UConn School of Social Work

UConn School of Social Work The official page of the UConn School of Social Work, ranked No. 28 by U.S. We offer BSW, MSW and Ph.D. degrees in social work. BSW, MSW, and PhD degrees offered.

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Join us in welcoming the UConn School of Social Work’s new postdoctoral fellows! 👏👏👨‍🎓Jon Ahuna joins the SSW’s Innovati...
09/04/2026

Join us in welcoming the UConn School of Social Work’s new postdoctoral fellows! 👏👏👨‍🎓

Jon Ahuna joins the SSW’s Innovations Institute as the Sheila A. Pires Postdoctoral Research Fellow. His research interests include clinical decision-making, the critical examination of innovations in mental health service systems, and interventions for youth who have experienced complex trauma.

Tobias “Tobi” Kindler will join the UConn School of Social Work’s Nancy A. Humphreys Institute for Political Social Work in October as a Postdoc.Mobility Fellow funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. His research interests include political social work, social policy, children’s rights, and the well-being of young people in residential care.

Additionally, Associate Professor Meg Paceley begins the year as associate dean for academic affairs. They are a social worker and scholar engaged in research that examines factors in the social environment (e.g. families, communities) and broader systems (e.g. policies, societal rhetoric) and their relationship to LGBTQ+ youth’s mental health.

Learn more about Dr. Ahuna and Dr. Kindler here: https://today.uconn.edu/2026/08/new-postdocs-bring-expertise-in-social-policy-clinical-decision-making-to-the-school-of-social-work/

Learn more about Dr. Paceley here: https://socialwork.uconn.edu/person/meg-paceley-ph-d/

🌈 Registration is open (AND FREE FOR STUDENTS!) for the 14th Annual LGBTQ Research Symposium, presented by the UConn Sch...
09/03/2026

🌈 Registration is open (AND FREE FOR STUDENTS!) for the 14th Annual LGBTQ Research Symposium, presented by the UConn School of Social Work and The University of Kansas School of Social Welfare.

This year's theme, "Critical Hope: Q***ring Care, Belonging, and Survival," explores research, practice, and scholarship that advance equity, community, and social justice.

📅 Sept. 17–18, 2026
💻 Virtual Event
🎤 50+ presentations

We're excited to welcome three outstanding invited speakers:

✨ D Dangaran, assistant professor of law, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
✨ Kevin Gotkin, assistant director, NYU Center for Disability Studies
✨ Myrl Beam, associate professor of women's, gender, and sexuality studies, Macalester College

Registration fees:
• Faculty & staff: $60
• Community members: $30
• Students: FREE
• Optional CECs/CEUs: $15 recording fee

🔗 Register today: https://lgbtqresearchsymposium.com/ See less

School is back in session! And the UConn Hartford campus is celebrating today (Sept. 2) at the 5th annual Welcome Back B...
09/02/2026

School is back in session! And the UConn Hartford campus is celebrating today (Sept. 2) at the 5th annual Welcome Back Block Party & Resource Fair.

Dozens of UConn School of Social Work students, faculty, and staff came together with fellow UConn peers to kick off the semester in style. Participants were treated to food truck delights, a DJ, games, a resource fair, photos with Jonathan the Husky, and more!

Dr. Rebecca Thomas, professor and director of the Center for International Social Work Studies, rcently returned from K...
09/02/2026

Dr. Rebecca Thomas, professor and director of the Center for International Social Work Studies, rcently returned from Komotini, Greece where she presented at the Southeast Europe Academic Women’s Leadership Network’s 5th International Summer School.

Dr. Thomas, lectured on “The dimensions of preparing for collaborative joint international research.”

At UConn, Dr. Thomas teaches in the Policy Practice concentration and serves as chair of the International Social Work focus area. She also directs a joint academic exchange program between UConn and Yerevan State University in Armenia. Her research focuses on international social work, international development, forced migration, including climate-induced migration, as well as social entrepreneurship, poverty, and human rights.

