PhD Student Profiles

• MSW, University at Buffalo
• MHA, Utica College
• BS, Virginia Commonwealth University

• ethnogeriatrics: the intersection of health, race/ethnicity and aging
• accessing the difference in the quality of care between different racial groups in long-term care facilities
  
• examining the disparities in access to long-term care facilities for low-income communities with predominantly Black residents
• policies that impact aging services available in certain areas

• MSW, University at Buffalo
• MA, Union University
• BA, Union University

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

PhD Candidate

Dissertation topic: An examination of mental health literacy among Middle Eastern refugee women in New Yorl state (Chair: Wooksoo Kim)

• MSW, University at Buffalo
• BA, SUNY Geneseo

• Middle Eastern immigrant and refugee communities
• mental healthcare access and utilization

PhD Candidate

Dissertation Topic: Exploring Program Staff and Youth Survivor Perspectives of Human Trafficking Services (Chair: Patricia Logan-Greene)  

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

• adolescent dating violence and commercial sexual exploitation
• behavioral and sexual health effects of early trauma and revictimization

PhD Candidate

Dissertation Topic: Title to be determined (Chair: Elizabeth Bowen)  

• MSW, University at Buffalo
• BA, Lawrence University

• criminal justice policy change
• nature-based interventions, including gardening and cooking
• community-based participatory research

PhD Candidate

Dissertation topic: Investigating mutual interest among white antiracist organizers (Chair: Annette Semanchin Jones)

• MSW, University at Buffalo
• BA, Canisius College

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

• BS, Canisius College

• intimate partner violence in the Black community
• discrepancies in services for victims of intimate partner violence by providers and institutions 
• interventions that promote healthy relationships 

PhD Candidate

Dissertation topic: Questioning capacity: The impact of "capacity to consent" policies and practices on the sexual rights of women labeled with intellectual disability (Chair: Laina Y. Bay-Cheng)

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

• women labeled with intellectual disability
• sexual ableism in policies and services practices
• feminist and disability theories and methods

PhD Candidate

Dissertation topic: Identifying the five faces of adultism: A grounded theory study of youths’ perceptions of age-based oppression across systems (Chair: Laina Y. Bay-Cheng)

• MSW, University at Buffalo
• BS, Towson University

• youth participatory action research

• MSW, Washington University in St. Louis
• MSW, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• LLB, Independent City College, Dongguan University of Technology

• financial capability and asset building of low- and moderate-income households 
• resilience and its building for dealing with challenges caused by economic difficulties
• service design and delivery and program evaluation

• MSW, CRM University (India)
• BA, Kogi State University (Nigeria)

• child, adolescent and young adulty mental health
• intimate partner violence among African communities
• trauma-informed interventions
• connection between sexuality and religious morality

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

• community organization and development
• immigrants and refugees

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

• alcohol use disorder intervention development
• substance use disorder recovery trajectories and disparities
• American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW) grand challenge developments

• MSW, University at Buffalo
• MA, New Mexico State University
• BA, University of California, Santa Barbara

• historical and generational trauma healing in Indigenous communities
• relationality and belonging in family and community wellbeing
• culture-centered and land-/place-based healing approaches

• MSW, University at Buffalo
• BA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

• abortion access in the United States South
• access to sexual rights and healthcare in young women and girls
• sexual risk-taking of young women with marginalized identities

• MSS, Bryn Mawr College
• BA, Temple University

• family caregivers for older adults with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias
• family caregivers' employment stability; system-level change and policy implications
  
• secondary data analysis, mixed methods, implementation science
  

• 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

PhD Candidate

Dissertation topic: Mixed-methods evaluation of a comprehensive HIV prevention program for Black gay/bisexual men in the United States (Chair: Isok Kim)

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

• program evaluation/translational research 
• HIV/AIDS and sexual minorities
• sexual and gender minorities studies

• MSW, Savannah State University
• BA, Bellevue University

• adverse childhood experiences
• trauma-informed care
• health disparities of indigenous populations

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

PhD Candidate

Dissertation topic: Title to be determined (Chair: Annahita Ball)

• MSW, University at Buffalo
• BA, SUNY Geneseo

• educational justice
• student mental health and well-being

PhD Candidate

Dissertation topic: Title to be determined (Chair: Annette Semanchin Jones)

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

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

• MSW, Univeristy at Buffalo
• BA, Buffalo State College

• enriching community life, health and well-being in predominantly Black neighborhoods
• interventions that promote community development, engagement and control
• impacts of gentrification and displacement in racially disenfranchised neighborhoods

PhD Candidate

Dissertation topic: Title to be determined (Chair: Annette Semanchin Jones)

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

• nonprofit organizational collaboration/ interrelationship
• program evaluation