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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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