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)