The School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin will be attending the Society for Social Work and Research 2026 Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. next week, providing cutting-edge research on a wide variety of social work topics.
This year, more than 40 Texas Social Work faculty, staff and researchers will present on current research topics and collaborate with colleagues from around the country.
Of note, 18 doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows from Texas Social Work will attend the conference, giving insights on their research in areas such as behavioral health interventions, mental health care access, substance misuse, solution-focused brief therapy, and health trajectories among cancer survivors, among others.
An extended list of researchers presenting from Texas Social Work is below.
UT Social Work faculty and researchers
Flor Avellaneda
Elisa Borah
Mary-Ellen Brown
Yessenia Castro
Kasey Claborn
Cynthia Franklin
Jaime Fuentes Balderrama
Rebecca Gomez
Jillian Landers
Noel Landuyt
Sandy Magaña
Anna Magnum
Katie McCormick
Danielle Parrish
Mary Velasquez
Sarahi Villalobos (MSSW)
Hailey Wetherill
Kirk von Sternberg
Doctoral students (presenting)
Meiyan Chen
Madison Haiman
Jeeyeon Hong
Daniel Knight
Pei-Chiang Lee
Eduardo Yespica Mendoza
Obi Onyegesi
Hector Chaidez Ruacho
Yeonjeong Seo
Hailey Wetherill
Xiaoyi Zeng
Additional doctoral students attending
Maria Cardenas
Yoonjeong Ko
Lauren Lanehart
Kayla Lovett
Lin Tran
Abena Yirenya-Tawiah