Our faculty really go the extra mile for students… even if it’s a mile skydiving down! Doctoral student David Snowden, who is also an active duty captain in the Air Force, had a singular request in his dissertation proposal: he asked the members of his committee to skydive with him… read more
Fall 2018
Best teaching
Adjunct assistant professor Sarah McCafferty received the 2018 Steve Hicks School of Social Work Lecturer Teaching Excellence Award. Sarah has been a lecturer since 2009, and has taught field seminars, the capstone course, and classes on social justice, organizations and communities, and group and family intervention among other topics. Congratulations… read more
First-ever social worker to receive Harrington fellowship
NYU Silver School assistant professor Lailea Noel is the first-ever social worker to be awarded a Donald D. Harrington Faculty Fellowship by The University of Texas at Austin. This fellowship is awarded annually to as many as five early career faculty members, who take a leave from their home institutes… read more
