Honoring student excellence for 2022-23
The VCU School of Social Work is pleased to recognize the academic and service excellence of nearly 250 students as we close the 2022-2023 academic year.
Honors include major national awards through the VCU Scholarship Office, VCU and School of Social Work annual awards, Phi Alpha Honor Society inductees, and B.S.W. students who earned Dean’s List honors for the Spring 2023 semester; 15 students received multiple honors.
In addition, Youngmi Kim, Ph.D., associate professor, was named the winner of the school’s annual Social Justice Award; and Anna Givens, M.P.A., senior development specialist, received the Outstanding Staff Award.
More photos from the Phi Alpha Honor Society induction and Student Year-End Celebration.
National Scholarships Office awards
Fulbright Program
- Oscar Kemp, B.S.W. Program
Critical Language Scholarship Program
- Oscar Kemp, B.S.W. Program
VCU and SSW awards
Black History in the Making (VCU)
- Oscar Kemp, B.S.W. Program
First Year Experience/Second Year Experience’s Student of the Year Award (VCU)
- Austin Ezzard, B.S.W Program
Fraternity and Sorority Life Outstanding Chapter President Award (VCU)
- Austin Ezzard, B.S.W Program
Hans S. Falck Scholarship
- Sunny Kim, Ph.D. Program
- Angela Matijczak, Ph.D. Program
Field Impact Award
- Camryn-Rachele Bosko, M.S.W. Program
- Alyshia Hill, B.S.W. Program
- Lourdes Sandoval, M.S.W. Program
- Ralph Whitfield, B.S.W. Program
Robin M. McKinney Dissertation Honor Fund Endowment
- Angela Matijczak, Ph.D. Program
Radical Alliance for Anti-Racism, Change and Equity (RAACE)
- Jada Cox, M.S.W. Program
- Aiyana “Yana” Moore, B.S.W. Program
- Reem Shawkat, Ph.D. Program
- Kwame Walker, B.S.W. Program
Elaine Z. Rothenberg Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Em Bickford, M.S.W. Program
- Emma Heinrich, B.S.W. Program
- Sarah Lineberry, Ph.D. Program
David N. Saunders Legislative Internship Fund
- Cathleen “Cat” Atkinson, M.S.W. Program
- Austin Ezzard, B.S.W. Program
Service & Leadership Award
- Chantice Blair, B.S.W. Program
- Oscar Kemp, B.S.W. Program
- Pamela Lurie, M.S.W. Program
- Anna Maluwa Wadu, M.S.W. Program
- Angela Matijczak, Ph.D. Program
- Matt Morgan, Ph.D. Program
- Ya-Li Yang, Ph.D. Program
Social Justice Award
- Lisa Allen, M.S.W. Program
- Aiyana “Yana” Moore, B.S.W. Program
- Jennifer Murphy, Ph.D. Program
Transgender and Gender Expansive Work Group
- Em Bickford, M.S.W. Program
- Katie Gregory, B.S.W. Program
- Florence Martinez, M.S.W. Program
- Angela Matijczak, Ph.D. Program
Phi Alpha honorary inductees
- B.S.W. Program
- Amelia Burlynn Anderson
- Faith Arata
- Alex Brosius
- Anastasia Fleischman
- Jillian Fortney
- Abigail Johnson-Firth
- SaQuayla Jones
- Ariel Gaia Lader
- Caroline Lois McWhirt
- Ashton Miller
- Danielle Lynn Rhoten
- Angie L Shiflett
- Terisa Janet Smith
- M.S.W. Program
- Kayla Dawn Aexander
- Becca Amos
- Laura M. Asbury
- Diane Marie Rome Ballou
- Tanya Bittenbender
- Jenni Bivins
- Julia I Bridgen
- Jensina Burstein
- Samantha LaJoy Cain
- Jordan Clark
- Caroline Copeland Gonzales
- Deedra Everett
- Samantha Faith
- Jennifer Anne Flynn
- Destiny Fore
- Michael J. Gifford
- Cindy M Hanig
- Jennifer Hawkins
- Sierra Horton
- Deborah Katz
- Aaron Keen
- Brielle Kittrell
- Sherry Klauer
- Aaryn Kopp
- Cameron Law
- Sarah Lawson
- Amber N Leathers
- Ailsa McCutcheon
- Meredith Migliaccio
- Alyson Moore
- Rebecca A. Nickerson
- Megan O’Connor
- Christine Paquette
- Grace Rice
- Deborah Lorey Scian
- Amber Steeneck
- Alexandra Grace Fellows Sullivan
- Carmetra Margirae Tyre
- Susan S. Warner
- Jessica Galazka Zarnegar
- Laura Zettlemoyer
Dean’s List – Spring 2023 (B.S.W.)