On Nov. 6, join researchers, policymakers, social service leaders, and practitioners from Connecticut and beyond for a h...
09/01/2026

On Nov. 6, join researchers, policymakers, social service leaders, and practitioners from Connecticut and beyond for a half-day symposium exploring Al's opportunities, challenges, and implications for social work and social service delivery.

“Social Work in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: A Symposium Exploring Research, Practice, and Policy,” will feature the following guest panelists:

◦ Dr. Eric Rice | UNC Chapel Hill • Al & social work
◦ Dr. Shaddy Saba | NYU Silver • Data science & health technology
◦ Dr. Manu Sharma, MD | Yale / Institute of Living • Digital psychiatry & Al
◦ Dr. Sabrina Trocchi, MPA | President & Executive Director, Wheeler Health
◦ Dr. Sarah MacDonald, LCSW | Community Health Services
◦ Dawn Brown, LMSW | President, NASW-Connecticut
◦ Hector Glynn, MSW, President and CEO, The Village
◦ Charlotte Warren | Former Maine State Representative

The symposium takes place from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the UConn School of Law in Hartford.

The cost is $20 per person. 3 CE Credits available! REGISTER NOW at s.uconn.edu/aisocialwork.

UConn School of Social Work students are free. A virtual option is available. Watch for an email!

Join us in welcoming Dr. Chanee Fabius, a nationally recognized gerontologist and health services researcher, who joined...
08/31/2026

Join us in welcoming Dr. Chanee Fabius, a nationally recognized gerontologist and health services researcher, who joined the UConn School of Social Work this fall as the Judith M. Zachs Family Professor in Aging and associate professor! Dr. Fabius comes to UConn from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

A principal investigator on multiple National Institute on Aging awards, Dr. Fabius will teach and mentor students while expanding collaborative research partnerships across the UConn School of Social Work, the Center on Aging, and other University programs. Her work examines how research evidence can translate into policies and practices that enable older adults, family caregivers, and direct care workers to thrive.

Learn more about Dr. Fabius in this UConn Today article:
https://today.uconn.edu/2026/08/uconn-school-of-social-work-welcomes-nationally-recognized-gerontologist/

Attention all incoming BSW and MSW students! Join us this Friday, Aug. 28 for the ’s annual Convocation! Check-in begins...
08/26/2026

Attention all incoming BSW and MSW students! Join us this Friday, Aug. 28 for the ’s annual Convocation!

Check-in begins at 9:15 a.m. at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford. Enter at the side entrance on Atheneum Square, which is diagonally across from the School of Social Work building.

Meet your classmates, Dean Laura Curran, SSW faculty and staff. NASW CT Executive Director, Dawn Brown will serve as the event's keynote speaker.

Any questions or concerns? Email the Office of Student & Academic Services (OSAS) at [email protected]. We look forward to seeing you this Friday!

A research article written by four co-authors, is published in the Aug. 22 issue of Women’s Reproductive Health. In a U...
08/24/2026

A research article written by four co-authors, is published in the Aug. 22 issue of Women’s Reproductive Health.

In a U.S. sociopolitical climate in which q***r, trans, and disabled people are under attack, arts-based speculative practices offer tools for envisioning just worlds. Titled “Imagining Q***r and Trans Disabled Futures: Arts-Based Practices of Q***rCrip Futurity in a Hostile Sociopolitical Climate,” co-authors Spencer Evans, graduate assistant and Ph.D. student; Quinn Meehan ’26 MSW (SSW); Meg Paceley, associate professor and associate dean for academic affairs; and Kelsi Carolan, assistant professor; analyzed the artwork of q***r and trans disabled people who were invited to illustrate how they imagined a better future.

The researchers identified themes in the artwork including including freedom, safety; refusal, reclamation; and ecological flourishing.

Read the article online here:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23293691.2026.2712453

A FALL VACCINE CLINIC is open to all UConn Hartford students, faculty, and staff on Thursday, Aug. 27. No appointments a...
08/21/2026

A FALL VACCINE CLINIC is open to all UConn Hartford students, faculty, and staff on Thursday, Aug. 27. No appointments are needed. Stop by the UConn School of Business between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. with your photo ID and insurance card. Protect yourself and others from preventible illnesses.

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