College of Health and Human Services

Jeffrey Shears, director of the Social Work Research Consortium in the College of Health and Human Services Department of Social Work, recently participated in a national Web forum that examined the experience of black American families.
He was selected by the Urban Institute and Fathers Incorporated to participate in the forum, which was funded by the Open Society Foundation’s Campaign for Black Achievement. The event revisited the landmark 1965 analysis “The Negro Family: The Case for National Action.”

Russell Kirby, Marrell Endowed Chair in Down Syndrome Research in the College of Public Health at the University of South Florida, will present “Spatial Perspectives on Public Health” from 12:30 to 2 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 5, in the College of Health and Human Services, Room 145.