Children, Youth, and Families
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Dolores Acevedo-Garcia
Professor, Director of IECOHD
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Astraea Augsberger
Associate Professor & Associate Dean for Doctoral Education
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Lenette Azzi-Lessing
Clinical Professor, Coordinator of Children, Youth & Families Specialization
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Dawn Belkin Martinez
Clinical Professor, Associate Dean of Equity & Inclusion
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Mary Elizabeth Collins
Professor
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Ellen DeVoe
Professor, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Coordinator of Trauma Specialization
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Jennifer M. Gómez
Associate Professor
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Yoonsook Ha
Associate Professor, Chair of Human Behavior, Research & Policy Dept.
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Hope Haslam Straughan
Clinical Associate Professor, Coordinator of Social Work & Theology Dual Degree
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Barbara L. Jones
Dean and Professor
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Pamela Joshi
Research Professor, IECOHD
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Daniel P. Miller
Professor
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Juliann Nicholson
Research Scientist
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Clemens Noelke
Research Associate Professor, Institute for Equity in Child Opportunity & Healthy Development
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Kanako Okuda
Assistant Dean, Practicum Education & Clinical Associate Professor
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Ruth Paris
Professor
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Rhitamvara Pokharel
PhD Candidate & Research Assistant
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Judith C. Scott
Assistant Professor
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Renée Spencer
Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
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Julie Sweeney Springwater
Lecturer, Online Program
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Belinda Taka Onyango
PhD Candidate & Research Assistant
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Noor Toraif
Assistant Professor
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Kate Warren Barnes
Lecturer
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