Society for Social Work and Research 31st Annual Conference: Roundtables

Thursday, January 21, 2027

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1:30 PM-3:00 PM

Communities and Neighborhoods

[Roundtables] Democratic Dissemination: Reimagining Public Scholarship In Community-Engaged Social Work Research (Union Station 25)
Organizer: Taylor Coats
Speakers/Presenters: Taylor Coats , Melanie Sonsteng-Person, PhD , Josh Lown, PhD , Jason Plummer, MSW and Monte-Angel Richardson, MSW

Gender-Based Violence

[Roundtables] Meeting the Moment: Conducting Meaningful, Community-Engaged Research with Sex Trafficking Survivors and Sex Workers Under Heightened Surveillance and Increased State Violence (Golden Gate 1)
Organizer: Kimberly Fuentes, MSW, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Theresa Anasti, PhD and Lara Gerassi, MSW, LCSW, Ph.D.

Organizations and Management

[Roundtables] Social Work and Libraries: The Value of Organizational Scholarship In an Emerging Interdisciplinary Field (Union Station 13)
Organizer: Jelena Todic, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Ian Johnson, PhD , Leah Topek-Walker, LCSW-R , Margaret Ann Paauw, PhD , Mary Provence, PhD and Matthew Bakko, PhD

Research Design and Measurement

[Roundtables] Artificial Intelligence and Qualitative Research In Social Work: Do We Need It and If so, How Should We Use It? (Union Station 14)
Organizer: Maryam Rafieifar, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Johanna Creswell Báez, PhD, LCSW , Yun Chen, PhD, MSW , Jes Kane , Kathryn Berringer, PhD and Grant King

3:15 PM-4:45 PM

Child Welfare

[Roundtables] Engaging Kinship Caregivers In Research and Supportive Interventions (Union Station 25)
Organizer: Angela Tobin, OTD
Speakers/Presenters: Ramona Denby-Brinson, Ph.D., MSW , Ali Caliendo, PhD , Tiffany Johnson, MSW and Stacey Galka

Mental Health

[Roundtables] Structural and Community Approaches to Understanding and Addressing Parental Mental Health In the Perinatal Period (Golden Gate 1)
Organizer: Rena Bina, PhD, MSW
Speakers/Presenters: Jessica Liddell, PhD, MPH/MSW , Tova Walsh, PhD , Rena Bina, PhD and Drorit Levy, PhD

Organizations and Management

[Roundtables] Less Is More? Rethinking Training Dosage In Resource Constrained Environments (Union Station 13)
Organizer: Katie McCormick, PhD, MSW
Speakers/Presenters: Katie McCormick, PhD, MSW , Bec Sokha Keo, PhD, MSW , Samira Ali, PhD, MSW and Sustain Team

Research on Social Work Education

[Roundtables] Empowering Blind/Visually Impaired (BVI) Students: Strategies for Disability Equity In Social Work Education (Union Station 14)
Organizer: Megan Vogt, MSW/MS
Speakers/Presenters: Megan Vogt, MSW/MS , Sonnie Mayewski, MSW , John Moore, PhD and Carol Edwards, Ed.D

Friday, January 22, 2027

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8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Communities and Neighborhoods

[Roundtables] Money & Power: Financial Politics of Queer & Trans CPAR In Shifting Political Climates (Union Station 25)
Organizer: Kelsey Reeder, LCSW-R
Speakers/Presenters: Kelsey Reeder, LCSW-R , Laura Wernick, PhD , Tharyn Giovanni, LCSW-C and Alex Wagaman, PhD

Health

[Roundtables] Advancing Rigorous Inquiry In Health Social Work Practice (Golden Gate 1)
Organizer: Samuel Bethel, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Marni Rubyan, MSW , Abigail Ross, PhD, MPH, MSW , Jeannine Rowe, PhD , Victoria Rizzo, PhD and Tiffany Washington, PhD

Health

[Roundtables] Navigating Complexity In AYA Oncology: Multidimensional Concerns across the Care Continuum (Union Station 23)
Organizer: Bridgette Thom, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Chiara Acquati, PhD, LMSW, FAOSW , Rachel Brandon, MSW , Meiyan Chen, MSW , Laura Moynihan, MSW and Yixuan Wang, MSW

