SSA offers a number of lectures throughout the year, where experts speak on a variety of current issues in social work and social welfare policy.
Upcoming Lectures/Symposia:
The Ikuo Yamaguchi Memorial Seminar
Past Lectures:
Technology and the Rising Cost of Health Care: A Paradigm Shift
Navigating the Cultural Divide: Bridging the Gap Between our Professional, Public and Private Selves
Tampa Harper Lecture with Virginia Parks – Jobs and Politics: Urban Grassroots Responses
Pastora San Juan Cafferty Lecture on Race and Ethnicity in American Life
Social Exclusion: The Marginalization of African Americans in Health Care, Housing and Employment
Poverty, Promise, & Possibility Lecture Series
Sexual Identity, Health and Stigma in India: Traditional Statuses and Western Influences
Rocio Reyes, AM '12
“A lot of the clinical approach is second nature to me, but it is compelling to take what I learn in class and really make it work,” says Rocio Reyes, AM '12.