AREAS OF RESEARCH
Leading-edge research fuels SP2’s passionate pursuit of social justice
Bridging data-informed social policy and evidence-based social work practice, SP2’s research is fueled by leading-edge faculty designing innovative solutions to complex social problems. This important work advances SP2’s passionate pursuit of racial, social, and economic justice.
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Faculty & Research
07/26
Q&A with PCIIT innovation competition winner Jonathan Muruako
As a new graduate of the Master of Science in Nonprofit Leadership Program at SP2, Jonathan Muruako, CAS’17, NPL’24, has completed his collegiate career while working to help others navigate education as founder and CEO of Fitalyst.
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Faculty & Research
06/25
Study by SP2 examines potential of direct cash for cancer patients from low-income households
The three-year randomized controlled trial by SP2 is examining the potential of direct cash assistance for patients from low-income households receiving care in Philadelphia, along with their families. The study is supported by funding from actor Bradley Cooper’s One Family Foundation and a grant awarded through the Independence Blue Cross Foundation Institute for Health Equity.
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Faculty & Research
06/21
DeMarcus Jenkins to explore links between housing policies and school integration and desegregation
SP2 Assistant Professor DeMarcus A. Jenkins will serve as co-principal investigator of a $442,340 grant from the American Institutes for Research Equity Initiative in the Behavioral Sciences for the project “Moving in Motown: Examining Promise of Integrated Neighborhoods and Schools Through Detroit’s Choice Neighborhood Initiative.”