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Faculty March 11, 2023

Shooting for the Moon: Solving the Crisis of Children's Mental Health

More and more children in the U.S. are ending up in emergency rooms because of mental heal…

Professor Hannah Karpman smiles at the camera. She is wearing a blue top and her shoulder length brown hair is down.

Faculty March 08, 2023

Working to Support Families: Professor Marsha Kline Pruett

Professor Marsha Kline Pruett, M.S., M.S.L., Ph.D., ABPP, a specialist in co-parenting and family development who describes her focus as “a broader, more inclusive view of family structures,” has been busily working on building and growing tools and interventions focused on family systems dynamics.

Marsha Kline Pruett stands in front of a blackboard with a diagram reading parent 1, parent 2, child drawn on it.

Faculty March 08, 2023

Supporting Adolescent Mental Health Literacy: Professor Ora Nakash

The disruption, isolation and loss caused by the coronavirus pandemic spurred a youth ment…

Ora Nakash gestures with her hands as she speaks with Ph.D. students.

Faculty March 08, 2023

Bending the System in a Positive Direction: Professor Hannah Karpman

To Assistant Professor Hannah Karpman, M.S.W., Ph.D., the many research and student mentor…

Hannah Karpman teaches a classroom full of students.

Faculty March 08, 2023

Aha Moments in the Classroom: Professor Kenta Asakura

Twenty years after coming to SSW as an M.S.W. student, Kenta Asakura has returned as…

Kenta Asakura leans on a stone pillar. He is wearing a suit.

Faculty March 08, 2023

Radical Love Unlimited: The Research of Professor Loren Cahill

How do you encourage a teenage Black girl’s awareness of Black history and culture, incl…

Loren Cahill stands in front of several paintings at the Colored Girls Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Faculty January 08, 2023

SSW Faculty Awarded 2022 Best Qualitative Article

SSW resident faculty members Annemarie Gockel M.S.W., Ph.D., Peggy O'Neill, Ph.D., L…

Faculty October 05, 2022

JaLisa Williams: Navigating Shared Trauma Through Community Connection

How can social workers navigate the layers of shared trauma and burnout when interacting a…

Faculty July 01, 2022

Associate Professor Rory Crath Awarded Tenure

At its meeting in February, the Smith College Board of Trustees approved tenure reco…

Rory Crath

Faculty January 27, 2022

Professor Marsha Kline Pruett featured on Apple News

Professor Marsha Kline Pruett, M.S., M.S.L., Ph.D., shares five helpful strategies f…