The SSWR Doctoral Student Committee (DSC) is now accepting applications from doctoral students interested in joining the DSC committee. All doctoral students across all years and academic institutions are encouraged to apply by March 30, 2025. The DSC is chaired by Fatima Mabrouk, MSW, SSWR Board Doctoral Student Director-at-Large.
The DSC was created to ensure that doctoral students’ needs, interests, and priorities are accurately reflected in SSWR doctoral student programming at the SSWR annual conference. The DSC aims to build a committee that reflects the diversity of social work doctoral students, their research areas, and their institutions. In recent years, it has also focused on more year-round opportunities for student connection and advocacy.
The DSC has four (4) subcommittees: Mentoring, Conference, Communications, and Student Engagement. Each subcommittee is chaired by 1-2 DSC members, who, together with the DSC Chair, comprise the DSC Leadership Committee.
- The Communications Subcommittee creates a newsletter every other month and manages our student-only Facebook group.
- The Mentoring Subcommittee manages the “Coffee with a Scholar” and the “New Attendee” Program for the SSWR Annual Conference.
- The Conference Subcommittee develops the “Meet the Scientist” Luncheon (in partnership with the DSC Chair and SSWR Board Early Career Director-at-Large), the Student Session and Luncheon, the Student Social Hour, the Virtual Happy Hour, and the Writing Retreats.
- The Student Engagement Subcommittee facilitates networking and training opportunities.
DSC Application Timeline
- February 26: Application opens
- March 30: Application closes
- April 1-15: Application review period
- April 18: Status notifications sent to all applicants
- May 1: Orientation meeting with new DSC members
- May 15: New DSC members’ term begins
For more details or if you have any questions, please email Fatima Mabrouk, SSWR Board Doctoral Student Director-at-Large and DSC Chair, fam360@nyu.edu.