Society for Social Work and Research 31st Annual Conference: Other Events

Wednesday, January 20, 2027

4:00 PM-7:00 PM

Registration Open (Plaza A)

Thursday, January 21, 2027

7:30 AM-1:00 PM

RISE

SSWR Research, Inspire, Support, and Excel (RISE) Seminar (By Invitation Only) (Nob Hill 6 & 7)
Speakers/Presenters: Qiana Cryer-Coupet, PhD and Greer Hamilton, PhD

RLI

SSWR Research Leadership Institute (RLI) (By Invitation Only) (Nob Hill 2 & 3)
Speakers/Presenters: Joyce Lee, PhD and Abha Rai, PhD

7:30 AM-7:00 PM

Registration Open (Plaza A)

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

SSRPCB-1

(Separate Fee Required) SSRPCB-1: Teaching with AI by Design: Ethical Assignment Redesign for Social Work Researchers Engaged in Teaching (Golden Gate 6)
Speakers/Presenters: Jonathan Singer, PhD and Abha Rai, PhD

SSRPCB-2

(Separate Fee Required) SSRPCB-2: Web Scraping with Python and LLMs for Social Work Research: Methods, Ethics, and Legal Considerations (Golden Gate 7)
Speakers/Presenters: Cheng Ren, PhD and Nari Yoo, PhD

SSRPCB-3

(Separate Fee Required) SSRPCB-3: Personal Finance and Retirement Planning for the Social Work Profession (Golden Gate 8)
Speakers/Presenters: Harold Pollack, PhD , Sunggeun (Ethan) Park, PhD and Justin Harty, PhD

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

RMW-1

(Separate Fee Required) RMW-1:AI in Action: Leveraging Agents, Mastering Prompt Engineering, and Securing Grants for Breakthrough Impact (Golden Gate 2)
Speakers/Presenters: Ruopeng An, PhD , Jiaqi Gong, PhD and Hee Yun Lee, PhD

RMW-2

(Separate Fee Required) RMW-2: Advancing Historical Social Work Research in Divisive Times: Toward Democracy and the Common Good (Golden Gate 3)
Speakers/Presenters: Jerome Schiele, PhD , Jessica Toft, PhD, LISW , Jane McPherson, PhD, MPH, LCSW , Bethany Murray, PhD and Justin Harty, PhD

RMW-3

(Separate Fee Required) RMW-3: Creating Audience-Friendly Research Products: Best Practices, Tools, and Strategies for Data Storytelling (Golden Gate 4)
Speaker/Presenter: Jennifer L. Bellamy, PhD

RMW-4

(Separate Fee Required) RMW-4:Data to Democracy: a 101 Workshop on Translating Research into Public Opinion Writing (Golden Gate 5)
Speakers/Presenters: Candace Christensen and Jelena Todic, PhD

10:15 AM-12:15 PM

SSRPCB-4

(Separate Fee Required) SSRPCB-4: Building Pathways for Equity Focused Research in a Changing Funding Landscape (Golden Gate 6)
Speakers/Presenters: Katie Edwards, Ph.D. , Shanna K. Kattari, PhD , Kimberly DuMont, PhD and George Hobor, PhD

SSRPCB-5

(Separate Fee Required) SSRPCB-5: How Not to Fail Your Faculty Job Search: Job Market Facts and Strategies I Never Learned in My PhD Program (Golden Gate 7)
Speaker/Presenter: Yoosun Park, PhD

SSRPCB-6

(Separate Fee Required) SSRPCB-6: Strategies for Seeking NIH Funding in the Current Environment: Mechanisms, Writing, Review, Success Stories (Golden Gate 8)
Speakers/Presenters: Denise Juliano-Bult , Belinda Sims, PhD , Amy Wilson , Michele Munson and Rohini Pahwa, PhD

12:15 PM-1:30 PM

(Separate Fee Required) Meet the Scientist Luncheon (Plaza B)
Speakers/Presenters: Justin Harty, PhD and Whitney Zeigler, MSW

12:30 PM-1:30 PM

"Current Events"" Session (Golden Gate 1)
Speaker/Presenter: Adrienne Baldwin-White, PhD

Lunch On Your Own

1:30 PM-7:30 PM

Exhibits Open (Continental 5)

5:00 PM-6:30 PM

Opening Plenary: Evidence as Resistance: Staying the Course in Health Equity Research (Continental 6-9)
Speakers/Presenters: Rocio Calvo, PhD and Flavio Marsiglia, PhD

6:30 PM-7:30 PM

Opening Reception (Continental 5 & Continental East Lounge)

