PhD Student Profiles

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

• racial/ethnic oral health disparities experienced by older Black adults in access to and utilization of oral health services
• ethnogeriatrics: the intersection of health, race/ethnicity, and aging
• examining the structural barriers that cause disparities in oral health outcomes of Black older adults residing in dental/health professional shortage area
• policies that impact aging services available in communities with predominantly Black residents 

PhD Candidate

Dissertation Topic: Exploring refugee youths' experiences and the role of psychosocial support activities (Chair: Wooksoo Kim)  

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

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

• MSW, University at Buffalo
• MDiv, Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School
• BS, Prescott College 

• trauma
• secondary traumatic stress
• moral injury

PhD Candidate

Dissertation Topic: Exploring East Side Residents' Visions of Nature and Vacant Land: A Community-Based Case Study (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

• MSW, Binghamton University
  
• BA, Binghamton University

• reproductive justice, including barriers to healthcare access and factors influencing contraceptive decision-making
• narcissistic abuse and dark triad personality traits in intimate partner relationships

• MSW, University at Buffalo
• BS, Canisius College

• intimate partner violence in the Black community
• culturally responsive services for Black women survivors of intimate partner violence
• trauma-Informed Interventions

• 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, University at Buffalo
• BS, SUNY Brockport

• influence on intimate relationships in the Black community
• interventions to break down barriers preventing healthy relationships in the Black community
• preventing unhealthy relationships/identifying what a healthy relationship looks like for adolescents

• MSW, CRM University
• BA, Kogi State University

• exploring appraisal and coping mechanism of children witnesses of IPV
• infant and maternal mental health
• intervention research
• gun violence

• MSW, Washington University in St. Louis
• BA LLB (Honours), Hidayatullah National Law University 

• collective and community trauma experiences
• school-based manifestations of community trauma
• organizational behavior theory as applicable to schools
• role of schools in community organizing and addressing trauma

PhD Candidate

Dissertation Topic: Experiences of 'illegality' and health and mental health access of the undocumented Asian immigrants in Orange County, CA (Chair: Dr. Isok Kim)

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

• undocumented immigrants (Asians) and health access
• immigrant health and mental health
• community organizing and social movements

PhD Candidate

Dissertation Topic: Assessing the Relationships Among Sexual Minority Stress, Recovery Capital, and Alcohol Recovery Outcomes Among Sexual Minoritized Populations (Chair: Clara Bradizza)

• MSW, PennWest Edinboro Universit
• BA, Binghamton University

• substance use recovery
• recovery capital
• social determinants of health and health inequities

• 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, Nazareth University

• transgender and gender expansive youth
• abolition and transformative justice
• trans joy and youth empowerment

PhD Candidate

Dissertation Topic: Examining the omission of sexual risk-taking in young women and girls of marginalized identities (Chair - Patricia Logan-Greene)

• 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' work productivity loss and economic well-being, system-level change and policy implications
  
• secondary data analysis, mixed methods, implementation science
  

• BA, Clark University

• historical and intergenerational trauma in refugees and immigrants
• racial-ethnic identity and critical consciousness development
• collective liberation, interminority solidarity and social action

• 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, Savannah State University
• BA, Bellevue University

• structural violence and determinants of health in rural Appalachia and Indigenous populations
• structural facilitators of suicide disparities and the cumulative impact of intersectional higher-risk identities
• mixed methods and community-based research

• MSW, University at Albany
• MSW, Seoul Women's University
• BSW, Daejeon University
  

• mental health, trauma, parenting, and child’s developmental outcome
• interrupting the intergenerational transmission of interpersonal trauma and mental health issues
• immigrant communities, particularly Asians

PhD Candidate

Dissertation topic: Transformative Learning in Social Work Education: Addressing Health Disparities in the Black Community (Chair: Mickey Sperlich)

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

• university-community partnerships
• social work education and experiential learning
• underdeveloped Black and Brown neighborhoods

• MSW, National Taiwan University 
• BSW, National Taiwan University 

• help-seeking behaviors among immigrant and refugee populations
• acculturation pressures faced by immigrants and refugees in resettlement cities
• application of inclusive perspectives in resettlement policy

PhD Candidate

Dissertation Topic: Exploring trust and accountability in a contract-based cross-sector collaboration at the street level in child welfare (Co-Chairs: Annette Semanchin Jones & Jangmin Kim)

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

• human service management
• child welfare workforce development
• cross-sector collaboration in child welfare