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Donna Ruch Named Recipient of 2017 SSWR Doctoral Fellows Award

Donna Ruch Named Recipient of 2017 SSWR Doctoral Fellows Award

January 12, 2017

Congratulations to doctoral student Donna Ruch who is the recipient of the 2017 Society for Social Work and Research Doctoral Fellows Award. Ruch’s dissertation proposal is entitled “The Implications of Attorney Representation on Juvenile Justice Decisions Leading to the Disproportionate Incarceration of African-American Male Youth.”

SSWR judged Ruch’s research to be most deserving of this prestigious award, recognizing the significance of the problem addressed in her research, the rigor of the analysis and its contribution to knowledge in social work and social welfare. Ruch will be honored for her achievement at the 2017 SSWR Annual Conference in New Orleans in January.

For more information about Ruch, click here.