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

• MSW, University at Buffalo
• BA, Lawrence University

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

PhD Candidate

Dissertation topic: Investigating white antiracist organizing -building to scale and developing mutual interest (Chair: Annette Semanchin Jones)

• 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

• MSW, University at Buffalo
• BS, Towson University

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

PhD Candidate

Dissertation topic: The longitudinal relationship of economic inequality to suicide and substance use in the United States (Chair: Elizabeth A. Bowen)

• MSW, Roberts Wesleyan College
• BA, Houghton College

• relationship of economic/status inequality and behavioral health
• recovery capital and substance misuse
• policy mapping methodology

• AM (MSW), University of Chicago
• BA, Seoul National University

• community organization and development
• immigrants and refugees

• MSW, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
• BS, Binghamton University

• substance use disorder interventions
• trauma-informed social work field education
• health disparities and social determinants of health

• BA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

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

• BS, SUNY College at Brockport

• HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment barriers
• minority sexual health
• Black immigrant, refugee and asylee health
• social marketing as a tool for behavior change

• MSW, University at Buffalo
• BA, SUNY Old Westbury

• precarious labor experiences of trafficked migrant women
• discrepancies between the stated goals of trafficking prevention schemes, policies, interventions, and trafficked migrant women's account of their experiences 
• critical analysis of anti-trafficking discourse, policies and interventions

• 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

• BA, SUNY Buffalo State College

• community organizing for urban neighborhoods
• relationships between trauma and human services as it relates to Black women
• gentrification and forced displacement of Black individuals and families

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

• nonprofit organizational collaboration/ interrelationship
• program evaluation