Joint PhD Program

Ninive Sanchez (PhD '15), Associate Professor Andrew Grogan-Kaylor, Professor Jorge Delva and Assistant Professor Cristina Bares' book chapter, "An Agenda for Longitudinal Research on Substance Use and Abuse with Hispanics in the U.S. And with Latin American Populations" was published in the book, Drug Use Trajectories among Minority Youth. 

Ronke Olawale (PhD student) received the U-M Center for the Education of Women’s Margaret Dow Towsley Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded on the basis of goals and commitment, academic record, and motivation to allow women the chance to complete their education at U-M.

Guillermo Sanhueza (PhD’14) gave an interview (Spanish) with one of Chile's main TV channels, Canal 24 Horas, about his research on prisoner reentry in Chile.

Angie Perone (PhD student) received the Margaret Dow Towsley Scholarship through the U-M Center for the Education of Women Scholarship Program. This scholarship serves women who act as primary caregivers or whose education has been interrupted. 

Associate Professor Daphne Watkins was selected as the new Director of the Joint Doctoral Program. Her appointment will begin on 1/1/2017 following the successful tenure of Professor Berit Ingersoll-Dayton who has served in this position since 1/1/2010.

Babe Kawaii-Bogue successfully defended her dissertation entitled, “Multiracial Perspectives: Multiracial Young Adults Experiences with Racial Microaggressions and Coping Strategies” and obtained her PhD in Social Work and Psychology. Her committee consisted of Mary Ruffolo, Lorraine Gutierrez (co-chairs) and Michael Spencer.

Elizabeth Rhodes (PhD Social Work and Political Science ‘16) was formally announced as the lead researcher for the Basic Income study at Y Combinator Research in San Francisco. Her media coverage includes:

• cited in the Tech Insider article, "Silicon Valley's biggest startup accelerator just announced the leader of its groundbreaking basic income experiment"
• cited in the CNNMoney article, "Why some Oakland residents won't have to worry about rent"
• cited in the Fortune article, "Y Combinator Wants to Test a Revolutionary Economic Idea"
• cited in the TechCrunch article, "Y Combinator

Maria Wathen successfully defended her dissertation entitled, “Civic Culture Frameworks & Globalization; Implications for Social Services in Russia” and obtained her PhD in Social Work and Sociology. She has accepted an Assistant Professor of Social Work position at Loyola University.

Her committee consisted of Mary Ruffolo, Barbara Anderson (co-chairs), Sandra Danziger, Karin Martin, and Scott Allard.

Alix Gould-Werth (PhD in Social Work and Sociology '15) received a ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award for her dissertation "From Pink Slip to Unemployment Insurance: Legal Mobilization and the Struggle to Make Ends Meet". The Award recognizes exceptional and unusually interesting work produced by U-M doctoral students.

Alex Gould-Werth (PhD '15) has been selected to receive a ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award for 2015. This award recognizes the most exceptional scholarly work produced by doctoral students at the University of Michigan who completed their dissertations in 2015.