Students currently enrolled in the PhD Program
*indicates current doctoral candidate
Khalid Alsheri
Research Interests
- Saudi Arabian family mental health
- Substance abuse
Hussain Al-Zahrani
Research Interests
- The impact of awareness of professional roles on increasing the quality of social services for workers in the education sector
- Social Work in the Healthcare Sector in the Digital Transformation: Challenges and Opportunities
- Investing in social intelligence in the field of social work in the health sector
Zakary Amen*
Research Interests
- Homelessness
- Reproductive Healthcare
- Research Methodology
- Mixed-Methods Research
Hailey Crowe
Research Interests
- Adolescent behavioral health, substance misuse and prevention
- Family systems and implementation science
- Trauma-informed and anti-oppressive practice
Oliver Eya
Research Interests
- Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)
- Religion and Spirituality in Social Work Practice
- Family and Community Social Work
- Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
- Social Work Education and Pedagogy
- Implementation Science & Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR)
- Digital Disclosure and Online Help-Seeking
- Autism and Family Support
Eliza Galvez*
Research Interests
- Implementation Science
- Culturally-Tailored Family-Based Prevention Programs
- Community-Engaged Research
- Behavioral Health Disparities
Kenyette Garrett*
Research Interests
- Racial equity in music education
- Culturally responsive pedagogy
- Interdisciplinary approaches to inclusion and belonging,
- Allyship and anti-racist practice
- Doctoral social work education
- Intergenerational racial trauma and parenting
Yejin Heo
- Aging
- Caregiving
- Caregivers of Older Adults with Dementia
- Health Inequity
Ishita Kapur*
Research Interests
- Adolescent mental health
- Young adults’ social media use
- Adverse childhood experiences
- Artificial intelligence
Jong Sung Kim
Research Interests
- Trauma-informed education
- Adolescent mental health & executive function
- Sleep, stress, and learning
- School- and family-based interventions
- Equity in under-resourced communities
- Quantitative methods & population datasets
Sangmi Kim
Research Interests
- Suicidology & data justice
- Immigrant youth & family resilience
- Machine learning & advanced quantitative methods
- Culturally responsive AI chatbots
Matthew Knight
- Animal-Assisted Interventions for Military Veterans
- Welfare and Ethical Considerations for Working Dogs
Peter Kingsley
- Posttraumatic Growth
- Military Mental Health
- Validity of alternate experiential treatments on trauma treatment for young adults.
Ashlee Lawler
- How IPV/DV, ACEs, and trauma affect health outcomes among diverse populations.
Melissa Newman
Research Interests
- Queer Joy as a Protective and Compensatory Experience (PACE)
- The role of community in LGBTQ+ individuals across the lifespan
- Disability justice in social work education
- Policy outcomes in LGBTQ+ health disparities
Shanicqua Richardson
Research Interests
- African American maternal health
- Caregiver burden and anticipatory grief
- Military mental health
Shanimol (Shani) Shajimon
Research Interests
- Mental Health
- Child and Family Welfare
- Substance Abuse
- School based mental health interventions
Jessica Shields
Research Interests
- Macro-level child welfare polic
- Kinship care arrangements and their outcomes for children
- Policy impacts on short- and long-term custodial decisions
Santhosh Raj Srinivasan
Research Interests
- Mental Health Accessibility
- Social Impact Assessments
- Community-Based Interventions
Ilana Shtivelman
Research Interests
- Moral Injury
- Identity & Ideology Formation
- Radicalization
- Judaism & Combatting Antisemitism
- Global Social Work – Culture & Ethics
- Military Mental Health & Policy
Caitlin (Cat) Steele
Research Interests
- Mental Health
- Social Justice
- Disability Resources