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Meet the Social Change Fellows

Research and Applications for Social Change Grants are awarded annually to Walden doctoral students,  alumni, faculty, and staff, as well as external researchers, whose proposals reflect the university’s mission to foster social change through research and the education of scholar-practitioners.

Recipients automatically become Walden University Social Change Fellows. They are scholars, administrators, authors, artists, nurses, social workers, teachers, engineers, lawyers, historians, scientists and community leaders, ready to share their knowledge and skills for the greater global good. They continue to learn and grow as they give.

Application forms for the Research and Applications for Social Change Grant will be available starting December 2, 2024. The submission deadline is February 10, 2025.
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Walden University Faculty & Staff

Walden University Students

Walden University Alumni and External Applicants 

2025 Social Change Recipients

Student Recipients

Enoch Badamosi, PhD, CHSPP/PPA

Capstone Title: Legal Permanent Residents’ Five Year Restriction to Benefits

Monique Durham, EdD, CEHS/Education

Capstone Title: K-12 Principals who Persist with the Challenges in Their Principalship


Faculty/Staff Recipients

Kimberley Blackmon, PhD, CPCS/Criminal Justice, Human Services, Sophie’s Circle Dog Rescue

Jenenne Valentino-Bottaro, PhD, LMHC-S, CPCS/Psych

Applied Project Proposal Title: A New Leash on Life: Providing K9 Companions to Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence

Stefanie Barnette, PhD, CBSH/Social Work

Research-based Proposal Title: Buying While Black: The Economics of Black Homebuyers Seeking Affordable Homeownership


External Recipients

Altheia Cadore, Mindslike

Applied Project Proposal Title: Exploring the Efficacy of Social Prescribing for Black Women Aged 18-30 Community-Based Observational Study and Community Project