Faculty Profiles
Full-time Faculty
Maryann Amodeo, PhD, MSW
Associate Professor
Clinical Practice
Chair, Human Behavior in the Social Environment
Co-Director, Center for Addictions Research and Services
Sara S. Bachman, PhD, MS
Associate Professor
Social Research
Director, Dual Degree Program in Social Work and Theology
Deanne Bonnar, PhD, MSW
Clinical Associate Professor
Social Welfare Policy
Director, Dual Degree Program in Social Work and Education
Coordinator, Ethics Course
Cassandra Clay, MSW, MEd
Clinical Professor
Chair, Clinical Practice
Mary Elizabeth Collins, PhD, MA
Associate Professor
Social Welfare Policy
Director, Interdisciplinary PhD Program
Kate Cooney, PhD, MSW
Assistant Professor
Macro Practice
Co-Director, Social Welfare Analysis Colloquium
Marah A. Curtis, PhD, MSW
Assistant Professor
Social Welfare Policy
Co-Director, Social Welfare Analysis Colloquium
Melvin Delgado, PhD, MS
Professor
Chair, Macro Practice
Co-Director, Center for Addictions Research and Services
Ellen Ransel DeVoe, PhD, MSW
Assistant Professor
Clinical Practice
Ruth I. Freedman, PhD, MSW
Associate Professor
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Janice Furlong, MSW
Clinical Associate Professor
Clinical Practice
Scott Miyake Geron, PhD, AM
Associate Professor
Social Welfare Policy
Director, Institute for Geriatric Social Work
Mark Gianino, PhD, MSW
Clinical Assistant Professor
Clinical Practice
Judith G. Gonyea, PhD, MSW
Professor
Chair, Social Research
Hyeouk Chris Hahm, PhD, MSSW
Assistant Professor
Clinical Practice and Social Research
Robert B. Hudson, PhD
Professor
Chair, Social Welfare Policy
Luz Marilis López, PhD, MSW, MPH
Assistant Professor
Clinical Practice
Lena Lundgren, PhD, MA
Professor
Social Welfare Policy
Director, Center for Addictions Research and Services
Donna McLaughlin, Postgraduate Certificate, MSW
Clinical Assistant Professor
Clinical Practice
Joseph R. Merighi, PhD, MSW
Associate Professor
Human Behavior in the Social Environment
Jordana Muroff, PhD, MSW
Assistant Professor
Clinical Practice
Ruth Paris, PhD, MSW
Assistant Professor
Clinical Practice
Director, Family Therapy Certificate Program
Humberto Reynoso-Vallejo, PhD, MSW, MA
Assistant Professor
Human Behavior in the Social Environment and Social Welfare Policy
Coordinator, Racism Course
Betty J. Ruth, MSW, MPH
Clinical Associate Professor
Human Behavior in the Social Environment
Director, Dual Degree Program in Social Work and Public Health
Director, Certificate in Social Work and Behavioral Medicine
Sunny Hyuckun Shin, PhD, MSW
Assistant Professor
Human Behavior in the Social Environment
Renée Spencer, EdD, MSSW
Assistant Professor
Human Behavior in the Social Environment
Lee H. Staples, PhD, MSW
Clinical Professor
Macro Practice
Gail Steketee, PhD, MSS
Professor
Dean
Part-Time Faculty
Denise Butler-MacKay, MSW
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Human Behavior in the Social Environment
Linda Schiller, MSW
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Clinical Practice
Julie Springwater, MSW
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Macro Practice
Lecturers /Adjunct Faculty
Cesar Abarca, MSW, Human Behavior in the Social Environment
Sharon Adelman, MSW, Human Behavior in the Social Environment
Phil Amato, PhD, MSW, Human Behavior in the Social Environment
Henry Jr. Bock, JD, MSW, Social Welfare Policy
Christiana Bratiotis, MSW, Social Welfare Policy
Nancy Capobianco-Boyer, PhD, MSW, Social Research
Alice Cohen, MSW, Human Behavior in the Social Environment
Rick Cresta, MSW, Clinical Practice, Ethics
Gary Eager, MSW, Clinical Practice
Therese Fitzgerald, MSW, Social Welfare Policy
Kevin Hepner, BSBA, Macro Practice
Chester Jakubiak, MSW, MA, Social Welfare Policy
Kathy Kuhn, MSW, Clinical Practice
Edna Lezotte, MSW, MTH, Human Behavior in the Social Environment
Lorna McKenzie-Pollock, PhD, MSW, Human Behavior in the Social Environment
Celina Miranda, MSW, Human Behavior in the Social Environment
Judith Perlstein, MSW, Human Behavior in the Social Environment
Nicole Roberts, MSW, Macro Practice
Sheila Schwartz, JD, MSW, Social Welfare Policy
Richard Shankar, PhD, MA, Social Research
Cristina Sorrentino, PhD, MSW, Social Research
Susan Strang, MSW, Ethics
Mary Urban-Keary, MSW, Clinical Practice
Rolanda Ward, MSW, Social Welfare Policy
Sue White, MSW, Macro Practice
Trudy Zimmerman, EdM, MSSS, Clinical Practice
Current Emeriti Deans and Professors
Leonard Bloksberg (Professor Emeritus)
Daniel Carter (Professor Emeritus)
Carolyn Dillon (Professor Emerita)
Trudy Duffy (Professor Emerita)
Mildred Flashman (Professor Emerita)
Louise Frey (Professor Emerita)
James Garland (Professor Emeritus)
Hubert Jones (Dean Emeritus, 1977 to 1993)
Kay Jones (Professor Emerita)
Ralph Kolodny (Professor Emeritus)
Lois Levinsky (Professor Emerita)
Betty Milhendler (Professor Emerita)
Wilma Peebles-Wilkins (Dean Emerita, 1993 to 2006)
Catherine Riessman (Professor Emerita)
Joyce West Stevens (Professor Emerita)
