Joint Doctoral Program in Social work and Social Science Fall 2018 Class
A Note from the Director
I am delighted to share the first newsletter of the Joint PhD Program in Social Work and Social Science at the University of Michigan. The Joint PhD Program in Social Work and Social Science prepares our doctoral students for teaching and research careers through the advancement of knowledge about social problems, social change, social interventions and social welfare. Our curriculum integrates comprehensive graduate training in a specific social science discipline with advanced studies and research in various areas of social work. Therefore, we have a broad range of research areas and disciplinary specializations in which our students receive expert training and experience.
 
The first edition of the newsletter focuses on what it means to be a joint program, our commitment to diversity, and to introduce you to several of our students and their research contributions to the field. I hope you enjoy the inaugural edition of the newsletter. 
Focus on Research
Building Bridges with Joint PhD Student Joyce Lee
The Joint PhD Program bridges the gaps between theory and action by utilizing social science theory and methods to address significant social problems relevant to social workers.

Coming Into His Own: Joint PhD Student Ed-Dee Williams
There were faculty members at Michigan Social Work, as well as in other departments, conducting research on black men and boys. Williams felt the joint program would be the best fit for his research endeavors. 
Awards
Matthew Bakko Selected for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Health Policy Research Scholars Program
Matthew Bakko, Joint PhD student in Social Work and Sociology, has been selected for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Health Policy Research Scholars program. His research will explore how new philanthropic and service delivery models and tools reconfigure organizations, engage with diverse communities, alter power dynamics and blur sector boundaries to affect the capacity-building and social change process. Learn more
Joint-ness
On the occasion of the joint program’s 60th anniversary, a number of graduates—two of whom are faculty who at one time directed the program—reflect on what is special about the “joint” quality of this program. 
Nkemka Anyiwo
Joint PhD Student, Social Work and Developmental Psychology

John Doering-White
Joint PhD Candidate, Social Work and Anthropology

Charity Hoffman
Joint PhD Graduate, Social Work and Sociology, 2018
Lorraine Guitérrez
Director, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program, and Professor of Social Work; Arthur F Thurnau Professor of Psychology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Joint PhD Graduate, Social Work and Psychology, 1989; Director of the Joint PhD Program, 2005-2010
Berit Ingersoll-Dayton
Professor of Social Work, emerita; Joint PhD, Social Work and Psychology, 1982; Director of the Joint PhD Program, 2010-2016
John Tropman
Henry J. Meyer Collegiate Professor Emeritus of Social Work; Joint PhD Graduate, Social Work and Sociology, 1967; Director of the Joint PhD Program, 1978-1980

University of Michigan
School of Social Work
Joint PhD Program in
Social Work and Social Science
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