Central California Area Social Services Consortium
MSW Student Research Stipends
Each year MSW Students produce some excellent research work products through their graduate thesis requirement necessary for graduation. Many of these students are current/former staff members from public human services departments in our region. Others are preparing for a future career in public human services agencies. Their history with and/or commitment to public human services is often evident in the thesis topics which they select.
The Central California Area Social Services Consortium (CCASSC), in partnership with the CSU’s in the Central California region, has established an MSW Student Research Stipend Program as a vehicle for:
- incentivizing student efforts to enrich the evidence base for public human services in the Central Region and,
- creating a forum for students to share their intellectual material with the agencies that are most likely to benefit.
Up to three stipends (of $1,000 each) are provided annually to MSW students upon recommendation from a selection committee comprised of CCASSC members and university representatives. Students from CSU Fresno, CSU Stanislaus, and CSU Bakersfield are eligible to apply. In addition, four annual stipends of $1,000 each may be awarded exclusively to CSU Fresno students as a result of a special contribution from the Dean of the College of Health and Human Services.
Denise Martinez
Force Separation: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Latina Women Experience (PDF)
Sonia Piva
Promoting Father Engagement through "All Dads Matter": A Quantitative Look Into Mindfulness (PDF)
Presentation - Sonia Piva (PDF)
Jessica Munoz
Powerpoint - Jessica Munoz (PDF)
Jazmine Lupercio
Efrain Barboza Jr.
A Qualitative Study Exploring the Effects of Multiple Placement Changes for Minors in Foster Care (PDF)
Powerpoint - Efrain Barboza Jr. (PDF)
Presentation (Video)
Magdalena Fitzgerald
Powerpoint - Magdalena Fitzgerald (PDF)
Presentation (Video)
Nereida Zarate Diaz
Intersectional Challenges within Immigrant Families with Children with Developmental Disabilites (PDF)
Powerpoint - Neredia Zarate Diaz (PDF)
Presentation (Video)
Elizabeth Alvarez
Autism Spectrum Disorder(ASD) (PDF)
Powerpoint - Elizabeth Alvarez (PDF)
Presentation (Video)
Randi Baldarama
Mitigation use in the Resentencing of Juveniles Formerly Sentenced to Life Without Parole (PDF)
Powerpoint - Randi Baldarama (PDF)
Kimberly Zapata
The Challenges that Parents Face as They Adapt to the Coronoa Virus Outbreak (PDF)
John Jennings
LGBTQ Foster Youth: A Curriculum for CWS Workers (PDF)
Denae Davis
Powerpoint - Denae Davis (PDF)
Alejandra Rodriguez Perez
Parental Involvement in Monolingual Spanish Speaking Communities (PDF)
Presentation (Video)
Itzamary Tirado
Factors Contributing to Latinas/o's Utilization of Mental Health Services in Fresno County (PDF)
Presentation (Video)
Sarah Carr
Presentation (Video)
William Myers
Powerpoint - Behavior-Based Case Plan Pilot in Tulare County Public Child Welfare
Archived Student Stipend Recipients