The governing board of husITa is extremely excited to announce Alexis Speck Glennon, LCSW-R, as the next Chair of the Board. Here is a short Bio for Alexis: Alexis Speck Glennon, LCSW-R is a Doctor of Social Work candidate at the University at Buffalo, Core Faculty at Union Institute and University, and private practice practitioner. Her research area is digital…
Winners of the Best Human Services App Award 2022
By Oluwagbemiga Oyinlola, August 29, 2022 The Human service Information Technology association (husITa) is very delighted to announce the winners of the Best Human Services App Award for 2022. The association have designed the award to recognize outstanding software applications that supports the mission of husITa which is promoting the ethical and effective use of information technology to better serve humanity.…
Episode 13 of the husITa Podcast
Year in Review, Indefinite Hiatus, & Enhancing New Media Literacies through a Participatory Learning Environment Author: Jimmy A. Young, PhD This month’s episode is rather different. I found it challenging to secure a guest for December given that I really only have/had the first two weeks of this month to conduct an interview, and nothing really materialized. Therefore, I took…
2021 Best App Award
husITa is proud to announce the Best Human Service Application Awards. The purpose of this competition is to recognize outstanding software applications that support husITa’s mission– promoting the ethical and effective use of information technology to better serve humanity. Description This award recognizes outstanding software applications (app) that support husITa’s mission, i.e., promoting the ethical and effective use of information…
Episode 12 of the husITa Podcast
Leveraging Technology to Reduce Literacy Barriers on Social Health Screening Tools: An Interview with Dr. Kaprea Johnson and Dr. Dana Brookover Author: Jimmy A. Young, PhD In this month’s episode I interview Dr. Kaprea Johnson and Dr. Dana Brookover about their article “Leveraging Technology to Reduce Literacy Barriers on Social Health Screening Tools: Implications for Human Service Professionals and Administrators,”…
Episode 11 of the husITa Podcast
husITa Pioneers Project Part One: An interview with Walter LaMendola and Hein DeGraaf from the 2018 husITa Conference in Dublin, Ireland Author: Jimmy A. Young, PhD This month’s episode is just a bit different as we have guest host Jonathan Singer from the Social Work Podcast coming back to the future from the husITa Dublin conference in 2018. Dr. Singer…
Episode 10 of the husITa Podcast
Incorporating Facebook into Nonprofit Supports for Family Caregivers: An Interview with Liam O’Sullivan and Zoe Hughes Author: Jimmy A. Young, PhD In this month’s episode I interview Liam O’Sullivan and Zoe Hughes about their article “Incorporating Facebook into Nonprofit Supports for Family Caregivers: Reflections on its value and relevance,” which was published in the Journal of Technology in Human Services…
Episode 9 of the husITa Podcast
LGBTQ+ Youths’ Community Engagement and Resource Seeking Online versus Offline: An Interview with Dr. Lauren McInroy Author: Jimmy A. Young, PhD In this month’s episode I interview Dr. Lauren McInroy and discuss the article “LGBTQ+ Youths’ Community Engagement and Resource Seeking Online versus Offline,” which was published in the Journal of Technology in Human Services in 2019 with coauthors Dr.…
Episode 8 of the husITa Podcast
Virtual support groups among adoptive parents: An Interview with Dean Justin “Jay” Miller Author: Jimmy A. Young, PhD In this month’s episode I interview Dean Justin “Jay” Miller and discuss the article “Virtual support groups among adoptive parents: Ideal for information seeking?,” which was published in the Journal of Technology in Human Services in 2019. Dr. Miller is the Dean…
Episode 7 of the husITa Podcast
Data-Driven Service Delivery: An Interview with Dr. Kristin Ferguson, Dr. Carter Wang, and Elizabeth Mody PhDc Author: Jimmy A. Young, PhD In this month’s episode I was fortunate enough to interview Kristin Ferguson, Carter Wang, and Elizabeth Mody and discuss their article “Data-Driven Service Delivery: Using Population and Coalition Data to Reengage Opportunity Youth in Career and Educational Pathways,” which…