Research and Engagement
Social Work Research and Engagement
School of Social Work faculty are actively researching many topics, including those listed in the following section. NC State’s citation index lists publications and presentations by individual faculty members and by School of Social Work faculty as a whole.
The School of Social Work actively engages with community organizations and professional societies. For example, we partner with over 150 public, nonprofit, and private agencies to provide opportunities for students to engage in professional service, professional associations, and communities. We also participate in the Social Work Coalition on NC Workforce Development and in the development of North Carolina’s Public Service Leadership Program.
The news articles at the bottom of this page describe some of our recent research and engagement activities.
Selected School of Social Work Research Topics
- Social Work Practice Areas
- adult mental health and help-seeking
- community development
- families and children
- child mental health and well-being
- child welfare
- fatherhood
- gay and lesbian families
- intimate partner violence
- kinship care
- financial social work
- asset building
- financial literacy
- fundraising and philanthropy
- gerontology
- gambling addiction
- human trafficking
- mental health services
- nonprofit management
- sport social work
- writing in social work
- Social work practice approaches
- anti-racist practice
- engagement with clergy
- mitigating racial inequities in service provision
- promoting positive psychosocial and developmental outcomes among diverse populations
- trauma-informed practice
- Research and evaluation
- practice and program evaluation
- quantitative research methods
- Other topics
- emotional intelligence
- voting rights