Organizations and Management

[Roundtables] Who Is Being Served? Looking at HIV Service Organizations through the Lens of the Nonprofit Industrial Complex and As a Racialized Organization (Union Station 13)
Organizer: Katyayani Strohl, MSW
Speakers/Presenters: Katyayani Strohl, MSW , Samira Ali, PhD, MSW and Megan Stanton, PhD, MSW

Research on Social Work Education

[Roundtables] Advancing Economic Justice In Social Work Education through Paid Internships (Union Station 14)
Organizer: Lisa Schelbe, PhD, MSW
Speakers/Presenters: Katrina Boone, MSW , Rosalyn Deckerhoff, MSW and Paige McKay Kubik

9:45 AM-11:15 AM

Communities and Neighborhoods

[Roundtables] What Makes Research Abolitionist? Process, Accountability, and Action In Social Work (Union Station 20)
Organizer: Jelena Todic, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Melanie Sonsteng-Person, PhD , Tasha Seneca Keyes, PhD , Andrea Joseph, PhD , Brita Bookser, PhD and Alan Dettlaff, PhD

Race and Ethnicity

100

[Roundtables] What Counts As Rigorous? Quantcrit, Critical Quantitative Methods, and Epistemic Justice (Union Station 24)
Organizer: Sicong Sun, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Sicong Sun, PhD , E Alexander, PhD , Sireen Irsheid, PhD , Joanna La Torre, PhD(c), LCSW and AeYanna Yett, MSW

2:00 PM-3:30 PM

Communities and Neighborhoods

124

[Roundtables] Social Work’s Response to Community and National Crisis: Lessons Learned and Questions Raised from Minnesota (Union Station 12)
Organizer: Ruti Soffer-Elnekave, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Ruti Soffer-Elnekave, PhD , Erin Sugrue, PhD , Sharyn DeZelar, PhD and Jessica Toft, PhD, LISW

Communities and Neighborhoods

125

[Roundtables] Violence Prevention and Recovery: Lessons from Community Centered Initiatives (Union Station 25)
Organizer: Cheryl Hyde, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Cheryl Hyde, PhD , Nicholas Juarez , Mary Ohmer, PhD, MSW, MPIA , Monte-Angel Richardson and Jenika Scott

History

126

[Roundtables] Learning from the Past: The Use and Practice of Historical Research (Golden Gate 1)
Organizer: Amie Thurber, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Amie Thurber, PhD , Jane McPherson, PhD, MPH, LCSW , Kathryn Libal, PhD , Jessica Aldrich Strassman, DSW, LCSW and Grace Pappas, MSW

Race and Ethnicity

127

[Roundtables] Culturally-Grounded Applied Research with Filipino Groups and Organizations In Canada: Moving Towards Collective Impact and Community Change (Union Station 13)
Organizer: Monica Batac, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Monica Batac, PhD , Fritz Pino, PhD , Ruth Wilson, PhD and Jacqueline Stol, PhD

Research on Social Work Education

128

[Roundtables] Grand Challenges for Social Work Doctoral Fellows' Reflections on Knowledge Production and Impact of Social Work Research As Early-Career Scholars (Union Station 11)
Organizer: Nari Yoo, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: JaNiene Peoples, PhD , Olga Koumoundouros, MFA , Andrea Medrano, PhD , Linyun Fu, MSW and Elizabeth Sanchez, MSW

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

129

[Roundtables] Centering Trans Communities In Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy: Exploring Social Work’s Role In Advancing Equitable Access (Union Station 14)
Organizer: Sabrina R. Cluesman, PhD, MSW, LCSW
Speakers/Presenters: Jae Sevelius, PhD , Alan K. Davis, PhD , Angie Wootton, PhD, MSW , Esenia Cassidy and Rafaelle Lancelotta, MS, LPCC

3:45 PM-5:15 PM

History

153

[Roundtables] Whither Critical Migration Studies In Social Work?: Reflexive Dialogue on the Common Good, Human Rights and Social Justice (Golden Gate 1)
Organizer: Odessa Gonzalez Benson, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Odessa Gonzalez Benson, PhD , Yoosun Park, PhD , David Androff, PhD , Irene Routte, MSW and Rupaleem Bhuyan, PhD

