The nonprofit Greater Austin Social Workers (GASW) selected clinical professor Sarah Swords as the 2016 Social Worker of the Year. Swords was chosen for her advocacy in geriatrics through her leadership of the GRACE program, her collaboration with the St. David’s Foundation to promote social work as a profession, and… read more
Spring 2017
When survivors turn into advocates
It is estimated that one in three women experience intimate-partner violence in their lifetime. Many women who survive feel called to work in agencies that advocate to end intimate-partner violence and provide service to victims. Researcher Leila Wood conducted in-depth interviews with advocate-survivors to understand how their past experiences of… read more
Research matters
Master’s student Lindsey Hollmann-Butz realized the importance of research when she found herself in a conference room with a number of executive directors from mental health agencies and representatives from the Texas government. They were all looking at reports that Hollman-Butz had helped prepare at the school’s Texas Institute for… read more
