The Department of Social Work Monthly Seminar is a platform where academic staff, graduate students, and researchers in the field or other academic institutes share their research findings on social work practice or policy related issues and exchange critical feedbacks.
The monthly seminar is usually held every third Monday, at 4:30pm in the meeting room of the Department of Social Work. If interested to present or attend, please contact the coordinator of the seminar Dr. Choo Hyekyung (; 6516-4421)
Schedule for Semester 1, 2008/2009
15 September 2008, Monday 3:00-4:15 pm, Social Work Department Meeting Room
Presenter: Mr. Ivan Woo M. H.,
Title: Bereavement Experience of Chinese Widowers in Hong Kong after Conjugal Loss
24 November 2008, Monday 4:00-5:30 pm, Venue: To be announced
Presenter: Associate Professor Joretha Bourjolly, PhD, MSW, Associate Dean of School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania, USA.
Title: Evaluating Cultural Competency among Behavioral and Mental Health Service Providers
11 December 2008, Thursday 4:00-5:30 pm, Venue: To be announced
Presenter: Professor Irwin Epstein, PhD, MSW, Helen Rehr Professor of Applied Social Work Research, Hunter College School of Social Work , City University of New York, USA.
Title: (To be announced in October )
Schedule for Semester 2, 2007/2008
21 January 2008 (Monday), 4:00-5:30pm, Social Work Department Meeting Room
Presenter: Choo, Hyekyung, PhD, Visiting Fellow, Department of Social Work, NUS
Title: Foreign-born adolescents in Singapore and their health risk behaviors: Similarities and differences in risk factors between foreign-born and Singapore-born adolescents
4 February 2008 (Monday), 4:00-5:30pm, Social Work Department Meeting Room
Presenter: Rosemary Sarri, PhD, Professor, School of Social Work, University of Michigan, USA
Title: to be announced
17 March 2008 (Monday), 4:00-5:30pm, Venue will be announced
Presenter: Cindy Rowe, PhD, Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami, USA
Title: to be announced
28 April 2008 (Monday), 4:00-5:30pm, Social Work Department Meeting Room
Presenter: Srinivasan Chokkanathan, PhD, Post Doctoral Fellow, Social Work Department, NUS
Title: Structural and Patriarchal Factors Associated with Wife Abuse in Tamilnadu, India
Schedule for Semester 1, 2007/2008
27 August 2007, Mon, 4:00-5:30pm
Presenter: Dr. Murli Desai, Department of Social Work, NUS
Title: Findings of a Comparative Study of Child Protection Situation and Measures in Goa and Singapore
17 September 2007, Mon, 4:00-5:30pm
Presenter: Dr. Julie Cwikel,
Title: The Global Phenomenon in Trafficking in Women for Sex Work - Social Epidemiological Findings from a Series of Studies
15 October 2007, Mon, 4:00-5:30pm
Presenter and Title to be announced.
Schedule for Semester 2, 2006/2007
March 19, 2007
Presenter: Mr. George Oheneba Mainoo. Doctoral Student, Department of Social Work
Topic: "A study of factors affecting adolescent perceptions of psychosocial adjustment after parental divorce in Ghana".
Venue: Department of Social Work, Meeting Room
January 15, 2007
Presenter: Douglas A. Gentile, Ph.D, Asst Prof of Psychology, iowa State University.
Topic: "Video Game Ratings: What can be ,earnt from the errors of the American rating systems?"
Schedule for Semester 1, 2006/2007
November 27, 2006
Presenter: Ms Sudha Nair, PHD Candidate, The Department of Social Work, NUS
Topic: "Living with Family Violence: The Life Stories of Juvenile Delinquents and Their Siblings"
November 13, 2006
Presenter: Dr. Tan Bee Wan, CEO, Integrative Learning Corporation Pte. Ltd.
Topic: "Trends and patterns of corporate giving to charities in Singapore"
October 23, 2006
Presenter: Dr. Irene Ng, Assistant Professor, The Department of Social Work, NUS
Topic: “Where juvenile serious offenders live: A neigborhood analysis of Wayne County, Michigan"
September 18, 2006
Presenter: Dr. Ng Guat Tin, Assistant Professor, The Department of Social Work, NUS
Topic: "Family Caregiving in Singapore: Caregiver/care recipient profile and caregiving activities"
August 21, 2006
Presenter: Mr. Srinivasan Chokkanathan, PhD candidate, Department of Social Work, NUS
Topic: "Resources, Stressors, Depressive symptoms and Life satisfaction among the older adults in Urban Chennai". |
