Affiliates of the Center for Social Development (CSD) are once again making significant contributions at the annual conference of the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR). The 2024 conference runs from January 10 through 14, 2024, in Washington, DC.
Faculty Director Trina Shanks, the Harold R. Johnson Collegiate Professor of Social Work at the University of Michigan, will receive the society’s 2024 Social Policy Researcher Award on Saturday, January 13. The award recognizes her outstanding contributions to social policy.
Shanks will also lead “Black Reparations and Wealth Equality: Lessons from Child Development Accounts as a Policy Structure for Asset Building,” a roundtable discussion of research on Child Development Account (CDA) policy and its role in a proposed structure for the delivery of Black reparations. The roundtable will feature CSD Director Michael Sherraden, Research Associate Haotian Zheng, and Faculty Director Jin Huang.
At the January 13 award ceremony, Postdoctoral Fellow Aytakin Huseynli will receive the society’s 2024 Outstanding Social Work Doctoral Dissertation Honorable Mention Award for “Effect of Resource Curse on Child Well-Being in Resource-Rich States, Specifically in Post-Soviet States.” The dissertation examined the potential of CDA policy to improve child well-being in low- and middle-income post-Soviet nations with natural resource wealth.
Huseynli also will present two papers. In “Governance and Child Well-Being: Evidence from Low-to-Middle-Income Countries,” she will present results from analyses of her dissertation dataset. In “Effects of Child Development Accounts on Family Financial Well-Being: Evidence from a Randomized Policy Experiment,” she will report results from CSD’s long-running SEED for Oklahoma Kids experiment.
Affiliates of the center have shaped the conference in numerous other ways.
As president of the Society for Social Work and Research, Faculty Director Sean Joe serves on the 2024 Conference Committee, which plans the annual gathering. Faculty Associate Yunju Nam and Faculty Director Jin Huang are serving as chairs of the Inequality, Poverty, and Social Welfare Policy cluster, one of 28 subject-matter clusters used to organize conference sessions. Nam and Huang have reviewed and selected abstracts of papers to be presented within that cluster.
In several conference symposia, affiliates will showcase papers on CSD’s core areas of work.
Huseynli has organized a symposium of four papers on CDA policy, including papers on SEED for Oklahoma Kids, the new CDA policy launched by Kazakhstan on January 1, Taiwan’s Saving Accounts for Future Education and Development of Children and Youth, and CSD’s ongoing CDA pilot in mainland China.
Faculty Director David Ansong has organized a symposium of five papers on financial capability and asset building in Africa, and Faculty Director Julie Birkenmaier has organized two symposia: one on the health implications of financial strain and well-being and another on factors that contribute to financial capability and well-being.
In addition, Birkenmaier and CSD Associate Director Lissa Johnson will lead a Special Interest Group session on the grand challenge to build financial capability and assets for all.
At the 2024 conference, CSD researchers will convene five special interest groups, organize four symposia, and deliver 23 presentations. Seven roundtables and workshops will feature representatives from the CSD community. In total, 27 affiliates – senior scholars, research staff, a postdoctoral fellow and research associates – will participate in the gathering.
CSD affiliates at the 2024 SSWR conference
- Associate Deans for Research
Jodi Frey* (Convener). Independence BR C, ML 4, Fri., Jan. 12, 7:00 AM-8:00 AM - Build Financial Capability and Assets for All (Grand Challenge for Social Work)
Julie Birkenmaier* (Convener). Liberty Ballroom K, ML 4, Fri., Jan. 12, 12:30 PM-1:30 PM - Building Healthy Relationships to End Violence Grand Challenge
Patricia Kohl* (Convener). Liberty Ballroom I, ML 4, Fri., Jan. 12, 12:30 PM-1:30 PM - Policy Research & Social Work
Yu-Ling Chang, Vincent Fusaro, David Rothwell,* Margaret Thomas (Conveners). Monument, ML 4, Fri., Jan. 12, 12:30 PM-1:30 PM - Black Administrators, Researchers, and Scholars (BARS)
Dashawna J. Fussell-Ware, Trina Shanks,* Jenny Jones, James Herbert Williams, Camille R. Quinn, Michele D. Hanna, Martell Teasley, Joan Blakey, Sheara Jennings, Joshua Kirven. Marquis BR Salon 13, ML 2, Sat., Jan. 13, 12:30 PM-1:30 PM
*Affiliate of the Center for Social Development.
