Through the Center on Violence Against Women and Children, the Rutgers School of Social Work is pleased to offer three Verizon Wireless HopeLine Scholarships annually. These scholarships aim to prepare social work professionals to work in the violence against women or children field nationwide.  Students committed to working on these issues are eligible to apply for this $2,000 Scholarship to support their graduate work.  Individuals selected to receive the scholarships are also provided with the opportunity to work at the Center on Violence Against Women and Children as a research assistant. 

Requirements:

Students selected as VAWC Verizon Wireless HopeLine Scholars must complete the coursework and field placement requirements of the Certificate Program, as well as present an area of research at the VAWC End of Year Colloquium. Please see below for previous Colloquium presentations: 

Colloquium

Our Verizon Wireless HopeLine Scholars present a paper at an end of the year colloquium. Please see below for  colloquium presentations:  

2018 Colloquium Presentations

2017 Colloquium Presentations 

• Violence, Incarceration, and Addiction: A Student's Perspective on Working with Survivors, Jayna Marie Jones
• Sexual Violence: Lessons Learned and Proposal for Prevention, Jennifer Kurdyla
• Femicide in El Salvador, Abril Lazaro

2016 Colloquium Presentations 

• The Impact of Interpersonal Violence and Trauma, Nicole Chaladoff
• Human Trafficking: Invisibility of Women in Labor Trafficking, Janey Chung
• Misconceptions in Human Trafficking, Laura Negin

2015 Colloquium Presentations 

• Vicarious Trauma: The Results of Working with Sexual Assault Survivors, Laura Matias
• Adverse Childhood Experiences Study, Catherine Fries
• Challenges when working with LGBT Survivors of IPV, Brittany Harrison

2014 Colloquium Presentations 

• Sexual Assault in the Military, Jessica Broadnax
• Human Trafficking: Modern Day Slavery, Kerry Krautwald
• Animal Assisted Therapy for Trauma Survivors, Brady Root
• Reducing and Preventing Violence Against Women: Implementing Education About Sexual Assault to Adolescents, Jalisa Smith

2013 Colloquium Presentations

• Trauma Treatment: The Importance of Body Centered Therapy, Bridget Coyle
• Rothmel_Culture of Victim Blaming, Temima Rothmel

2012 Colloquium Presentations

• Working with Survivors of Child Incestuous Abuse, Jessica Trusiani
• Violence Against LGBTQ Youth, Marlene Anderson
• Megan's Law and the Juvenile Justice System: Implications for Social Work Practice, Laura Johnson
• Marital Rape Law Evolution: The Redefining of a Social Problem, Ryan Smith 

2011 Colloquium Presentations

• Effects of Domestic Violence on Children, Janina Tauro
• Domestic Violence in the United States Military, Jennifer Martinez
• Battered Latina Immigrants: Barriers and Interventions, Alberto Olarte
• Building Bridges of Hope: Spirituality, Religion and Intimate Violence, Tamara R. Davis 

2010 Colloquium Presentations

• Intersectionality: The Multiple Jeopardy of Interpersonal Violence, Kim Lopez
• The Outsider Looking In: Ethical Dilemmas in Understanding Oppression of Women within International Cross-Cultural Contexts, Vithya Murugan
• Domestic Teen Sex Trafficking, Virginia Tenias De-Lopez 

2009 Colloquium Presentations

• Rape as a Weapon of War: Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in the Congo, Audrey Allred 
• Engendering the Refugee Experience: Female Perspectives on Forced Migration and Refugee Resettlement, Melissa Fogg
• Women Who Kill: The Battered Woman Syndrome as a Legal Defense, Shauna Simmons