Faculty News
Professor and James and Noel Browne Endowed Chair Shaun Eack published “Cognitive Enhancement Interventions Are Effective for Schizophrenia: Why Not Provide Them Early?” with coauthor Matcheri S. Keshavan in the journal World Psychiatry.
Associate Professor Rafael Engel and doctoral student Soobin Kim, along with their collaborator, Chulhee Kang of Yonsei University School of Social Welfare, published “What Convinces Donors? An Analysis of Donation-based Crowdfunding Projects from Nonprofit Charities: The Case of South Korea” in the journal Nonprofit Management & Leadership in December 2021. The article was among Wiley’s top cited papers for 2021-22.
Associate Professor James Huguley coedited the March 2023 issue of the journal Race and Social Problems with Scott Seider, associate professor at Boston College. The special issue focused on the critically important issue of parenting in
multiracial families.
The journal Research on Social Work Practice published the article “Who Are the Top 100 Contributors to Social Work Journal Scholarship? A Global Study on Career Impact in the Profession” by David Hodge and Patricia Turner in November 2022.
Two faculty members from Pitt Social Work are included: Professor Christina Newhill (# 76) and Professor Emeritus Gary Koeske (# 90).
The Pittsburgh Wage Study; contributed to by Social Work faculty Rafael Engel, Sara Goodkind, Soobin Kim, Helen E. Petracchi, and Jeffrey Shook, has published a new report, “‘I Went Back to the Bedside Because We Need to Save Healthcare’: Worker-generated Solutions for the Challenges Facing Hospital Workers.” This report is a follow-up to the April 2022 report, “Leaving the Bedside: Findings from the Pittsburgh Hospital Workers Survey,” which described the experiences of more than 2,000 workers as they navigated increased demands due to COVID-19 and their adjustment to the new and still-changing landscape.