Faculty

Kimberly Estep, MA
Director for Systems Design and Implementation Strategies and Assistant Extension Professor
Innovations Institute

Deborah Harburger, MSW
Director of Policy and Financing and Assistant Extension Professor
Innovations Institute

Scott Harding, PhD
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor
(959) 200-3628
Room 301 HSSW

Regina Lester-Harriat, LMSW
Assistant Professor in Residence
regina.lester-harriat@uconn.edu
(959) 200-3677
Room 323 HSSW

Elizabeth Manley, LSW
Senior Advisor for Health and Behavioral Health Policy and Assistant Extension Professor
Innovations Institute

Paula Nieman, PhD
Assistant Professor in Residence and BSW Program Director
(959) 200-3659
Room 308 HSSW

Lesly Sanchez-Villar, LCSW
Assistant Professor in Residence
lesly.sanchez-villar@uconn.edu
959-200-3657
Room 311 HSSW

Rachel Schwartz, PhD
Director of the MSW Program and Associate Professor in Residence
959-200-3635
Room 307 HSSW

Tanya Rhodes Smith, MSW
Instructor in Residence and Director, Nancy A. Humphreys Institute for Political Social Work
(959) 200-3631
Room 219 HSSW

Linda Sprague Martinez, PhD
Faculty Affiliate, Professor in the Department of Medicine, and Director of the Health Disparities Institute at UConn Health

Denise Sulzbach, JD
Director of the TA Network and Assistant Extension Professor
Innovations Institute

Rebecca Thomas, PhD
Professor and Director, Center for International Social Work Studies
(959) 200-3681
Room 327 HSSW

Cristina Wilson, PhD
Henry M. and Judith M. Zachs Chair in Social Work, Professor, Director of the Ph.D. Program
(959) 200-3674
Room 310 HSSW

Michelle Zabel, MSS
Executive Director of the Innovations Institute and Associate Extension Professor
Innovations Institute
Staff

Kathy Birnie, LMSW
Director of Recruitment and Admissions
Office of Student and Academic Services
(959) 200-3603
Room 106 HSSW

Kelley Citroni, MS
Administrative Program Support II
Office of Research and Scholarship
(959) 200-3645
Room 206 HSSW

Carlton Jones, MS
Director of Student & Academic Services
Office of Student and Academic Services
Room 108 HSSW

Liane Lussier Smith, LCSW
Practicum Education Director
Practicum Education Department
(959) 200-3608
Room 112 HSSW

Milagros Marrero-Johnson, MSW
Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives and Community Engagement
Office of the Dean
milagros.marrero-johnson@uconn.edu
(959) 200-3606
Room 304 HSSW

Natalie O'Connor Maddox, BA
Assistant Director of Student & Academic Services
Office of Student and Academic Services
(959) 200-3604
Room 106 HSSW

Carmen Ragland
Administrative Program Support
Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development
carmen.feliciano_ragland@uconn.edu
(959) 200-3617
Room 206 HSSW

Ruth Sales, LMSW, FDC, IMH-E
Placement Coordinator
Practicum Education Department
(959) 200-3693
Room 112 HSSW

Beth Sharkey, MSW
Associate Director
Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development
(959) 200-3620
Room 208 HSSW

Benjamin Strong
Administrative Service Specialist II
Practicum Education Department
(959) 200 3610
Room 112 HSSW