7:30 PM-9:30 PM

Student Social Hour - all students are welcome! (Continental 7-9)
Speaker/Presenter: Whitney Zeigler, MSW

Friday, January 22, 2027

7:30 AM-4:00 PM

Registration Open (Plaza A)

8:00 AM-6:45 PM

Exhibits Open (Continental 5)

9:45 AM-11:15 AM

RCDC Research Roots & Wings Roundtable 1: Research Under Pressure: Funding, Ethics, and Impact in a Changing Political Landscape (Golden Gate 2)

11:30 AM-12:30 PM

110

Aaron Rosen Lecture (Continental 6-9)
Speaker/Presenter: Kirk Foster, PhD

12:30 PM-1:30 PM

SSWR Fellows and Cluster Chair Appreciation Luncheon (By Invitation Only) (Plaza B)
Speakers/Presenters: Kirk Foster, PhD and Rocio Calvo, PhD

12:45 PM-1:45 PM

Lunch On Your Own

2:00 PM-3:30 PM

111

Invited Symposium I: Human-Led, AI-Assisted Social Research in Service of Democracy (Continental 6-9)
Speakers/Presenters: Rocio Calvo, PhD , Joyce Lee, PhD , Ruopeng An, PhD , Hee Lee, PhD and Jiaqi Gong, PhD

3:45 PM-5:15 PM

138

Brief and Brilliant Session (Continental 6-9)
Speakers/Presenters: Sean Joe, PhD, MSW , Jamee Miller, MSW, EdD , Stephen Lieberman, DSW (2027) , Crispin Rakibu Mbamba, PhD , Megan Hicks, PhD and LB Klein, PhD, MSW, MPA

139

Special Session: JSSWR (Golden Gate 2)
Speaker/Presenter: Todd Herrenkohl, PhD

Saturday, January 23, 2027

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Exhibits Open (Continental 5)

8:00 AM-2:00 PM

Registration Open (Plaza A)

9:45 AM-11:15 AM

213

Invited Symposium II: Sustaining Community-engaged Research in a Polarized Climate: Insights and Strategies from the SSWR Taskforce on Safeguarding Social Work Research (Continental 6-9)
Speakers/Presenters: Odessa Benson Gonzalez, PhD , Justin Harty, PhD , Mary Ohmer, PhD, MSW, MPIA , Fatima Mabrouk, PhD , Cheryl Hyde, PhD , Yvonne Castaneda, PhD and Ritika Pandey, PhD

11:30 AM-12:30 PM

239

Annual Social Policy Forum (Continental 6-9)
Speaker/Presenter: Adrienne Baldwin-White, PhD

12:30 PM-1:30 PM

Lunch On Your Own

12:30 PM-1:45 PM

240

Student Session and Luncheon (Plaza B)
Speaker/Presenter: Whitney Zeigler, MSW

12:45 PM-1:45 PM

241

Grand Challenges for Social Work Roundtable (Continental 6-9)
Speaker/Presenter: Richard P. Barth, PHD

2:00 PM-2:30 PM

242

Fellows and Awards Presentations (Continental 6-9)
Speakers/Presenters: Kirk Foster, PhD and Joan Blakey, PhD, LCSW

2:45 PM-4:00 PM

243

Presidential Plenary (Continental 6-9)
Speaker/Presenter: Kirk Foster, PhD

4:15 PM-5:45 PM

244

Invited Symposium III: Visualizing Democracy: Arts-Based Research Methods for the Common Good (Continental 6-9)
Speakers/Presenters: Rogerio M. Pinto, PhD, LCSW , Laneshia Conner, PhD , Mimi Chapman, PhD and Michael Spencer, PhD

245

RCDC Research Roots & Wings Roundtable 2: Refusing to Retreat: Drawing on Social Work Values to Navigate Career Stages, Institutional Pressures, and Funding Cuts with Intention and Integrity in an Age of Retrenchment (Golden Gate 2)

6:00 PM-6:30 PM

271

Membership Business Meeting (Continental 6-9)
Speaker/Presenter: Kirk Foster, PhD

6:30 PM-7:30 PM

272

President's Reception (Continental Foyer)
Speaker/Presenter: Kirk Foster, PhD

7:45 PM-8:45 PM

273

American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare New Fellows Induction Ceremony (Continental 6)
Speaker/Presenter: Michael Lindsey, PhD, MSW, MPH

8:45 PM-9:45 PM

274

American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare Reception (Continental 7-9)
Speaker/Presenter: Michael Lindsey, PhD, MSW, MPH

Sunday, January 24, 2027

7:45 AM-11:00 AM

Registration Open (Plaza A)