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Alumni March 24, 2023

Navigating Identity Challenges: Kelly Wise, M.S.W. '05, Ph.D.

As a college student, Kelly Wise, M.S.W. ’05, Ph.D., was the person who friends sought o…

Kelly Wise listens to a person just out of frame.

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. student Michelle Marchese smiles at the camera.

Faculty March 11, 2023

Shooting for the Moon: Solving the Crisis of Children's Mental Health

More and more children in the U.S. are ending up in emergency rooms because of mental heal…

Professor Hannah Karpman smiles at the camera. She is wearing a blue top and her shoulder length brown hair is down.

Faculty March 08, 2023

Working to Support Families: Professor Marsha Kline Pruett

Professor Marsha Kline Pruett, M.S., M.S.L., Ph.D., ABPP, a specialist in co-parenting and family development who describes her focus as “a broader, more inclusive view of family structures,” has been busily working on building and growing tools and interventions focused on family systems dynamics.

Marsha Kline Pruett stands in front of a blackboard with a diagram reading parent 1, parent 2, child drawn on it.

Faculty March 08, 2023

Supporting Adolescent Mental Health Literacy: Professor Ora Nakash

The disruption, isolation and loss caused by the coronavirus pandemic spurred a youth ment…

Ora Nakash gestures with her hands as she speaks with Ph.D. students.

Faculty March 08, 2023

Bending the System in a Positive Direction: Professor Hannah Karpman

To Assistant Professor Hannah Karpman, M.S.W., Ph.D., the many research and student mentor…

Hannah Karpman teaches a classroom full of students.

Faculty March 08, 2023

Aha Moments in the Classroom: Professor Kenta Asakura

Twenty years after coming to SSW as an M.S.W. student, Kenta Asakura has returned as…

Kenta Asakura leans on a stone pillar. He is wearing a suit.

Faculty March 08, 2023

Radical Love Unlimited: The Research of Professor Loren Cahill

How do you encourage a teenage Black girl’s awareness of Black history and culture, incl…

Loren Cahill stands in front of several paintings at the Colored Girls Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

M.S.W. March 08, 2023

Learning More By Being Fully Immersed: Molly Vencel M.S.W. '23

Graduating early from Georgetown University with a B.S. in global health, Molly Vencel entered Smith’s M.S.W. program just six months later. She came to campus sight unseen. “I applied during COVID. I’d never been to Smith—to Massachusetts.”

Molly Vencel sits on the grass talking with another student with a laptop open on her lap.

M.S.W. March 08, 2023

Helping People Hope, Heal and Live: Eve White, M.S.W. '22

“There are a million different reasons why clinical social work is needed,” Eve White M.S.W. ’22 believes. “It can help people hold on to hope, heal and live their lives the way they want to, with meaning.”

Three students sit downtown on Strong Ave. under a red umbrella.