Assistant Professor
Personal Pronouns: She/Her
Research Interests: LGBTQ Policy, LGBTQ Campus Climate, LGBTQ Health, Educational Equity (Race, Gender, and Sexuality), Social Work Education, Power, Privilege & Oppression, Intersectionality, Social Justice
Research Interests: Social work education, Homeless service systems, Homeless service access and outcomes, Geographic mobility and transportation access,, Program and policy evaluation and Criminalization of homelessness
Assistant Professor of Practice
Personal Pronouns: She/Her
IPVE Taskforce Chair
Research Interests: Social Work Education, online, interprofessional and experiential learning, school social work, student success and support services, education access, community outreach, interpersonal violence, trauma, mental health, social work direct practice, and issues of gender, family, race, and ethnicity.
Research Interests: Suicide Prevention Research; Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs); Adolescent Substance Use Behaviors; Social Determinants of Health and Mental Health; Barriers to Health Service Utilization; International Social Work Research
Assistant Professor of Practice
Personal Pronouns: He/Him
Research Interests: Tensions embedded in provision of hospice palliative care; Psilocybin and existential suffering; The benefits of live music performance in community-based hospice settings; The value of wish fulfillment at end-of-life; Sex and intimacy at end of life
Research Interests: Violence, Prevention Programming, Dating Violence, Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault
Research Interests: Child Welfare, Domestic Violence, Victim Services, Community Development, Non-profit management, Volunteer Coordination
Research Interests: Family wellbeing, child wellbeing, parenting, prevention of family violence in global settings; economic empowerment; immigrant and refugee populations
Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: School social work in traditional and charter schools, cultural competence of school social workers, colorism and social work practice.
Research Interests: Racial equity and inclusion in K-12 schools; school climate and culture; adolescent mental health; culturally responsive school-based and school-linked mental health services; school social work practice
Research Interests: Reproductive ethics, specializing in LGBTQ advocacy and inclusivity, moral distress, and clinical social work ethics.
Research Interests: Aging in Place, Home and Community-based Services, Family Caregiving, Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia, Assistive Technology, Transportation Equity
Research Interests: Children's Mental Health Policy and Service Systems; Evidence-Based Practice in Community Settings; Implementation Science and Knowledge Translation in Social Work; Medicaid Home and Community-Based Service Policies; Medicaid and disparities in access to care
Associate Professor of Practice
Personal Pronouns: She/Her
Research Interests: Military Social Work, Trauma Therapy (PTSD, Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Assault), Traumatic Grief
Research Interests: Program Evaluation; Nonprofit Management; Social Policy; Comparative Social Policy; and Nonprofit Advocacy
Research Interests:: Child Welfare, Foster Care, Substance Use, Juvenile Justice, Dually-Involved Youth, Health Disparity, Administrative Data Research, Program Evaluation, Measurement Development
Associate Professor of Practice
Personal Pronouns: She/Her
Research Interests: School Social Work, Children and family connections, Parenting, Behavioral Health Integration, Trauma and Impact of experiential learning student populations
Research Interests: Child Welfare; Reunification; Permanence; Family Engagement
Research Interests: Health and well-being of older adults with cognitive impairment, non-pharmacological interventions, social engagement, minority older adults and family caregivers, home- and community-based services, and health disparities.
