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Associate Dean for Research-Practice Partnerships Joyce Dorado has been promoted to Associate Teaching Professor, effective July 1, 2026.

Dorado is Co-Founder and Director of the Center for the Healthy Development of...Read more about Joyce Dorado Promoted to Associate Teaching Professor

We are pleased to announce three new Senate faculty appointments, effective July 1, 2026: Assistant Professors Tess Abrahamson-Richards and Brianna Suslovic, and Associate Teaching Professor Yamile Martí.

Tess Abrahamson-Richards, MPH, earned her PhD in Social Welfare at the University...Read more about New Faculty Appointments: Tess Abrahamson-Richards, Yamile Martí, and Brianna Suslovic

Doctoral student Michelle Zaragoza has been selected as a fellow in the 2026–2027 California State University Chancellor’s Doctoral...Read more about Michelle Zaragoza Selected for CSU Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program Fellowship

Joymara Coleman (MSW ’17) is an Emergency Psychiatric Clinician at the Alameda County Youth Crisis Stabilization Unit in San Leandro, where she works with young people and families during moments of crisis and transition. Inspired in part by her experiences growing up in the...Read more about Alumni Profile: Joymara Coleman (MSW '17)

A film series based on the LGBTQ+ aging research of Professor Angie Perone has received a 2026 Communicator Award of Distinction and a Bronze Telly Award.

Created in collaboration with filmmaker Beth Vitalis, the...Read more about Film Series Featuring Angie Perone’s LGBTQ+ Aging Research Receives National Recognition

Associate Professor Jamie Chang co-authored new research examining how homeless encampment sweeps in Oakland changed following the 2024 Supreme Court decision in Grants Pass v. Johnson.

Published in...Read more about Jamie Chang Co-Authors New Berkeley Research on Oakland Encampment Sweeps

For Jude M. Antonyappan (PhD '96) pursuing a doctoral degree in social welfare at UC Berkeley was “not simply an educational journey; it was both a beginning and a culmination of an expansive pathway of learning...Read more about Alumni Profile: Jude M. Antonyappan (PhD '96)

Associate Professor Jamie Chang was recently featured in the San Jose Mercury News discussing the rise of vehicular homelessness in the Bay Area and the role safe parking programs can play in supporting...Read more about Jamie Chang on Safe Parking Programs and Vehicular Homelessness

During an April 29 hearing of the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Representative Danny K. Davis (Illinois) recognized research from UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare’s Transition-Age Youth Research and Evaluation Hub (TAY-Hub)...Read more about Congressional Hearing Highlights UC Berkeley's Transition-Age Youth Research and Evaluation Hub

Jeffrey L. Edleson, former dean of the UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare, and colleague Dr. Emma Katz of the United Kingdom have had a new article accepted for publication in the Journal...Read more about Jeffrey Edleson Co-Authors Article on Domestic Violence and International Child Protection

An interim evaluation of California’s CalAIM (California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal) initiative examines the state’s effort to integrate health care with social supports such as housing, nutrition, and care coordination.

The evaluation focuses on implementation of key CalAIM...Read more about Emmeline Chuang helps lead statewide evaluation of California’s CalAIM reforms

UC Berkeley Social Welfare undergraduate major Charles Long has been awarded the 2026 University Medal, the campus’s highest honor for a graduating senior. A double major in social welfare and sociology, Long was recognized for his academic excellence, leadership, and commitment to advancing...Read more about Charles Long (BASW '26) Honored with University Medal

The UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare will celebrate the Class of 2026 at its commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 17 at Zellerbach Auditorium. This year’s ceremony...Read more about 2026 Commencement Speakers and Award Recipients

Jeffrey L. Edleson, Distinguished Professor of the Graduate School and Former Dean at the UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare, was invited to speak at the...Read more about Jeffrey Edleson Presents on Intervention Programs at Ending the Violence Conference

Professor Jill Duerr Berrick recently joined WonkCast host Zach Laris for a conversation on child welfare policy, research evidence, and the...Read more about When Policy Outruns Evidence: Jill Duerr Berrick Featured on WonkCast

For Jaxx Bobadilla, an undergraduate in UC Berkeley’s Social Welfare program, research was not always a given. It was something to fit in between classes, work shifts, and the demands of paying for school. Over time, though, a project rooted in Oakland’s educational history became central to...Read more about Undergraduate feature: Jaxx Bobadilla explores Freedom Schools and educational equity in Oakland

In a recent KQED Forum episode, experts including child welfare scholar Jill Duerr Berrick examine the challenges facing the foster care system following a recent child death in Santa...Read more about KQED Forum with Jill Duerr Berrick: How Can We Better Care for Foster Youth?

Assistant Professor Kristina Lovato delivered a keynote address at the University of Minnesota’s Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare 2026 Spring Conference,...Read more about Kristina Lovato Delivers Keynote on Child Welfare and Immigration Enforcement

Daniel Webster, project scientist and principal investigator of the California Child Welfare Indicators Project (CCWIP), was invited to visit Monash University in...Read more about Daniel Webster of CCWIP Shares Child Welfare Data Expertise in Australia

UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare alum Shiree Teng (BA ’93, Psychology and Social Welfare) has been selected as the recipient of the Rosalie M. Stern Award, recognizing her outstanding contributions to public service.

The...Read more about Shiree Teng (BA '93) Honored with Rosalie M. Stern Award