Professor Dan Meyer's research centers on the issue of the economic well-being of single-parent families.
Professor of Social Work Dan Meyer has been selected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare.
The AASWSW describes itself as "an honorific society of distinguished scholars and practitioners dedicated to achieving excellence in the field of social work and social welfare through high-impact work that advances social good." It was established in 2009.
Meyer is the second University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty member to garner selection as an AASWSW Fellow, joining Waisman Center Director Marsha Mailick.
Meyer has been a UW-Madison faculty member since finishing his Ph.D. in Social Welfare at the University in 1990. He has been the Mary C. Jacoby Distinguished Professor of Social Work since 2009.