Faculty Presentations

Emlet, C. A. (February 8, 2024). Addressing Strengths and Disparities in an Increasingly Diverse Society of Older Adults: Innovations in Gerontological Research at the UW School of Social Work. Presented at the University of Washington Aging Research Forum. Seattle WA.

Butler, H., Hayashi-Saguil, Y., Knaus, C., & Tamaami, B., (March 2022) Is Everyone Here Toxic?: Navigating Colonial Institutions with Critical Race Love. National Association of Multicultural Education. Oral Presentation. Online.

Emlet, C. A., Fredriksen Goldsen, K., Kim, H.-J., Teri, L., Jung, H. H., & Jones, B. R. (2022, November). Reaching the Socially Isolated Older Adults in Dementia Research. Presented at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting. Indianapolis, IN.

Brown, C., Emlet, C. A. Fredriksen-Goldsen, K. I., Jones, B. & Kim, H-J. (August 3, 2022). "Reaching the Underserved in Dementia Research: IDEA (Innovations in Empowerment and Action)." Part of Developing and conducting culturally sensitive research among the underserved population of LGBTQ older adults with cognitive impairment: Findings from Aging with Pride：Innovations in Empowerment and Action (IDEA). Presented at Alzheimer’s Association International Conference. Presented virtually.

“Campus Climate Transformation at the University of Washington Tacoma.” (M. S. Harris & Anindita Bhattacharya). Virtual Presentation. 3th Annual International Symposium on Education (ISED). San Juan, Puerto, Rico, March 11th -13th, 2022.

“Mental Health Panel on Access to Mental Health Care.” (M. S. Harris). City of Tacoma Human Rights Commission, Tacoma, WA, February 17, 2022.

“Can Racial Equity Be Achieved in Child Welfare? Clinical and Other Consideration.” (M. S. Harris). Illinois Institute for Clinical Social Work, 40th Anniversary Lecture Series (Zoom), January 27, 2022.

Nova, S. & Kim, J.R. “Twice removed: Clinical and practice implications of adoptees placed in out-of-home care.”  Adoption Initiative Conference, March 26, 2022. Virtual presentation.

Sellmaier, C. & Kim, J., “Working and caring for a disabled adopted child in times of Covid-19.”  Society for Social Work and Research conference, Washington, D.C., January 14, 2022.

Kim, J., Leaman, T.L., Allouche, Z. & Henry, S., “What is the best interests of the child?” Keynote panel, Adoption Initiative Conference, March 26, 2022. Virtual presentation.

Hanlon, R. Kim, J., Woo, C., Day, A., Vanderwill, L. & Dallimore, E., “An exploratory study of the impact of Covid-19 on foster parenting” . Society for Social Work and Research conference, Washington, D.C., January 14, 2022. Poster presentation.

Kim, J., Hanlon, R. Woo, C., Day, A., Vanderwill, L. & Dallimore, E., "I was being used more as a babysitter than a foster parent": Qualitative Findings from Foster Parent Surveys in Two States.” Society for Social Work and Research conference, Washington, D.C., January 14, 2022. Poster presentation.

Eric Madfis with Ken Cruz, Jeffrey W. Cohen, Janelle Hawes, and Randy Myers. “Evidence-Based Principles and Practices for Youth Gun Violence Prevention and Intervention: Recommendations for the City of Tacoma” Invited Presentation to the Tacoma City Council’s Community Vitality and Safety Committee, Tacoma, WA, May 26, 2022

Escobar-Sewicki, C., McGinley, J., Sellmaier, C., Zidan, T. (November, 2022). "Supporting students with Disabilities in Social Work Field Placements: What is Being Done?" Interactive Workshop Accepted for CSWE APM, Anaheim, CA.

Sellmaier, C., Stewart, L.M., Shrestha, L., & Brennan, E. (June, 2022). "Community supports strengthening resilience for immigrant families of children with mental illness." Paper presented for Work Family Researchers Network Conference, New York, NY.

