Program Highlights

Current Events Special Session: Crimmigration: The Lived Experience

Speaker/Presenter

• David Pate, PhD, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
• Darcey H. Merritt, PhD, New York University
• Amy Thompson, PhD, University of Texas at Austin
• Setareh Ghandehari, Detention Watch Network
• Alejandra Pablos

Opening Plenary: Community Engaged Research Through the Lens of Social Justice (presented in person and live-streamed)

Organizer:

• Henrika McCoy, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago

Chair/moderator:

• Nikki Wooten, PhD, University of South Carolina

Speakers/Presenters:

• Joseph Peniel, PhD, University of Texas at Austin
• Cathy Cohen, University of Chicago
• Monica Webb Hooper, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

Invited Symposium I: Dispatches from the pandemic: Creating an accurate scientific record and speaking up for science and equity during chaos (presented in person and live-streamed)

Chair/moderator:

• Shenyang Guo, PhD, Washington University in Saint Louis

Speakers/Presenters:

• Holden Thorp, Editor-In-Cheif, Science

Discussant

• Luis H. Zayas, PhD, University of Texas at Austin

Aaron Rosen Lecture: Healing Humanity: Leading through Innovation and our Courage to Change (presented in person and live-streamed)

Speaker/Presenter:

• Jorge Delva, PhD, Boston University

Brief and Brilliant Session

Co-chairs/co-moderators:

• Kimberly A. Bender, PhD, University of Denver,
• Shannon Sliva, PhD, University of Denver

Speakers/Presenters:

• Joanna Barreras, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
• Shinwoo Choi, PhD, MSSW, Texas State University
• Victoria Copeland, University of California, Los Angeles
• Maxine Davis, PhD, Rutgers University School of Social Work
• Mathieu Despard, PhD, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
• Caroline Sharkey, MSW, University of Georgia

Invited Symposium II: Algorithms, Bias, and Fairness (presented in person and live-streamed)

Chair/moderator:

• Michael Lewis, PhD, Hunter College

Speakers/Presenters:

• Maria Rodriguez, PhD, MSW, University at Buffalo
• Desmond Patton, PhD, MSW, Columbia University

Annual Social Policy Forum (presented in person and live-streamed)

Chair/moderator:

• Darcey Merritt, PhD, New York University
• David Pate, PhD, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Speakers/Presenters:

• Kirsten Mullen, Artefactual and Carolina Circuit Writers
• William Darity, Jr. PhD, Duke University

Doctoral Student Session and Luncheon: Perspectives on Abolition: Social Work’s Role in and Response to the Abolitionist Movement (presented in person and live-streamed)

Chair/moderator:

• Alicia Mendez, MSW, Rutgers University

Speakers/Presenters:

• Sophia Sarantakos, PhD, University of Denver
• Mimi Kim, PhD, California State University, Long Beach
• Reiko Boyd, PhD, University of Houston
• Jessica Pryce, PhD, Florida Institute for Child Welfare
• Jodi Berger Cardoso, PhD, University of Houston

Grand Challenges for Social Work Roundtable: Grand Challenges Framework for creating Social Work Impact

Speakers/Presenters:

• Lisa Reyes Mason, PhD, University of Denver
• Jill Messing, PhD, Arizona State University
• Trina Shanks, PhD, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
• Michael Sherraden, PhD, Washington University in St. Louis
• Michael Spencer, PhD, University of Washington

Fellows and Awards Presentations (presented in person and live-streamed)

Speakers/Presenters:

• Luis H. Zayas, PhD, SSWR President, University of Texas at Austin

Presidential Plenary (presented in person and live-streamed)

Chair/moderator:

• Luis H. Zayas, PhD, University of Texas at Austin

Speakers/Presenters:

• Maria DeLourdes Hinojosa Jeda, National Public Radio

Invited Symposium III: From Exclusion to Inclusion: Un-erasing Asian identities and dismantling systemic racism through Praxis (presented in person and live-streamed)

Chair/moderator:

• Arati Maleku, Ph.D., The Ohio State University
• Cindy Sangalang, University of California, Los Angeles

Speakers/Presenters:

• Gautam Yadama, PhD, Boston College
• Hyeouk Chris Hahm, PhD, Boston University
• Hyojin Im, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Keith Chan, PhD, State University of New York at Albany
• Peter Szto, PhD, University of Nebraska, Omaha

Membership Business Meeting (presented in person and live-streamed)

Chair/moderator:

• Luis H. Zayas, PhD, University of Texas at Austin