School of Social Welfare Doctoral Faculty
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Mahasweta Banerjee, Ph.D. Washington (St. Louis), Associate Professor. Theories and practices associated with social and economic community development; micro-enterprise as an anti-poverty strategy; critique of welfare reform through constructivist research. Marianne Berry, Ph.D., California (Berkeley), Associate Professor. Child welfare; program and practice evaluations; interventions with children and families including family preservation and adoption. Sondra Beverly, Ph.D., Washington (St. Louis). Programs and policies related to welfare reform, asset accumulation, material hardship, and the use of financial services by low-income individuals. Suzanne Boyd, Ph.D. Virginia Commonwealth, Assistant Professor. Mental health policy; evaluation of consumer-run services; family and consumer collaboration with service providers. Edward Canda, Ph.D., Ohio State, Professor. Cross-cultural and international social work; spirituality and religious diversity; Asian and Asian-American issues; qualitative research approaches. Rosemary Chapin, Ph.D., Minnesota, Associate Professor. Strengths based social policy; public policy in long term care financing and in the promotion of autonomy and community alternatives for elders with disabilities. Dennis Dailey, D.S.W., Washington (St. Louis), Professor. Human sexuality, sex-role socialization and clinical practice; clinical and social judgment; sex therapy and sexual issues in special groups. Mark Ezell, Ph.D., Florida State, Associate Professor. Social work administration; juvenile justice; social work advocacy; research and program evaluation; and privatization and contracting. Edith Freeman, Ph.D., Kansas, Professor. Research and practice with families and children, particularly school adjustment, substance abuse, teen pregnancy and community development. Goodwin Garfield, Ph.D., Kansas, Associate Professor. Social work practice; cultural diversity; ethics; group work. Scott Harding, Ph.D., University of Washington, Assistant Professor. Poverty; housing and homelessness residential segregation; gentrification; social welfare policy; community organization/development. Helen Hartnett, Ph.D., Ohio State. Community practice and neighborhood change; housing; "homelessness"; poverty; and the connections between social geography and social work practice. Stephen Kapp, Ph.D. Michigan State, Assistant Professor. Juvenile justice, agency-based program evaluation including outcome-oriented program management and consumer-based input. Joan Letendre, Ph.D., Illinois (Chicago). Assistant Professor. Violence prevention in the schools; programs that foster teacher and community involvement; and maximizing the role of culture in teaching and learning interpersonal skills. Alice Lieberman, Ph.D., Wisconsin, Associate Professor. Social work education in child welfare; effect of vendorship legislation on practice; reproductive rights policy and teen pregnancy. Thomas McDonald, Ph.D., Wisconsin, Professor. Child welfare and children's mental health; research methods and statistical analysis; service delivery; use of information systems in policy and practice decisions. Deborah Page-Adams, Ph.D., Washington (St. Louis), Assistant Professor. Violence against women; asset-based anti-poverty initiatives; social and economic development; quantitative research methods. K. Jean Peterson, D.S.W., Columbia, Associate Professor. Social work theory and practice with special interest in issues connected to sexual orientation and women. Christopher Petr, Ph.D., Kansas, Associate Professor. Policy and practice issues in child mental health and child welfare; family-centered practice; professional-consumer relationship. Allan Press, Ph.D., Clark, Associate Professor. Research in well-being and stress management including development of software; gerontology; social perception, especially perspective-taking. Charles Rapp, Ph.D. , Illinois, Professor. Development and testing of client-centered administrative practices, community mental health practice and policy centered on people with severe mental illness. Dennis Saleebey, D.S.W., California (Berkeley), Professor. Development of critiques of knowing in social work practice and welfare policy; "new paradigm" thinking for practice; biological basis for person/environment perspective; conceptualizing strengths perspective and resilience. Margaret Severson, J.D., M.S.W., Denver, Associate Professor. 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. Richard Spano, Ph.D., Minnesota, Associate Professor. Child welfare, particularly foster care, sexual abuse; the history of social work and social welfare, ethics and values as they impact practice. James Taylor, Ph.D., Washington, Professor. Social aspects of psychopathology; qualitative/ethnographic research approaches; computer applications in clinical practice. Ann Weick, Ph.D., Brandeis, Professor. Philosophical context of social work practice, with emphasis on the nature of relationship, processes of healing and change, and extended conceptions of environment. Back to Application Menu | |||
