The only person in her native Sri Lanka with a doctoral degree in social work, Pamela D. M. Pieris (PhD ’03) returned home in 2005 to a country devastated by a tsunami and still in the throes of a decades-long civil war. Fortunately, she brought with her not only strong social development skills, but also extensive management, teaching and leadership experience acquired in Bolivia, Colombia, India, the Philippines, Israel and the United States. Today she’s an internationally known speaker, a visiting lecturer and researcher at Sri Lanka’s only social work school, and an independent consultant for several NGOs. During a recent project with YWCA Sri Lanka that focused on the country’s conflict areas, Pieris led the strategic planning process and co-authored a primer on U.N. Security Council Resolution 1325, which reaffirms women’s critical role in maintaining and promoting worldwide peace and security.
Read about the accomplishments of graduates from every decade since our founding in 1931.
- 2010s
- 2000s
- Malak Al-Rasheed, PhD ’04
- Selva Clarke, MSW ’06
- Mark Dickmann, MSW ’08
- Jacquelyn Eisenberg, MSW ’08
- K. Jerry Frangas, MSW ’01
- Crystal Harris, MSW ’06
- Sheila Keller, MSW ’09
- Nola Miguel, MSW ’06
- Hadidja Nyiransekuye, MSW ’00, PhD ’07
- Chi Phuong Thi Phan, MSW ’07
- Pamela D. M. Pieris, PhD ’03
- Jaime Rall, MSW ’06
- Jose Sisneros, PhD ’00
- Marie-Antoinette Sossou, PhD ’03
- Carol Vernon, MSW ’05
- 1990s
- 1980s
- 1970s
- Richard T. Castro, MSW ’72 & Virginia M. Castro, MSW ’73
- Nelba Chavez, PhD ’75
- Jean East, MSW ’79, PhD ’95 & Sue Kenney, MSW ’79
- William Evans, MSW ’77
- Ben Fransua, MSW ’73 & Jerry Fransua, MSW ’78
- Fred W. Garcia, MSW ’75
- Oliver Harris, PhD ’73
- Sumiko Hennessy, PhD ’78
- Irene M. Ibarra, MSW ’78
- Robert C. Kelsall, MSW ’75
- Joycee Kennedy, MSW ’78
- Mary Krane, MSW ’71
- Ron Lewis, PhD ’74
- Alberta C. Liebert, MSW ’75
- Evi B. Makovsky, MSW ’78
- Linda Mitchell, MSW ’78
- Betty Proctor, MSW ’74
- Lynne Reyburn, MSW ’74
- Bradford W. Sheafor, PhD ’71
- Marta Sotomayor, PhD ’73
- Mary Valentich, PhD ’75
- 1960s
- Steven K. Chough, MSW ’63
- James Ming Nien Chien, MSW ’69
- Steven K. Chough, MSW ’63
- Richard Enos, MSW ’66
- Albert Gurule, MSW ’68
- Dorothy V. Harris, MSW ’68
- Robert L. Hawkins, MSW ’67
- Dottie Lamm, MSW ’67
- Mary R. Lewis, MSW ’61
- Margaret Roath, MSW ’68
- Martie and Vernon Sauter, MSW ’65
- Youlon D. Savage, MSW ’64
- George Tippin, MSW ’62
- Joyce Wilson, MSW ’68
- 1950s
- 1940s
- 1930s
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