Gina Chowa, director of UNC’s Global Social Development Innovations (GSDI) research center, is considered a pioneer in global intervention research, due to her groundbreaking work on the effects of asset ownership on youth and families in resource-limited countries. Her projects … Read more

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work faculty and Chinese social work professionals continue to work together to strengthen the developing field of intervention research and social work practice in China. Professor Mimi Chapman, assistant professor … Read more

Although numerous public and private agencies are working to solve youth unemployment in Africa – a massive problem that affects tens of millions of young people – many of the efforts lack coordination, and in some cases, interventions have never … Read more

As a high school senior, Alice Keyes was thrilled when she landed an internship with a small local newspaper in Black Mountain, just east of Asheville where she lived. For as long as she could remember, Keyes had dreamed of … Read more

At age 40, Annia Cuebas-Colón knows she’s starting a new career later than most, yet she has never been more certain that she is right where she is supposed to be. “Twenty years ago, I never in my life would … Read more