WashU Brown School

10/15/2026

Assistant Professor Mitra Naseh spoke with Iowa Public Radio about how immigration enforcement is worsening the mental and physical health of immigrant communities, with effects that could last for years.

More children from mixed-status families are being separated from their parents through detention or deportation. Researchers and advocates believe the trauma of being split up predisposes a generation to health, academic and economic consequences.

10/15/2026

Congratulations to PhD student Jenika Scott on receiving an honorable mention for the Marie O. Weil Best Article Award!

Scott was lead author of an article in the Journal of Community Practice exploring a workshop developed with and for Congolese refugees to promote safe interactions with police.

Jenika Scott, a doctoral student at WashU’s Brown School, has received an honorable mention for the Marie O. Weil Best Article Award for an article published in the Journal of Community Practice. The article, "A Workshop on Historical Racism, Police Violence and Know Your Rights with Congolese Ref...

10/14/2026

Students with stronger reading skills are better able to spot misinformation online — and that may be especially important for teenagers from disadvantaged backgrounds, according to a new study from the Brown School.

“Reading skills matter most for disadvantaged students,” said Jason Jabbari, an assistant professor at the Brown School and co-author of the study. “The misinformation resistance gap between rich and poor students is largest among weaker readers and shrinks considerably among strong readers.”

The study, “‘Reading between the lies’: Reading achievement, socioeconomic inequality, and adolescents’ resistance to misinformation,” was published in September in the journal Social Science Research.

10/13/2026

Don't miss out! Register today for our November Professional Development workshops!

➡ The Art of Supervision: https://ce.wustl.edu/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&courseId=10439488&parentSite=brown

➡ Fostering Cultural Humility Through Mindfulness: https://ce.wustl.edu/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&courseId=10444354&parentSite=brown

10/13/2026

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Mitra Naseh on this well-deserved recognition!

Naseh has been selected to receive the Beacon Award for Recognition of Excellence in Community from the International Institute St. Louis! She will be honored on Nov. 6 at the institute’s 2026 Ubuntu Gala.

Naseh is the founding director of the Forced Migration Initiative at the Brown School, where her research examines the social and economic integration of forcibly displaced populations. The International Institute of St. Louis is a community partner of the initiative.

Mitra Naseh, an assistant professor at the WashU Brown School, will receive the Beacon Award for Recognition of Excellence in Community from the International Institute of St. Louis. Naseh will be honored on Nov. 6 at the institute’s 2026 Ubuntu Gala, an annual fundraising event celebrating multic...

10/12/2026

Join the WashU Center for Career Engagement’s Virtual Graduate Recruitment Fair on October 22!

Explore graduate programs, learn about admissions requirements, and discover opportunities to receive an application fee waiver.

🔗 Student registration link: https://wustl.joinhandshake.com/edu/career_fairs/69013

10/12/2026

🧠 Get ready to test your trivia skills! 🧠

Join the Buder Center for American Indian Studies for a fun-filled evening of trivia, costumes, prizes, raffles, and more! Trivia Night 2026 takes place on Saturday, November 7, 2026.

📍 Brown Lounge, Brown Hall
🕕 Trivia begins at 6:00 PM | Doors open at 5:00 PM
💵 $25 per person | Tables of 8 players

All proceeds will benefit the 37th Annual Buder Center Powwow on April 10, 2027.

10/12/2026

Join us in congratulating Dr. Sheretta T. Butler-Barnes on these outstanding accomplishments!

Butler-Barnes, a professor and Dean’s Distinguished Professorial Scholar, has been appointed to two national committees. She will serve on the Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA) Publications Committee, which oversees the society's scholarly publications, including the Journal of Research on Adolescence.

She has also been appointed to the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Outstanding Public Communication of Education Research Award Committee for 2026–2028. The committee recognizes scholars who bring education research to the public.

10/09/2026

We hope you’ll join us for this important conversation about the future of social work.

How can adapt for the future? Join us for a special hybrid event with Antoinette Lombard, president of the International Association of Schools of Social Work (Iassw-aiets), and Dorian Traube, dean of the WashU Brown School. In a fireside chat moderated by Michael Sherraden, founder and co-director of CSD, two of the profession's leading voices will discuss how to renew the and prepare for the challenges and opportunities ahead. This event promises to bring fresh insight as the profession faces a turning point.

“Challenges and Opportunities for Social Work's Next Century”
🗓️ 10/26, Noon
🗺️ Hybrid: Brown Lounge, WashU, + Zoom
RSVP: https://csd.wustl.edu/social-works-next-century/

CSD is proud to cosponsor this event with the Global Programs Office of the WashU Brown School.

10/09/2026

Researchers at the Brown School’s Center for Social Development have advocated for automatic enrollment in Trump Accounts.

Professor Jin Huang, CSD co-director, called the administration’s move "a big step" in an interview with the AP, where he discussed the importance of automatic enrollment and the need for further progress.

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