Videos of Invited Talks at SSWR Conference

The invited sessions from the SSWR conference are accessible on YouTube. To view them, click on the playlist links provided below. Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel to receive notifications about new video uploads.


SSWR 2023 Conference (watch playlist)

  • Presidential Plenary Address – Complex Problems Multi-Level Methodology and SSWR’s Future – Sean Joe, PhD, LMSW, Washington University in Saint Louis Laura Nissen, PhD, Portland State University David Murray, PhD, National Institutes of Health
  • Invited Symposium I – Invited Symposium I: Critical Conversations for Environmental Justice – Amy Krings, MSW, PhD, Loyola University Chicago School of Social Work, Jessica Black, PhD, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Smitha Rao, PhD, MSW, MSc, Ohio State University, Lisa Reyes Mason, PhD, MSW, University of Denver
  • Invited Symposium II – Meeting Complexity of Economic Security through Workforce Development Strategies – Rolanda Ward, PhD, Niagara University Gregg Croteau, MSW, UTEC Antoinette Basualdo-Delmonico, PhD, Impact and Learning, YouthBuild USA Jodi Berger Cardoso, PhD, University of Houston David Androff, PhD, Arizona State University Monica Faulkner, PhD, University of Texas at Austin Lillian Aponte, Esq., The Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project Kaitlin Porter, LMSW, The Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project
  • Invited Symposium III – Social Work Practice and Research to Advance Human Rights in Immigration Detention – Jodi Berger Cardoso, PhD, University of Houston David Androff, PhD, Arizona State University Monica Faulkner, PhD, University of Texas at Austin Lillian Aponte, Esq., The Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project Kaitlin Porter, LMSW, The Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project
  • Brief and Brilliant Session – Contagious Communication: HIV Stress Exchange and the (queer) Transmission of Intergenerational Stress, Tyler Arguello, PhD, California State University, Sacramento
  • Brief and Brilliant Session – Our Stories Are Our Medicine, Ramona Beltran, PhD, University of Denver
  • Brief and Brilliant Session – The Gate Keepers: Engaging Men for Gender Justice and Girls’ Education in Northwest Pakistan, Aamir Jamal, PhD, University of Calgary
  • Brief and Brilliant Session – The Possibilities, Paradoxes and Praxis of an Abolitionist Social Worker, Durrell Washington, MSW, University of Chicago
  • Brief and Brilliant Session – Uprise Anti-Microaggressions: A Deeply Personal Dialogue on the Praxis of Equity & Justice, Fatima Mabrouk, MSW, New York University

SSWR 2022 Conference (watch playlist)

  • Presidential Plenary Address – Maria Hinojosa, National Public Radio and Luis H. Zayas, PhD, University of Texas at Austin
  • Invited Symposium I – Dispatches from the pandemic: Creating an accurate scientific record and speaking up for science and equity during chaos – Shenyang Guo, PhD, Washington University in Saint Louis, Holden Thorp, PhD, and David Takeuchi, PhD, University of Washington
  • Invited Symposium II – Algorithms, Bias, and Fairness – Michael Lewis, PhD, Hunter College, Maria Rodriguez, PhD, MSW, University at Buffalo and Desmond Patton, PhD, MSW, Columbia University
  • Invited Symposium III – From Exclusion to Inclusion: Un-erasing Asian identities and dismantling systemic racism through Praxis – Arati Maleku, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, Cindy Sangalang, University of California, Los Angeles, Peter Szto, PhD, Keith Chan, PhD, State University of New York at Albany, Gautam Yadama, PhD, Boston College, Edwina Uehara, PhD, University of Washington, Marianne R. Yoshioka, PhD, and Hye-Kyung Kang, PhD
  • Brief and Brilliant Session – From Empathy to Action: How Latina Transgender Women Work with Law Enforcement Officers to Address Experiences with Discrimination and Violence, Joanna Barreras, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Brief and Brilliant Session – COVID-19, Racial Microaggressions, and Asian American Population, Shinwoo Choi, PhD, Texas State University
  • Brief and Brilliant Session – “Child Protection” and the Rationale for Surveillance in the Child Welfare System – Victoria Copeland, MSW, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Brief and Brilliant Session – I Got Your Back: Digital Storytelling and Socially Engaged Art As Macro-Therapeutic Interventions to Foster Community-Level Collective Efficacy and Positive Youth Development, Caroline Sharkey, MSW, University of Georgia
  • Brief and Brilliant Session – Reaching the 99% of Men Who Engage in Intimate Partner Violence: The Importance of Addressing IPV Perpetration Outside of the Criminal System, Maxine Davis, PhD, Rutgers University School of Social Work

