Meet our Recent PhD Graduates
Saida Abdi, PhD
PhD in Sociology & Social Work, 2019
Dr. Abdi, a BRIDGE program graduate, is a tenure-track assistant professor at the University of Minnesota School of Social Work.
Millan AbiNader, PhD
PhD in Social Work, 2019
Dr. AbiNader completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Arizona State University. She is currently a tenure-track assistant professor at the School of Social Policy and Practice at the University of Pennsylvania.
Cristina Araujo Brinkerhoff
PhD in Social Work, 2023
Kelsi Carolan, PhD
PhD in Social Work, 2020
Dr. Carolan is a tenure-track assistant professor at the University of Connecticut School of Social Work.
Noelle C. Dimitri, PhD
PhD in Social Work, 2021
Dr. Dimitri is a tenure-track assistant professor at Simmons University School of Social Work.
Alison Drew, PhD
PhD in Sociology & Social Work, 2018
Dr. Drew is completing a postdoctoral fellowship in Military Family Research at BUSSW where she is also a lecturer.
Whitney Gecker, PhD
PhD in Social Work, 2020
Dr. Gecker is a tenure-track assistant professor in Social Work and Sociology at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.
Grace Gowdy, PhD
PhD in Social Work, 2019
Dr. Gowdy is a tenure-track assistant professor at North Carolina A&T State University.
Greer Hamilton, PhD
PhD in Social Work, 2023
Rachel John, PhD
PhD in Social Work, 2022
Dr. John is a tenure-track assistant professor at the Rutgers University School of Social Work.
Taylor Lynn Hall, PhD
PhD in Sociology & Social Work, 2019
Dr. Hall is a tenure-track assistant professor of social work at Bridgewater State University.
Anna Herriott, PhD
PhD in Sociology & Social Work, 2019
Dr. Herriott was a Harold A. Richman Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Chicago. She currently works as a Research Professional at the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice at the University of Chicago.
John Paul Horn, PhD
PhD in Social Work, 2020
Dr. Horn is a tenure-track assistant professor in the Department of Social Work at California State University, East Bay, and is an online course facilitator at BUSSW.
Sae-Mi Jeon, PhD
PhD in Social Work, 2020
Dr. Jeon is currently a senior research associate at Advocates for Human Potential and a substance abuse counselor at Steward Health Care.
Yeonjung Jane Lee, PhD
PhD in Social Work, 2019
Dr. Lee is a tenure-track assistant professor at the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work at the University of Hawaii, Manoa.
Mihoko Maru, PhD
PhD in Social Work, 2020
Dr. Maru is a T32 Global Health Postdoctoral Fellow in the department of psychiatry at Boston University Medical Center. She also provides clinical care as a family therapist through the Boston University Medical Center’s Wellness and Recovery after Psychosis program.
Kendall Morris, PhD
PhD in Social Work, 2022
Dr. Morris joined Michigan State University as a Dean’s Research Associate in 2022. After the two-year appointment, she will move onto a tenure-track assistant professor role.
Megan Smith, PhD
PhD in Social Work, 2022
Dr. Smith is a tenure-track assistant professor of social work at Rhode Island College.
Catalina Tang Yan, PhD
PhD in Social Work, 2022
Dr. Tang Yan is a tenure-track assistant professor of psychology at Lesley University.
Margaret (Maggie) Thomas, PhD
PhD in Social Work, 2020
Dr. Thomas is a tenure-track assistant professor at UCLA Luskin School’s Department of Social Welfare. Dr. Thomas was a postdoctoral research scientist at the Columbia Population Research Center, working on the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study.
Noor Toraif, PhD
PhD in Social Work, 2023