Berkeley Social Welfare Magazine 2020

We didn’t start this year thinking that we would be operating the School of Social Welfare out of our living rooms. But with all of California sheltering in place this spring, the COVID-19 crisis has upended the school year. Despite the disruptions and the many uncertainties, the upheaval of this...Read more about Year of Resilience

I felt a powerful calling to Berkeley's School of Social Welfare the first time I entered Haviland Hall. Berkeley's historic commitment to social justice was in the air and punctuated the vibrancy of the School's mission, programs, faculty, students, staff, and alum. I knew almost instantly that...Read more about Letter from Dean Linda Burton

Experiences of sexuality and reproductive health are both deeply personal and nearly universal; Associate Professor Anu Manchikanti Gómez’s work explores the intersection between individual decisions, medical systems, and social structures.Read more about Choice: Anu Manchikanti Gómez conducts research to advance reproductive self-determination

Since joining the School of Social Welfare last fall, Dean Linda Burton has been working diligently to engage with her new community and collaborate with elected public officials throughout California.Read more about Building Community: Dean Burton's First Year

Esmeralda Cortez Rosales wants to make young women aware of their political power. “If women are half of the population, we should be extremely close to — if not 50% of — all elected officials across the country.” Her path to activism started through a school-based program, IGNITE, which she now...Read more about She's on Fire: Esmeralda Cortez Rosales (BASW ‘19) wants to empower young women to find their political voice

Robert Ayasse is retiring at the end of the semester after nearly 20 years as field consultant and lecturer and 10 years as co-chair of the Pupil Personnel Services Credential (PPSC) program for work as a school social worker in California K-12 public schools.Read more about Faculty Transitions: Robert Ayasse

Student veteran Matthew Smith (BA '18; MSW '20) made the decision to become a social worker in the aftermath of a friend's suicide. If the Veterans' Administration had been able to give his friend the opioid painkillers he OD'd on, Smith wondered, why had they not successfully connected him to...Read more about Always Faithful: Matthew Smith (BA ‘18, MSW ‘20) Helps Fellow Veterans and Others

Associate Professor and Mack Distinguished Professor Emmeline Chuang.Dr. Chuang's research focuses on how health and human service organizations can improve service access and well-being of underserved populations, with a specific focus on: (1) how the nature and quality of inter-organizational...Read more about New Faces: Associate Professor and Mack Distinguished Professor Emmeline Chuang

Kimberly Mayer began her role as CalSWEC Center Director in October 2019. Learn about her professional background, her priorities as Director, and what brought her back to Haviland Hall.Read more about New Faces: Kimberly Mayer, CalSWEC Center Director