Holly Dabelko-Schoeny

Holly Dabelko-Schoeny, PhD '02

Dr. Holly Dabelko-Schoeny, assistant professor of the College of Social Work, is the 2009 recipient of the college’s Distinguished Recent Career Award. Each year, this prestigious award is presented to an alumnus who has graduated within the past ten years and whose accomplishments exemplify outstanding professional achievements in one or more of the following areas: practice/clinical excellence, community development, advocacy, education, or administration.

Holly has devoted her career to the field of aging as a colleague, mentor, educator, and researcher with a focus on improving the quality of life for older adults and their caregivers.

She is a 2004 Hartford Family Scholar; has published nine refereed journal articles, given 12 refereed conference presentations at the state and national level; and conducted four externally funded research studies. Holly is also a recipient of the 2008 Mortar Board Senior Honor Society Teaching Award and the 2002 Merriss Cornell Distinguished Researcher Awards.

For more information, contact Dr. Dabelko-Schoeny at (614) 292-4378 or dabelko-schoeny.1@osu.edu; or Frankie Jones-Harris at (614) 292-3540 or jones-harris.1@osu.edu