Social Work
Dr. Washington is an alumna of the Joint Masters in Social Work Class of 2002. She went on to receive her PhD in Social Work from UNC Chapel Hill, where she received awards for her research and teaching. She is now an Assistant Professor and Director of the Interdisciplinary Study Abroad program in the School of Social Work at the University of Georgia.
Her research interests include designing and implementing culturally-targeted social and behavioral interventions to reduce the burden of health disparities and improve psychosocial outcomes in older chronic kidney disease patients.
She is the recipient of several research and training grants and has published 23 manuscripts on aging, minority health, and caregiving.
Dr. Washington is committed to serving the social work profession. She is faculty advisor to the UGA campus chapter of Phi Alpha Honor Society for Social Work, and serves on the editorial boards for both the Journal of Gerontological Social Work and the Journal of Nephrology Social Work.