University of Tennessee College of Social Work Presenters

Oral Presentations

The UT College of Social Work is sending a large contingent of presenters to the 2018 Conference.

Sixteen of our faculty, students, and alums will be participating in 10 Oral Presentations.

Thursday, January 11, at 3:15 pm - Marquis BR Salon 13 (ML 2)
West, S., PhD, Assistant Professor, Castro Baker, A. & Bills, K., (PhD Student) will make a presentation entitled Housing Loss and Financial Asset Depletion in the Wake of the Great Recession: Uneven Impacts by Race and Gender.

Friday, January 12 at 10:15 am, Supreme Court (ML 4)
Mason, L.R., PhD, Assistant Professor, Erwin, J., (PhD Student), Brown, A., (PhD Student), Ellis, K., & Hathaway, J. will make a presentation entitled Health and Financial Impacts of Extreme Weather in the City.

Saturday, January 13 at 8:00 am, Liberty BR Salon K (ML 4)
Orme, J.G., PhD, Professor, and Cherry, D.J., (Alum) will make a presentation entitled CA 17-Year Longitudinal Study of Vital Few Foster Families.

Saturday, January 13 at 8:15 am, Treasury (ML 4)
Forrest-Bank, S., PhD, Assistant Professor, Bessaha, S., Cuellar, M., PhD, (Alum) & Story, E., MSW (PhD Student) will make a presentation entitled Relationships among Childhood Environmental Factors in Influencing Young Adult Psychological Distress.

Saturday, January 13 at 10:45 am, Liberty BR Salon I (ML 4)
Mason, L.R., PhD, Assistant Professor, will make a presentation entitled Social Work Research on Global Environmental Change: Past, Present, and Future Directions.

Sunday, January 14 at 8:30 am, Independence BR A (ML 4)
Hall, J.C., PhD, LCSW, Associate Professor, Watkins, K., and Collard, C., will make a presentation entitled, It’s Tough Being a Woman: The Psychosocial Impact of Intergenerational Stress and Coping.

Sunday, January 14 at 9:45 am, Independence BR C (ML 4)
Garland, E. L., Baker, A., Larsen, P., Riquino, M., Priddy, S., Thomas, E.A., PhD, Assistant Professor, Hanley, A., Galbraith, P., Wanner, N., and Nakamura, Y., will make a presentation entitled, Efficacy of Brief Mindfulness Training and Hypnotic Suggestion for Acute Pain Relief in the Hospital Setting: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Integrative Social Work Interventions.

Sunday, January 14 at 10:15 am, Independence BR H (ML 4)
Corbin, J. and Hall, J.C., PhD, LCSW, Associate Professor will make a presentation entitled Resettlement Post Conflict: Risk and Protective Factors and Resilience Among Women in Northern Uganda.

Sunday, January 14 at 11:30 am, Supreme Court (ML 4)
Hall, J.C., PhD, LCSW, Associate Professor, & Crutchfield, J.M. will make a presentation entitled Colorist Microaggressions: Black Women’s Phenomenological Experience of Race and Gender.

Sunday, January 14 at 12:30 pm, Independence BR B (ML 4)
Thomas, E. A., PhD, Assistant Professor, and Garland, E.L.: Targeting Obesity among Cancer Patients with Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial.