School Updates
Doctoral student Sommer Blair competed in the Allegheny County Department of Human Services 2023 Local Government Case Competition. Out of 20 teams, her team placed second.
Doctoral student Amanda Cruce was named chair of the Council of State Affiliates for the National Foster Parent Association. Cruce also was awarded funding from Journey to Success and Sunshine Health to support her research around flourishing and procedural justice for youths who have aged out of foster care.
Blair, Cruce, and fellow doctoral student Bianca De Bellis were selected as part of the inaugural cohort of student scholars by the Pitt Center for Civil Rights and Racial Justice.
BASW student Priya Gupta received first place in the Pitt Office of Health Sciences Diversity, Equity and Inclusion 2023 Health Disparities and Social Justice Poster Competition. Her poster was titled “Assessing Bias in Mobile Crisis Intervention: An Experimental Pilot Study.”
Doctoral student Emil K. Smith has been named a 2023 Q Caucus Society for Social Work and Research Conference Scholarship awardee.