PhD Student Profiles

• MA, Union University
• BA, Union University

• refugee and immigrant communities
• barriers to integration and community inclusion
• program evaluation

• MSW, University at Buffalo
• BA, SUNY Geneseo

• mental health supports for Middle Eastern refugee and immigrant college students
• identity development and the refugee and immigrant experience

• MSW, University at Buffalo
• MS, University of Delaware
• BA, Drew University

• adolescent dating violence and sex trafficking
• behavioral and sexual health effects of early trauma and revictimization
• mixed methods

• BA, Lawrence University

• effects of the criminal justice system on communities
• food justice
• storytelling as a means for social change

• MSW, Wayne State University
• BA, Michigan State University

• neighborhood effects on justice involved youth
• geospatial analysis
• community responses to the school to prison pipeline

• MSW, University at Buffalo
• BA, Canisius College

• critical analysis of whiteness and white supremacy
• antiracist organizing
• participatory and action research

• MSW, University of Wyoming
• BA, University of Washington

• sexual subjectivity at diverse intersections of gender, age and disability
• sexuality policies and practices affecting women labeled with an intellectual disability
• feminist and disability theories and methods

• BS, Towson University

• identity development and empowerment in youth-driven contexts
• homelessness and child welfare involvement among LGBTQ+ youth
• participatory action research

• MSW, Roberts Wesleyan College
• BA, Houghton College

• policy determinants of economic inequality
• effects of economic inequality on population welfare
• large database analysis and policy mapping

• MSW, University at Buffalo
• MA, University of California, Los Angeles
• BA, University of California, Santa Barbara

• Southeast Asian refugee families
• war and gender-based violence
• community health

• BA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

• abortion accessibility in the Southeast United States
• gender-based violence
• survivors of color

PhD Candidate

Dissertation topic: An exploratory, mixed methods study of the microaggressions experienced by women of color employed in the human services (Chair: Hilary Weaver)

• MSW, Loyola University Chicago
• MA, Loyola University Chicago
• BA, Hollins University

• workplace microaggressions between social service employees
• applications of feminist intersectionality theory to research methods
• intersectional experiences of discrimination for women of color

• BA, SUNY Old Westbury

• gendered economic disparities
• economic interventions for female survivors of human trafficking 
• program evaluation, policy analysis

• MSW, University at Buffalo
• BSW, University of the District of Columbia

• refugees/asylum seekers' welfare 
• HIV/AIDS and sexual minorities
• program evaluation

PhD Candidate

Dissertation topic: An exploration of refugee women's economic wellbeing, social capital, and employment in a resettlement city (Chair: Yunju Nam)

• MSW, University at Buffalo
• BA, Houghton College

• refugee women's social capital and economic participation
• applications of transnational feminist perspectives on resettlement policy

• MSW, University at Buffalo
• BA, SUNY Geneseo

• educational policy and educational justice
• school-community partnerships
• first-generation college student families' experiences

• MSW, University at Buffalo
• BSW, Buffalo State College

• child, adolescent and young adult mental health
• mental health service delivery systems

• MSW, University at Buffalo
• BA, Canisius College

• mental health stigma within systems of care
• feminist and disability studies
• borderline personality disorder

• MSW, Peking University
• BA, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics

• nonprofit organizational collaboration/ interrelationship
• program evaluation