Faculty
Lisa D. Albrecht - Full
Profile
Associate Professor
(Ph.D., State University of New York, Buffalo)
Office: 193 Peters Hall
Phone:(612)624-3669
E-mail: lalbrech@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall
Scholarly interests: Feminist, multicultural and social justice education; feminist alliance politics; antiracist and cross-class organizing
Michael Baizerman - Full
Profile
Director of Youth Studies
Professor
(Ph.D., University of Pittsburg)
Office: 185 Peters Hall
Phone:(612)624-4912
E-mail: mbaizerm@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall
Scholarly interests: Adolescent and youth studies, youth public policy, cultural models of youth development.
Velmer S. Burton
Professor
(Ph.D. Sociology, University of Cincinnati,
Ed.D, University of Pennsylvania,
M.S. Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati)
Phone: 612-625-4297
E-mail: vburton@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall
Scholarly interests: Community corrections, delinquency, and strain theory.
Sonia Davila-Williams -
Full Profile
Field Coordinator
(M.S.W., University of Pittsburgh)
Office: 181 Peters Hall
Phone:(612)624-4262
E-mail: sdavilaw@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall
Scholarly interests: Child welfare, elder mistreatment, services for Chicano/Latino clients, field instruction.
Peter Dimock - Full Profile
Professional Education Director
Teaching Specialist
Office: 182 Peters Hall
Phone:(612)624-3227
E-mail: pdimock@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall
Scholarly interests: Use of technology to improve student learning, using simulated clients in social work education, co-occurring substance and mental disorders, online course development and delivery.
Jeffrey Edleson - Full Profile
Director, Minnesota Center
Against Violence and Abuse
Professor
(Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Office: 170B Peters Hall
Phone:(612)624-8795
E-mail: jedleson@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall
Web site:
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~jedleson
Scholarly interests: Social work research methods, family violence, electronic provision of information.
Colleen Fisher
Assistant Professor
(Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis)
Office: 269 Peters Hall
Phone:(612)624-3658
E-mail: cfisher@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall
Scholarly interests: HIV prevention, particularly among ethnic minority and sexual minority populations; adolescent health and behavioral risk factors; identity development; social justice; lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender issues.
Priscilla Gibson - Full Profile
Associate Professor
(Ph.D., University of Denver)
Office: 265 Peters Hall
Phone:(612)624-3678
E-mail: pgibson@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall
Scholarly interests: Culturally Sensitive Services to African American Families; African American Grandmothers as Kinship Care Providers, Families with Children who have Developmental Delays, Qualitative Research Methods.
MJ Gilbert -
Full Profile
Field Coordinator
(M.S.W., University of Minnesota)
Office: 183 Peters Hall
Phone:(612)624-4259
E-mail: mgilbert@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall
Scholarly interests: Serious and persistent mental illness, personality disorders, Dialectic Behavioral Therapy, Transgender and GLBT issues, outcome-based intervention, "working across difference," field education, supervision and consultation.
Jane Gilgun - Full Profile
Professor
(Ph.D., Syracuse University)
Office: 267 Peters Hall
Phone:(612)624-3643
E-mail: jgilgun@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall
Scholarly interests: Child welfare, child sexual abuse, development of violent behavior, resilience.
Trude Hendrickson
Site Coordinator MSU-Moorhead
Teaching Specialist
(M.S.W. University of Iowa)
Phone: (218) 477-2613
E-mail: hendrtr@mnstate.edu
Scholarly interests: Child welfare, family therapy, rural social work, social work supervision and social work ethics.
