The Joint Doctoral Program in Social Work and Social Science is an interdepartmental program in the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies at the University of Michigan. It awards a joint PhD degree in social work and one of four social science disciplines: anthropology, political science, psychology or sociology. It accepted the first students in 1957 and was the first program of its kind in the country. The Joint Doctoral Program in Social Work and Social Science at the University of Michigan is broadly acknowledged as one of the finest interdisciplinary programs in the world.
Peter Felsman
PhD Social Work and Psychology
"Improvisational Theater for Psychological Health"
Dissertation Committee: Joseph E. Himle, Colleen Siefert (co-chairs), Richard M. Tolman, Ethan F. Kross
Janelle Goodwill
PhD Social Work and Psychology
"A multi-method analysis of stigma, social support, and suicide ideation among Black college students"
Dissertation Committee: Daphne Watkins, Jacqueline Mattis (co-chairs), Robert J. Taylor, Myles Durkee
Ashley Hajski
PhD Social Work and Psychology
"Young Families in the Community: An Exploratory Analysis of Child Welfare Contact Among Young Mothers and their Children"
Dissertation Committee: Barry N. Checkoway, Lorraine Gutierrez (co-chairs), Joseph P. Ryan, L. Monique M. Ward
Patrick Meehan
PhD Social Work and Political Science
"Making Change Where it Counts: Social Work and Elected Office"
Dissertation Committee: Barry N. Checkoway, Ann C. Lin (co-chairs), Katie E. Richards-Schuster, Vincent L. Hutchings, Nancy Burns
Paige Safyer
PhD Social Work and Psychology
"M(other) Nurture: Exploring the Influence of Maternal Care on the Development of Infant Emotion Processing, Regulation, and the Emotional Brain"
Dissertation Committee: Richard M. Tolman, Brenda L. Volling (co-chairs), Julie M. Ribaudo, Katherine L. Rosenblum, Ioulia Kovelman
Heather Tidrick
PhD Social Work and Anthropology
"Roma Integration and Institutional Practices with Roma/Gypsies in Postsocialist Hungary"
Dissertation Committee: Sandra K. Danziger, Alaina Lemon (co-chairs), Laura Lein, Gayle S. Rubin
Lauren Tighe
PhD Social Work and Psychology
"The Income Trajectories of College-Educated Families Living In or Near Poverty: Assessing Predictors and Outcomes in Two National Datasets"
Dissertation Committee: Larry M. Gant, Pamela Davis-Kean (co-chairs), Andrew C. Grogan-Kaylor, Toni C. Antonucci
Jennifer Tucker
PhD Social Work and Anthropology
"In the Time of Mangos, Motorcycles, and Improvised Medicine: Aging with Displacement during the Post-Chavez Venezuelan Crisis"
Dissertation Committee: Ruth E. Dunkle, Scott D. Stonington (co-chairs), Letha A. Chadiha, Gayle S. Rubin, Bruce Mannheim