SSWR 2021 Conference (watch playlist)

  • Presidential Plenary Address – A Presidential Conversation: Advancing Your Career in Uncertain Times – Luis H. Zayas, Jennifer Bellamy, Henrika McCoy, Darcey Merritt, and Jong Won Min
  • Invited Symposium I – Research with Latinx communities in Social Work: Challenges and Opportunities – Carmela Alcantara, Flavio Marsiglia, Kurt C. Organista, and Rocio Calvo
  • Invited Symposium II – Social Work and Public Health – Eugene Aisenberg, Shardai Pioche, Tina Sacks, David Miller
  • Invited Symposium III – Driving Social Change: Developing, Navigating, and Promoting a Public Impact Agenda – Tyreasa Washington, Natalie Jones, Karen Tabb Dina, Jennifer Bellamy
  • Brief and Brilliant Session –  Reconceptualizing Historical Trauma Theory for Social Work Research and Practice – Chelsea Allen
  • Brief and Brilliant Session –  There Are Never Only Two Options (a.k.a. F*ck The Binary) – Jama Shelton
  • Brief and Brilliant Session –  Black Womens’ Mental Health & Liberation Matters! – Lani Jones
  • Brief and Brilliant Session –  Is Universal Basic Income the Solution to America’s Crumbling Safety Net? – Leah Hamilton
  • Brief and Brilliant Session –  Reinventing Substance Use Disorder Treatment for Marginalized Populations – Liliane Windsor

SSWR 2020 Conference (watch playlist)

  • Presidential Plenary Address – Reducing Social Inequities in Health: Using All the Knowledge We Already Have – David Williams
  • Invited Symposium I – Social Work’s Response to Anti-Semitism in the U.S. – Laura Abrams, Cherie Brown, Tina Sacks, Rafael (Ray) Engel
  • Invited Symposium II – The Road to Abolition: Slavery, Mass Incarceration, and Social Work in 2020 – Kirk “Jae” James, Cameron Rasmussen, Tanisha “Wakumi” Douglas
  • Invited Symposium III – Racism: The 13th Grand Challenge for Social Work – Martell Teasley, Michael Spencer, Melissa Wood Bartholomew
  • Brief and Brilliant Session – Beyond the Border: Health and Well-Being in Young, Latinx – U.S. Citizen Children, Esther Calzada
  • Brief and Brilliant Session – Racial & Economic Bias in the Era of Interactive Technologies: Reducing Human Control or Enhancing Societal Capabilities – Judy Krysik
  • Brief and Brilliant Session – A Radically New Understanding American Poverty and Inequality – Mark Rank
  • Brief and Brilliant Session – Invisible Visits: How Race and Gender Affect Healthcare – Tina Sacks
  • Brief and Brilliant Session – (RE)Imaging Trauma Recovery: Black Youth Redefining Collective Healing Through Social Action for Racial Equity – Anna Ortega-Williams
  • Brief and Brilliant Session – Confronting Whiteness in Schools of Social Work – William Frey

SSWR 2019 Conference (watch playlist)

  • Brief and Brilliant Session – Introduction by Kimberly Bender
  • Brief and Brilliant Session – Anita Barbee
  • Brief and Brilliant Session – Kristie Seelman
  • Brief and Brilliant Session – Henrika McCoy
  • Brief and Brilliant Session – Mieko Yoshihama

SSWR 2018 Conference (watch playlist)

  • Brief and Brilliant Session – Introduction by Kimberly Bender
  • Brief and Brilliant Session – Nalini Negi
  • Brief and Brilliant Session – John Wallace
  • Brief and Brilliant Session – Daphne Watkins
  • Brief and Brilliant Session – Ruth McRoy

SSWR 2017 Conference (watch playlist)

  • Brief and Brilliant Session – Jennifer Bellamy
  • Brief and Brilliant Session – Tanya Sharpe
  • Brief and Brilliant Session – Jeremy Goldbach
  • Brief and Brilliant Session – Laina Bay Cheng
  • Brief and Brilliant Session – Kimberly Bender

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