Faculty |
asylum seekers and immigrants|Cambodian refugees|Faculty|health disparities|human rights|international social work|mental health|refugees|torture |
 | S. Megan Berthold, PhD | Associate Professor
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care pathway analyses|data-informed decision making|implementation science|measurement development|tiered care coordination |
 | F. Tony Bonadio, PhD | Assistant Research Professor
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child maltreatment and neglect|child welfare|poverty|translational speech|welfare programs and policies |
 | Patricia Carlson, PhD | Assistant Research Professor
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chronic disease|disability|employment|Faculty|physical disability|social determinants of health |
 | Kelsi Carolan, PhD | Assistant Professor
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armed conflict|Faculty|internal displacement|qualitative research|school social work|social disruption in post-conflict settings |
 | Joanne Corbin, PhD | Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
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Faculty|immigrants|international social work|refugees |
 | Diane Drachman, PhD | Associate Professor
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adolescent development|adolescent wellbeing|Faculty|technology and interpersonal violence|victimization|violence |
 | Caitlin Elsaesser, PhD | Associate Professor
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implementation science|mobile response and stabilization|tiered care coordination |
 | Kimberly Estep, MA | Director for Systems Design and Implementation Strategies and Assistant Extension Professor
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child maltreatment|child welfare|child welfare-involved children|child wellbeing and mental health|Faculty |
 | Megan Feely, PhD | Assistant Professor
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community organizing|Faculty|social movements|social theory|social welfare history|urban policy |
 | Robert Fisher, PhD | Professor
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Faculty |
anti-oppressive social work practice|anti-racism|Faculty|oppression|power|privilege|social work education |
 | Ann Marie Garran, PhD | Associate Professor
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community organizing|Faculty|forced migration|militarism|peace activism|refugee resettlement|war |
 | Alex Gitterman, EdD | Professor
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 | Elizabeth Greeno, PhD | Associate Research Professor
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child welfare|children's behavioral health services|homelessness|interagency structures and service array|medicaid financing |
 | Deborah Harburger, MSW | Director of Policy and Financing and Assistant Extension Professor
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community organization|Faculty|forced migration|militarism|peace activism|refugee resettlement|war |
 | Scott Harding, PhD | Associate Professor and Co-Director, PhD Program
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clinical interventions|clinical social work|Faculty|psychosocial aspects of mental illness|social work pedagogy|social work practice and theory|suicide|suicide prevention |
 | Nina Rovinelli Heller, PhD | Dean, Zachs Chair in Social Work and Co-Director, PhD Program
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community based participatory research|diversity and inclusion in social work education|Faculty|intervention research|lgbtq+ youth mental health|mindfulness and contemplative practice approaches|youth resilience |
 | Gio Iacono, PhD | Assistant Professor
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behavioral and mental health|disparities in mental health care utilization|Faculty|maternal child health|public health|social work education|social work evaluation |
 | Brenda Kurz, PhD | Associate Professor and MSW Program Director
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 | Joy Learman, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor in Residence
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African American families in the foster care system|child and adolescent substance abuse|emotional resilience in children and adolescents|Faculty|role of religion in building emotional resilience in women|teens and suicide|trauma-informed practice with children and adolescents |
 | Regina Lester-Harriat, LMSW | Assistant Professor in Residence
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asylum seekers|Faculty|food justice mobilization|human rights and social work|international social work|migrant workers|refugees|women and children's rights movements |
 | Kathryn Libal, PhD | Associate Professor and Director, UConn Human Rights Institute
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criminal justice involved population|culture differences in preventive health behaviors|Faculty|health psychology|mental health and addiction|multilevel modeling/hierarchical linear models|research method and statistics modeling|structural equal modeling |
 | Hsiu-Ju Lin, PhD | Associate Research Professor
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Faculty |
Faculty|family drug treatment courts|intersectional social determinants of health|social work and public policy|substance use disorders and child welfare |
 | Margaret Lloyd Sieger, PhD | Assistant Professor
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Customization of Youth Crisis Systems|Impacts of Policy and Financing in Public Systems|Impacts of Residential Interventions|suicide prevention|Youth Behavioral Health Systems Design |
 | Elizabeth Manley, LSW | Senior Advisor for Health and Behavioral Health Policy and Assistant Extension Professor
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behavioral health systems and services|implementation research|services and intervention research|substance use and mental disorders |
 | Jennifer Manuel, Ph.D. | Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Research
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 | Marlene Matarese, PhD | Associate Research Professor
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 | Paula Nieman, PhD | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN RESIDENCE AND BSW PROGRAM DIRECTOR
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behavioral health interventions|child welfare policy and practices|Faculty|outcomes and services for foster care youth and alumni|promoting secondary and postsecondary educational attainment|quantitative methods and survey analysis|social support |
 | Nathanael Okpych, PhD | Assistant Professor
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Faculty |
elder orphans and aging alone|Faculty|late-life immigration and mental health|social isolation and older adults|social work and public policy|the built environment and transportation disadvantage |
 | Rupal Parekh, PhD | Assistant Professor
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 | Kathryn Parr | Assistant Research Professor
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child welfare workforce development|Faculty|improving child and family well-being in the child welfare system|Inter-professional collaboration|interagency collaboration and service integration |
 | Jon Phillips, PhD | Assistant Professor
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Faculty |
cross-racial dialogue|Effects of racism and discrimination on health/mental health|Faculty|implicit bias; inequities in child welfare|intersectionality and cultural responsiveness |
 | Lisa Werkmeister Rozas, PhD | Associate Professor
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 | Louise Simmons, PhD | Professor
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 | Sukhmani Singh, PhD | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
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and outreach in community agencies.|education|Electoral participation|Faculty|social workers in elected office|voter registration |
 | Tanya Rhodes Smith, MSW | Instructor in Residence and Director, Nancy A. Humphreys Institute for Political Social Work
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Faculty |
Faculty|feminist theory|HIV/AIDS|integration of theory and practice.|mental health and psychosocial issues related to women’s health|postpartum mental health|trauma |
 | Ellen Smith, PhD | Associate Professor in Residence
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Faculty |
988 Design & Implementation|Care Pathways Implementation Science|Mobile Response & Stabilization Services|Systems Reform |
 | Denise Sulzbach, JD | Director of the TA Network and Assistant Extension Professor
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community capacity building|Faculty|international social work|microcredit/microfinance|program evaluation/employment and training programs|Program evaluation/impact of welfare|reform |
 | Rebecca Thomas, PhD | Professor and Director, Center for International Social Work Studies
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assessment of readiness to change|behavioral health and addictions treatment|correctional population|evaluation of mental health and addictions programs|facilitation of sustainable organizational change|Faculty|Implementation of evidence-based practices |
 | Wendy Ulaszek, PhD | Associate Research Professor
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and adults with disabilities|children|Faculty|family mechanisms and factors that play a role in at-risk behaviors|fathers in the Latino community|intervention and prevention programs for substance use|Latino families and parenting in at-risk environments|substance use for Latino youth and adults|teen pregnancy prevention|youth |
 | Cristina Wilson, PhD | Professor
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 | Michelle Zabel, MSS | Executive Director of the Innovations Institute and Associate Extension Professor
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