Natasha Mendoza

Natasha 'Tasha' Mendoza, PhD '09

Recent PhD graduate Tasha Mendoza has won the first Student Award for Research to be given by the Group for Advancement of Doctoral Education (GADE).  The chair of the selection committee wrote:  “Although this is the first year that GADE has offered this award, we received a large number of nominations.  The awards committee was impressed by the high quality of research studies being conducted by social work students and, as a consequence, had a challenging task in selecting the winner from a pool of strong candidates.  Dr. Mendoza’s research was highly rated by all members of the awards committee and clearly exemplified innovation, contribution to knowledge, likelihood of improving services, and scientific rigor.”   More...

The award will be presented at the 2010 SSWR conference in San Francisco.