Faculty
![Kimberly Estep](https://socialwork.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3705/2023/02/Estep_square-1200x1200.jpg)
Kimberly Estep, MA
Director for Systems Design and Implementation Strategies and Assistant Extension Professor
Innovations Institute
![Deborah Harburger, MSW](https://socialwork.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3705/2023/12/Harburger-DSC00020-002.jpg)
Deborah Harburger, MSW
Director of Policy and Financing and Assistant Extension Professor
Innovations Institute
![Scott Harding, PhD](https://socialwork.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3705/2015/09/scott-harding1.jpg)
Scott Harding, PhD
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Associate Professor and Co-Director, PhD Program
(959) 200-3628
Room 301 HSSW
![Regina Lester-Harriat](https://socialwork.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3705/2020/01/thumbnail_IMG_8349-e1624908427402.jpg)
Regina Lester-Harriat, LMSW
Assistant Professor in Residence
regina.lester-harriat@uconn.edu
(959) 200-3677
Room 323 HSSW
![Associate Professor Kathyrn Libal](https://socialwork.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3705/2024/01/Kathryn_Libal_HRI-square.jpg)
Kathryn Libal, PhD
Associate Professor and Director, UConn Human Rights Institute
(959) 200-3633
Room 313 HSSW
![Elizabeth Manley](https://socialwork.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3705/2023/02/Manley_square-1200x1200.jpg)
Elizabeth Manley, LSW
Senior Advisor for Health and Behavioral Health Policy and Assistant Extension Professor
Innovations Institute
![BSW Director Paula Nieman](https://socialwork.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3705/2022/11/Nieman_square-1200x1200.jpg)
Paula Nieman, PhD
Assistant Professor in Residence and BSW Program Director
(959) 200-3659
Room 308 HSSW
![Lesly Sanchez-Villar](https://socialwork.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3705/2023/08/Lesly-Sanchez-Villar_headshot-1200x1200.jpg)
Lesly Sanchez-Villar, LMSW
Assistant Professor in Residence
lesly.sanchez-villar@uconn.edu
959-200-3657
Room 311 HSSW
![Headshot of Rachel Schwartz](https://socialwork.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3705/2024/06/Schwartz-headshot_square.jpg)
Rachel Schwartz, Ph.D.
Director of the MSW Program and Associate Professor in Residence
959-200-3635
Room 307 HSSW
![Tanya Rhodes Smith](https://socialwork.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3705/2023/09/Tanya-R-Smith_cropped-1200x1200.jpg)
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, Ph.D.](https://socialwork.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3705/2023/11/sprague-martinez-linda-UCH-square.jpg)
Linda Sprague Martinez, Ph.D.
Faculty Affiliate, Professor in the Department of Medicine, and Director of the Health Disparities Institute at UConn Health
![Denise Sulzbach, JD](https://socialwork.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3705/2023/12/Sulzbach-DSC00010.jpg)
Denise Sulzbach, JD
Director of the TA Network and Assistant Extension Professor
Innovations Institute
![Professor Rebecca Thomas](https://socialwork.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3705/2022/11/Thomas_2022-1200x1200.jpg)
Rebecca Thomas, PhD
Professor and Director, Center for International Social Work Studies
(959) 200-3681
Room 327 HSSW
![Innovations Institute Director Michelle Zabel](https://socialwork.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3705/2023/02/Zabel_square-1200x1200.jpg)
Michelle Zabel, MSS
Executive Director of the Innovations Institute and Associate Extension Professor
Innovations Institute
Staff
![Kathy Birnie](https://socialwork.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3705/2017/02/Birnie-cropped-1053x1200.jpg)
Kathy Birnie, LMSW
Program Assistant
Office of Student and Academic Services
(959) 200-3603
Room 106 HSSW
![SSW building entrance](https://socialwork.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3705/2021/12/SSW-Building-1200x1200.jpg)
Kelley Citroni, MS
Administrative Program Support
Office of Research and Scholarship
(959) 200-3645
Room 206 HSSW
![Abigail G. Jackson, BA](https://socialwork.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3705/2020/01/aj-2-1058x1200.jpg)
Abigail Jackson, BA
Associate Director of Alumni Relations, Social Work & Law
(959) 200-3657
Room 314 HSSW
![Carlton Jones](https://socialwork.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3705/2023/08/Carlton-Jones-2020-Headshot.jpg)
Carlton Jones, MS
Director of the Office of Student and Academic Services
Office of Student and Academic Services
Room 108 HSSW
![Liane Lussier Smith, LCSW](https://socialwork.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3705/2022/11/LussierSmith_square-1200x1200.jpg)
Liane Lussier Smith, LCSW
Interim Practicum Education Director
Practicum Education Department
(959) 200-3608
Room 112 HSSW
![Natalie O'Connor, BA](https://socialwork.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3705/2022/11/Maddox_2022-1200x1200.jpg)
Natalie Maddox (O'Connor), BA
Program Coordinator
Office of Student and Academic Services
(959) 200-3604
Room 106 HSSW
![Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives & Community Engagement Milagros Marrero-Johnson](https://socialwork.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3705/2024/06/MMJ_2024-1200x1200.jpg)
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
![Eunices Pineda headshot](https://socialwork.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3705/2023/07/E-Pineda-headshot_sq.jpg)
Eunices Pineda, MSW
Educational Program Assistant 2
Office of Student and Academic Services
Room 106 HSSW
![Carmen Ragland](https://socialwork.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3705/2020/01/Carmen-Cropped-1200x1182.jpg)
Carmen Ragland
Administrative Program Support
Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development
carmen.feliciano_ragland@uconn.edu
(959) 200-3617
Room 206 HSSW
![Beth Sharkey](https://socialwork.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3705/2017/02/Sharkey-cropped-1032x1200.jpg)
Beth Sharkey, MSW
Associate Director
Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development
(959) 200-3620
Room 208 HSSW
![iris strong headshot](https://socialwork.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3705/2018/05/Strong-square-1200x1200.jpg)
Iris Strong, BA
Administrative Services Specialist III
Office of Finance and Administration
(959) 200-3619
Room 207 HSSW
![Nancy Urcinas](https://socialwork.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3705/2022/11/Urcinas_2022-1200x1200.jpg)
Nancy Urcinas
Administrative Services Specialist II
Practicum Education Department
(959) 200-3610
Room 112 HSSW