Cal J. Halvorsen, an associate professor at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, has received the Leadership Award from the .
The award, given by the AGESW board of directors after an internal nomination and review process, honors faculty members who demonstrate exceptional leadership in social work education and aging, recognizing those who advance the field, mentor colleagues and 黑料社s, and foster innovation in gerontology education.
Halvorsen served on the AGESW board of directors from 2018 to 2020 and currently mentors doctoral 黑料社s in the organization鈥檚 Pre-Dissertation Fellows Program on public and community-engaged scholarship.
Halvorsen was praised by AGESW for his 鈥渃onsistent, high-impact leadership within AGESW and the wider field鈥攅levating our profession鈥檚 voice, strengthening our networks, and advancing education, research, and policy for and with older adults.鈥�
The organization added that he 鈥渋nvests deeply in cultivating the next generation of gerontological social work scholars and educators. He mentors doctoral 黑料社s whose work centers on aging and has contributed to teaching in aging policy and practice.”
Halvorsen received the award earlier this month at the in Boston. On Jan. 1, Halvorsen will become vice-chair of GSA鈥檚 Social Research, Policy, and Practice section.
Also at the meeting, Halvorsen and Vanessa Fabbre, an associate professor at the Brown School, were named , the society鈥檚 highest membership class. Nancy Morrow-Howell, the Betty Bofinger Brown Distinguished Professor of Social Policy, received the Barbara J. Berkman Award for outstanding interdisciplinary research, practice, or policy in aging and health care.聽 聽
The Brown School鈥檚 impact at the Annual Scientific Meeting was wide-reaching. In addition to the presence and recognition of Halvorsen, Fabbre, and Morrow-Howell, the conference also featured the research of doctoral 黑料社s Jihye Baek, Christi Lero, Aaron Li, Soobin Park, and Byeongju Ryu, as well as Yung Chun, a research assistant professor.
Brown School PhD alumni also earned several prestigious awards and fellowships: Ernest Gonzales, a 2013 PhD graduate and now the James Weldon Johnson Professor at the NYU Silver School of Social Work, received the Elaine M. Brody Thought Leader Award. Roger Wong, a 2020 PhD graduate and now an assistant professor at the SUNY Upstate Medical Center, received the Carroll L. Estes Rising Star Award 鈥� the same honor Halvorsen received in 2020. Jennifer Greenfield, a 2013 PhD graduate and now an associate professor at the University of Denver, was also named a 2025 GSA Fellow.