Recent Faculty Presentations

Harris, M. S. “Social-Emotional Development of Young Children.” Creating System Change in Early Childhood Mental Health Seminar: First 5 Fundamentals of Pierce County, Greater Lakes Mental Health Care, Lakewood, WA, October 23, 2009.

Harris, M. S.  Implementation of the Remediation Plan (Summer 2009 Status Update) for the Washington State Racial Disproportionality Advisory Committee.  Infant Mental Health Court Policy Group, Children’s Home Society, Seattle, WA, July 18, 2009.

Harris, M. S. Disproportionality in Education and Employment Outcomes of Adult Foster Care Alumni. Summer Institute: Aging Out of the Child Welfare System—Experiences, Outcomes, and Interventions for Youth of Color. University of Pittsburg, School of Social Work, Center on Race and Social Problems, Pittsburg, PA, July 10, 2009.

Emlet, C.A.(June,2009). Living with HIV/AIDS: Issues for Older Adults. Presented at the 16th Annual HIV Clinical Update Conference for Nurses. Seattle, WA.

Harris, M. S. & Crofoot, T. (April, 2009). “Native Americans and African Americans: Over-Represented in Washington State Child Welfare.” 27th Annual American Indian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, April 19-22, Reno, Nevada.

Cummings, S. M., Kropf, N., Maramaldi, P., Yoon,  E., DeCoster, V.  & Emlet, C.  (November, 2008).  Evidenced-Based Psychosocial Interventions for Older Adults with Chronic Health Conditions. Symposium presented at the 61st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America. November 21-25, National Harbor Maryland.

Emlet, C. A. & Tozay, S. (November, 2008). "I Take Care of Myself, I Ain't Ready to Die: Resilience and Strengths in HIV-Infected Older Adults. A paper presented at the 61st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America. November 21-25, National Harbor Maryland.

Emlet, C. A. & Gerkin, A. (November, 2008). Serving Older Adults in the HIV/AIDS Epidemic: A Pilot Survey of Area Agencies on Aging in Washington State. Poster presented at the 61st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America. November 21-25, National Harbor Maryland.

“African Americans and Native Americans: Disproportionate Representation in State Child Welfare.” ( M. S. Harris & Tom Crofoot). 54th Annual Program Meeting, Council on Social Work Education, Philadelphia, PA, October 30, 2008-November 2, 2008.

“American Indians and African Americans: Overrepresentation in Child Welfare in Washington State.” (M. S. Harris & Tom Crofoot). Annual Conference of the American Indian Alaska Native Social Work Educators’ Association, Philadelphia, PA, October 30, 2008.

Emlet, C. A."Complications of Living Longer with HIV: The Impact on Long-term Survivors" on November 10, 2008. The lecture was also webcase nationally and can be found at: http://129.170.61.64/AIDS.htm.The lecture was supported by the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and the AIDS Education & Training Center for New Hampshire.

Emlet, C. A. (2008). "HIV, Aging and Stigma". Keynote address delivered at HIV and Aging in a Time of Uncertainty. A University of California, San Francisco Community Forum. San Francisco, CA., October 23, 2008.

Harris, M.S.(July 31, 2008). Testimony provided at "Hearing on Racial Disproportionality in Foster Care" to U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support. Washington, DC: B-318 Rayburn House Office Building. Dr. Harris was invited to testify at this hearing by Representative Jim McDermott (D-WA), Chairman-Income Security and Family Support Subcommittee.

Harris, M.S., & Judge Patricia Clark. "Washington State Disproportionality Advisory Committee: An Overview of the Work." Symposium on Racial Disproportionality, University of Washington, School of Law & Kane Hall, Seattle, WA, June 26 & 27, 2008.

Emlet,C.A. (June, 2008). The graying of HIV/AIDS: Challenges and Opportunities. Keynote address given at the Casey House Foundation Annual General Meeting, Toronto, Ontario Canada.

M.S. Harris, Marvin Charles, & Dan Comsia."Healthy Families & Communication: Increased Cohesion, Reduced Violence." Strengthening the Family Summit, Brockey Conference Center, South Seattle Community College, Seattle, WA, March 25, 2008.

Little, J., Heckman, T.G. & Emlet,C.A. (March 2008). AIDS related shame in older adults living with HIV/AIDS. Poster presented at the 29th Annual Meeting and Scientific Session of the Society for Behavioral Medicine. San Diego, CA.

Emlet, C.A., McNally, J., Goodkin, K., Effros, R., Poindexter, C., Zablotsky, D., & Quinn, P. (November 2007). Aging and HIV Infection: A Synthesis of Gerontology and Infectious Disease. A pre-conference workshop presented at the 60th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of American, San Francisco, CA.

Emlet, C.A.(November, 2007). Experiences of Stigma Among Older Adults Living with HIV/AIDS: Results from a Mixed-Methods study. In C. Emlet (Chair) Multiple Research Methods Applied to Understanding the Stigma and Disclosure experiences of HIV-infected Persons 50+ Years of Age. A Symposium presented at the 60th Annual Scientific Meeting of Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, CA.

Emlet, C.A.(October, 2007). Truth and consequences. Serostatus disclosure among older adults with HIV/AIDS. Paper presented at the 53rd, Annual Program meeting of the Council on Social Work Education. San Francisco, CA.

