@TexasSteveHicks: Ideas, findings, people

Doctoral student Amy Thompson and colleagues drew from 32 in-depth interviews with Mexican and Central American children held in Mexican immigration detention centers to understand how they express their agency as they try to navigate their way to the U.S.-Mexico border. The authors challenge popular narratives that cast migrant children… read more 

The Steve Hicks School of Social Work has received federal funding for a cross-college program to prepare social work, psychology and psychiatry students to deliver culturally and linguistically competent behavioral health care. This four-year award will allow the school to fund 12 master’s level social work students each year. The… read more 

The St. David’s Foundation has generously continued the funding of the GRACE program, which prepares master’s level students to work with older adults. The funds will be used to provide fellowships to 24 students in the GRACE program, fund a trip to the annual meeting of the American Society on… read more