C. David Hollister - Full
Profile
Professor
(Ph.D., University of Michigan)
Office: 275 Peters Hall
Phone:(612)624-3695
Fax: (612)624-3744
E-mail: dhollist@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall
Scholarly interests: Program evaluation, immigration, neighborhood revitalization, substance abuse and child welfare, international social development
Marcia Jager
Field Coordinator
University of Minnesota Rochester
(M.S.W., University of Minnesota)
Office: 855 30th Avenue SE, Rochester 55904
Phone: (507) 398-8013
E-mail: jage0005@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall
Scholarly interests: Substance abuse, family therapy, adult mental health, social work education
Linda Jones - Full Profile
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Associate Professor
(Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Office: 180 & 281 Peters Hall
Phone: (612)624-3691
E-mail: ljones@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall
Scholarly interests: Lesbian and gay families and their children, ethics, program evaluation, women and social policy issues
Lisa Kimball
Lecturer
(Ph.D., University of Minnesota)
Office: 173 Peters Hall
Phone: (612)624-9762
E-mail: lkimball@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall
Scholarly interests: Spirituality, religiosity and young people; interdisciplinary and cross-cultural approaches to youth development; experiential learning in formal and informal education; youth work and organizational development
Helen Kivnick - Full Profile
Executive Director, CitySongs
Professor
(Ph.D., University of Michigan)
Office: 89 Peters Hall
Phone: (612)624-6773
E-mail: hkivnick@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall
Scholarly interests: Life strengths, CitySongs Project, vital involvement practice, elder role models, life-cycle therapy
Traci LaLiberte - Full
Profile
Director, Center for
Advanced Studies in Child Welfare
(Ph.D., University of Minnesota)
Office: 205 Peters Hall
Phone: (612)624-2279
E-mail: lali0017@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall
Scholarly interests: Child welfare, foster care, children and parents with disabilities
Hee Yun Lee - Full Profile
Assistant Professor
(Ph.D., University of Calilfornia-Los Angeles)
Office: 279 Peters Hall
Phone: (612)624-3689
E-mail: hylee@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall
Scholarly interests: Elder mistreatment, family violence, aging and mental health, subjective well-being and immigration, alcohol use among AAPIs, development of culturally competent measurement and intervention programs, and mixed-method approach in social work research
Elizabeth Lightfoot - Full
Profile
Associate Professor
(Ph.D., Indiana University-Bloomington)
Office: 285 Peters Hall
Phone: (612)624-4710
E-mail: elightfo@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall
Scholarly interests: Social welfare policy, community practice (community organizing and advocacy), disability policy and services, gerontology, child welfare, international social work
Yat-Sang (Terry) Lum - Full Profile
Associate Professor
(Ph.D., Washington University)
Office: 287 Peters Hall
Phone: (612)624-4722
E-mail: tlum@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall
Scholarly interests: Social gerontology, long-term care, social policy, quantitative research methods, evaluation
Steve Maxwell - Full Profile
Director, Field Instruction
(M.S.W., University of Minnesota)
Office: 140A Peters Hall
Phone: (612)624-4287
E-mail: maxwe003@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall
Scholarly interests: Field instruction, cross-cultural supervision, refugee and immigrant issues, community mental health, spirituality, and the integration of music and the arts into social work practice
Dario Menanteau-Horta -
Full Profile
Professor
(Ph.D., University of Minnesota)
Office: 225 Peters Hall
Phone: (612)625-8798
E-mail: dmenante@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall
Scholarly interests: Social organization, community change, rural development, inequality and social well-being, Latin America
Janelle Miedema
Moorhead, Field Coordinator
Phone: (701)280-9545
E-mail: nelzenade@aol.com
Megan Morrissey - Full
Profile
Associate Director, School of Social Work
Director, M.S.W. Program
Lecturer and Coordinator
(Ph.D., University of Minnesota)
Office: 140D Peters Hall
Phone: (612)624-4210
E-mail: mmorriss@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall
Scholarly interests: Social welfare history, social welfare policy, social history of American women, community organization
Jean K. Quam - Full Profile
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Faculty Development,
College of Education and Human Development
Professor
(Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Office: 104 Burton Hall Phone: 612-626-5177
E-mail: jquam@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 104 Burton Hall
Scholarly interests: Aging, older women, chronically mentally ill, history of social work, gay and lesbian aging
James Reinardy - Full Profile
Director, School of Social Work
Director of Ph.D. Program
Associate Professor
(Ph.D., University of Minnesota)
Office: 105D Peters Hall
Phone: (612)624-3673
E-mail: jreinard@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall
Scholarly interests: Long-term care issues, assessment of older adults, decision making and care planning, social welfare policy, community organization
Ross VeLure Roholt
Assistant Professor
(Ph.D., University of Minnesota)
Office: 175 Peters Hall
Phone: (612)625-1220
E-mail: roho0001@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall
Scholarly interests: Youth work in contested spaces, youth civic engagement, participatory models of youth development
Ronald Rooney - Full Profile
Professor
(Ph.D., University of Chicago)
Office: 273 Peters Hall
Phone: (612)624-3712
E-mail: rrooney@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall
Scholarly interests: Work with involuntary clients, time-limited practice, public social services, teaching/faculty roles in social work and other University settings
Jerry Stein -
Full Profile
Senior Fellow
Office: 79 Peters Hall
Phone: (612)625-2224
E-mail: stein035@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall
Scholarly interests: Democratic learning communities; community building; history and philosophy of youth work; philosophy and politics of community-based learning; ecologies of education (non school-based learning); cultures of learning.
