Daniel Davidson

UConn School of Social Work, Class of 2015

I was born and raised in New York, N.Y. and lived in California and Rhode Island before moving to Hartford, Conn. I received my bachelor’s degree in American civilization from Brown University in Rhode Island. I’ve been a teacher’s assistant for a Brown University course in drug and alcohol addiction, worked in HIV outreach in New York City and am currently doing social work field placement at AIDS Connecticut in Hartford. My education prepared me to take a critical and multidisciplinary approach to solving problems and UST’s interprofessional approach to addressing health care issues resonated with me. I believe the social work component will prove especially important and I look forward to helping to integrate this discipline into the UST program. Social workers are trained to emphasize a broad vision of client care and can help make connections among practitioners. The politically focused macro social worker can assess issues in urban health care delivery from all relevant stakeholders – client, practitioner, community, legislator – propose solutions, and advocate for policy changes.