November 7, 2017 | Reesa Olins - School of Social Work

Social Work Faculty Finds Social Capital Key to College Attendance in Foster Care Youth

Dr. Nathanael Okpych, who joined the UConn faculty this academic year, was selected to receive the 2017 Council on Social Work Education’s (CSWE) Transforming Child Welfare Dissertation Award. As part of the award, Dr. Okpych presented his dissertation at the CSWE Child Welfare Track meeting in October. His work, with colleague Mark Courtney, was also featured […]

Nate Okpych

Nate Okpych
Assistant Professor Nathanael Okpych

Dr. Nathanael Okpych, who joined the UConn faculty this academic year, was selected to receive the 2017 Council on Social Work Education’s (CSWE) Transforming Child Welfare Dissertation Award. As part of the award, Dr. Okpych presented his dissertation at the CSWE Child Welfare Track meeting in October.

His work, with colleague Mark Courtney, was also featured as a lead article in the Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research (Volume 8, Number 3, Fall 2017), “Who Goes to College? Social Capital and Other Predictors of College Enrollment for Foster-Care Youth”

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