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Ph.D.s on the Job Market

We are pleased to introduce recent and prospective graduates of our Doctoral Program. These individuals, who bring a rich diversity of life experiences to their research and scholarly interests and achievements, are pursuing careers in academia, research, policy analysis, and social administration.

Click on a name below to view a profile and CV or order a compiled CV book.

Joshua Bender
Anticipated Graduation: October 2009
Program concentration: Advanced Practice
Professional and research interests: Intergroup, race relations and community building in local, national and international contexts; identity / stratification and race, class, gender & social construction of disability; global social work curriculum development; public health / mental health outreach and co-participation models in poverty, refugee and immigrant communities
Aimee N.C. Campbell
Graduation: May 2009
Program concentration: Advanced Practice
Professional and research interests: Substance use; co-occurring disorders; HIV prevention among women; gender-based relationship power; dissemination and implementation research
Jennifer Elkins
Anticipated Graduation: May 2010
Program concentration: Advanced Practice
Professional and research interests: Sexual abuse & child maltreatment; interpersonal trauma & violence; PTSD & related disorders; risk & resilience; direct practice with children, youth & families; culturally congruent research & practice
Matthew W. Epperson
Graduation: October 2008
Program concentration: Advanced Practice
Professional and research interests: Intervention prevention research on co-occurring problems of criminal justice involvement, HIV, substance abuse, and mental illness; criminal justice populations; HIV prevention; substance abuse and mental illness; psychiatric epidemiology
Jennifer I. Manuel
Graduation: October 2008
Program concentration: Advanced Practice
Professional and research interests: Mental health research; co-occurring mental health & substance use disorders; evidence-based practice; quantitative & qualitative methods; analysis of large data sets
Eric P. Nicklas
Anticipated Graduation: October 2009
Program concentration: Social Policy & Policy Analysis
Professional and research interests: Child and family policy; family violence; child welfare; accountability/performance-based management systems in the human services
Alex Smolak
Anticipated Graduation: Summer 2010
Program concentration: Advanced Practice
Professional and research interests: Translational, intervention and prevention research on HIV, substance abuse, and mental illness; dissemination and adaptation of interventions; interventions with Muslim populations