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Elizabeth Chambliss set a goal to improve South Carolina’s civil justice system after the state in 2016 ranked last in the nation for access to civil legal assistance. But first, she needed data and personal accounts to fully illustrate how underserved communities in South Carolina were affected by their poor access to legal services for civil cases, which relate to topics like housing and family law.
- With funding from organizations including the S.C. Bar and the S.C. Access Commission, Chambliss and other partners conducted research and compiled the state’s first civil legal needs assessment, which she hopes will be used to strengthen legal service partnerships in South Carolina.
What she’s saying: “We wanted to start a conversation — and bring together the many conversations that were already happening — about how to improve access to civil legal assistance in South Carolina. The goal now is to identify priorities and build coalitions for implementing positive change,” Elizabeth Chambliss, Henry Harman Edens Professor of Law and director of the School of Law's Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough Center on Professionalism.
Read more about Elizabeth Chambliss' work to improve access to civil legal assistance.
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Business professor Luv Sharma is clearly not a medical doctor, but his experience and expertise were the perfect combination for creating an intervention for kidney transplant patients at a major U.S. hospital.
- The key goals of the project were to create a self-improving and sustainable process that would improve outcomes for the patients.
- Before their intervention began, Sharma’s team looked at kidney transplants over a four-year period (2001-05) and found that almost a third of transplant recipients returned to the hospital because of post-surgical complications.
Why it matters: The kidney is the most transplanted organ in the U.S. with more than 20,000 transplants each year, according to the National Kidney Foundation. It’s also the organ with the longest transplant waiting list of more than 100,000 potential recipients.
Learn more about Luv Sharma's work to improve outcomes for kidney transplant patients.
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Julian R. Williams, vice president for for diversity, equity and inclusion, has been named an American Council on Education Fellow for the 2023-24 academic year.
- Williams is one of 36 fellows selected after nomination by the senior administration of the fellows' institutions and a rigorous application process.
What they're saying: “The ACE Fellowship will serve to build Julian’s knowledge, skills and abilities as an up-and-coming leader. I am confident that he will make an exceptional ACE Fellow and that the enhancement of his leadership skills will benefit the University of South Carolina.” — USC President Michael Amiridis
Read more about Julian Williams.
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FACULTY AND STAFF NOTES
Russell Pate, Marsha Dowda, Kerry McIver, exercise science, Dwayne Porter, environmental health sciences, Ruth Saunders, health promotion, education, and behavior, authored “A Summary of One Research Team's Contributions to Understanding Physical Activity Behavior in Children and Youth” in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
Ben Roth, social work, presented “Blurring Boundaries: School Social Workers, Transformational Discourse, and Equity for Immigrant Students” at the 2023 Society for Social Work Research Annual Meeting, Phoenix.
Henry Tran, Rose Ylimaki, education, and others published “How Do Distributed and Transformational Leadership Teams Improve Working Conditions and Student Learning in Underperforming High-Needs Schools?” in the European Journal of Psychology and Educational Research.
Guoan Wang, electrical engineering, authored “Enabling electrically tunable radio frequency components with advanced microfabrication and thin film techniques” in the Journal of Central South University.
Janet Everly, Jamie Plummer, Jean Neils-Strunjas, communication sciences and disorders, and Matthew Lohman, epidemiology and biostatistics, published "A Tutorial for Speech-Language Pathologists: Physical Activity and Social Engagement to Prevent or Slow Cognitive Decline in Older Adults” in the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.
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Chance and Mackenzie Edwards packed a lot of life into a short time period: They got married, went on a honeymoon; he got laid off and they started a business — all during a pandemic. But for the College of Information and Communications graduates, the struggles led to something they’re now thankful for.
- The couple's social-media-based business homebodyHQ started in their backyard when they couldn't find a venue for their wedding.
- They decided to turn their lawn into their dream venue and post their progress on TikTok. Their story went viral.
What they're saying: "It was a small side hustle that just kind of kept growing and growing," says Mackenzie Edwards, 2015 broadcast journalism. “We realized we could make a business out of it. Now we're to the point where we can call it our full-time job.”
Learn more about alumni Chance and Mackenzie Edwards.
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