7 social work students’ research accepted for VCU’s Graduate Research Symposium
Seven graduate students from the VCU School of Social Work had their work accepted for the university’s 29th annual Graduate Research Symposium on April 22. Six of them – two Ph.D. students and four master’s students – are scheduled to present throughout the day. Emma Adcook, M.S.W. student Presentation: Adapting Acuity Scales for Community Partners: […]
Social work faculty and students presenting at SSWR 2026
Seventeen faculty and 11 doctoral students or candidates from the VCU School of Social Work are presenting or having their work presented at the annual Society for Social Work and Research conference in Washington, D.C., Jan. 14-18, 2026. Jamie Cage, Ph.D., associate professor, is the organizer for a symposium on child welfare Friday, Jan. 16, […]
‘Faculty that looked like me’: Meet the 2024-25 social work Ph.D. cohort
The VCU School of Social Work’s Ph.D. Program welcomed five new students in this academic year’s cohort. They are: Why did you choose to pursue a Ph.D. and why was the VCU School of Social Work your choice? Lisa BorntragerI want the skills to be able to conduct my own research toward suicide prevention and policy work. […]