PhD Student Directory

Andy Archer

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andyarcher@uchicago.edu

Areas of Expertise
Community Organizing and Development
Drugs, addiction, and addiction treatment
Employment
Harm Reduction

Bethany Jean Elston

Doctoral Student
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belston@uchicago.edu

Areas of Expertise
Assessment and treatment of complex trauma and developmental trauma disorder
Child and Youth Development
Education
Mental Health
Neighborhood Social Context
Non-Profit Organizations
Organizational theory
Parental School Involvement
Policy Implementation
School-based psychosocial intervention
Trauma-informed Clinical Practice
Trauma-Responsive Education
Violence and Trauma

Shereen Abu Bader

Doctoral Student
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shereenbader@uchicago.edu

Areas of Expertise
Culturally-sensitive Mental Health Care
Gender, Race, and Class
Global Health
International
Mental Health
Race, Ethnicity, and Culture
Violence and Trauma

Andrew Frangos

Director of Qualitative Data Strategy
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afrangos@uchicago.edu

Department
Kersten Institute for Urban Education
To & Through Project
Department:
Kersten Institute for Urban Education, To & Through Project

Areas of Expertise
Community
Education
Race, Ethnicity, and Culture
Urban

Emma Heidorn

Doctoral Student
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eheidorn@uchicago.edu

Areas of Expertise
Child and Youth Development
Education
Environment
Global Social Work
Mental Health
Refugee/Immigrant Mental Health
School-based psychosocial intervention

Chinasa Imo

Doctoral Student
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chinasa@uchicago.edu

Areas of Expertise
Global Health
Global Social Welfare and Health Policies
Government and Policy
Health
Health Disparities
Health Systems and Governance
International
Intervention Programs
Policy Feedback
Policy Implementation
Public Health
Public Policy
Social Welfare Policy

Suh Kyung Lee

Doctoral Student
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suhlee@uchicago.edu

Areas of Expertise
Child Care
Early Education
Employment Instability
Gender, Race, and Class
Government and Policy
Low-income Families
Poverty and Welfare Policy
Public Policy
Work and Family Policies

Carly Mychl Murray

Doctoral Student
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murraycm@uchicago.edu

Areas of Expertise
Anthropology of social work
Anti-Oppression Education and Activism
Child Welfare System
Criminal Legal Policy
Decarceration
Gender, Race, and Class
Harm Reduction
Intersectionality
Policy Implementation
Poverty and Income
Race, Gender and Class
Social Welfare Policy
Transformative Justice
Violence and Trauma
Welfare
Women with incarceration experiences

Grace Newton

Doctoral Student
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gnewton@uchicago.edu

Department
Doctoral Program
Department:
Doctoral Program

Areas of Expertise
Anti-Oppressive Social Work Practice
Asian Americans
Child Welfare and Child Protection
Child Welfare System
China
Family
Foster Care
Human Rights
Immigration
Intersectionality
Parenting and Families
Qualitative Research Methods
Race, Ethnicity, and Culture

Dennis Rivera-Cash

Doctoral Student

driveracash@uchicago.edu

Areas of Expertise
Health Disparities
Intervention Programs
LGBTQIA+
Prevention
Public Health
Qualitative Research Methods
Risk and resilience
Sexual Minorities

Clarice J. Robinson

Doctoral Student
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cjrobinson@uchicago.edu

Areas of Expertise
African Americans
Decarceration
Mass Incarceration
Mental Health
Public Health
Qualitative Research Methods
Reentry
Social Work
Transformative Justice
Trauma Informed Research
Violence and Trauma
Violence Prevention

Yunuen Rodriguez, MA,MSW

Doctoral Student
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ikiltezi@uchicago.edu

Areas of Expertise
Anti-Oppressive Social Work Practice
Centering the Margins of Society
Children and Adolescents
Community
Global Social Work
Government and Policy
Health Disparities
Human Development
Race, Ethnicity, and Culture

Anne Ruelle

Doctoral Student
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aeruelle@uchicago.edu

Department
Doctoral Program
Department:
Doctoral Program

Areas of Expertise
Gender
Global Health
Global Social Work
International
Mass Incarceration
Qualitative Research Methods
Violence Prevention

Elizabeth Sanchez

Doctoral Student
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elizabeths1@uchicago.edu

Areas of Expertise
Critical Chicana Feminist Methods and Epistemology
Culturally-sensitive Mental Health Care
Immigration
Latine Mental Health
Latino-Americans
Parenting and Families
Undocumented Immigrant Family Well-being