Chesney Ward is a first year PhD student at the UT College of Social Work.
What has been your favorite part of the experience so far?
My GRA has been awesome. I have a really great mentor who is allowing me to be hands on with their projects and is giving me really great feedback and guidance on professional development.
What drew you to pursue a degree in social work?
I am very drawn to the field of aging and gerontology. Social work has so many areas of work you can go into in these fields. I feel they are still an underserved community and I want to do what I can to help in that area.
What are you interested in doing once you graduate?
I really enjoy research and writing so I hope to continue doing that once I graduate. I am hoping some of the collaborative research I do with other scholars can lead to new interventions or policies being put into place in agencies and organizations to help the aging population.