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PhD Recent Graduates

Venera Bekteshi
Venera Bekteshi

MA, St. John's University; MPA, Columbia University; MSW, Boston College; PhD, Boston College
Research Interests: Human trafficking in global context; coping with integration challenges among various immigrant communities; domestic violence and immigrant women
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Kyle Bourque
Kyle Bourque

MSW, University of Michigan; PhD, Boston College
Research Interests: Mental health issues and the military
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Melissa Brown
Melissa Brown

MSW, Boston College; PhD, Boston College
Research Interests: Elder caregiving, productive aging, aging and work, and the work-family interface
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Christina Matz-Costa
Christina Matz-Costa

MSW, Boston College; PhD, Boston College
Research Interests: Productive engagement of older adults, work-family issues, aging workforce, and quality of employment
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Kimberly O'Brien
Kimberly H. McManama O'Brien

BA, Harvard University; MSW, Boston College; PhD, Boston College
Research Interests: Researching the temporal relationship between alcohol use and suicidality in adolescents; developing and testing a brief alcohol intervention for adolescents who have attempted suicide
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Najwa Safadi
Najwa Safadi

MSW, McGill University; PhD, Boston College
Research Interests: Poverty and social policy, formulating and implementing anti-poverty policies, dynamics of decision-making, international aid and anti-poverty policies, in Global South countries, Middle East and Palestine
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Christopher Salas-Wright
Christopher Salas-Wright

MA, Boston College; MSW, University of Washington; PhD, Boston College
Research Interests:Substance abuse prevention; youth violence and delinquency; high-risk and gang-involved Latino youth; and the role of spirituality and religiosity in positive youth development
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Margaret Sherrer
Margaret Sherrer

MSW, Rhode Island College; PhD, Boston College
Research Interests: Psychosocial factors among individuals with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders and mood disorders; cognitive appraisal and trauma; and disaster response in rural communities
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Charu Stokes
Charu Stokes

MSW, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; PhD, Boston College
Research Interests: HIV/AIDS, kinship care, cultural competency, resiliency
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Wade Taylor
Wade Taylor

MSW, Baylor University; PhD, Boston College
Research Interests: HIV/AIDS Behavioral Science Interventions and Research, LGBT & Queer Studies in Social Work Education
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Sandee Tisdale
Sandee Tisdale

MSW, Boston College; PhD, Boston College
Research Interests:Work and families; Human Development; family policy; adolescent outcomes
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