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USF College of Behavioral & Community Sciences

April 4 - 10, 2021

 
Grant to Study "Access and utilization of services by immigrant South Asian female survivors of intimate partner violence: Implications for social work practice, policy and research"
Subadra Panchanadeswaran & Manisha JoshiDr. Subadra Panchanadeswaran, Professor in the Adelphi University School of Social Work, and a Senior Scientist with the Social Work Interdisciplinary Research Lab (SWIRL) at USF, and Dr. Manisha Joshi, Associate Professor in USF'S School of Social Work & Associate Director of SWIRL, recently received an Internal grant from Adelphi University ($4,800) to conduct a study titled – "Access and utilization of services by immigrant South Asian female survivors of intimate partner violence: Implications for social work practice, policy and research".

In this study, they will collaborate with the Hindu Family Support Services (HFSS), a non-profit in Tampa, FL to examine how South Asian immigrant women (n=30) in Hillsborough County subjectively define intimate partner violence (IPV), resist and respond to violence, and seek help from informal and formal sources of help. The study will also document women's perceptions of the help they received and the gaps in service provision. Additionally, this study will explore the perspectives of service providers (n=20) who provide support and services to immigrant women and highlight their perceived challenges to service provision especially to immigrant South Asian women survivors of IPV.
 
CABH Master's Student Receives Children's Mental Health Network Scholarship
Heather GrovesCongratulations to Heather Groves, master's student in the Child & Adolescent Behavioral Health Program, on receiving a Children's Mental Health Network (CMHN) Scholarship for 2021. As part of the scholarship, Heather will complete six credit hours of field experience with CMHN conducting program evaluation research.

Heather currently works for the Florida Department of Vocational Rehabilitation as a Senior Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor. As a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor, she helps individuals with physical and mental disabilities prepare for employment, maintain employment, and enhance their independence. Read more...
 
CBCS Students Invited to Become Members of Phi Beta Kappa
Caroline Glover (Social Work), Dylan Johnson (Criminology) and Zachary Myers (Criminology) have been selected to become members of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, the nation's oldest and most prestigious academic honor society. A distinguished faculty committee chose them to be initiated into the Eta of Florida Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa on the basis of their outstanding academic achievement as undergraduates at USF, and their record of having met high standards of personal conduct and academic integrity.

Founded in 1776 at the College of William and Mary in Virginia, Phi Beta Kappa has been an integral part of the intellectual life of the United States. Many of the nation's leaders have been invited to join the Society, including 17 U.S. Presidents, 40 Supreme Court Justices, and more than 140 Nobel Laureates. Becoming a member means joining a network of thought leaders in every field of human endeavor, and holding a lifelong distinction that is recognized across the nation and around the world by persons of influence. Congratulations to each of them.
 
April 2021 RMHC Race & Counseling Series Speaker
 
coronavirus updates
Spring Assembly - Save the Date
 
CBCS In The News

The Invisible Color Line in U.S. Policing
The Crime Report
... says Lorie Fridell, a professor of criminology at the University of South Florida and former Director of Research at the Police Executive ...

Massachusetts Police Data Points to Racial Disparities in Arrests
NBC Boston
Lorie Fridell, a criminology professor at the University of South Florida, said biases manifest themselves in policing, but ...

Staffing shortages for assisted living
Bay News 9
...we've got to be able to recreate our workers already an uphill battles says doctor lindsey petersen with usf's school of aging studies, one that has really only caught the public's attention in the aftermath of covid-19...

CBCS Doctoral Dissertation Defense
Title: "Clean Water for All: Examining Safe Drinking Water Act Violations of Water Systems and Community"
Student: Junghwan Bae
Department: Criminology
Date: Friday, April 9, 2021
Time: 10:00 A.M. EST
Location: Microsoft Teams (Contact junghwanbae@usf.edu to RSVP for Teams access)
 
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