Melanie Nadon
2022-2023 National Dissertation Awardee
Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
University of Chicago
Melanie Nadon is a graduate student in Social Work. Her dissertation is entitled: “The Nexus of Poverty, Place, Race, and Bureaucracy: A Multi-Method, Multi-Level examination of Child Welfare Investigations.”
Date of Dissertation Award: August 2022 – September 2023
Dissertation Award Policy Brief: Contradictory Constraints: Parental Experiences of Safety Net Reductions and Financial Hardships while Navigating the Child Welfare System, December 2024.
Advisor: Jennifer Mosley
Twitter: @MelanieNadon, @UChicagoCrown, @UChicago