School of Social Work College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota

School of Social Work

Faculty and Staff

Michael Baizerman
Director of Youth Studies, and 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.

Jerome Beker
Retired Professor
(Ed.D., Columbia University)
Office: 79 Peters Hall
Phone: (612) 625-2224
E-mail: jbeker@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall
Scholarly interests: Youth group care programs; preparation / professionalization of youthworkers, youth organizations; advancing academic / professional publications related to child and youth care, youthwork and allied areas.

Ross Velure Roholt
Assistant Professor
Office: 175 Peters Hall
Phone:(612)624-8785
E-mail: rossvr@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall
Scholarly interests: Community-based models for youth participation and youth development; youthwork practices to enhance community-based models of youth participation and youth development.

Lisa Kimball
Lecturer
Office: 173 Peters Hall
Phone: 612-624-9762
Email: lkimball@umn.edu
Scholarly interests:

 

Cindy Pavlowski
Undergraduate Advisor
Office: 190A Peters Hall
Phone: 612-624-4290
Email: pavlo002@umn.edu

 

Peggy Pond
Undergraduate Community Program Assistant
Office: 190 Peters Hall
Phone: 612-624-3700
Email: ppond@umn.edu

 

Community and Visiting Faculty

Walter Bera
Community Faculty
Kenwood Therapy Center
Minneapolis, MN
Email: walterbera@aol.com

Delroy Calhoun
Community Faculty
Bethlehem Community Center
Minneapolis, MN
Email: dcalhoun@mpls.k12.mm.us

Thom Garfat
Visiting Faculty
TransformAction
Consulting & Training
Rosemere, Quebec, Canada
Email: garfat@ca.inter.net

John Gwinn
Community Faculty
Phillips Community Television
734 E. Lake St. #212
Minneapolis, MN
Web: http://www.youthmedia.tv
Email: john@mediaactive.net

Jerry Hromatka
Community Faculty
Northwest Youth & Family Services
3490 Lexington Ave. N
Shoreview, MN
Web: http://nyfs.org
Email: hromatka@cpinternet.org

Terrance Kwame-Ross
Community Faculty
New City School
229-13th Ave. NE
Minneapolis, MN
Web: http://newcitycharterschool.org
Email: rossx036@umn.edu

Ira Lourie
Visiting Faculty
Human Service Collaborative
Washington, DC
Email: ilourie@erols.com

Doug Magnuson
Visiting Faculty
University of Northern Iowa
School of Health, Physical Education & Leisure Studies
Cedar Falls, IA
Web: http://www.uni.edu/coe/hpels/
Email: doug.magnuson@uni.edu

Jan Mandell
Community Faculty
Central High School
St. Paul, MN
Web: http://central.spps.org/
Email: janice.mandell@spps.org
 

Mary Michener
Community Faculty
Elk River United Methodist Church
1304 Main St.
Elk River, MN
Web: http://www.erumc.org
Email: marysmich@hotmail.com

Andrew Schneider-Munoz
Visiting Faculty
City Year
Boston, MA
Web: http://www.cityyear.org
Email: amunoz@cityyear.org

Rob Shumer
Community Faculty
1505 McCarthy Rd.
Eagan, MN 55121
Email: drrdsminn@aol.com

Jennifer Simmonds
Community Faculty
Family & Children Service
4123 E. Lake Street
Minneapolis, MN
Web: http://www.fcsmn.org/
Email: Jenny.Simmonds@fcsmn.org

Paul Smyth
Visiting Faculty
Director, Public Achievement
87 Wellington Park
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Web: http://www.publicachievement.com/
Email: paul@publicachievement.com

Jessi Tebben
Community Faculty
Email: tebb0004@umn.edu

James & Pamela Toole
Community Faculty
Compass Institute
Box 270037
St. Paul, MN 55127
Email: toole003@umn.edu