- Building Assets for Child Development: A Global Policy Innovation
Aytakin Huseynli* (Organizer). Independence BR C, ML 4, Thu., Jan. 11, 1:30 PM-3:00 PM - Financial Capability in Africa: Innovation through Evidence, Practice, and Policy
David Ansong* (Organizer). Emmanuel Amoako, Jamal Appiah-Kubi, Ankara Yildirim. Marquis BR Salon 14, ML 2, Thu., Jan. 11, 3:15 PM-4:45 PM - Health Implications of Financial Anxiety, Strain, and Wellbeing
Julie Birkenmaier* (Organizer). Capitol, ML 4, Fri, Jan. 12, 3:45 PM-5:15 PM - Structural and Contextual Factors for Financial Capability and Wellbeing
Julie Birkenmaier* (Organizer). Marquis BR Salon 14, ML 2, Sat. Jan. 13, 9:45 AM-11:15 AM
*Affiliate of the Center for Social Development.
- Workshop | Getting Fit to Print: Driving Dialogue through University-Community Partnerships. Helen Spencer (Organizer), Helen Spencer, Suzanne Pritzker.* Marquis BR Salon 10, ML 2, Thu., Jan. 11, 3:15 PM-4:45 PM
- Roundtable | Black Reparations and Wealth Equality: Lessons from Child Development Accounts As a Policy Structure for Asset Building. Trina Shanks* (Organizer), Michael Sherraden,* Haotian Zheng,* Jin Huang.* Marquis BR Salon 9, ML 2, Fri., Jan. 12, 8:00 AM-9:30 AM
- Roundtable | Effective Project Leadership: Perspectives on Managing Grants and Research Teams. Nicole Ruggiano (Organizer), Nicole Ruggiano, David J. Brennan, Jodi Frey,* Amanda Mosby, Richard Smith. Marquis BR Salon 9, ML 2, Fri., Jan. 12, 3:45 PM-5:15 PM
- Roundtable | Research to Reduce Extreme Economic Inequality: How Are We Doing? Mathieu Despard (Organizer), Terri Friedline, Trina Shanks,* Leah Hamilton, Joanna Smith-Ramani. Archives, ML 4, Sat., Jan. 13, 8:00 AM-9:30 AM
- Roundtable | Pluralist Approaches to Social Work Research: Finding Synergy and Democratizing Knowledge across Multiple SSWR Special Interest Groups. Bridgette Davis (Organizer), Karen Hopkins, Cheryl Hyde, Mary Ohmer, Julia Henly, Jodi Frey.* Marquis BR Salon 8, ML 2, Sat., Jan. 13, 9:45 AM-11:15 AM
- Roundtable | Grand Challenges for Social Work Roundtable: Recentering and Generating Equity in Knowledge: How Will the Grand Challenges for Social Work Go Grander? Michael Spencer, Neil Guterman, Carrie Pettus,* Schnavia Hatcher, Kira Silk. Archives, ML 4, Sat., Jan. 13, 12:45 PM-1:45 PM
- Workshop | Caveats in Running Logistic Regression and Other Nonlinear Models. Shenyang Guo* (Organizer), Yuanyuan Yang,* Linyun Fu. Congress, ML 4, Sun., Jan. 14, 11:30 AM-1:00 PM
*Affiliate of the Center for Social Development.
