Fall 2025
Herman Nuake Kofi AGBOH is a PhD Student in the School of Social Work at the University of Texas at Arlington. He is passionate about digital/remote mental health interventions, youth mental health, and health system strengthening in Africa.
Fall 2025
Tanya Bartlett, LCSW, BCD is a PhD student in the School of Social Work at the University of Texas at Arlington and a U.S. Army military Social Worker with research interests in trauma, suicide prevention, and the mental health of combat military veterans.
Fall 2025
Jasmine Davis, LMSW, is a first-year PhD student in the School of Social Work whose research interests include the intergenerational impact of parental incarceration, the challenges faced by caregivers of individuals with memory-related illnesses, innovations in end-of-life care practices, and the systemic drivers and service gaps contributing to youth homelessness.
Fall 2025
Fall 2025
Humaun Kabir is a first year PhD student at the School of Social Work, UTA whose research interests concentrate on Family Relationship and welfare, Disability Welfare and Mental Health.
Fall 2025
Blessing Ngowari Ramsey-Soroghaye is a first-year PhD Social Work student at the University of Texas at Arlington. She is a passionate social work educator and researcher dedicated to driving positive change in women's health, intimate partner violence, gender equality, and sustainable development; with peculiar interest in SDG-3 (Good health and well-being).
Fall 2025
Stephen Silva-Brave is a PhD student in the School of Social Work at UTA whose research centers on Native men’s mental health, decolonization, and the movement to end violence against Indigenous women.
Fall 2024
Christian's scholarly pursuits examine how the social work profession often perpetuates the very injustice and inequity it rhetorically opposes, primarily through its reliance on the pedagogy of unpaid internships.
Fall 2024
Chioma Chinwokwu-Njemanze is currently a PhD student in the School of Social Work, UTA. Chioma’s research interest is in homelessness, gender issues, social policy, and cultural studies.
Fall 2024
Christie earned her BSW ('07) and MSW ('09) from UT Arlington and is dedicated to strengthening support systems for professionals in helping fields, ensuring that leaders driven to serve others in emotionally demanding roles have the sustainable resources and tools they need to thrive as they face some of humanity's most challenging issues.
Fall 2024
Tom is a military clinical social worker and PhD Student at UTA. His research interest is in virtual reality, looking at how VR intersects with mental health treatment modalities to improve treatment outcomes.
Fall 2024
Tasha Pelletier is a PhD student in Social Work at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). She holds a Master of Social Work from UTA, with a concentration in Mental Health and Substance Use, and a Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Regina.
Fall 2024
Ana Ponciano, LMSW, earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in social work from The University of Texas at Arlington. She is committed to developing programs that support first-generation students and exploring how mental health impacts family dynamics within Indigenous communities.
Fall 2024
Benjamin Sesay, MSW, MBA, MSc., BSc. (Hons), is a PhD student in the School of Social Work at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) with diverse backgrounds.
Fall 2024
Rachel earned her MSW from the University of Texas at Arlington focusing on substance abuse and mental health. She hopes to continue her research in mental health, emergency room utilization and cognitive responses to crises and traumatic situations.
Fall 2024
Chenyu earned her BSW from the University of Texas at Austin and her MSW from Washington University in St. Louis. Her research interests focus on mindfulness interventions within schools and correctional facilities.
Fall 2023
I earned my Master of Social Work specializing in Women Centered Practice from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, and my research interests include accessibility to reproductive healthcare and implementation of healthcare policies in South Asia.
Fall 2023
Is a PhD student at the University of Texas at Arlington, who is focused on sex education for Latinas.
Fall 2023
Angela’s research interests focus on Black education, adverse childhood experiences, mental health, education inequalities, curriculum development and promoting Black excellence.
Fall 2023
Swasati’s (she/her) research interests include older adults in palliative/end-of-life/hospice care or anyone undergoing life-limiting or chronic illnesses.
Fall 2023
Interested in Social determinants of health and Gerontology, the associations between neighborhood social environment and older adults with dementia.
Fall 2023
Christina’s research interests merge with the field of epigenetics researching the connection between the gut micro-biome, mental health, and disease during pregnancy to determine the effectiveness of nutritional and environmental therapies.
Fall 2023
I received my BSW and MSW at Stephen F. Austin State University.
Fall 2022
Earned her MSW from Texas A&M with a focus on Veterans/Military Health and Child Foster Child Maltreatment.
Fall 2022
Esmeralda J. Rubalcava Hernandez, LMSW (she/her/ella) is a Xicana bilingual/bicultural community organizer, social worker, and PhD candidate at the University of Texas at Arlington who focuses on anti-colonial racial studies at the intersection of policing and immigration systems and anti-oppressive social work pedagogy.
Fall 2021
She is interested in understanding the inequities of mental health and wellness access for people of color through the lens of racial equity and justice.
Fall 2021
Earned his MSW from Brigham Young University and conducts research on mental health and substance misuse disorders.
Fall 2019
"Steven's research interests include recidivism in prisons, dual diagnoses with PTSD and substance abuse, hospital readmission prevention, domestic violence prevention, military family reunification, suicide prevention, and aging disability services."
