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PhD Student & Graduate Profiles

Current PhD Students

Mina Addo, MS

Student, PhD in Social Welfare

maddo@upenn.edu

Meghna Chandra, MA

Student, PhD in Social Welfare

megcha@upenn.edu

Alicia Chatterjee, MSEd

Student, PhD in Social Welfare

aliciach@upenn.edu

Hyeri Choi, MSW

Student, PhD in Social Welfare

hyerchoi@upenn.edu

Meagan Cusack, MS

Student, PhD in Social Welfare

mcusack@upenn.edu

Megan M. Farwell, MSW, MPA

Candidate, PhD in Social Welfare
Lecturer, MSW Program

farwell@sp2.upenn.edu

Arlene Fernández, MSW

Student, PhD in Social Welfare

arlenef@upenn.edu

Lauren Ferreira Cardoso, MSW

Candidate, PhD in Social Welfare

gurfein@sp2.upenn.edu

Fritz Graham, MPH

Student, PhD in Social Welfare

grahamf@sp2.upenn.edu

Jessica Kim, LCSW

Student, PhD in Social Welfare

jkimlcsw@upenn.edu

Kel Kroehle, MSW

Student, PhD in Social Welfare

kkroehle@upenn.edu

Shana L. Merrill, MS, LCGC

Student, PhD in Social Welfare

shana.merrill@uphs.upenn.edu

Michelle G. Mullen, MS, CRC, CPRP

Student, PhD in Social Welfare

mgmullen@upenn.edu

Angelina Ruffin

Candidate, PhD in Social Welfare
Lecturer, MSSP Program

anriley@upenn.edu

Anne Stefanie Ruiz Sportmann, MA

Student, PhD in Social Welfare

stefruiz@upenn.edu

Peter Simonsson, MSW, LCSW

Candidate, PhD in Social Welfare

petersi@sp2.upenn.edu

Melissa Skolnick-Noguera, MSW

Student, PhD in Social Welfare

mskol@sp2.upenn.edu

Claudia Vogelsang, MSW, LSW

Student, PhD in Social Welfare

cvog@upenn.edu

Viviana Chiu-Sik Wu, LLB, MS

Candidate, PhD in Social Welfare

chiuwu@upenn.edu

Sharon Zanti, MSW

Student, PhD in Social Welfare

Recent PhD Graduates

Samira Ali, PhD

samali@sp2.upenn.edu

Seongho An, MSW

Graduate, PhD in Social Welfare

anseong@upenn.edu

Stacey L. Barrenger, PhD, AM

sbarre@sp2.upenn.edu

Casey Bohrman, MSW, PhD

caseybohrman@yahoo.com

Tom Byrne, PhD

byrnet@sp2.upenn.edu

Sambuddha Chaudhuri

Graduate, PhD in Social Welfare

samch@sp2.upenn.edu

Daniel Curtis, PhD

dacu@sp2.upenn.edu

Christina DeNard, MSW, PhD

Graduate, PhD in Social Welfare

cdenard@upenn.edu

Michelle Evans-Chase, PhD

Lecturer, MSW Program

meva@sp2.upenn.edu

Kalen Flynn, MSW, MSSP, PhD

Graduate, PhD in Social Welfare
Assistant Professor, Jane Addams College of Social Work

kalenf@sp2.upenn.edu

“The education I received as a dual MSW/MSSP student allowed me to merge the real world experience of my field placements and internships with the theory and skills learned in the classroom.”

Ashley Fuss

Graduate, PhD in Social Welfare

ashfuss@sp2.upenn.edu

Itay Greenspan, PhD

H. Daniel Heist, MA

Graduate, PhD in Social Welfare

heist@upenn.edu

Katy Kaplan, PhD

katykap@mailmed.upenn.edu

Shimrit Keddem

shimrit.keddem@uphs.upenn.edu

Eunhae (Grace) Kim, PhD

Graduate, PhD in Social Welfare

eunhaek@sp2.upenn.edu

Minseop Kim, PhD

kmins@sp2.upenn.edu

Heather Klusaritz, MSW, PhD

Lecturer, MSW Program
Graduate, PhD in Social Welfare

hklusar2@sp2.upenn.edu

Dexia Kong, MSW, MBE

Graduate, PhD in Social Welfare

kong@sp2.upenn.edu

Travis Labrum, MSW

Graduate, PhD in Social Welfare

tlabrum@upenn.edu

Maayan Lawental Schori, PhD

Marquisha Lawrence Scott, PhD, MSW, MDiv

Graduate, PhD in Social Welfare

mlscott@upenn.edu

Jonathan Lukens, PhD

Chenyi Ma, MSW, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, Penn SP2
Lecturer, MSW Program
Graduate, PhD in Social Welfare
Researcher, The US Census Bureau

machenyi@sp2.upenn.edu

Charlene Chen McGrew, PhD

Lecturer, NPL Program

Robin Hernandez-Mekonnen, PhD

Elizabeth Noll, PhD

lizn@sp2.upenn.edu

Ama Nyame-Mensah, PhD, MA

Postdoctoral Fellow, Penn SP2
Graduate, PhD in Social Welfare

amanyame@upenn.edu

http://anyamemensah.weebly.com

Ryan Petros

petrosr@sp2.upenn.edu

Allison R. Russell, PhD, MPA

Graduate, PhD in Social Welfare
Postdoctoral Fellow

alruss@upenn.edu

Jeffrey Sharlein, MSW

Graduate, PhD in Social Welfare
Lecturer, MSW Program

jsharl@upenn.edu

Micheal L. Shier, PhD

m.shier@utoronto.ca

“I received a really high level of support and mentorship during my PhD. The faculty demonstrate a genuine concern for the students in the PhD program and prepare them for the next steps that follow once they’ve completed the program.”

Megan Stanton, PhD

mstant@sp2.upenn.edu

Julie Tennille, MSW, LSW, PhD

Julie.tennille@gmail.com

Allison E. Thompson, PhD, MSS

Graduate, PhD in Social Welfare

thompa@sp2.upenn.edu

Dan Treglia, PhD, MPP

Postdoctoral Fellow, Penn SP2
Lecturer, MSSP Program
Graduate, PhD in Social Welfare
Research Fellow, Field Center for Children's Policy, Practice, & Research

dtreglia@upenn.edu

Marlene Walk, PhD

marlwalk@sp2.upenn.edu

Alexandra Schepens Wimberly, PhD, MSW, MPH

Graduate, PhD in Social Welfare
Lecturer, MSW Program

schepa@upenn.edu

Jia Xue, PhD

Graduate, PhD in Social Welfare

xuejia@upenn.edu

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