UChicago Crown Family School Podcast
7 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 months ago - ★★★★ - 4 ratingsInterested in ideas that can help improve the lives of individuals, families, and communities? Hear UChicago Crown Family School faculty and colleagues discuss ideas and topics in social work, social welfare, and policy. The University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice is one of the top ranked graduate schools of social work and this podcast reflects our mission. In each episode, a different Crown Family School faculty member will be joined in a conversation with an expert in their field to talk about issues and ideas that can help advance a more just and humane society.
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Episodes
A Collaboration in Education: A Doctoral Candidate and His Mentor, Lester J. Kern and Reuben Jonathan Miller
May 12, 2023 18:29 - 41 minutes - 77.2 MBAssociate Professor Reuben Jonathan Miller talks with Doctoral Candidate Lester J. Kern about the Crown Family School’s Doctoral Program. They also discuss Lester’s research, his experiences in completing his dissertation, and their collaboration as mentor and mentee. If you are interested in learning more about our Doctoral (or Master's) programs and the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy and Practice, please visit crownschool.uchicago.edu.
The Challenges and Opportunities in the Field of Global Health and Development
November 20, 2022 08:12 - 41 minutes - 33.8 MBIn this episode, Crown Family School Associate Professor Alida Bouris is joined by Ertharin Cousin for a conversation about the challenges and opportunities in the field of global health and development. Bouris's research is broadly focused on the relationship between social context and health, with a particular emphasis on understanding how social inequality, social networks, and social support shape the health and well-being of historically excluded and marginalized youth and adult populat...
How Can School Governance Be a Model for Democracy?
April 27, 2022 16:57 - 39 minutes - 72.6 MBCrown Family School Assistant Professor Eve L. Ewing and her guest, Jonathan Collins, Assistant Professor of Education and International and Public Affairs at Brown University, discuss public meetings and how we can reshape democratic spaces. They specifically discuss school board meetings, and how these can become more accessible and empowering for all people in a democracy. Visit our website for more info about the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Pract...
Part Two: Why a Master's Degree in Social Sector Leadership and Nonprofit Management?
April 05, 2022 20:39 - 17 minutes - 33.4 MBAssociate Professor Nicole Marwell and alumna Monica Meriweather, AM '21, discuss the Crown Family School’s Master's Degree in Social Sector Leadership and Nonprofit Management (SSL). They explore Meriweather’s background, why she chose the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, her experiences in the classroom, and what she has learned from the SSL Program. To learn more about our School and how to apply, visit our website.
Why a Master's Degree in Social Sector Leadership and Nonprofit Management? Part 1
March 10, 2022 21:51 - 23 minutes - 43.3 MBAssociate Professor Nicole Marwell and alumna Evelyn Diaz, AM '98, President of the Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights, discuss the University of Chicago Crown Family School’s Master's Degree in Social Sector Leadership and Nonprofit Management. They also explore Diaz’s experiences in the social sector, what skills are needed for a person to succeed as a leader in the social sector, and how a degree from the Crown Family School's Social Sector Leadership and Nonprofit Manage...
Using a Social Work Approach in Community Policing
December 14, 2021 21:48 - 45 minutes - 85.7 MBHarold Pollack, the Crown Family School’s Helen Ross Professor and Thomas J. Dart, Cook County, (IL) Sheriff discuss what Sheriff Dart has learned about policing and mental and behavioral health, the co-responder model, and how he has enhanced the co-responder model to combine the use of tablets with Crisis Intervention Training. They also talk about how social work and policing can learn from one another to help keep everyone in the community safe. Music by Augusta Read Thomas, UChicago Uni...
Challenging racism in social work through Multiracial Attunement
June 18, 2021 18:52 - 43 minutes - 60.6 MBGina Miranda Samuels and Kelly Faye Jackson are two social work academics who are also black multiracial. They discuss their book, Multiracial Cultural Attunement, and the enduring challenges of publishing scholarship about mixed race persons and families within social work, where “race” is often treated as an uncontested, fixed, and singular status or identity. Samuels (UChicago Crown Family School) and Jackson (ASU-SW) will introduce and define monoracism and moncentricity and explore soci...