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 […]

Quarterly faculty research and service news: April 2025

The VCU School of Social Work is proud to recognize the following accomplishments from our faculty through April 2025. Research Awards & Proposals Daniel Baslock, Ph.D., assistant professor, has submitted two grant applications: Nicole Corley, Ph.D., associate professor, received a VCU Global Learning Program Development Award to support a virtual exchange program this spring between […]

Research Weeks 2024 presentations: Social work student researchers and faculty mentors

Five VCU School of Social Work graduate students, two undergraduates and four faculty mentors are part of nine research presentations sponsored by the university as part of Research Weeks 2024. Graduate Research Symposium 9-11:30 a.m. ET Wednesday, April 24Student Commons, Commonwealth Ballrooms Assessing the Impact of Race, Ethnicity and English-Speaking Status on Traffic Stop Outcomes […]

‘Challenging and exhilarating’: Meet the 2023-24 social work Ph.D. cohort

The VCU School of Social Work’s Ph.D. Program welcomes four new students for the Fall 2023 cohort. They are Why did you choose to pursue a Ph.D., and why was the VCU School of Social Work your choice? Kade GoldinI chose to pursue a Ph.D. in hopes of learning how to conduct research that could […]