Race and Ethnicity

154

[Roundtables] Beyond Trauma-Informed Care: Centering Race, Accountability, and Healing In Clinical Practice (Union Station 13)
Organizer: Brenda Wiewel, DSW
Speakers/Presenters: Renee Wyatt, MSW , Laura Hernandez, MSW and Brenda Wiewel, DSW

School Social Work

155

[Roundtables] Equity Demands, Role Constraints, and School Social Work Practice (Union Station 14)
Organizer: Stacy Gherardi, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Stacy Gherardi, PhD , Kimberly Knox, PhD , Brandon Mitchell, PhD and Faiza Jackson

5:30 PM-7:00 PM

Communities and Neighborhoods

176

[Roundtables] Understanding Youth Engagement: Rigor As Meaningful Youth Participation In Research and Planning Processes (Union Station 25)
Organizer: Danielle Littman, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Mary Ohmer, PhD, MSW, MPIA , Sarah Narendorf, PhD , Amanda Aykanian, PhD , Leah Jacobs, PhD and Julia Perez

Immigrants and Refugees

177

[Roundtables] Belonging and Democracy: What Im/Migrant Integration Reveals about the Common Good (Golden Gate 1)
Organizer: Irene Routte, MSW
Speakers/Presenters: Odessa Gonzalez Benson , Yuliya Shyrokonis, MSW, MS , Madri Hall-Faul, PhD , Karin Wachter, PhD and Kathryn Libal, PhD

Research Design and Measurement

178

[Roundtables] Addressing the “Absent Father” In Research: How Paternal Attrition, Structural Data Missingness, and Administrative Invisibility Perpetuate Myths and Racism Towards Racially Diverse Fathers (Union Station 13)
Organizer: Mark Trahan, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Joyce Lee, PhD , Susan Yoon, PhD , Justin Harty, PhD , Garrett Pace, PhD and Stacey Shipe, PhD, MSc, MSW

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

179

[Roundtables] Conducting LGBTQIA2S+ Research In a Shifting Sociopolitical Climate: Cross–Career Stage Perspectives (Union Station 14)
Organizer: LB Klein, PhD, MSW, MPA
Speakers/Presenters: Darren Whitfield, PhD , Sabrina R. Cluesman, PhD, MSW, LCSW , Isaac Akapnitis, MSSW and Leonel Olmos, Jr.

Saturday, January 23, 2027

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8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Crime and Criminal Justice

201

[Roundtables] Stigma, Discrimination, and Collateral Consequences In Help-Seeking and Help-Attainment Processes for Justice-Impacted Women (Union Station 25)
Organizer: Samantha Martinez, AM
Speakers/Presenters: Gina Fedock, PhD , Carly Murray, AM and Samantha Martinez, AM

Immigrants and Refugees

202

[Roundtables] Measuring What Matters: Data Politics and Data Justice In Refugee Resettlement Research (Golden Gate 1)
Organizer: Hyojin Im, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Hyojin Im, PhD , Karin Wachter, PhD , Ifrah Magan, PhD and Odessa Gonzalez Benson

Research Design and Measurement

203

[Roundtables] Artificial Intelligence In Qualitative Analysis: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Directions for Social Work Research (Union Station 13)
Organizer: Liwei Zhang, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Joyce Lee, PhD , Yingying Zeng, PhD , Arati Maleku, Ph.D. , Hee Yun Lee, PhD and Ruopeng An, PhD

Social Work Practice

204

[Roundtables] From Frontlash, to Whiplash, to Clarity: Making Sense of U.S. Federal Executive Actions In 2025 (Union Station 14)
Organizer: Leah Jacobs, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Jaime Booth, PhD , Nev Jones, PhD , Alicia Melnick, MSW , Kyaien Conner, PhD and Sara Goodkind, PhD

9:45 AM-11:15 AM

Adolescent and Youth Development

226

[Roundtables] Making the Implicit Explicit: Rigorous Inquiry & the Art of Reaching Understudied Populations (Union Station 21)
Organizer: Altaf Husain, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Soleman Abu-Bader, PhD. , David Hodge, Ph.D. , Altaf Husain, PhD and Hannan Hijazi, MSW

