Student Awards and Recognition

Cashell Lewis 

Dissertation: Suffering After Criminal Legal System

Involvement: Examining the Relationship

Between Arrests, Community-Based

Supervision and Suicidal Behaviors Among

Black Men Living in the Community

Advisor: Gina Fedock

Mikael E. Rosa-Rosa

Community Responses to Fiscal Control

Boards in Localities Under Financial Crisis: The Case of Puerto Rico

Advisor: William Sites

Jesse J. Self

Beyond Bars: Examining the Hidden

Consequences of Carceral Expansion into Family Homes

Advisor: Angela Garcia

Durrell Malik Washington Sr.

Invisible Wounds and Sibling Dynamics:

Investigating the Influence of Juvenile Incarceration on Black Family Life

Advisor: Reuben Miller

Emily Ellis Zarate

Family Caregiving for Older Adults: The Roles of Adult Child Characteristics and Social Security Benefits

Advisor: Julia R. Henly

This award is given to a first-year student who has done outstanding work in the first year and promises future achievement in their profession.

2025 Recipient:

Michelle Del Carmen Lopez

2025 Recipient:

Wendy Widom

This award is given to graduating master’s degree students for scholarship and professional leadership.

2025 Recipient: Priya Abigail Gupta

This award is given to graduating students (master's and doctoral) who have demonstrated their commitment to social justice within the communities to which they belong. 

2025 Recipients:

Sara Alejandra Tejeda Sanchez

Tamara Astrid Trejo

Psychedelics in Social Work

Honorable Mentions

Black Student Association (BSA)

Crown Tennis

This award recognizes and honors PhD students who have demonstrated outstanding teaching and instruction in the master’s program. Winners are selected each year based on the instructor’s contributions to developing inclusive pedagogy in social work education and to a classroom that promotes critical thinking, advances knowledge, and supports students’ academic and professional development.

2025 Recipients: 

Shereen Abu Bader

Linyun Fu

Suh Kyung Lee

This award is given to first and second-year master's students for exceptional performance in field education. It considers the student's ability to integrate field education with coursework, seminar performance, quality of reflection logs, and high achievement of CSWE's core competencies as evidenced by quarterly field evaluation ratings, narrative, and site visit.

2025 Recipients:

First Year Awardee

Maja Gavrilovic

Second Year Awardee

Ryan Siew

Evening Program Awardee

Zareen Kamal

Faye Breining

Shaleyah Carter

Samantha Fitzwater

Sohyun Lee

Dante Painter

Tushi Patel

Juliet Stills

Tamara Astrid Trejo

Safa Khan, President

Elida Palomino, Vice President

Jennie Bodenstein, Treasurer

Gabrielle Bennett, Secretary

Claire Holton, Grad Council Master’s Representative

Alizé Hill, Grad Council PhD Representative

Alyssa Stanley, Social Chair

PROGRAMS OF STUDY

Addressing Social Inequality: Innovations in Policy Practice Program

Lauren Brown

Julie Coticchia

Jadyn Ehrenberg

Priya Gupta

Ayan Hassan

Kaylie Moss

Jessica Nash

Andrea Rivera-Martinez

Sara Alejandra Tejeda Sanchez

Laura Tran

Elahveyini Veemharaj Aswaththaman

The Contextual Behavioral Practices Program of Study

Kristopher Bakhtiar

Jack Egan

India Flinchum

Claire Holton

Jennifer Jimenez

Kate Kiser

Jenn Krusinski

Christine Kwon

Karissa Low

Dante Painter

Natasha Snapper

Claire Sonne

School Social Work Program of Study

Darien Booker

Danielle Brockstein

Karime Carrillo Rojas

Karina Cordova

Enya Gonzalez Guitart

Aoibheann Holland

Alondra Holler

Natalie Jacobson

Haley Johnson

Liani Jones

Sirrah Joof

Sohyun Lee

Nicholas Moeser

Amy Potchen

Marley Ruskin

Mychal Shed

Lily Stern

Athena Swiader

Cassidy Tiberi

Kaci Tobin

Tien Tran

Vanessa Verzillo

Emily Weatherspoon

Laura Zak

 

Transforming Justice: Policies and Practice Program of Study

Shannon Campion

Kira Johnson

Isabel Sandweiss

Rachel Kallman

Christine Kwon

Elizabeth Prophet

Janelle Pagan

Anusha Somani

Malia Wilson

Trauma Responsive Social Work

Lauren Behnke

Joy Belonger

Faye Breining

Natalie Casal

Angela Drexler

Maria Filippone

Jessica Hong

Yjia Yvette Hu

Saran Karunan

Safa Khan

Gabriela Kuderski

Anna Nedoss

Quinn Pennington

Ashlee Pouliot

Danie Rogers

Zoe Sing

Claire Soupene

Abbey Whigham

Jory Zhang

Graduate Certificate in Gender and Sexuality Studies

Sheila Shankar

Graduate Program in Health Administration and Policy Certificate (GPHAP)

Annabel Banks

Priya Abigail Gupta

Angelica Kociolek

Shiyu Lin

Urvi Patel

Jihan (Doria) Qu

Ryan Siew

GPHAP Arthur Quern Fellows

Annabel Banks

Shiyu Lin

Urvi Patel (Kiphart supplement)

GPHAP Ray E. Brown Fellow

Annabel Banks

GPHAP Erikson Fellow

Jihan (Doria) Qu

Immersive Track

Elizabeth Davisson

Emily Plummer

Parallel Track

Maddie Bowler

Polly (Nga Yue) Cheng

Maggy Hovden

Teya Lovell

Anna Morgan

Tushi Patel

Urvi Patel

Nicole Pytlik

Obama Scholars Program, 2024-2025

Gabrielle Bennett

Lillie Patterson Scholarship, AKARAMA Foundation, 2024-2025

Gabrielle Bennett

International House Kaimay Yuen Terry Graduate Fellowship, International House at the University of Chicago,2024-2025

Joshua Anaya

Kiphart Scholars Award, 2024-2025

Bisola-Mariam

American Psychological Foundation’s Alma Empowering Minds Scholarship, American Psychological Foundation, 2024-2025

Bisola-Mariam

David Axelrod Investigative Report Grant, The Gate at the Institute of Politics

Bisola-Mariam