Stewart, L.M., Sellmaier, C., & Brennan, E. (June, 2022). "Disability, family care, and inclusive workplaces." Discussion Roundtable organized and presented at Work Family Researchers Network Conference, New York, NY.

Taudte, N., Kloha, J., & Sellmaier, C. (April, 2022). "Alltagstheorien zu Lernprozessen in der Praxisanleitung" (Theories about learning used in practicum supervision). Paper presented at online Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sozial Arbeit conference (DGSA; German society for social work)

Sellmaier, C. & Kim, J. (January, 2022). "Working and caring for a disabled, adopted child in times of Covid-19." Poster for Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR).

Hildebrand, C., Kerelluke, T. and Toews, B. Candace House: Trauma-informed services and space for violence survivors. National Association for Community and Restorative Justice biannual conference (abstract accepted; conference in July 2022).

“Advocating for Black, Indigenous, and Other Children of Color: Race, Ethnicity, Culture and Culture Humility.” (M. S. Harris & Amelia Watson). 2021 Washington State Association of Child Advocacy Programs, 28th Annual Statewide Virtual Conference, October 25th – 29th & November 1st – 5th, 2021.

Kim, J., “Addressing ambiguous loss and adoption disruption”. Relationship Matters Counseling and Mediation training. Virtual presentation.

Madfis, E. and Arford, T. “Whitewashing Criminology: A Critical Tour of Cesare Lombroso’s Museum of Criminal Anthropology” November 2021 American Society of Criminology (ASC) Conference in Chicago, IL

Sellmaier, C., Michael Clarkson-Hendrix, & Laura Wernick (November, 2021). "Experiences of social work students, faculty, and staff with disabilities": Photovoice-inspired project. Poster for CSWE APM.

Stewart, L., Sellmaier, C., Shrestha, L., & Brennan, E. (2021, July). "Parenting a child with special health care needs and the impact of family and community support on parental employment among immigrants in the U.S." Paper presented at the Third IESE International Community, Work and Family—International Women in Leadership Conference, Barcelona Spain (virtual).

Stewart, L., & Sellmaier, C. (January 2021). "Family and workplace supports of employed parents of children with typical and exceptional care responsibilities and their effects on sleep and physical health." Presented at Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) online conference.

Sellmaier, C., & Kim, J. (January, 2021). "Accommodation experiences of social work students with disabilities." Poster presented at Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) online conference.

Brennan, E.M., Sellmaier, C., & Stewart, L. (January 2021). Roundtable: Work life integration and disability: Research gains and supportive initiatives. Presented at Work Family Researchers Network Conference, New York, NY.

Campbell, M., Campbell, C. and Toews, B. The impact of disruption in carceral communities: A volunteer perspective. Society for the Study of Social Problems annual conference. (Abstract accepted; virtual conference due to COVID-19, did not attend.)

Stevens, J., Toews, B. and Van Buren, D. Defunding, Decarcerating, Designing. Environmental Design Research Association annual conference. (Abstract accepted; virtual conference due to COVID 19, did not attend.)

Toews, B. Reevaluating prison-based restorative justice work through a decarceration lens. Global Restorative Justice Partnerships conference. (virtual presentation).

Stevens, J., Toews, B. and Wagenfeld, A. On being human: Strengthening protective factors through the design and use of therapeutic landscapes in prisons. Social and Ecological Infrastructure for Recidivism Reduction conference, co-convened by the Initiative for Community Justice & Engaged Pedagogy at Boston College and Yale School of the Environment. (Virtual presentation.)

Campbell, M., Campbell, C. and Toews, B. The effects of prison moves and policies on well-being: Implications for smart decarceration. Society for Social Work Research annual conference. (Abstract accepted; virtual conference due to COVID-19, did not attend.)

