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.
Kelsey 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.
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.