Disability

227

[Roundtables] Is Disability Research In Peril?: Challenges, Adaptations, and Action Planning for Continuing Rigorous Inquiry In Social Work (Union Station 20)
Organizer: Weiwen Zeng, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Elizabeth Lightfoot, PhD , Sandy Magana, PhD , Robert Hock, PhD , Matthew Smith, PhD and Margaret Janse van Rensburg

International Social Work and Global Issues

228

[Roundtables] Decolonizing Social Work Education: Transnational Perspectives from Nepal, South Korea, and Taiwan (Golden Gate 1)
Organizer: Jimin Sung, MSW
Speakers/Presenters: Aishworya Shrestha, MSW , Hyejean Kwon, MSW and Meng-Hsuan Yu, MSW

Research Design and Measurement

229

[Roundtables] Bridging Brain and Practice: A Roundtable on Neuroscience Modalities In Social Work (Union Station 13)
Organizer: Lindamarie Olson, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Lindamarie Olson, PhD , Jay O'Shields, PhD and Kathryn Irish, PhD

Social Work Practice

230

[Roundtables] The Economic Value of Social Work: Evidence across the Workforce Pipeline and Implications for Equity (Union Station 14)
Organizer: Tami Gouveia, DrPH, MPH, MSW
Speakers/Presenters: Tami Gouveia, DrPH, MPH, MSW , Melanie Morris, PhD , Emily Johnson, MSW , Yoonsook Ha, PhD, MSSW and Allyala Nandakumar, PhD

4:15 PM-5:45 PM

Black and African Diaspora Focused-Research

258

[Roundtables] Reclaiming Memory, Restoring Identity: Africentric, Human-Centered Design for Healing In the African Diaspora (Union Station 19)
Organizer: James Singletary, D.Min, M.S.S.W,
Speakers/Presenters: James Singletary, D.Min, M.S.S.W, , Warren Graham, MSW and Micheal Elam

Crime and Criminal Justice

259

[Roundtables] From Risk to Healing: Advancing the Radical Healing Framework In Reentry Research and Practice with Transition-Age Black Males (Union Station 25)
Organizer: Charles Lea, PhD, MSW
Speakers/Presenters: Kevonyah Edwards, MSW , Ember Wood, BA , Jalen Thymes, BA , Ebuka 'Chukwuebuka' Ukoh, MSW and Daria Hurley, LSW

International Social Work and Global Issues

260

[Roundtables] Bidirectional Learning In Global Social Work Research: Advancing Equitable Knowledge Exchange between the Global North and Global South (Union Station 23)
Organizer: Fred M Ssewamala
Speakers/Presenters: Proscovia Nabunya, MSW, PhD , Anita Kabarambi, MD and Nhial Tutlam, PhD

Research Design and Measurement

261

[Roundtables] Configurational Comparative Methods In Social Work Research: Navigating Multiple Pathways, Contextual Conditions, and Asymmetric Outcomes (Union Station 24)
Organizer: Jangmin Kim, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Emmeline Chuang, PhD , Zhiqi Yi, MSW and Jennifer Bellamy, PhD

Sustainable Development, Environmental and Climate Justice

262

[Roundtables] Food Justice Movements In Global Contexts (Union Station 14)
Organizer: Sameena Azhar, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Sameena Azhar, PhD , Saumya Tripathi, PhD, M.Phil, MSW , Antonia Alvarez, PhD and Carla Silva, MPhil, MSSW

Sunday, January 24, 2027

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8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Child Welfare

287

[Roundtables] Advancing Methodological Rigor In Child Welfare Workforce Research: Sampling, Design, and Innovation (Union Station 21)
Organizer: Lauren Stanley, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Amy He, PhD , Sofia Guo, MSW , Michael Hoffmeister, MSW , Austin Griffiths, PhD and Lisa Magruder

Gender

288

[Roundtables] Researchers' Role In Navigating Fieldwork-Related Moral Dilemmas In Sex Work Research (Union Station 25)
Organizer: Sunny Sinha, PHD
Speakers/Presenters: Sharvari Karandikar, PhD , Sameena Azhar, PhD , Satarupa Dasgupta, PHD and Yerina S Ranjit, PHD