Bhattacharya, A (January 2020). Relational Sense of Self and Recovery Among Women Living with Serious Mental Illness in Institutions in India. Symposium: Going Glocal: Intersecting Violence and Mental Health Research in Low Resource Settings across North America, Africa, and Asia. 24th Annual Conference Society for Social Work and Research, Washington DC

Bhattacharya, A (January 2020). Impact of Gender Inequality and Violence on Women’s Mental Health: Narratives from a Halfway Home in India. Gender and Global Adversity Panel. 24th Annual Conference Society for Social Work and Research, Washington DC

Kramer, C; Cosgrove, D; Bhattacharya, A; Velez-Gray, C & Camacho, D. (January 2020). Navigating an Integrated Personal and Scholarly Identity: Experiences of Participatory Action Research Scholars of Color. Roundtable. 24th Annual Conference Society for Social Work and Research, Washington DC

“Exploring the Complexities of Racial Disparities in Child Welfare Services and Outcomes.” Discussant: M. S. Harris. Presenters: Mi Jin Choi – Interaction of Race and Poverty in Receiving Alternative Responses among Children with Allegations of Neglect; Reiko Boyd- Child Welfare Experiences of Black Infants:; Jangmin Kim & Barbara Pierce-Model Fidelity and Child Well-Being in Family Team Conference: The Moderation Effect of Racial Matching; and Catherine Labrenz & Rowena Fong- The Road to Reunification: Family and Agency Factors Associated with Post-Reunification Success. 2020 Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Washington, DC, January 15th – 19th, 2020.

“Social Work Challenges and Progress.” (M. S. Harris). NASW Washington State Chapter Black History Month Celebration, Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, February 27, 2020.

Kim, J., “Promoting and supporting racial identity and racial justice for transracial adopted persons and their families”. North American Council on Adoptable Children conference, Virtual presentation. August 30, 2020.

Kim, J., “Experts In Their Own Lives: What the Research on Adult Adoptees Can Teach Us.” Keynote, Adoptive and Foster Family Coalition of New York (AFFCNY) Conference. Virtual presentation, New York, New York. June 30, 2020.

Kim, J., “Intergenerationality of Korean Adoptee parents.” Rudd Adoption Research Program Virtual Conference. Amherst, MA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzpVjhoCbQw&feature=youtu.be

Madfis, E. “How to Stop School Rampage Killing: Empirical Lessons from Averted Mass Shootings and Bombings,” Invited Talk to the Criminal Justice League Student Organization, University of Washington Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, January 22, 2020

Stewart, L., Sellmaier, C., Brennan, E., & Brannan, A. M. (2020, December). "Family demands and workplace supports of employed parents of children with typical and exceptional care responsibilities and their effects on conflict and stress." Work and Family Researchers Network Conference virtual presentation. Recording available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvrgIMn7j9c&feature=youtu.be [youtube.com]

Sellmaier, C., Kim, J., Kohn, R.M., Matich-Maroney, J., and Bogenshutz, M. “Developing best practices for accommodating students with disabilities in field education.”  Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting. November 16-20, 2020. Virtual format.

Campbell, C., Campbell, M. and Toews, B. Collective trauma within prison environments. Society for the Study of Social Problems (Abstract accepted; conference cancelled due to COVID-19).

Toews. B. Designing for accountability: Decarceration through restorative justice-informed design. International Association of People-Environment Studies (IAPS) Conference (Abstract accepted).

Stevens, J., Wagenfeld, A., and Toews, B. At home in nature: Prison gardens and playscapes for children and their mothers. International Association of People-Environment Studies (IAPS) Conference (Abstract accepted).

Toews. B. and Van Buren, D. Restorative justice: Transforming justice architecture in response to criminal justice reform. Tenth International Conference on The Constructed Environment. (Abstract accepted; conference cancelled due to COVID-19.)

Stevens, J., Wagenfeld, A., and Toews, B. At home in nature: Prison gardens and playscapes for children and their mothers. Tenth International Conference on The Constructed Environment. (Abstract accepted; conference cancelled due to COVID-19.)

Stevens, J., Toews, B. and Wagenfeld, A. On being human: Strengthening protective factors through the design and use of therapeutic landscapes in prisons. Social and Ecological Infrastructure for Recidivism Reduction Conference. (Abstract accepted; conference cancelled due to COVID-19.)

