Faculty

(For faculty profiles and contact information, visit the School of Social Work website.)

  • Maryann Amodeo, PhD, MSW
    Professor and Chair, Clinical Social Work Practice
    Co-Director, Center for Addictions Research & Services
  • Sara S. Bachman, PhD, MS
    Associate Professor, Social Research
    Director, Interdisciplinary PhD Program
  • Mary Elizabeth Collins, PhD, MA
    Professor, Social Welfare Policy
  • Kate Cooney, PhD, MSW
    Assistant Professor, Macro Social Work Practice
  • Marah A. Curtis, PhD, MSW
    Assistant Professor, Social Welfare Policy
  • Melvin Delgado, PhD, MS
    Professor and Chair, Macro Social Work Practice
  • Ellen Ransel DeVoe, PhD, MSW
    Associate Professor, Clinical Social Work Practice
    Coordinator, Trauma Certificate Program
  • Ruth I. Freedman, PhD, MSW
    Associate Professor, Social Research
    Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
  • Janice Furlong, MSW
    Clinical Associate Professor, Clinical Social Work Practice
    Coordinator, Clinical Social Work & Behavioral Medicine Certificate Program
  • Scott Miyake Geron, PhD, AM
    Associate Professor, Social Welfare Policy
    Director, Institute for Geriatric Social Work
  • Mark Gianino, PhD, MSW
    Clinical Assistant Professor, Clinical Social Work Practice
  • Judith G. Gonyea, PhD, MSW
    Professor and Chair, Social Research
  • Yoonsook Ha, PhD, MSW
    Assistant Professor, Social Welfare Policy
  • Hyeouk Chris Hahm, PhD, MSSW
    Assistant Professor, Clinical Social Work Practice and Social Research
  • Robert B. Hudson, PhD
    Professor and Chair, Social Welfare Policy
    Coordinator, Louis Lowy Certificate in Gerontological Social Work
  • Luz Marilis López, PhD, MSW, MPH
    Clinical Associate Professor, Clinical Social Work Practice
  • Lena Lundgren, PhD, MA
    Professor, Social Welfare Policy
    Director of Research
  • Donna McLaughlin, MSW
    Clinical Assistant Professor, Clinical Social Work Practice
    Coordinator, Group Work Specialization
  • Joseph R. Merighi, PhD, MSW
    Associate Professor, Human Behavior in the Social ­Environment
  • Daniel Miller, MA, PhD
    Assistant Professor, Human Behavior
  • Lisa Moore, MSA, PhD
    Clinical Assistant Professor, Clinical Social Work Practice
    Coordinator, Racial Justice Course
  • Jordana Muroff, PhD, MSW
    Assistant Professor, Clinical Social Work Practice
  • Ruth Paris, PhD, MSW
    Associate Professor, Clinical Social Work Practice
    Coordinator, Mildred A. Flashman Family Therapy Certificate Program
  • 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, Professional Education Program
    Coordinator, Ethics Course
  • Sunny Hyuckun Shin, PhD, MSW
    Assistant Professor, Human Behavior in the Social ­Environment
    Director, Dual Degree Program in Social Work and Theology
  • Renée Spencer, EdD, MSSW
    Associate Professor and Chair, Human Behavior in the Social ­Environment
  • Julie Springwater, MSW
    Adjunct Associate Professor, Macro Social Work Practice
    Coordinator, Human Services Management Certificate Program
  • Lee H. Staples, PhD, MSW
    Clinical Professor, Macro Social Work Practice
  • Gail Steketee, PhD, MSS
    Professor, Clinical Social Work Practice
    Dean
  • Kristina Whiton-O’Brien
    Assistant Director of Advising and Field Education for the Online Program
  • Nikki Wooten, MSW, PhD
    Assistant Professor, Clinical Social Work Practice