Lazzari, M.M ,H.V., Collins, K.S., & Alvarez, A.R. (October 2007). "What about Women?" A Feminist Historical perspective on the CSWE Women's Commission/Council. Paper presented at the 53rd Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education. San Francisco.

Sarnoff, K.S., Collins, K.S., Arguello, T., & Lazzari, M.M (October 2007). "Just" Leadership for Social Change: Calling All Students. Series Session presented at the 53rd Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education. San Francisco.

Emlet, C.A.(November, 2006). "You're Awfully Old to Have This Disease": Ageism and HIV Stigma in Older Adult Living with HIV/AIDS. Paper presented at the 59th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America. Dallas, Texas.

Emlet, C. A. (January, 2006). Understanding Stigma and Disclosure Among Older Adults Living with HIV/AIDS.. Paper presented at the 10th annual conference of the Society for Social Work and Research. San Antonio, Texas.

Amundson, K., Jackson, R. and Lazzari, M., (November, 2005). Not Just Jailbirds: Another View of Juvenile Justice for Incarcerated Young Women. Presented at the 23rd Annual Baccalaureate Social Work Education Conference, BSW Education: Rounding Up Resources to Strengthen and Preserve Children and Families, Austin, TX.

Harris, M. S. and Wilson, D., (October, 2005). Addressing Disproportionality in the Child Welfare System. Reasonable Efforts Symposium: Best Practices in Dependency, Tacoma, WA.

Harris, M. S., (September, 2004). Engaging african american birth mothers to promote child well-being. Raising Kin: The Psychosocial Well-Being of Substance-Affected Children in Relative Care conference, Chicago, IL.

Harris, M. S., Outlaw, G., Lie, G., Weaver, H., Raheim, S., & Hernandez, V. R., (February, 2004). Women of Color in the Academy. 50th Annual Program Meeting, Council on Social Work Education, Anaheim, CA.

Harris, M. S., Outlaw, G., Alvarez, A. R., Simon, B. L., & Lazzari, M. M., (February, 2004). Feminist Thriving in the Academy: Making the 'Poor Fit' Fit!. 50th Annual Program Meeting, Council on Social Work Educaiton, Anaheim, CA.

Harris, M. S., (February, 2004). Symposium Chair. Women's Symposium: HIV/AIDS and Service Delivery in Domestic Violence Shelters (M. A. Rountree-ANTAR); Recovery and Resilience in Female Incest Survivors (K. M. Anderson); Soul Refuge: A Faith-Based Intervention for African American Survivors of Domestic Violence (K. A. Brade, H. Fischle, & T. B. Bent-Goodley). 50th Annual Program Meeting, Council on Social Work Education, Anaheim, CA.

Emlet, C. A., (February, 2004). Social support and stigma in HIV infected elders. Paper presented at the 2nd National Gerontological Social Work Conference held in conjunction with the Council on Social Work Education's 50th Annual Program Meeting, Anaheim, CA.

Lazzari, M. M., (October, 2003). Diversity in the 21st Century: Power in Partnerships Presentation at ACE-Atlanta: Educating for all One Nation Addressing a National Imperative: WHY WE CAN'T WAIT. Atlanta, GA.

Emlet, C. A., (October, 2003). Examining social support and stigma in older adults living with HIV/AIDS. A paper presented at the 10th Annual Washington Joint Conference on Health. Yakima, Washington.

Emlet, C. A., (September, 2003). Study of Social Support among Older Adults Living with HIV. A paper presented at the 5th National Conference on HIV and Aging. Scottsdale, Arizona.

Harris, M. S., (July 2003). Informal Kinship Care: Views of Caregivers, Children and Biological Parents. Presented at the fourth National Kinship Care Conference. Philadelphia, PA.

Harris, M. S., (May 2003). Keynote Speech Presented at the Department of Health and Social Services Kinship Care Month celebration. Tacoma, WA.

Harris, M. S., (March, 2003). CSWE Series-Commission on the Role and Status of Women, Women in the Academy: A Survial Guide! Presentation at the Council on Social Work Education's 49th Annual Program Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

Lazzari, M. M., (March, 2003). CSWE Series-Commission on the Role and Status of Women, Women in the Academy: A Survial Guide! Presentation at the Council on Social Work Education's 49th Annual Program Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

Linsk, N., Emlet, C. A., Johnson, B., Rydwels, W. (March, 2003). Combatting ageism and AIDSism: How HIV/AIDS affects older adults. A symposium presented at the 2003 Joint Conference of the National Council on the Aging and the American Society on Aging. Chicago, Ill.

Damron-Rodriquez, J., Emlet, C. A., Golden, R. L., Hernandez-Peck, M., (March, 2003). Collaboration between practitioners and academia to enhance education in the field: Lessons from specific projects within the Hartford Geriatric Social Work Initiative. A workshop presented at the 2003 Joint Conference of the National Council on the Aging and the American Society on Aging. Chicago, Ill.

Emlet, C. A., (March, 2003). Perceptions of AIDS stigma in a sample of older adults living with HIV/AIDS. Paper presented at the National Gerontological Social Work Conference held in conjunction with the Council on Social Work Education's 49th Annual Program Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

Harris, M. S. & Courtney, M. E., (January 2003). The Interaction of Race, Ethnicity, and Family Structure with Respect to the Timing of Family Reunification. Paper presented at the seventh annual conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, D.C.

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