Phd Student Profile
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Peter Kingsley
Peter Kingsley is an active-duty military member with a bachelor’s degree in biology from Brigham Young University, as well as a master’s degree in education, focusing on applied behavior analysis, from Arizona State University, and a master’s degree in social work from the University of Wyoming. In his clinical work, Pete has experience in working…
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Shanimol (Shani) Shajimon
Shani has been an active contributor to community development and education, particularly focused on supporting children from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds in India. During her master’s program at St. Berchmans College, India, she undertook diverse research projects on topics such as Women Empowerment through Microenterprises, and Psychosocial Development of Psychiatric Patients through Vocational Rehabilitation. Her dedication to the…
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UTCSW PhD student Sangmi Kim Selected for National Fellowship
PhD student Sangmi Kim has been selected for the CSWE Doctoral Student Policy Fellowship. The goal of this national fellowship through the CSWE is to develop a cohort of doctoral-level social workers who influence social policy through the federal legislative policy process. “I am thrilled to begin the CSWE Doctoral Student Policy Fellowship,” Kim stated.…
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Doctoral Dedication: The Sweet Story of a Cohort Couple
Namrata Mukherjee and Aritra Moulick know what it is like to pack up and leave family and friends to attend school in a foreign country. But luckily, they were able to do it together as a couple. Moulick and Mukherjee are married and both in the UT College of Social Work (UTCSW) PhD program. They…
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Yejin Heo
Yejin Heo is a PhD student in the College of Social Work at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Before starting her PhD program, she worked as a researcher focusing on aging and social welfare at the National Assembly Research Service and the Seoul Welfare Foundation, a public think tank in South Korea. Her research centers…