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PhD in Clinical Social Work

Research Opportunities

Doctoral students have the opportunity to learn about the process of engaging in social work research by collaborating with faculty projects in a variety of topic areas. A few of the funded research projects that faculty are currently directing include:

  • Cultural Integration and Social Capital Development in Low-Income Families Affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (Dr. Robert Leibson Hawkins)
  • Dual-Diagnosed Homeless Adults: Service Needs and Decisions from the Client’s Perspective (Dr. Deborah Padgett)
  • Evaluating a Psychoeducational Multifamily Group for Older Adults with Advanced Cancer and their Familial Healthcare Proxies (Dr. Daniel Gardner)
  • New Media Instruction and Innovations (Dr. Tazuko Shibusawa)
  • Risky Sexual Behavior among Men who have Sex with Men: Association with Life Stress and Coping (Dr. James Martin)
  • Evaluating a Community-based, Multi-component Intervention for Latino Family Caregivers of Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease (Dr. Caroline Gelman)