Three Social Work Doctoral Students Selected to Receive University Continuing Fellowships
June 22, 2009
AUSTIN, Texas - Three doctoral students in the School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin were selected in the university's Graduate School Continuing Fellowship competition this year.
Amanda Barczyk received the Mike Hogg Endowed Graduate Fellowship. Her research agenda is focused on eliminating the mental health stigma that prevents individuals from seeking help. As a doctoral student, Barczyk has received numerous School of Social Work honors including the Martha S. Williams Endowed Presidential Scholarship. She has collaborated with nationally prominent faculty in the school and at the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health and the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. She has published research in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology and recently presented a paper at the Fourth International Stigma Conference in London, England.
Monica Faulkner received a Graduate School Continuing Fellowship. Faulkner's research is focused on the well-being of women and children particularly on the effects of teen pregnancy and the implications this has for both mother and child, with special emphasis on the effects of teen pregnancy of children in foster care. Faulkner was competitively selected to attend the 2008 Fragile Families Summer Institute at Columbia University, where she examined such issues affecting women and children in research. She has served as a research assistant at the School of Social Work since 2006, working on topics concerning womenhuman trafficking, domestic violence, and substance abuse. Her articles have been published in Social Work and Professional Development: The International Journal of Continuing Social Work Education.
Jodi Berger Cardoso received the David Bruton, Jr. Graduate School Fellowship. Cardoso's innovative research agenda arises from her commitment to develop more humane immigration policies, particularly as they affect "mixed-status" families. This under-researched population is made of non-citizen adults and U.S. citizen children, which comprise 16 percent of all children in the U.S. under the age of 6. In addition to her collaborations with faculty in the School of Social Work and other university departments and research institutes, she was one of 30 scholars competitively selected to attend a data analysis workshop at Columbia University last year.
The university fellowships will enable these students to focus on completing their dissertation research during the 2009-2010 academic year.
"Continuing fellowships granted through the Graduate School are extremely competitive. These prestigious awards reflect the best and brightest at UT Austin, and our school is fortunate to be so well represented through the important work of doctoral students like Amanda, Monica, and Jodi," said Dr. David Springer, School of Social Work Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and University Distinguished Teaching Professor.
For more information, contact:
Kathleen Mabley
Office of Graduate Studies
512-232-3633