The research and awareness-building efforts of a team of social work researchers is putting a spotlight on human trafficking of North Carolina’s youth and sparking initiatives statewide to combat it.
110 UNC School of Social Work graduate students traveled to Washington, D.C., where they had the opportunity to deepen their study of oppression and resistance.
Researchers from UNC School of Social Work, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences in Tanzania, and Duke University are working together to ensure young people in East Africa are able to benefit from accessible health services.
Hayden Dawes and Denise “Dee” Yookong Williams, two Ph.D. students in the School of Social Work, were recognized as part of the 2023 Duke Sexual and Gender Minority Wellness Symposium.
Mia Concepcion, a student in the School’s 2-Year Full-Time Program in Chapel Hill, and Mercedes Jackson, a student in the 3-Year Program in Winston-Salem, were recently named recipients of the scholarship, which honors social work pioneer Hortense King McClinton.