My SSWR 2027 Schedule

My sessions at the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) 31st Annual Conference, January 21-24, 2027. All sessions are at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square, and all times are Pacific. Titles link to the conference program.

My sessions

Thursday, January 21

• PreconferenceWeb Scraping with Python and LLMs for Social Work Research: Methods, Ethics, and Legal Considerations8:00-10:00 AM, Golden Gate 7Add to Google CalendarSSRPCB-2, separate fee required, with Cheng Ren (University at Albany)

Friday, January 22

• WorkshopMultimodal AI for Social Work Research: Analyzing Image, Audio, and Video Data Using Large Language Models8:00-9:30 AM, Union Station 21Add to Google CalendarOrganizer and speaker, with Cheng Ren (University at Albany) and Gaurav Sinha (University of Georgia)
• SymposiumPromising Intervention Targets to Advance Culturally Responsive Mental Health Care: Relational Mechanisms, Structural Barriers, and Telemental Health9:45-11:15 AM, Union Station 1 & 2Add to Google CalendarOrganized by Doris Chang (New York University). I present “Conceptualizing Immigrant Help-Seeking in the Digital Age: A Network Episode Model (NEM-IM) Adaptation for Telemental Health Service Use,” and Daniel Baslock (Virginia Commonwealth University) presents our paper on private practice psychotherapists in Alaska
• RoundtableGrand Challenges for Social Work Doctoral Fellows’ Reflections on Knowledge Production and Impact of Social Work Research as Early-Career Scholars2:00-3:30 PM, Union Station 11Add to Google CalendarOrganizer

Saturday, January 23

• WorkshopClaude Code as the Agentic RA: Using AI Coding Agents to Democratize Quantitative Methods in Social Work Research8:00-9:30 AM, Union Station 17 & 18Add to Google CalendarOrganizer, with Andrew Kim (Rutgers University)

Sunday, January 24

• RoundtableTo Use or Not to Use: AI Use in the Manuscript Publication Pipeline for Social Work Journals8:00-9:30 AM, Union Station 13Add to Google CalendarPanelist, organized by Gaurav Sinha (University of Georgia)

Time to be announced

• SIG meetingData Science and Artificial Intelligence Special Interest GroupTBDCo-organizer, with Cheng Ren (University at Albany)

Student presentations

Students I collaborate with are presenting these posters and papers. Please stop by and say hello to them.

Friday, January 22

• PosterWhat Consumers Say about Recovery-Oriented Services: Topic Modeling Analysis of Google Map Reviews of U.S. Mental Health Facilities9:45-11:15 AM, Continental 1-4Add to Google CalendarSubin Na (University of Pennsylvania), Poster Presentations 4

Saturday, January 23

• PosterProvider Characteristics Associated with Therapeutic Support for Psychedelic Services and Ketamine-Assisted Therapy: Evidence from a Therapist Directory4:15-5:45 PM, Continental 1-4Add to Google CalendarSherise McKinney (University of Michigan), Poster Presentations 10
• PosterImplementation of Telemental Health Interventions for Asian Americans: A Scoping Review Using the RE-AIM Framework4:15-5:45 PM, Continental 1-4Add to Google CalendarHaein Son (City University of New York), Poster Presentations 10

Sunday, January 24

• PosterBetween Protection and Control: A Scoping Review of Artificial Intelligence Applications and Ethical Governance in Refugee and Immigrant Services8:00-9:30 AM, Continental 1-4Add to Google CalendarJihye Lee (Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis), Poster Presentations 11
• Oral paperDisparities in Psychotherapist Availability across South Asian Languages in the United States: The Role of Interstate Licensure Compacts9:45-11:15 AM, Union Station 15Add to Google CalendarManvinder Gill (University of Michigan), In the session Advancing Equity in Asian Communities Through Data, Policy, and Practice