Student Awards and Recognition
The Crown Family School congratulates all of our students... those who graduate this June and those who will return to us next year.
Explore the full program from this year’s Crown Family School Student Recognition Ceremony. The booklet highlights the achievements of students across programs, awards, and leadership roles, and reflects the vibrancy and excellence of our community.
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
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