Health

289

[Roundtables] Beyond Disciplinary Silos: Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Mentorship for Social Work In a Rapidly Changing Technological Era (Golden Gate 1)
Organizer: Fan Yang, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Fan Yang, PhD , Ruopeng An, PhD , Benjamin James Lough , Julie Munoz-Najar and Yuyi Yang

Research Design and Measurement

290

[Roundtables] To Use or Not to Use - That Is the Question: AI Use In Manuscript Publication Pipeline for Social Work Journals (Union Station 13)
Organizer: Gaurav R. Sinha, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Orion Mowbray, PhD , Daniel Gibbs, PhD , Nari Yoo, PhD and Lauri Goldkind, PhD

Sustainable Development, Environmental and Climate Justice

291

[Roundtables] Uncharted Waters: A Hemispheric Dialogue on Water As a Social Work Priority (Union Station 11)
Organizer: Nicolás Juárez, MSW
Speakers/Presenters: Nicolás Juárez, MSW , Emma Heidorn, LCSW and Felicia Mitchell, PhD

9:45 AM-11:15 AM

Child Welfare

311

[Roundtables] Understanding the Decline In Foster Care Entries In the United States (Union Station 21)
Organizer: Dylan Jones, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Dylan Jones, PhD , Sarah Font, PhD , Brett Drake, MSW, PhD , Rick Barth, PhD and Jesse Helton, PhD

Gender

312

[Roundtables] Applying a Reproductive Justice Lens to Advance Ethical Multilevel Social Work Practice (Union Station 25)
Organizer: Celina Doria, MSW, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Frances Furio, PsyD, LCSW , Catherine Poehling, DSW, MSW, MS, LCSW-BACS (LA), LCSW (MS) , Priyanjali Chakraborty, PhD and Reiley Reed, MSW, MPH

Mental Health

313

[Roundtables] Addressing the Unique Financial Service Needs of People with Serious Mental Illness (Golden Gate 1)
Organizer: Annie Harper, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Annie Harper, PhD , Rebecca Sladek , Jeffrey Anvari-Clark, PhD, MA, LMSW and Julie Birkenmaier, PhD

Research Design and Measurement

314

[Roundtables] Integrating Lived Experience into Rigorous Social Work Research: Centering Embodied Knowledge In the Production of Evidence (Union Station 13)
Organizer: Cheryl Aguilar, MSW, LICSW, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Yancy Padilla, MSW , Sandra Crespo, LCSW-C, Doctoral Student and Patty Flores, MSW, ASW, PhD Student

Work and Work-Life Policies and Programs

315

[Roundtables] Research-Based Mindfulness Interventions for Self-Care for Burnout Among Social Workers (Union Station 14)
Organizer: Laura Stevens, MSW
Speakers/Presenters: Laura Stevens, MSW , Eugenia Knight and Eric Schade

11:30 AM-1:00 PM

Child Welfare

336

[Roundtables] The Myth of the Linear Trajectory: Lessons Learned Developing and Testing Interventions for Youth In Foster Care (Union Station 21)
Organizer: Heather Taussig, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Jennifer Blakeslee, PhD , Sebrena Jackson, PhD , Rachel Ludeke, PhD, MSW, MPH and Amy Salazar, PhD

Gender-Based Violence

337

[Roundtables] Building Healthy Relationships to End Violence: Advancing a Relational Health Framework across Violence Prevention Fields (Union Station 25)
Organizer: Laura Voith, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Cecilia Mengo, PhD , Kristen Ravi, Ph.D. , Heidi Rueda, PhD , Susan Yoon, PhD and Heather Storer, Ph.D.

Military Service Members, Veterans and Their Families

338

[Roundtables] Amplifying Veteran Voices: Photovoice Methods As a Tool for Inclusive, Community-Engaged Social Work Research (Golden Gate 1)
Organizer: Kelly Clary, PhD, MSW
Speakers/Presenters: Kelly Clary, PhD, MSW , Katherine Selber, PhD and Toni Moreno, PhD

Research Design and Measurement

339

[Roundtables] Keeping It Real with Qualitative Research Methods (Union Station 13)
Organizer: Melissa Hardesty, PhD
Speakers/Presenters: Melissa Hardesty, PhD , Sarah Young, PhD, LMSW , Emily Chambers, MSW and Leora Wasserman, BA, BSW