Emlet, C. A. (2019, April). The Impact of HIV on Health Disparities Among Older Gay and Bisexual Men: Results From the Aging With Pride - National Health, Aging and Sexuality/Gender Study. Keynote Address given at the 2019 HIV and Aging Conference, Decatur, Georgia, April 11, 2019.

Emlet, C. A. (2019, May). HIV and Successful Aging. Given at the Washington State HIV conference, Spokane, WA. May 17, 2019.

“Maintaining the Attachment relationship: Significance of Child/Parent Visits During Incarceration.” (M. S. Harris & Felicia Davis). 2019 Annual Children’s Justice Conference, Seattle, WA, May 13th – 14th, 2019.

“Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity in a Board of Directors.” (M. S. Harris & Stephen Wilson). WA State Chapter, National Association of Social Workers, Seattle, WA, March 30, 2019.

“Incarceration at the Border: Our Work with Immigrant Children and Women.” (M. S. Harris & Zea Mendoza). 2019 Children of the Incarcerated Conference, Supporting Children, Families and Communities, University of Washington Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, March 27, 2019.

M. S. Harris & Mendoza, Z. (2019). Credible Fear [Podcast]. Paw’d Defiance, University of Washington Tacoma, Tacoma, WA.

Kim, J.R. (2019) “Intergenerationality of ethnic, racial, and adoptive socialization” . International Symposium on Korean Adoption Studies (ISKAS) Conference, Seoul South Korea. July 31, 2019.

Kim, J.R. “Forever Family is a Hallmark Idea” International Symposium on Korean Adoption Studies (ISKAS) Conference, Seoul South Korea. July 31, 2019.

Kim, J.R., Walker, T., McKee, K. & Raleigh, E. "Navigating Issues with Aging Adoptive Parents" . KAAN Conference, Minneapolis MN. June 2019

Madfis, E. and Vysotsky, S., “Exploring Subcultural Trajectories: Racist Skinhead Disengagement, Desistance, and Countercultural Value Persistence” at the November 2019 American Society of Criminology (ASC) Conference in San Francisco, CA

Madfis, E., “Implementing Threat Assessment in Washington Public Schools,” Invited Presentation to the Rural Alliance Superintendents’ Leadership Cohort, Northern Quest Resort and Casino, Airway Heights, WA, August 12, 2019

Madfis, E. "Evidence-Based Prevention of School Shootings,” Invited Presentation to the House of Representatives Education Committee, Washington State Legislature, Olympia, WA, January 29, 2019

San Nicolas, R.J.  (May 9, 2019).  “Cross-Cultural Partnerships for the Certified Peer Counselor.”  A training presentation to certified peer counselor trainees, Washington State University Behavioral Workforce Collaborative. Chehalis, WA.

San Nicolas, R.J., & Gilman, K. (June 13, 2019).  “Certified peer counselors as legislative advocates: Cultivating community solutions for behavioral health policy change.”  A workshop presentation at the 2019 Washington State Behavioral Health Conference, Vancouver, WA.

Matich-Maroney, J., Sellmaier, C., Ogden, L., & Bogenschutz, M. (October, 2019). "Disability related content & curriculum infusion: Resource dissemination & implementation exemplars." Presented at the CSWE APM, Denver, CO.

Brennan, E.M., Sellmaier, C., & Stewart, L. (May, 2019). "Workforce engagement of parents of children and youth with mental health difficulties: The impact of community services and supports." Presented at the 8th International Community, Work & Family Conference, Malta.

Sellmaier, C. (January, 2019)."Experiences of stigmatization: Working fathers of children with special health care needs." Poster presented at SSWR Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Sellmaier, C. (January, 2019). "Fathers caring for children with special health care needs: Implications of job, family, and community resource ecologies." Poster presented at SSWR Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Campbell, M. and Toews, B.  (2019) Prison moves and policies effects on well-being. Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Conference. (Abstract accepted.)

