Our rigorous PhD program prepares researchers, scholars, and educators to advance the field of social welfare and social work practice. Research that identifies causes, dynamics, and outcomes of ...

Founded in 1952 as one of the first doctoral programs in social welfare in America, the PhD program at the Mandel School is designed to develop leaders in social work research, policy and teaching. In ...

The PhD in Social Welfare is a highly flexible interdisciplinary degree program that prepares graduates to be independent social work researchers and scholars. Our PhD students benefit from a small-by ...

Tiffany J. Nhan is the recipient of the prestigious Minority Fellowship from the Council on Social Work Education.

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

We value the contributions made by a diverse community of scholars and pride ourselves on putting our values of equity, justice, and inclusion into action throughout the admission process. The ...

The University of Maryland School of Social Work plans to launch a new Doctor of Social Work program in fall 2026, the school ...

This article presents a framework for evaluation in social work doctoral education and details 10 years of successes and challenges in one PhD program's use of the framework, including planning and ...

Lenore A. Kola, PhD, is an associate professor emerita of social work at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University and co-director of the ...

Boston University will not be accepting applications for PhD students in the humanities and social sciences for the 2025–26 ...