Congratulations to MJ Hart on Selection for Sally Casanova Pre-Doctoral Award

The CSU’s Sally Casanova Pre-Doctoral Program provides opportunities for students to explore and prepare to succeed in doctoral programs. Under the guidance of Helen Hyun, one of the students in the Equity & Social Justice Education MA Program - MJ Hart - has been selected as one of the 2025 Pre-Doctoral Scholars, one of eight awards at SFSU and the only one in GCOE. Congratulations to MJ on receiving this prestigious award! They are interested in exploring doctoral-level, interdisciplinary research on identity development related to social psychology, philosophy, neurobiology, and the law. The Sally Casanova award will allow MJ to visit and apply to several PhD programs around the country.  MJ's ultimate goal is to become a tenured professor at a research university.