This summer, Katie Morris (LLC Cohort 18) and Montia Gardner (LLC Cohort 19) defended their dissertations and graduated with their PhDs!
Katherine Julia Morris
Being Called to Social Work: What Latina Women Carry
Dissertation Chairs: Beverly Bickel (LLC) and Francine Hultgren (UMD)
Committee members: Tania Lizarazo (MLLI), Thania Muñoz (MLLI), and Deborah Gioia (UMB SSW)
Montia D. Gardner
Shadowed Beneath Thy Hand: Organizational Capital and the Cultivation of Academic Talent at a Low-SES Suburban High School
Dissertation Chair: Pamela Bennett (Public Policy)
Committee members: Kimberly Moffitt (LLC), Keisha Allen (Education), Latonya Turner (Marion University), and Ramon Goings (LLC)
We look forward to celebrating with Katie and Montia in person in December!