FRIDAY
January 16, 2009
4:00 pm - 5:45 pm

Presidential Plenary
Moderators

Sarah Gehlert, PhD
President, SSWR
Helen Ross Professor and
Deputy Dean for Research
School of Social Service Administration
The University of Chicago

James Herbert Williams, PhD
Vice President, Conference Chair, SSWR
Dean and Professor
Graduate School of Social Work
University of Denver

Allen Rubin, PhD
Awards Chair, SSWR
Bert Kruger Smith Centennial
Professor in Social Work
University of Texas, Austin

Flavio Marsiglia, PhD
Board Member, SSWR
Foundation Professor of
Cultural Diversity and Health
SIRC Director, School of Social Work
Arizona State University

Featured Presidential Plenary Speaker
Rick Kittles, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine Department of Medicine, Section of Genetic Medicine The University of Chicago
Presentation of SSWR 2009 Awards
Distinguished Achievement Award
Kathleen Ell, PhD University of Southern California
Ronald Toseland, PhD University at Albany-State University of New York

Deborah K. Padgett Early Career Award

Excellence in Research Award

Outstanding Dissertation Award

Doctoral Fellows Award