Established in 2011, the GADE Student Award for Leadership & Service in Social Work is given to a social work doctoral student or group of students who, through ongoing or time-limited actions, activities, or project(s), have shown significant leadership in service to their school, university, and/or professional or academic associations.

*Applications open annually on March 15 and are due on May 1 at 11:59pm Eastern. Be sure to subscribe to our Email Updates to be the first to know when applications are live!

2023: Quinn Hafen
School of Social Work, Colorado State University

2022: Amanda Spishak-Thomas
School of Social Work, Columbia University

2021: Alicia Mendez
School of Social Work, Rutgers University

2020: Manaal Syed
Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto

2020 Honorable Mention: Erin Harrop
School of Social Work, University of Washington

2019: Ashley Cureton
School of Social Service Administration, The University of Chicago

2019 Honorable Mention: Andrew Eaton
Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto

2018: "I am Student X"
Suzanne Dwarak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California

2018 Honorable Mention: Lisa Juckett
College of Social Work, The Ohio State University

2017: Amanda Aykania
School of Social Welfare, University at Albany, SUNY

2016: Natasha Brien
Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto

2015: Annalise Mennicke
Florida State University

2014: Ning Tang
School of Social Work, University of Alabama

2013: Laneshia McCord
University of Louisville

2012: Colleen Henry & Megan Moore
University of California, Berkeley

2011: Eric Waithaka, Carrie Moylan, Kimberly Hudson, Ameila Derr, & Valerie Shapiro
University of Washington