School of Social Work

Ph.D. student Lisa Borntrager’s 1st-place award highlights 12 social work students’ research presentations

First-year Ph.D. student Lisa Borntrager‘s poster presentation was awarded first place in the Social Sciences, Business and Education category of VCU’s Graduate Research Symposium in April – one of 12 VCU School of Social Work students who participated in student research events across two days. Borntrager’s presentation was titled “Does Trauma Type Matter When Evaluating […]

‘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. […]