Each year, the GCSW hosts a research showcase in which all foundation students and additional students from the MSW and PhD programs present their work. Below are this year's contest winners and their posters. You can also find all of the photos from the event here!

Cohort 1

• 1st: Katy Fertitta - Promoting Academic Achievement among Children in Poverty Using the City Connects Approach
• 2nd: Kelley Reece - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy | An Effective and Ethical Therapeutic Approach to Reduce Sex Offender Recidivism
• 3rd: Nhu-Mai Nguyen - Writing through the Blues: Reducing Depression in High School Adolescents

Cohort 2

• 1st: Limor Smith - What is the Most Effective Intervention to Reduce Public Stigma of Mental Illness among Adults?
• 2nd: Melissa Melendez - CBT as Treatment for Women Who Experience Military Sexual Trauma
• 3rd: Ashley Deible - PEERS for Treatment of Individuals with High-Functioning Autism

Cohort 3

• 1st: Hayle Lopez - Using CBT to Reduce Anxiety Disorders in Latino Youth
• 2nd: Katie Collier - TF-CBT to Reduce PTSD in Survivors of Sex Trafficking
• 3rd: Katy Manning - Reaching for Reproductive Justice: Preventing Maternal Mortality among Black Women in the U.S.

Sugar Land Campus

• 1st: Sharon McNair - The Impact of TBRI on Foster Care Replacement Stability
• 2nd: Judy H. Young - Reducing Male Suicide Rates with Gun Ownership Laws
• 3rd: Christie Fleming - Privatizing the Foster Care System to Improve Outcomes for Foster Care Children

Hybrid-Main

• 1st: Cassie Croft - What is the Most Effective Intervention for Reducing Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Female Adolescents?
• 2nd: Angelica Peña - Reducing Recidivism in Sexual Offenders
• 3rd: Ebonee Jones - Increasing the High School Graduation Rate for Foster Youth

We are so proud of everyone who presented! It was an evening of deep learning for all who attended.