Current doctoral students
At the WSU School of Social Work we have a responsibility and opportunity to engage, build trust, and partner with the community on the creation of new knowledge that benefits the community. As social workers, we move beyond seeing the community only as a potential pool of subjects to be studied, but rather, as an integral partnership that includes capacity building. This co-production of knowledge embraces the role of community and strengthens the capacity of communities to address current and future challenges. Below you will find examples of our doctoral students being recognized for their collaborative community and research efforts as they empower social change in Detroit and beyond.
- Social Work PhD student Michael Broman seeks to unearth the secret of success for Wayne State students in recovery
- Wayne State PhD student Alexis Carl receives award for highlighting the correlation between serious mental illness and wrongful capital punishment convictions
- PhD SWAN student Caitlin Cassady has received a 2021 WSU Social & Behavioral Determinants of Health (SBDH) Research Stimulus Award for her project entitled Medical Aid in Dying: Physician Beliefs, Practices, and Respect for Autonomy
- PhD student Erin Stanley was invited to participate in the 2021 CSWE-SSWR-GADE Social Work Doctoral Student Policy Forum. The Forum is co-sponsored by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR), and Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education in Social Work (GADE) with the goal of strengthening the connection between research and policy. Stanley participated as a member of the 2020 cohort.
- Overlooked: SWAN student Kathryn Wright shines light on disability research in social work with 2020 Brehler Scholars award
- Seth Allard
- Hassan Arab
- Crecendra Boone
- Michael Broman
- Nikita Buckhoy
- Alexis Carl
- Caitlin Cassady PhD Candidate
- Jenny Clift
- Hosanna Fukuzawa
- Ajene Gailliard
- Liz Haas
- Julie Hanna
- Bethany Hedden-Clayton Federal Grants Manager, Center for Behavioral Health and Justice
- Derek Johnson
- Will Jones
- Emily Pasman
- Julie Ribaudo
- Danielle Rice
- Shani Saxon
- Sarah Scantamburlo
- Haley Scott
- Mackenzie Sprecher
- Erin Stanley
- Laura Sutherland
- Kathryn Szechy
- Marijo Upshaw Lecturer
- Bethany Welc
- Kathryn Wright