
A dual Master of Social Work/Master of Public Affairs and Politics candidate, Taylor Pickett-Stokes will be taking the stage at Mercer County Community College’s (MCCC) Kelsey Theatre March 1-3 with Virginia-based Underground Performing Arts Collective (UPAC) and their presentation of “Black Girl Magic.”

Associate Professor of Professional Practice Tawanda L. Hubbard discusses her research interests and how they are grounded in inclusion, intersectionality, diversity, equity and advancement (IIDEA) with MSW student and IIDEA research assistant Calvin Ryan.

Cassandra Simmel, Associate Professor and Ph.D. Program Director at Rutgers School of Social Work, has been named a 2024 Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) Research Fellow. The Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) Fellows are members who have served with distinction to advance the mission of the Society—to advance, disseminate, and translate research that addresses issues of social work practice and policy and promotes a diverse, equitable and just society.

Two Rutgers University faculty members, Dr. Ryon J. Cobb (Assistant Professor at the School of Social Work and Chancellor's Scholar for Inclusive Excellence in Research on Black Americans) and Dr. Dawne Mouzon (Associate Professor at the School of Arts and Sciences), received awards from the University of Michigan’s Program for Research on Black Americans (PRBA).