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Any questions? Please contact:

DeeJay Garringo
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11240 Waples Mill Road, Suite 200
Fairfax, VA 22030
703-352-7797
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Presentation Schedules Have Been Sent
Presentation schedule for all speakers/presenters at the SSWR 2012 conference have been sent on Tuesday, September 27, 2011. If you did not receive your presentation schedule, please email DeeJay Garringo, Program Director, at dj@sswr.org.

In addition to the plenary sessions, the program includes more than 600 original symposia, roundtables, workshops, papers, and posters (open to all registrants). The SSWR Board strongly recommends that organizational meetings as well as recruiting and interviewing for academic positions be conducted when presentations are not in session in order to foster maximum participation in the conference.

Wednesday – January 11, 2012

 

4:00pm – 8:00pm

Registration Open

6:30pm – 8:00pm

Welcome to SSWR in DC Reception

Thursday – January 12, 2012

7:30am – 8:00pm

Registration Open

8:00am – 12:00pm

Research Methods Workshops

8:00am – 12:15pm

Special Sessions on Research Priorities & Capacity Building

12:00pm – 5:30pm

Exhibits Open

12:30pm – 1:30pm

Lunch On Your Own

1:30pm – 3:15pm

Symposia / Workshops / Roundtables / Paper Presentations

3:30pm – 5:15pm

Symposia / Workshops / Roundtables / Paper Presentations

5:30pm – 7:00pm

Opening Plenary Session

Welcome and Introductions
Rowena Fong, EdD
SSWR President
University of Texas at Austin

Yoonsun Choi, PhD
SSWR Vice President & Conference Chair
University of Chicago

Opening Plenary
“Building Capacity and Supporting the Search for Solutions: A New Model for Conducting Research that Makes a Difference”
Melissa Roderick, PhD (view bio)
University of Chicago

7:00pm – 8:15pm

Opening Reception

Friday – January 13, 2012

7:30am – 4:00pm

Registration Open

8:00am – 9:45am

Symposia / Workshops / Roundtables / Paper Presentations

10:00am – 11:30am

Invited Symposium

“Promoting Positive Development in Children, Youth, and Families”

Jeff Jenson, PhD (Moderator) (view bio)
University of Denver

Richard Catalano, PhD (view bio)
University of Washington

Neil Guterman, PhD (view bio)
University of Chicago

Mary McKay, PhD (view bio)
New York University

10:00am – 11:45am

Symposia / Workshops / Roundtables / Paper Presentations

11:30am – 7:45pm

Exhibits Open

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Lunch On Your Own

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Special Interest Group Meetings I

1:15pm – 2:15pm

Aaron Rosen Lecture

"Transforming An Aging Society"

Nancy Morrow-Howell, PhD (view bio)
Washington University in St. Louis

2:30pm – 4:00pm

Invited Symposium

“Race and Ethnicity in Research and Practice: What Difference Have We Made?”

Rowena Fong, EdD (Moderator) (view bio)
University of Texas at Austin

Karina Walters, PhD (view bio)
University of Washington

Sean Joe, PhD (view bio)
University of Michigan

Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD (view bio)
New York University

2:30pm – 4:15pm

Symposia / Workshops / Roundtables / Paper Presentations

4:30pm – 6:00pm

Presidential Plenary and Awards Presentation

Introduction
Rowena Fong, EdD
SSWR President
University of Texas at Austin

Presidential Plenary
“Promoting Social and Emotional Well-Being for Vulnerable Children and Youth: What We Know and Where We Are Going”
Bryan Samuels, MS (view bio)
Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

2012 Awards Presentation
Rowena Fong, EdD
SSWR President
University of Texas at Austin
Distinguished Career Achievement Award

Wendy Auslander, PhD
SSWR Awards Co-Chair
Washington University in St. Louis
Deborah K. Padgett Early Career Award
Doctoral Fellows Award

Jeff Jenson, PhD
SSWR Awards Co-Chair
University of Denver
Excellence in Research Award
Outstanding Social Work Dissertation Award

6:00pm – 7:45pm

President’s Reception (musical performance by The Friendly Visitors Band)

6:00pm – 7:45pm

Poster Presentations I

Saturday – January 14, 2012

8:00am – 2:00pm

Registration Open

8:00am – 9:45am

Symposia / Workshops / Roundtables / Paper Presentations

9:30am – 2:30pm

Exhibits Open

10:00am – 11:30am

Invited Symposium

“Shaping Public Policy: Poverty and Low Income Families”

Roberta Iversen, PhD (Moderator) (view bio)
University of Pennsylvania

Daniel Meyer, PhD (view bio)
University of Wisconsin, Madison

Susan Lambert, PhD (view bio)
University of Chicago

Yolanda Padilla, PhD (view bio)
University of Texas at Austin

10:00am – 11:45am

Symposia / Workshops / Roundtables / Paper Presentations

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Lunch On Your Own

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Special Interest Group Meetings II

1:00pm – 2:15pm

Doctoral Student Panel and Reception

“Influencing Change: Using Research to Impact Social Policy”

Congressman Edolphus Towns, MSW
U.S. Representative (D), New York 10th District

Michael Sherraden, PhD
Washington University in St. Louis

Randy Capps, PhD
Urban Institute and Migration Policy Institute

2:30pm – 4:00pm

Invited Symposium

“Research and Career Development to Make A Difference: Stories from Mid-Career Scholars”

Yoonsun Choi, PhD (Moderator) (view bio)
University of Chicago

Taryn Lindhorst, PhD (view bio)
University of Washington

Seana Golder, PhD (view bio)
University of Louisville

Yoosun Park, PhD (view bio)
Smith College

Kristen Shook Slack, PhD (view bio)
University of Wisconsin, Madison

2:30pm – 4:15pm

Symposia / Workshops / Roundtables / Paper Presentations

4:30pm – 6:15pm

Symposia / Workshops / Roundtables / Paper Presentations

6:15pm – 8:00pm

Reception

6:15pm – 8:00pm

Poster Presentations II

Sunday – January 15, 2012

7:30am – 8:30am

Membership Meeting and Breakfast

8:45am – 10:30am

Symposia / Workshops / Roundtables / Paper Presentations

10:45am – 12:15pm

Symposia / Workshops / Roundtables / Paper Presentations

12:15pm

Conference Ends

 

 

   
 

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