Thursday, January 11, 2024
- Effects of Child Development Accounts on Family Financial Well-Being: Evidence from a Randomized Policy Experiment. Aytakin Huseynli,* Jin Huang,* Michael Sherraden.* Independence BR C, ML 4, 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
- The Design and Development of Child Development Accounts (CDA) in Kazakhstan. Aytakin Huseynli,* Dinara Yessimova, Jin Huang,* Michael Sherraden,* Bibigul Assylova. Independence BR C, ML 4, 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
- The Saving Accounts for Future Education and Development of Children and Youth in Taiwan: The Results of a First Wave Panel Survey. Ching-Ling Li, Yu-Wen Chen, Li-Chen Cheng.* Independence BR C, ML 4, 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
- Asset Building for Child Health: Pilot Test of Child Development Accounts (CDAs) for Children with Autism in China. Ling Zhou, Jin Huang*. Independence BR C, ML 4, 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
- Language Resources and Refugees’ Social and Economic Integration: A Qualitative Study. Yunju Nam* (presenter), Min Hu, Regine Ndanga, Sarah Richards-Desai. Marquis BR Salon 12, ML 2, 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Friday, January 12, 2024
- Governance and Child Well-Being: Evidence from Low-to-Middle-Income Countries. Aytakin Huseynli.* Marquis BR Salon 12, ML 2, 9:45 AM-11:15 AM
- Does $20 per Student Make a Difference? an Analysis on Financial Education, Gender, and Use of Alternative Financial Services Among U.S. Young Adults. Yingying Zeng* (Presenter). Congress, ML 4, 3:45 PM-5:15 PM
- The Effects of Tax-Time Interventions on Savings Rate and Amount: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Julie Birkenmaier,* Youngmi Kim, Brandy Maynard (Presenter), Terri Pigott. Congress, ML 4, 3:45 PM-5:15 PM
- Exploring the Association Among Debt Collection Experience, Financial Access and Physical Health. Julie Birkenmaier* (presenter), Euijin Jung. Capitol, ML 4, 3:45 PM-5:15 PM
- Building Financial Capability and Assets to Advance Health Equity: Why and How Race Matters. Sicong Sun.* Capitol, ML 4, 3:45 PM-5:15 PM
- Independent and Joint Effects of Inequitable Gender Norms, and Intersecting Stigmas on Condom Practices Among Forcibly Displaced Youth in the Slums of Kampala, Uganda. Moses Okumu* (Presenter), Carmen Logie, David Ansong, Anissa S Chitwanga, Robert Hakiza, Peter Kyambadde. Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2 (ePoster)
- National Guidelines for Workplace Suicide Prevention: Social Work’s Role in Moving Prevention Upstream. Jodi Frey* (Presenter), Yali Deng, Amanda Mosby. Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2 (ePoster)
- Racial Discrimination and Racial Identity: Examining Predictors of Perceived Stress Among Black Patients. Ronald Pitner* (Presenter), Zachary Cooper. Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2 (ePoster)
- Validation of the 6-Item De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale in Korean Young Adults. Youngmi Kim* (Presenter), Kyeongmo Kim, Jennifer Murphy, Aely Park. Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2 (ePoster).
Saturday, January 13, 2024
- A Systematic Conceptual Review of Financial Access. Julie Birkenmaier* (Presenter), Jin Huang.* Marquis BR Salon 14, ML 2, 9:45 AM-11:15 AM.
- States Matter: An Exploration of Economic and Safety Net Policies That Reduce Financial Strain. David Rothwell* (Presenter), Julie Birkenmaier.* Marquis BR Salon 14, ML 2, 9:45 AM-11:15 AM.
- Who Did Not Receive U.S. Pandemic Stimulus Payments? Implications for Financial Inclusion and Universal Basic Income. Sicong Sun* (Presenter), Gaurav Sinha. Marquis BR Salon 14, ML 2, 9:45 AM-11:15 AM.
- Strategy to Augment Diversion Programs: The Case for Financial Capability and Asset Building. Lissa Johnson* (presenter); Margaret Sherraden,* Jude Miller,* Carrie Pettus,* Jin Huang.* Marquis BR Salon 14, ML 2, 9:45 AM-11:15 AM.
- Parenting and Child Behavior Outcomes 18 Months Following Participation in Pathways Triple P: Are Gains Sustained Among Child Welfare Involved Families? Yuanyuan Yang* (Presenter), Patricia Kohl.* Independence BR H, ML 4, 9:45 AM-11:15 AM
- Types of Racism-Based Experiences and Suicide Risk Among Black Emerging Adults. Sean Joe* (Presenter), Enoch Azasu, Robert Motley. Liberty Ballroom N, ML 4, 9:45 AM-11:15 AM
Sunday, January 14, 2024
- Health Care Hardship before and during COVID-19: Financial Protective Factors. Mathieu Despard* (Presenter), Sally Hageman, Maudia Ahmad. Independence BR F, ML 4, 9:45 AM-11:15 AM
- Temporary Aid for Needy Families (TANF) Participation before and after First Time Birth. David Rothwell* (Presenter). Independence BR B, ML 4, 9:45 AM-11:45 AM
- Environmental Justice and Professional Practice: A Survey of Social Workers in Three U.S. States. Lisa Reyes Mason* (Presenter), Amy Krings, Smitha Rao, Colleen Cummings Melton, Sierra Wetmore, Julia Santucci. Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2, Sun. Jan. 14 (ePoster)
*Affiliate of the Center for Social Development.