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Tenure-Track Faculty

  1. Katie E. Richards-Schuster Katie E. Richards-Schuster

    Katie Richards-Schuster, AM, PhD, is an associate professor at the University of Michigan School of Social Work. She received her doctorate in Social Work and Sociology from the University of Michigan and her AM from the University of Chicago’s School of Social Service Administration. Her ...

  2. H. Luke  Shaefer H. Luke Shaefer

    H. Luke Shaefer, Ph.D. is the Hermann and Amalie Kohn Professor of Social Justice and Social Policy, a professor of social work, and the inaugural director of Poverty Solutions, an interdisciplinary, presidential initiative that partners with communities and policymakers to find new ways to ...

  3. Anao Zhang Anao Zhang

    Dr. Anao Zhang is an assistant professor of social work at the University of Michigan and the clinical research director of the Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA) Oncology Program at Michigan Medicine. Zhang is a health and mental health intervention researcher with a primary research interest ...

Emeritus

  1. Srinika D. Jayaratne Srinika D. Jayaratne

    Professor Emeritus Siri Jayaratne has been studying the effects of work stress on the health and well-being of social workers since 1979, and is currently working with colleagues analyzing data from a longitudinal study of child welfare workers. His program of research has included four national ...

  2. Paula Allen-Meares Paula Allen-Meares

    Paula Allen-Meares served as dean of the University of Michigan School of Social Work from February 1993 to August 2008 and became dean emerita in January 2009, when she was appointed chancellor of the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dean Emerita Allen-Meares' research interests include the ...

  3. Elizabeth H. Voshel Elizabeth H. Voshel

    Betsy Voshel served as the Director of Field Education and Associate Clinical Professor from September 2004 – April 2017 and upon her retirement became Associate Clinical Professor Emerita. She is a licensed master social worker (LMSW) with membership in the Academy of Certified Social Workers ...

  4. Sherrie A. Kossoudji Sherrie A. Kossoudji

    Sherrie A. Kossoudji is presently an associate professor in the School of Social Work and an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Economics. Her principal research area is immigration. She has written numerous articles on the legal status of immigrant workers in the United States and ...

  5. Shirley A. Lockery Shirley A. Lockery

    Shirley Lockery joined the University of Michigan faculty in 1990 as an assistant professor and was promoted to associate professor in 1998. Prior to her appointment at the School of Social Work, Lockery earned a certificate in gerontology and practiced for many years as a registered nurse. She ...

Clinical and Research

  1. Justin D. Hodge Justin D. Hodge

    Justin Hodge is a clinical assistant professor of social work at the University of Michigan. He is the co-lead for the Policy & Political Social Work Pathway and the director of the Online Certificate in Political Social Work. Hodge is committed to increasing the presence of social workers in ...

  2. Abigail H. Eiler Abigail H. Eiler

    Abigail Eiler, MSW '06, is a licensed clinical social worker and educator with 20 years of experience working in tribal and non-tribal communities across the country and in Canada. In 2014, Eiler started as a LEO Lecturer at the University of Michigan School of Social Work and joined the ...

  3. Katie  Lopez Katie Lopez

    Katie Lopez (LMSW) is the Director of the Office of Global Activities at the University of Michigan School of Social Work where she is responsible for the overall administration of the office including overseeing the Global Activities Scholars Program, the Masters International Volunteer Program ...

  4. Debra K. Mattison Debra K. Mattison

    Debra K. Mattison, MSW '81, has extensive experience in providing clinical social work services as well as program planning in a variety of settings including cancer care, palliative care and integrated primary care, and private practice. Her professional interests have focused on oncology, ...

Field Faculty

  1. Nitesh Singh Nitesh Singh

    Nitesh Singh is a field faculty member and a Lecturer III at the University of Michigan School of Social Work. Singh’s teaching and scholarship focuses on interventions that address social and political polarization, community-engaged program and policy development, as well as the application of ...

  2. Miriam A. Connolly Miriam A. Connolly

    Miriam Connolly is a two time alumna of the University of Michigan. A native of Flint, she earned a BSW from U-M-Flint, and an MSW from the School of Social Work, with a concentration in Child Welfare and Interpersonal Practice. For 18 years, Connolly served children and their families in a ...

  3. Rachel T. Naasko Rachel T. Naasko

    Rachel Naasko joined the Office of Field Education as a field educator/lecturer/field liaison in March 2016. Naasko previously worked in the University of Michigan Dean of Students Office as the Director of the Blavin Scholars Program and the University’s Critical Incident Coordinator, a ...

  4. Aimée M. Vantine Aimée M. Vantine

    Aimee Vantine joined the Office of Field Education as field faculty and a LEO lecturer in spring 2021. Prior to this, she spent 23 years at Michigan Medicine working in a variety of clinical and macro positions with a primary focus on pediatrics and obstetrics. She was the Children’s and ...

LEO

  1. Dayna Asante-Appiah Dayna Asante-Appiah

    Dayna Asante-Appiah (MSW, MA) is the Online MSW Program Manager and oversees the academic development of the online MSW program, which includes the student experience. Her goal is to provide students in the online MSW program with ongoing support, connection to resources, and seeks to create an ...

  2. Daphne M. Brydon Daphne M. Brydon

    Daphne Brydon, MSW '09 and PhD '21, is a licensed social worker with nearly 20 years of direct practice with adults and children within hospitals (inpatient, outpatient, emergency department), community organizations and education settings. She is licensed in Michigan with both clinical and ...

  3. Brooke B. Buys Brooke B. Buys

    Brooke Buys, MSW '13, PhD, focuses on innovative mental health care development, complex family systems and gender-responsive addiction treatment. Buys is the founder and CEO of BLND Health, a mental health care company located in Michigan and Colorado. The BLND team is composed of clinical ...

  4. Elizabeth Gumbis

    Elizabeth Gumbis, MSW '02, is both a licensed clinical social worker and a school social worker. She also holds a master's degree in education from Teachers College, Columbia University. She has over 15 years of experience working with adolescents and families in the public school system, both ...

  5. Jax  Kynn Jax Kynn

    Jamie Kynn, MA, MSW, focuses on research methods, program evaluation, social welfare policies and violence prevention. Their work is centered on understanding violence at a macro-level and how social workers can improve how institutions interact with historically marginalized populations. Kynn ...

  6. Monica D. Sampson Monica D. Sampson

    Monica Sampson, LMSW, is a clinical and macro social worker with 30 years of practice working with vulnerable children, youth, families and communities. Her purpose is to inform and educate individuals on diversity, equity and inclusion by utilizing her educational and professional expertise ...

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