A year in review: Q&A with second-year Ph.D. students
Meet three Ph.D. students who represent the close-knit community of learners who engage in courageous scholarship, intense self-reflection and critical thought.
Keeping fieldwork at the forefront: The Office of Field Education makes it real with two new players
Much of social work students' experiential learning takes place during their field education placement, where they come to understand all that a career in social work entails.
Social work students deliver ‘extraordinary’ help to families at pediatrician’s office
Two social work students interned at a pediatrician's office, helping develop a care coordination program.
Lost in translation: Social Work student researches how overlooked refugees find ways to cope
Jessica Gaddy spent three weeks last summer in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, researching the psychosocial challenges and coping mechanisms of refugees.
Program trains the next generation of leaders in addiction studies from around the world
Amira Turner is pursuing a Master of Social Work and a Master of Science in Addiction Studies degree from the International Programme in Addiction Studies — a partnership between three of the world's top research universities in the field of addiction science: King's College London, the University of Adelaide in Australia and VCU.
A year in review: Q&A with Shelby E. McDonald, Ph.D.
Shelby McDonald specializes in human-animal interactions research, especially as it relates to intimate partner violence and child and animal abuse, guiding her students to examine interpersonal and structural systems of power, privilege and oppression.
VCU social work students tour Richmond to explore ‘school-to-prison pipeline’
With Richmond [Re]Visited, social work students seek to understand Richmond’s history and context for issues facing social workers and community members. At Art 180, Marvin Brown, a 22-year-old from Richmond and an advocate with the Rise for Youth Network, told the VCU students how he worked with the incarcerated young people taking part in Performing […]