Stevens, J., Toews, B., and Wagenfeld, A. (2019) Prison Gardens and Playscapes for Children. Environmental Design Research Association Annual Conference.

Toews, B.  (2019) Youth-oriented design: A multidisciplinary approach to the design of juvenile detention facilities. Environmental Design Research Association Annual Conference.

Toews, B.  (2019) Visiting room gardens: Playscapes for child-parent connection. Children of the Incarcerated Conference, University of Washington Tacoma.

Smith, C.J., Young, D.S., & Secoy, M.  (2019, March 27).  “Young adults’ perspectives on supporting families along the continuum of parental incarceration.”  Paper presentation at the 2019 Children of the Incarcerated Conference, Tacoma, Washington.

Young, D.S., & Smith, C.J.  (2019, January 17).  “Kept in the dark:  Exploring children’s preparation for parental incarceration and reentry.”  Paper presentation at the Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, San Francisco.

“The Family Support Model: Best Practice for Helping Families Navigate Post- Adoption Openness and Contact.” (Kim, J.R. & Tucker, A.). Alliance for the Study of Adoption & Culture/Adoption Initiative Conference, Oakland CA. October 19, 2018.

“Intercountry adopted adults with adoption discontinuity histories” (Kim, J.R.). International Conference on Adoption Research 6 (ICAR5), Montreal Canada. July 11, 2018.

“Letter to a young Scientist: Dialogue on Nurturing the Future of Adoption Research” (McGinnis, H., Grotevant, H., McRoy, R., Palacios, J., Kim, J.R., & Sims, L.). International Conference on Adoption Research 6 (ICAR5), Montreal Canada. July 10, 2018.

“Generational Shifts: Adult Adoptee Scholars' Perspective on Future Research and Practice” (McGinnis, H., Baden, A., Kim, A. & Kim, J.R.). Rudd Adoption Research Conference, Amherst MA, April 13, 2018.

“Open channels: If, when, and how to communicate social work research beyond academic outlets” (Bay-Cheng, L.Y., Barr, T., Goodkind, S., Kim, J.R., & Patton, D.). Society for Social Work and Research Conference, Washington, DC. January 13, 2018.

Madfis, E. “‘We Call BS’: Facts and Fictions about Preventing School Shootings,” Presentation of the 2018 Distinguished Research Award Recipient, University of Washington, Tacoma, WA, October 24, 2018 

Madfis, E. “A Scholarly Examination of the Causes and Effective Prevention of School Shootings,” Invited Talk to the Washington Mass Shootings Work Group, Funded by the Washington State Legislature, Directed and Facilitated by the WA Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs, Tacoma, WA, August 31, 2018

“Disability in social work education: Informing interprofessional collaboration” (Sellmaier, C. & Kim, J.R.). Council on Social Work Education APM, Orlando CA. November 10, 2018.

Sellmaier, C. (June, 2018). Fathers’ work, family, and community strategies to address work-family fit and exceptional care. Presented at Work Family Researchers Network Conference, Washington, DC.

Duncan, K., Porterfield, S., Sellmaier, C., Stewart, L., M. (June, 2018). Disability, work, and family care: State of knowledge, policy, and change efforts to enhance work-family-community support. Panel discussion presented at Work Family Researchers Network Conference, Washington, DC.

Young, D. & Casey, E.A. (2018). An examination of the sufficiency of small qualitative samples. Accepted paper to be presented at the Society of Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Washington, DC

Young, D.S., Smith, C.J., Harden, T., & Mazza, C.  (2018, November 11).  “Enhancing student education and community wellbeing through interprofessional collaboration:  Directors share experiences.”  Roundtable presentation at the 2018 Council on Social Work Education’s Interprofessional Education Summit, Orlando.

Young, D.S., & Smith, C.J.  (2018, July 5).  “Impacts in young adulthood of childhood parental incarceration and reentry.”  Paper presentation at the International Social Work, Education and Social Development Conference, Dublin, Ireland.