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The Must-Attend Fall Conference For Veterans Across The United States

The State of the American Veteran Conference will set the tone for the future of U.S. veterans.

Nearly a decade ago, the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work opened the Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families (CIR). From the outset, CIR’s mission has been to “enhance the visibility and impact of research, education and outreach to inform policies and practices affecting veterans and their families.”

USC was among the first research universities to offer a large-scale social work program to increase the number of social workers specifically trained to meet the needs of veterans and their families. […]

By |July 19th, 2017|Events, News, SAVC|0 Comments

USC professors discuss LGBT service members

June is LGBT Pride Month and Assistant Professor Jeremy Goldbach and Associate Professor Carl Castro, both with the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, discuss their latest Department of Defense-funded study on active-duty lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender service members. The Military Acceptance Project is a joint effort between USC and UCLA researchers. The two-phase study will include qualitative interviews and quantitative surveys with LGBT service members from each of the four military branches (Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines). In this segment, the professors discuss the importance of studying this population and how they hope this study will build […]

By |June 9th, 2017|Audio, News, Research|0 Comments