Social work professor forum speaker March 23
Dr. Christina Gringeri, associate professor of social work at the University of Utah, will present "Social Work in the Twenty-First Century: Riding the Waves of Immigration, or Missing the Boat?" at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 23, in Bluffton University's Founders Hall. Free and open to the public, the forum is part of the Smucker Lecture Series.
Gringeri's address will explore the profession of social work and where it fits in the immigration debate in the United States. She will also speak at an afternoon workshop focusing on health care reform in the U.S.
Gringeri completed her doctoral work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with her dissertation focused on rural families, home-based work, and economic development. At the University of Utah, she teaches courses in social policy and health policy and conducts research about such topics as women, work and poverty, and social capital. She also does feminist and qualitative research in social work.
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