- Kathryn Abbott
- Katelyn Aguilar
- Denise Allen-Pineda
- Kegan Anderson
- Leah Andrews
- Lexi Apollony
- Faith Arata
- Amiel Argo
- Mel Astatike
- Erin Avila
- Sarah Bachman
- Sarah Baldwin
- Nedea Bangoura
- Pam Barrett
- Kaity Bean
- Beaux Beauchamp
- Sydney Biondi
- Maggie Boettiger
- Jp Boyce
- Savannah Breegle
- Taylor Brickey
- Sydney Brookman
- Alex Brosius
- Kywuan Bullock
- Taylor Bush
- Bri Carper
- Kimberley Carter
- Sade Cass
- Rosy Cerritos Rivas
- Caroline Chester
- Katheryn Chihuan Iparraguirre
- William Clough
- Kaitlin Cole
- Sonia Conley
- Sophia Conrow
- Sadie Cox
- Kevin Creager
- Diana Crowder
- Eliza Davis
- Maricar De Castro
- Rachel Deiss
- Makayla Dineen
- Jordan Dobra
- Kira Dunn
- Chloe Durand
- Edline Evans
- Sam Evans
- Austin Ezzard
- Anastasia Fleischman
- Leslie Flores Valdez
- Nicolette Forbes
- Jill Fortney
- Elizabeth Gentile
- Trinity Gillison
- Lily Gosse
- Clajiah Hannah
- Mackenzie Hartmann
- Emma Heinrich
- Jessica Hernandez-Zuniga
- Robert Hicks
- Q Hildebrand-Travis
- Alyshia Hill
- Ellie Hinkle
- Jack Hoholik
- Faith Holmes
- Jordan Hudson
- Cecilia Humphrey
- Takhia James
- Alana Jefferson
- Ashley JoJennison
- Mary Johnson
- Nancy Johnson
- SaQuayla Jones
- Oscar Kemp
- Milo Koontz
- Catherine Kudiabor
- Patrice Lacy
- Ariel Lader
- Julianne Lane
- Samantha Leaupepe
- Hannah Levy
- Leah Lingus
- Trinity Luck
- Chandler Mabry
- Tasnuva Majid
- Crystal Marlow
- Gigi Martinez
- Jailine Martinez
- Talaya Matthews
- Kathryn McKean
- Caroline McWhirt
- Ashton Miller
- Mya Mombrun
- Rosendo Mora
- Asia Moses
- Madison Murphey
- Lily Nadel
- Emily Park
- Isabella Passos
- Nicole Perez- Pardo
- Danielle Picone
- Faith Price
- Kavita Ramashwar
- Molly Ramirez
- Danielle Rhoten
- Angela-Marie Rone
- Ana Sales
- Colin Schooler
- Angie Shiflett
- Kayla Simpkins
- Catherine Slattery
- Anayah Spriggs
- Madeline Stahl
- Kayla Swope
- Layla Thakkar
- Katherine Thompson
- Gabe Vargas
- Michael Verner
- Violet Walker
- Elizabeth Wallace
- Ella Walter
- Cameron Williams
- Julianne Wilson
- Mayra Woollett
- Olivia Adams
- Haley Allman
- Catherine Bajusz
- Emily Beckman
- Zoe Bosin
- Ella Brockwell
- Kayla Buscema
- Ashley Jo Cavanaugh
- Vivian Dao
- Selena Davila
- Raylyn Del Mundo
- Elena Diaz
- Colleen Diep
- Will Finnegan
- Bella-Gertrude Freeman
- Hayley Greene
- Tatum Gregory
- Danielle Hall
- Muskan Haque
- Lizzie Hasley
- Thomasine Isler
- Elsa Jakobsen
- Kaeli Jarvis
- Kayla Jennings
- Maya Jones
- Ayana King
- Bella Lenzini
- Jaslyn Martin
- Julia McKinnon
- Bridgette Mejorada
- Vivian Miles
- Staley Moritz
- Joshua Morris
- Ismael Moumbossy Mbadinga
- Eleanor Northrup
- Maddie Nosse
- Kiersten Nuckols
- Madison O’Shea
- Vida Owusu
- Jeff Quinanola
- Angelina Recinos
- Amelia Reedy
- Alexa Reyes-garcia
- Madison Rivera
- Keegan Ross
- Sarah Shaalan
- Layla Simons
- Julian Skaggs
- Julia Stodard
- Michela Territo
- Cassandra Walden
- Tereleen Walton
- Sam Whichard
- Asharee Williams
- Alondra Zubiate