PhD Students and Alumni on the Job Market

The PhD Program in Social Welfare at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is proud to announce our PhD candidates (and graduates) on the job market. Please do not hesitate to contact us if we can be of further assistance in your faculty recruitment.

Marci Ybarra, MSW, PhD, Director, School of Social Work

Tova Walsh, MSW, PhD, Anne Wackman Oros Associate Professor, Doctoral Program Director School of Social Work

2023-2024 PhD Students on the Job Market

Leah Awkward-Rich

Credentials: PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2024; BA, Oberlin College, 2017

Position title: Postdoctoral Fellow

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Email: awkwardrich@wisc.edu

Yoona Kim

Credentials: PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2024; MSW, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2021; MIPA, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2016; BA, Kyung Hee University, 2012

Position title: Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Research on Poverty

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Email: yoona.kim@wisc.edu

Kiley McLean

Credentials: PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, May, 2023; MSW, Columbia University, 2018; MS, Bank Street College of Education, 2016; BA, College of the Holy Cross, 2014

Position title: Post Doctoral Research Fellow; Lecturer

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Email: kjmclean@wisc.edu

Sakara Wages

Credentials: PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2023 (expected); MSW, University of Wisconsin-Madison; BS, University of Wisconsin-Platteville, 2017

Position title: Lecturer

Email: sakara@subversivesocialwork.com