PhD Research

The PhD program emphasizes evidence-based approaches and translational science. Students benefit from the close mentorship of the committed faculty and regular partnerships with Michigan’s many internal research centers and offices. Students regularly collaborate on faculty research as well as pursuing their own funded research.

Kyungeun Song

Park, Gum-Ryeong., Song, Kyungeun & Kim, Jinho. (2025). How do family-friendly policies impact marital satisfaction: A mediation analysis of Korean working women. Journal of Family Issues, 0192513X251322149.

Manvinder K. Gill

Lacombe-Duncan, A., Doll, K., Gill, M., Ichikawa, V., Tepjan, S., Williams, C., Massaquoi, N., &Newman, P. (2024). Experiences of gender-affirming healthcare among transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people during the COVID-19 pandemic: an explanatory sequential mixed methods study. International Journal of Transgender Health.

Subin Min

Elliott, W., Jones-Layman, A., Park, S., Min, S., & O’Brien, M. (2024). What are characteristics of tangible hope? A guaranteed income and asset experiment in Saint Paul, MN/A children's savings account program. Sociology Mind, 14, 95-120.

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