Faculty
Academic Areas
Poverty and policy studies; asset building and asset effects; well-being of women and children; social and economic development; theory for research; mixed methods research.
Education
Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis
Academic Areas
Equitable and effective child welfare practices and policies; foster care; adoption; children's mental health; parent substance abuse; domestic violence; parent mental health; implementation research; intervention research; translational research; community-based research; evidence-based practice.
Education
Ph.D., University of Kansas
Academic Areas
Theories and practices associated with enhancing social and economic justice; community development; micro-enterprise as an anti-poverty strategy; international social development; qualitative and quantitative research.
Education
Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis
Academic Areas
Substance abuse across the lifespan, child welfare, family drug courts, substance abuse prevention, community substance abuse strategies, mixed research methods.
Education
Ph.D., University of Kansas
Academic Areas
Cross-cultural and international social work; spiritual and religious diversity; Asian and Asian-American issues; qualitative research approaches; philosophy of social welfare; health and mental health resiliency.
Education
Ph.D., Ohio State University
Academic Areas
International organizational practices to engage men in gender-based violence prevention; formal support of new and expectant fathers to reduce child exposure to domestic violence; economic and social justice for families.
Education
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Academic Areas
Strengths based interdisciplinary, applied research to improve social service practice and policy with older adults and people with disabilities; public policy in long term care financing and in the promotion of autonomy and community alternatives for elders and people with disabilities, aging of the baby boom and elder friendly communities. Developing accurate assessments to improve practice with these groups.
Education
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Academic Areas
Improving young people's wellbeing through saving; asset-building; economic and educational disparities; public policy.
Education
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Academic Areas
Community based approaches to child maltreatment prevention; immigration and child welfare; evidence informed practice in organizational settings.
Education
Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley
Academic Areas
Juvenile justice, agency-based program evaluation including outcome-oriented program management and consumer-based input.
Education
Ph.D., Michigan State University
Academic Areas
Social consequences of the availability, distribution, and use of psychoactive substances; substance use behaviors among parenting populations; the role of parent substance use in child welfare decision-making; and racial/ethnic disparities within the child welfare system.
Education
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Academic Areas
Ethical decision making in social work practice; social welfare philosophy; International social work development and cross-cultural practices; Central Asian and post-Soviet issues; aging, elder abuse and self-neglect; qualitative research methods.
Education
Ph.D., University of Kansas
Academic Areas
Poverty and economic inequality, asset-based financial aid, social change, strategies for effective policy advocacy by nonprofit organizations, advocacy evaluation, and advocacy capacity-building for individuals and social service organizations.
Education
M.S.W., Washington University in St. Louis
Academic Areas
Social work education in child welfare; workforce issues in child welfare; generalist social work education pedagogy.
Education
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Academic Areas
Policies and services involving adults with mental illness who are involved with the criminal justice system or who are homeless.
Education
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Academic Areas
Children’s mental health including serious mental illness, service utilization, parent and child education and the impact of mental illness on children and their families.
Education
Ph.D., Ohio State University
Academic Areas
Intimate partner violence, at-risk youth, community practice, nonprofit development and management, program development and evaluation, leadership development, collaboration building and conflict resolution, grant writing, strategic planning.
Education
Ph.D., Ohio State University
Academic Areas
Understanding the impact of non-urban communities on the health and well-being of gender and sexual minority (GSM youth; development, sustainability, and evaluation of gender and sexual minority community organizations.
Education
Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Academic Areas
Policy and practice issues in child mental health and child welfare; family-centered practice; professional-consumer relationship.
Education
Ph.D., University of Kansas
Academic Areas
Indigenous and Latinx issues; cultural competency; social justice; substance abuse prevention and treatment; community organizing.
Education
M.S.W., University of Kansas
Academic Areas
Anti-poverty programs and policies; social justice; policy and social change strategies.
Education
Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis
Academic Areas
Research and practice in social justice venues, including mental health and suicide prevention programming in detention centers, divorce and child custody mediation, restorative justice and social work ethics.
Education
J.D., M.S.W., University of Denver
Academic Areas
Children and families, Latino immigrant families, rural youth, school, health, psychodrama techniques.
Education
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Academic Areas
Child welfare, particularly foster care, sexual abuse; the history of social work and social welfare, ethics and values as they impact practice.
Education
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Academic Areas
Clinical social work practice; diversity, equity, and inclusion; social justice, trauma-informed care, sensorimotor psychotherapy, trauma-sensitive movement/yoga, mindfulness practices for mental health
Education
Ph.D. Clinical Social Work, Smith College Massachusetts
Academic Areas
Child maltreatment and child protective services; foster family care and adoption; juvenile court outcomes; service needs and outcomes of adolescents and young-adults; research methods and statistical analysis.
Education
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