Edward Taylor
Associate Professor
(Ph.D., University of Southern California)
Office: 219 Peters Hall
Phone: (612)624-1250
E-mail: ehtaylor@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall
Scholarly interests: Childhood mental illness; social, cognitive, and socialization deficits, violent behaviors from a biopsychosocial perspective and the education of social workers and other mental health professionals in methods for treating individuals and families who experience mental illness
Tamiko Thomas
Field Coordinator
(M.S.W., University of Minnesota)
Office: 183 Peters Hall
Phone: (612)624-4279
E-mail: tthomas@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall
Scholarly interests: Child welfare, social work practice in K-12 educational settings, field instruction
Mark Umbreit - Full Profile
Director, Center for Restorative
Justice and Peacemaking
Professor
(Ph.D., University of Minnesota)
Office: 289 Peters Hall
Phone: (612)625-7726
E-mail: mumbreit@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall
Scholarly interests: Restorative justice, indigenous justice & healing, human rights, victim services, criminal/juvenile justice, peacemaking, spirituality, forgiveness, reconciliation, mediation, conflict resolution, and, social change
Victoria Van Slyke - Full
Profile
Lecturer
(Ph.D., University of Minnesota)
Office: 277 Peters Hall
Phone: (612)624-3676
E-mail: vvanslyk@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall
Scholarly interests: Forensic practice, changing models of supervision, impact of trauma over the lifespan, forces shaping the social work profession
Anne VandeBerg
MSW Site Coordinator
University of Minnesota Rochester
Phone: (507)280-5016
E-mail: awv@umn.edu
Kate Walthour
Director of Admissions
(M.S.W., University of Minnesota)
Office: 140A Peters Hall
Phone: (612)625-8712
E-mail: kwalthou@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall
Scholarly interests: Child welfare practice and policy; policy strategies of early intervention and prevention with children and families; the professionalization of social work
Esther Wattenberg - Full
Profile
Coordinator of Outreach,
Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare
Professor
(M.A., University of Toronto; M.A., University of Chicago)
Office: 205C Peters Hall
Phone: (612)625-6550
E-mail: ewattenb@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall
Scholarly interests: Child welfare, welfare reform (particularly children in long-term foster fare, concurrent planning, kinship foster care placement, chronically neglecting families), income issues, teen parenting, and family policy
Susan J. Wells - Full Profile
Professor
Gamble-Skogmo Land Grant Chair in Child Welfare and Youth Policy
(Ph.D., University of Southern California)
Office: 233A Peters Hall
Phone: (612)624-4721
E-mail: swells@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall
Scholarly interests: Child welfare policy and practice with special interests in risk assessment and screening, decision making, service coordination, and promoting research-based practice
Oliver Williams - Full Profile
Director, Institute on
Domestic Violence in the African-American Community
Professor
(Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh)
Office: 290A Peters Hall
Phone: (612)624-9217
E-mail: owilliam@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall
Scholarly interests: Creating effective service-delivery strategies that will reduce violence among African Americans; ethnically-sensitive practice; fatherhood