Erick da Luz Scherf, MSW

Short bio: Erick da Luz Scherf, MSSW (he/him) is a Ph.D. student at the University of Alabama School of Social Work. He is also a Member of the Initiative on Social Work & Forced Migration at Washington University in St. Louis. In addition, Erick serves as a Member of the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) Doctoral Student Committee. Before coming to the United States, he completed a Master of Science in Social Work degree at the University of Stavanger in Norway through the Erasmus Mundus mobility program, and a Bachelor of International Relations and Politics in his home country of Brazil. His academic pursuits have centered around critical inquiry in Social Work and Health Sciences. Erick has a strong track record of research experience and publications in the fields of social work, public health, and human rights. More recently, his focus has been on investigating health disparities among minoritized and racialized migrants in the U.S.