From across a nation struggling through the COVID-19 pandemic and a generally difficult year, over 150 scholars and practitioners gathered virtually on September 21 for “FCAB Policies: Race and Inequality in the COVID-19 Era,” Part 1 of the two-part convening “Financial Capability and Asset Building: Achievements, Challenges, and Next Steps.” They gathered to set an […]
Trina R. Shanks, a Center for Social Development faculty director and a Brown School alumnus, was installed September 30 as the Howard R. Johnson Collegiate Professor of Social Work at the University of Michigan School of Social Work.
Sherraden, M., Lough, B. J., Sherraden, M. S., Williams Shanks, T. R., & Huang, J. (2019). Applied social research: Aiming for impact. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 10(4), 545–570. https://doi.org/10.1086/706153
Michael Sherraden delivered the keynote address at the Grand Challenges for Social Work event “Economic Equality and Financial Capability” in October at the University of Denver’s Graduate School of Social Work.
Michael Sherraden will deliver the keynote address at the Grand Challenges for Social Work event Economic Equality and Financial Capability on October 25 at the University of Denver’s Graduate School of Social Work.
Sherraden, M., Clancy, M., Nam, Y., Huang, J., Kim, Y., Beverly, S. G., … Purnell, J. Q. (2018). Universal and progressive Child Development Accounts: A policy innovation to reduce educational disparity. Urban Education, 53(6), 806-833. doi:10.1177/0042085916682573
Sherraden, M., Johnson, L., Clancy, M. M., Beverly, S. G., Sherraden, M. S., Schreiner, M., … Han, C.-K. (2018, March 28). Asset building: Toward inclusive policy. In C. Franklin et al. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Work. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780199975839.013.25
Huang, J., Sherraden, M. S., Clancy, M. M., Sherraden, M., & Shanks, T. R. (2017, March). Start lifelong asset building with universal and progressive Child Development Accounts (Policy Action No. 11.1). Cleveland, OH: American Academy of Social Work & Social Welfare, Grand Challenges for Social Work initiative.
Sherraden, M., Johnson, L., Clancy, M., Beverly, S. G., Sherraden, M., Schreiner, M., … Han, C.-K. (2016). Asset building: Toward inclusive policy (CSD Working Paper No. 16-49). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.
Elliott, W., III, Henly, J. R., Lambert, S. J., Lein, L., Romich, J. L., Shanks, T. R., & Sherraden, M. (2016, September). Policy recommendations for meeting the Grand Challenge to Reduce Extreme Economic Inequality (Grand Challenges for Social Work Initiative Policy Brief No. 10). Cleveland, OH: American Academy of Social Work & Social Welfare. https://doi.org/10.7936/K7NZ874H
More than two decades after Michael Sherraden, PhD, wrote Assets and the Poor – introducing asset building as a new social policy framework – that idea has taken off in numerous directions.
Shanks, T. R., & Robinson, C. (2012). Assets, economic opportunity, and toxic stress: A framework for understanding child and educational outcomes (CSD Working Paper No. 12-22). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.
Adams, D., Nam, Y., Williams Shanks, T. R., Hicks, S., & Robinson, C. (2010). Research on assets for children and youth: Reflections on the past and prospects for the future. Children & Youth Services Review, 32(11), 1617–1621. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.04.002
Williams Shanks, T., Kim, Y., Loke, V., & Destin, M. (2009). Assets and child well-being in developed countries (CSD Working Paper No. 09-66). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.
Williams Shanks, T. R., Johnson, T., & Nicoll, K. (2008). Helping people act on their hopes rather than their fears: Lessons from non-enrollees in the SEED initiative (SEED Research Report). Lawrence: University of Kansas.
Beverly, S. G., Sherraden, M., Zhan, M., Williams Shanks, T. R., Nam, Y., & Cramer, R. (2008). Determinants of asset building (Report in the series Poor Finances: Assets and Low-Income Households). Washington, DC: Urban Institute, Washington University Center for Social Development, and New America Foundation.
