School Updates
Two doctoral students were named Joseph and Helen Eaton Scholarship winners: Christina Babusci and Tess Schleitwiler.
Thomas Barnes (BASW ’24) and Thomas Miller (BASW ’24) were named University scholars at the 2024 Senior Distinguished Awards Convocation. This prestigious title indicates that they graduated in the top 2% of their class based on GPA.
Priya Gupta (BASW ’24) presented “From Resource Scarcity to Psychological Toll: Challenges Faced by Mental Health Crisis Workers,” based on research conducted with Associate Professor Leah Jacobs, at the 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference Meeting of the Minds at the University of Notre Dame.
Doctoral student Jenn (Hyunjin) Lee, along with colleagues from Case Western Reserve University, received a top ten poster award and a $1,000 cash prize at 2023 Global Flourishing Conference (GFC): Advancing Science and Solutions for a Flourishing World. Lee also received a Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) Doctoral Student Travel Award for the 2024 Annual Conference. In addition, she received funding from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law’s Center for Civil Rights and Racial Justice to further her exploration of oral health access challenges, expanding upon the work she began in her previous capstone project.
Stravroula Xinos (MSW ’24) had her abstract, “The Intersections of Intimate Partner Violence, HIV, Trans and Queer Identities, and Substance Use,” selected for three conferences in 2024: the 36th National Conference on Social Work and HIV/ AIDS in Orlando, Florida; Continuum 2024, the 19th International Conference on HIV Treatment and Prevention Adherence, in Puerto Rico; and the National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment in Washington, D.C.
Xinos and Sydney Biondi (MSW ’24) had their proposal, “Liberatory Harm Reduction and Social Work: Beyond Substance Use,” selected for the National Association of Social Workers Pennsylvania Chapter 2024 Conference.