Ph.D. June 17, 2025 Living Between Here and There: María Ximena Maldonado-Morales' Dissertation Getting to the final step of a Ph.D. and defending the dissertation you’ve worked…
Ph.D. May 29, 2025 Lifting Every Voice: Nicole Wilson-Faniel’s Dissertation on Black Clinicians’ Experiences Shared stories and experiences, including in the course of doing dissertation research, ca…
Ph.D. February 12, 2025 Hannah Biskind: Advancing Immigrant Mental Health from Clinical Practice to Doctoral Research Hannah Biskind, LICSW, has long believed in the transformative power of social work.
Ph.D. November 12, 2024 Ph.D. Student Cheryl Aguilar Recognized at CSWE Ph.D. student Cheryl Aguilar, M.S.W., LICSW, received the 2024 Council on Racial, Et…
Ph.D. November 08, 2024 Jennifer Ashby Bullock: From M.S.W. to Ph.D. Ph.D. candidate Jennifer Ashby Bullock, M.S.W. ’00, treasured her experience attending t…
Ph.D. June 26, 2024 M.S.W. and Ph.D. Students Co-Present Indigenous Practices in Psilocybin Use in Oaxaca When Jose Hernandez, M.S.W. ’16 and current Ph.D. candidate isn’t at his day job, a co…
Ph.D. April 04, 2023 Disrupting the School to Prison Pipeline: Ph.D. Student Kim Hasaan When Radiyyah “Kim” Hasaan entered the Smith School for Social Work in the summer of 2…
Ph.D. March 21, 2023 Seeking More Practice Depth: Ph.D. Student Michelle Marchese Michelle Marchese came to social work after earlier careers in music, hospitality and foun…
Ph.D. February 15, 2023 Passion for Micro and Macro Practice: Jamie Daniels, M.S.W. '15, Ph.D. '23 When Jamie Daniels was an undergraduate at nearby Mount Holyoke, a mentor well-acquainted with her passion for service and activism told her that she would either end up a political organizer or a social worker – and that social work has more regular hours. As a first-generation college student juggling academics and motherhood, the decision essentially made itself.
Ph.D. November 11, 2022 Cheryl Aguilar: Supporting Immigrant Families Under the Zero Tolerance Policy We are proud to announce that Cheryl Aguilar, Smith College School for Social Work doctora…