The University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work is proud to introduce the new doctoral students on the job market:
Kess Ballentine
Research Interests:
- Child & Family Well-Being
- Poverty
- Intersectional Oppression
- Work-Life Interaction
- Parental Engagement with Schools and other Child-Serving Systems
Email: klb199@pitt.edu
Christina Huerta
Research Interests:
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health
- Culturally-Specific Mental Health Services
- Traumatic Stress
- Latino Mental Health
Email: ceh110@pitt.edu
Kristen Mackenzie
Research Interests:
- Autism Spectrum and Related Disorders
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Across the Lifespan
- ASD Diagnosis and Access to Treatment
- Caregiving and Burden
- Family Support
- Mental Health Policy
Email: mackenzi@pitt.edu
Craig Sewall
Research Interests:
- Youth suicide
- Leveraging ambulatory assessment methods such as ecological momentary assessment and passive sensor data to identify near-term predictors of suicidality
- Understanding the associations between digital technology use and psychosocial well-being and associated mechanisms
- Quantitative methods
- Research methods
Email: CJS227@pitt.edu