, Social Work

mersky@uwm.edu
414-229-5003
Enderis Hall 1191

Do Multiple Dimensions of Social Support Moderate the Effects of Adversity on Parenting Practices?

January 16, 2025

Leon Sawh, PhD, MPH

Visiting Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice & Criminology

leonsawh@uwm.edu
Enderis Hall 1141

Social Work’s Role in Refining the Sequential Intercept Model: Assessing and Modifying Theory with Practice Insights

Organizer:
Leon Sawh, PhD, MPH, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee

Speakers/Presenters:
Michael Applegarth, PhD, Erin Comartin, PhD, Athena Kheibari, PhD, and Brianna Suslovic, MSW.

January 17, 2025

Jane Hereth, PhD

Assistant Professor, Social Work

Brenna Durand

PhD Student, Criminal Justice & Criminology
Research Assistant, Social Work

bdurand@uwm.edu

A Mixed Methods Examination of Transgender Women’s Help Seeking and Attainment Following Interpersonal Victimization

Jane Hereth, PhD, Angie Kennedy, PhD, Rachel Garthe, PhD, Brenna Durand, Doctoral Student, Allyson Blackburn, MS, Doctoral Student, Jessica Saba, MSW, Graduate Research Assistant.

January 17, 2025

Colleen Janczewski, PhD, MSW

Associate Professor, Social Work

janczew2@uwm.edu
414-229-6733
Enderis Hall 1197

Joshua Mersky, PhD

Professor, Social Work

mersky@uwm.edu
414-229-5003
Enderis Hall 1191

From Care to Custody: Exploring the Incarceration Pathways of Youth in Foster Care

Colleen Janczewski, PhD, Daniela Kaiser, MPhil, Doctoral Student, Institute for Child and Family Well-Being Pre-Doctoral Fellow, Joshua Mersky, PhD.

January 17, 2025

Jane Hereth, PhD

Assistant Professor, Social Work

Brenna Durand

PhD Student, Criminal Justice & Criminology
Research Assistant, Social Work

bdurand@uwm.edu

Life Course Prevalence and Co-Occurrence of Victimization Among Transgender Women

Rachel Garthe, PhD, Jane Hereth, PhD, Angie Kennedy, PhD, Brenna Durand, Doctoral Student, Allyson Blackburn, MS, Doctoral Student, Jessica Saba, MSW, Graduate Research Assistant.

January 17, 2025

Colleen Janczewski, PhD, MSW

Associate Professor, Social Work

janczew2@uwm.edu
414-229-6733
Enderis Hall 1197

Re-Defining Success in Home Visiting Using Concept Mapping

January 17, 2025

Jane Hereth, PhD

Assistant Professor, Social Work

Brenna Durand

PhD Student, Criminal Justice & Criminology
Research Assistant, Social Work

bdurand@uwm.edu

Lane M. Morein, MSW, APSW

PhD Student, Social Work

lmmorein@uwm.edu

The Life History Calendar as a Tool to Examine Transgender Women’s Victimization, Mental Health, and Seeking and Attaining Help: An Example of a Culturally Relevant Adaptation

Jane Hereth, PhD, Angie Kennedy, PhD, Rachel Garthe, PhD, Brenna Durand, Doctoral Student, Lane Morein, MSW, Doctoral student, Lexy Lunger, BSW student, Lucas De Smet, MSW, Lukas Thornton, MSW Student, Allyson Blackburn, MS, Doctoral student, Jessica Saba, MSW, Graduate Research Assistant.

January 17, 2025

Xiyao Liu

MSW/PhD Student, Social Work

xiyaoliu@uwm.edu

The Proximal Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Emerging Adult Socioeconomic Attainments through a Racial/Ethnic Lens

January 17, 2025

Jane Hereth, PhD

Assistant Professor, Social Work

Using the Life History Calendar to Examine Young Transgender Women’s Trajectories of Violence, Mental Health, and Protective Processes

January 18, 2025

Theodore S. Lentz, PhD

Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice & Criminology

lentzt@uwm.edu
414-251-6685
Enderis Hall 1145

Measuring Gentrification to Study Recidivism

Nicole Robinson, PhD, David Pate, PhD, and Ted Lentz, PhD.

January 19, 2025

Joshua Mersky, PhD

Professor, Social Work

mersky@uwm.edu
414-229-5003
Enderis Hall 1191

Life Course Adversity and Psychological Outcomes: A Longitudinal Investigation Among Chinese Emerging Adults

Lixia Zhang, PhD, Joshua Mersky, PhD, Claudia McKenley, BA, Postgraduate Associate.