
ALT Affiliates of the Center for Social Development pause for a photo after “Social and Institutional Determination of Asset Building Over a Life Course,” a symposium convened as part of the 30th annual conference of the Society for Social Work and Research Washington, DC, January 17, 2026. Pictured are Julie Birkenmaier (left), Trina Shanks, Youngmi Kim, Jin Huang, Michael Sherraden, Stephen Roll, Mathieu Despard, Lissa Johnson, Yung Kim, and Haotian Zheng. Photo courtesy of Lissa Johnson.

ALT A coalition of researchers is testing strategies for reducing vulnerability to labor trafficking in Malawi and Zambia through an evidence- and community-informed financial capability intervention. The research team gathered for dinner during the 30th annual conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC, January 17, 2026. Photo courtesy of Lissa Johnson.

ALT The Grand Challenges for Social Work initiative’s network to build financial capability and assets for all convened a Special Interest Group session at the 30th annual conference of the Society for Social Work and Research Washington, DC, January 17, 2026. Photo courtesy of Lissa Johnson.

ALT Jin Huang (left), Jewel D. Stafford, Pamela L. Begay, and Dan Ferris at “Advancing Racial Equity Through Practice and Practicum Partnerships,” a Special Interest Group Session convened by Stafford, Ferris, and Begay at the 30th annual conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC, January 16, 2026. Huang is the Irving Louis Horowitz Professor in Social Policy at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) and Co-Director of the Center for Social Development (CSD) at WashU; Stafford is Teaching Professor and Assistant Dean of Practicum Engaged Scholarship in the WashU Brown School and Co-Director of Policy Education and Practice at CSD; Pamela L. Begay is Associate Professor of Practice and Director of the Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies at the WashU Brown School; Dan Ferris is Associate Professor of Practice in the WashU Brown School and Co-Director of Policy Education and Practice at CSD. Photo courtesy of Jin Huang.


















