Williams, J. H., Davis, L. E., Johnson, S. D., Williams Shanks, T. R., Saunders, J. A., & Nebbitt, V. E. (2007). Substance use and academic performance among African American high school students. Social Work Research, 31(3), 151–161. doi:10.1093/swr/31.3.151
Ratcliffe, C., Chen, H., Williams Shanks, T. R., Nam, Y., Schreiner, M., Zhan, M., & Sherraden, M. (2007). Assessing asset data on low-income households (Report in the series Poor Finances: Assets and Low-Income Households). Washington, DC: Urban Institute, Washington University Center for Social Development, and New America Foundation.
Curley, J. C., Dabson, B., Henson, E., Lee, A., Miller, K. K., Nathan, L., Shanks, T. R., & Sherraden, M. (2006). Wealth building in rural America: Potential in human diversity (CSD Report No. 06-20). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.
Bailey, J., Curley, J., Edwards, K., Gunn, G., Henson, E., Kagotho, N., … Ulmer, A. (2006). Wealth building in rural America: Programs, policies, research (CSD Report No. 06-21). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.
Jonson-Reid, M., Davis, L., Saunders, J., Williams, T., & Williams, J. H. (2005). Academic self-efficacy among African American youth: Implications for school social work practice. Children and Schools, 27(1), 5–14. doi:10.1093/cs/27.1.5
Williams Shanks, T. R. (2005). The Homestead Act of the nineteenth century and its influence on rural lands (CSD Working Paper No. 05-52). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.
Sherraden, M., McBride, A. M., Johnson, E., Hanson, S., Ssewamala, F., & Williams Shanks, T. (2005). Saving in low-income households: Evidence from interviews with participants in the American Dream Demonstration (CSD Report No. 05-68). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.
Williams Shanks, T. R. (2005). African-American: Building the country, losing the land (CSD Working Paper No. 05-43). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.
Sherraden, M. S., Williams Shanks, T., McBride, A. M., & Ssewamala, F. M. (2004). Overcoming poverty: Supported saving as a household development strategy (CSD Working Paper No. 04-13). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.
Williams, T. R. (2004). The impacts of household wealth on child development (CSD Working Paper No. 04-07). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.
Boddie, S., Sherraden, M., Hoyt, L., Thirupathy, P., Williams Shanks, T., Rice, S., & Sherraden, M. S. (2004). Family saving and community assets: Designing and implementing family-centered, place-based individual development account programs (CSD Report No. 04-19). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.
Williams, T. R. (2003). Asset-building policy as a response to wealth inequality: Drawing implications from the Homestead Act (CSD Working Paper No. 03-05). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.
Williams, T., Davis, L., Miller-Cribbs, J., Saunders, J., & Williams, J.H. (2002). Friends, family and neighborhood: Understanding academic outcomes of African American youth (CSD Working Paper No. 02-6). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.
Davis, L., Ajzen, I., Saunders, J., & Williams, T. (2002). The decision of African American students to complete high school: An application of the theory of planned behavior (CSD Working Paper No. 02-5). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.
Davis, L., Saunders, J., Johnson, S., Miller-Cribbs, J., & Williams, T. (2002). Predicting positive academic intentions among African American males and females (CSD Working Paper No. 02-4). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.
Saunders, J., Davis, L., Williams, T., & Miller-Cribbs, J. (2002). Gender differences in self-perceptions and academic outcomes: A study of African American high school students (CSD Working Paper No. 02-10). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.
Williams, T. (2001). Inequality and child well-being: Implications for research (CSD Report No. CYSAPD 01-2). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.
Williams, T. (2001). Family structure and behavior: Implications for research on a CYSAPD (CSD Report No. CYSAPD 01-8). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.
Williams, T. (2000). The Homestead Act: A major asset-building policy in American history (CSD Working Paper No. 00-9). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.