Assistant Professor of Practice
Personal Pronouns: She/Her
Research Interests: Aging, mental health, health promotion, long-term care, hospice, dementia, sustainability, environmental justice
Assistant Professor
Personal Pronouns: She/Her
Research Interests: Aging, Social Integration/Isolation, Social Network Analysis, Social Support and Generosity
Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs
Associate Professor
Personal Pronouns: She/Her
Research Interests: Health and Mental Health of Vulnerable Populations; Refugee and Immigrant Health and wellness
Research Interests:: Health Equity, Community Based Participatory Research, Immigration, Policy Advocacy
Research Interests: Problem-Solving Courts, Forensic Social Work, Populations At-Risk for Criminal Justice Involvement, Structural Violence, Qualitative Methodologies, Innovative Approaches to Reduce Recidivism
Assistant Professor of Practice
Personal Pronouns: She/Her
Research Interests:: Social Work Faculty Preparedness; Controversial Conversations in the Classroom; Qualitative Methodology
Research Interests: Health Interventions, Health Disparities, Health Literacy and the Impact of Interprofessional Education on Health Students
Research Interests: Adolescent social problems , Reproductive health , National and International social policy, Population, Community Planning, Demographic Techniques, Zambia, Social Policy, Reproductive rights, Development
Research Interests: Trauma, Suicide, Maternal Well-being, Suicide Bereavement, Qualitative Interpretive Meta-Synthesis (QIMS), and Social Work Education
Research Interests: : Advancing racial equity in public and higher education; social work practice in schools; intersection among child welfare, juvenile justice, and education; disproportionality and disparities in child welfare and juvenile justice systems; social policy for children and families; culturally responsive practice; and community-based social work
Assistant Professor of Practice
Personal Pronouns: She/Her
Research Interests: Sexual and gender minority health disparities, the intersection of behavior change and technology, health risk behaviors, substance abuse, mental health and criminal justice.
Research Interests: Forensic Social Work, Military Families and Children, Qualitative Research, Action Research, Race and Ethnicity, Relationship Violence and Prevention, Trauma, Higher Education, Student Development and Leadership, Community Education
Research Interests: Substance use disorders, addiction treatments and suicide prevention in the general population with emphasis on veterans and service members; Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) treatment, group psychotherapy, developing interdisciplinary health treatment teams, and measuring the impact and relevance of feedback on the treatment experience.
Research Interests: Military social work; psychosocial and psychophysiological effects of war trauma and disaster; digital health interventions; heart rate variability biofeedback; social work education; systematic review methodology
Assistant Professor of Practice
Personal Pronouns: She/Her
Research Interests: Post-incarceration paternal experiences of African American males, the intersection of mental health, culture, spirituality, and criminality; post-traumatic growth development and functioning, legislative equity and equality, restorative forgiveness and reconciliation, social worker professional acumen, efficacy, and resilience; social work and law, cross-cultural collaborative social work education, qualitative and mixed methodology
Research Interests: International Social Work, The Intersection of HIV and Contextual Social Norms, Adolescent Risk Behaviors, Comparative Social Policy
Assistant Professor
Personal Pronouns: She/Her
IPVE Taskforce Development Subcommittee Chair
Research Interests: Violence Against Women, Trauma and Mental Health, Convergence of Poverty and Interpersonal Trauma, Violence Against Women in Diverse Educational Settings; Interpersonal Violence Prevention and Intervention
Research Interests: : Sleep Health, Mental Health, Substance Misuse, Health Promotion and Health Disparities and Mind/Body Interventions
Director of Undergraduate Programs
Assistant Professor of Practice
Research Interests: Maternal incarceration, stress theory and non-normative family stress, couple and marriage dynamics in African American families, and mental health.
Research Interests:: Health Disparities, Latino Populations, Cardiovascular Health, eHealth, Obesity, Socioeconomic Status
Assistant Professor
Personal Pronouns: She/Her
Research Interests: Health disparities related to mental health and substance misuse in historically underserved communities, applications of technology in behavioral health assessment and treatment, mindfulness based clinical interventions for women with co-occurring mental health and substance use concerns, social policy related to SOGIE for child welfare involved youth and families.
Director of Graduate Programs
Assistant Professor of Practice
Research Interests: Community and Administrative Practice
Research Interests: Aging, grandparents, ethnicity (Chinese), assistive technology, Intergenerational Support and Healthy Aging, Health Disparity, Health Care Utilization, Acculturative Stress, Social support and Well-being of Older Adults, Asian American Older Adults
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