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Portrait of Elizabeth Brillon

Honor Society® member

Elizabeth Brillon

  • Social Work
  • Class of 2024
  • Pennsylvania

Member since November 2023

About

Elizabeth Brillon is currently a Board Member of the National Association of Social Workers Pennsylvania as the Central Division Chair and the Chair of the Violence Against Women and their Children Track for the Council on Social Work Education’s Annual Program Meeting. Elizabeth recently wrote a letter addressing gun violence through a multicultural lens, published in The New Social Worker Magazine's March 2023 edition. She is also a minority cohort of the Bank of America Institute for Women’s Entrepreneurship at Cornell, and a first generation doctoral candidate at the University of Kentucky, where she is studying administration and leadership, and is a recent inductee of Phi Alpha, the National Social Work Honor Society. Previously, Ms. Brillon spent two years at the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV), where she researched, wrote, and presented policy, Runaway, and Homeless Youth Toolkit, and served on the steering committee for the Adult Children Exposed to Domestic Violence Leadership Forum. She holds an undergraduate degree in Social Work Magna Cum Laude from the University of Memphis and a graduate degree in Social Work Golden Key Honors from Temple University.

Education

  • University of Kentucky

    Doctorate Social Work

    2022 – 2024

  • Temple University

    Master of Science Social Work

    2014 – 2016

  • University of Memphis

    Bachelor of Arts Social Work

    2007 – 2009

  • Tarrant County College

    Associate of Arts

Honors and awards

  • Golden Key Honor Society

    Temple University

  • Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society

    Phi Tau Chapter - Tarrant County College

  • Phi Alpha Honor Society

    Xi Sigma Chapter - UKY

Goals and interests

Career goal

Administration/Executive

Graduate school interests

Secular Student Association
Diversity Student Ambassador

Outside the classroom

Reading - Non-Fiction
Writing - Professional and Creative (Poetry)

Volunteering

  • Board Member - Central Division Chair

    National Association of Social Workers, Pennsylvania Chapter

    Jul 2023 – Jun 2025

  • Chair - Violence Against Women and their Children APM Track

    Council on Social Work Education

    Jan 2023 – Jan 2025

Languages

  • English (US) Advanced
  • Spanish Intermediate

Additional information