Current PhD Students
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Abigail AndersonResearch Interests: LGBTQ youth level of functioning, self-harm, mood disorders, policies on national and state level that affect LGBTQ youth, macro influences. Curriculum Vitae I Email: u1213328@utah.edu |
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Allison O'Connor BlaineResearch Interests: Evaluation design, outcome measurement, quantitative and mixed-methods analysis, child welfare, animal-assisted interventions, field education. View Full Profile I Email: u0230997@utah.edu |
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Laura Bradbury Research Interests: Grief and loss, assessing and improving bereavement outcomes, evaluating grief and loss therapies, and the intersection of midfulness based therapies with grief and loss counseling. View Full Profile I Email: Liz.Bradbury@utah.edu |
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Morgan Cruz ErismanResearch Interests: Homelessness, housing, housing interventions, social justice issues, poverty and inequality, substance use, mental health, macro social work. |
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Denae CookResearch Interests: Academic attainment barriers, bridging gaps in educational attainment, increasing educational outcomes in underprivileged communities, educational justice. View Full Profile I Email: Denae.Cook@utah.edu |
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Finau Rabuka-ConklinResearch Interests: Trauma-informed approaches, integration, implementation, and impact in Early Head Start, Head Start, and Migrant Head Start systems.. |
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Mariah CowellResearch Interests: Diversion and divestment from the criminal legal system, hyperincarceration, law enforcement use of force, community-based interventions to structural violence, macro social work education, anti-oppressive social work practice. View Full Profile I Email: Mariah.Cowell@utah.edu |
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Genesis DiazResearch Interests: Anti-racism in social work education, research and practice; action research; developing effective tools and resources for anti-racism training and practice; promoting positive development of BIPOC youth in urban environments. View Full Profile I Email: Genesis Diaz |
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Aundrea DilanchianResearch Interests: School Social Work, experiences of students of color within the education system. |
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Megan Foster
View Full Profile I Email: megan.foster@utah.edu |
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Myra GarciaResearch Interests: Mental health implications of racial trauma, intragroup discrimination, acculturation gap among communities of color. View Full Profile I Email: Myra.Garcia@utah.edu |
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Sarah Elizabeth Garza-LevittResearch Interests: Health and Health Disparities, College Student Basic Needs Insecurity,
Trauma-Informed Systems, Grief and Loss, Integrative Health, Implementation Science. View Full Profile I Email: SarahElizabeth.Levitt@hsc.utah.edu |
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Staci GhneimResearch Interests: Issues in child welfare: technology, social entrepreneurship, international child protection, public policy. Email: staci.ghneim@utah.edu |
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Whitney HoweyResearch Interests: Adolescents/juveniles who have sexually offended, residential treatment facilities, adolescents involved in the criminal justice system, criminal justice. View Full Profile I Email: Whitney.Howey@utah.edu |
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Amy KenneyResearch Interests: Substance use, addiction, and mental health in individuals and families. Prevention, treatment, and recovery at micro, mezzo, and macro level. View Full Profile I Email: Amy.Kenney@utah.edu |
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Rosa KimResearch Interests: Mental health issues among immigrant and refugee populations. Acculturation. Social Network Analysis. View Full Profile I Email: Rosa.Kim@utah.edu |
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Caitlin LauResearch Interests: Child welfare system; youth perspectives; family perspectives; mental health outcomes; intervention access. View Full Profile I Email: Caitlin.Lau@utah.edu |
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Misty McIntyre GoodsellResearch Interests: Sexual violence risk and prevention programming on campus, substance misusing mothers with children, welfare systems. View Full Profile I Email: u1213328@utah.edu |
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Hanna MorzentiResearch Interests: Criminal justice, juvenile justice, developmental disabilities within criminal and juvenile justice, high functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), attitudinal change, highly polarized political topics, policy change. View Full Profile I Email: Hanna.Morzenti@utah.edu |
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Devon Musson RoseResearch Interests: Trauma and young children, intimate partner violence, organizational trauma, and macro implementation of trauma informed practices. View Full Profile I Email: Devon.MussonRose@utah.edu |
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Mackaully ParadaResearch Interests: Social work in healthcare, social determinants of health, pediatric oncology and chronic illness, religion and spirituality. View Full Profile I Email: Mackaully Parada |
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Kara PatinResearch Interests: Trauma, macro level implementataion of trauma-informed practices, policy and practice, social justice. View Full Profile I Email: Kara.Patin@utah.edu |
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Kyle RehnResearch Interests: Identifying risk and improving how we make informative service decisions for our at-risk youth and homeless populations. Curriculum Vitae I Email: Kyle.Rehn@utah.edu |
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William RussellResearch Interests: Veterans and veteran mental health and transitional issues, military mental health issues. |
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Bobby YounceResearch Interests: Intimate partner violence (IPV), violence prevention, intimate parter violences in the LGBTQ+ community. View Full Profile I Email: Bobby.Younce@utah.edu |