The research focus of Daysi Diaz-Strong, PhD, who joined the college in Fall 2019 as assistant professor, are the educational experiences and outcomes, as well as developmental trajectories of children and youth who…
Associate Professor Henrika McCoy has been named an American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow for academic year 2020-21. Following nomination by senior administration of JACSW and UIC, and a rigorous application process, she…
In America’s era of mass incarceration, a startling number of families experience the deleterious impact of the imprisonment of a family member. More sensible public policies are needed to address this crisis.
Many Americans likely think of the commercial sexual exploitation of children
as being a problem in other countries. But it is prevalent in the U.S., where it
exhibits unique characteristics.
Congressman Danny K. Davis convened a child welfare public policy working group, hosted and co-sponsored by the Jane Addams College of Social Work (JACSW) at UIC Student Center East on Thursday, May 30, 2019.
The policy of separating children from migrant families at the U.S. border brought the issue of family separation into the national conversation, but social workers already know the negative mental health impact on children of family separation.
