Faculty

Paula M. Madden, MSW ’02, focuses on social justice, social welfare policy, juvenile/criminal justice, and practice with women and girls. Madden recently retired after 23 years serving youth and families in the juvenile justice system at Washtenaw County Trial Court.

Kathryn (Katie) Maguire-Jack, MSW, MPA, PhD, is a professor of social work. She studies child maltreatment prevention, with a focus on understanding macro-level factors affecting parenting, including public policies and neighborhood structures and processes. She teaches courses in child welfare, public policy, program evaluation and research methods. Her work is funded by the National Institutes of Health, the U.S.

Douglas Manigault III (he/him), MSW '15, is a respectful boundary pusher, experienced relationship manager and strategist. A macro social worker by training and profession, Manigault has worked in organizations across Southeastern Michigan to support program development, volunteer engagement, fundraising, program evaluation, management information system support, and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion workshops/training. He serves as a consultant with organizations to provide full grant life cycle support — from prospect research to proposal writing to post-award management.

Kassandra Maple-Jackson, MSW ’11, is a licensed clinical social worker with an endorsement from the Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health as an Infant Family Specialist. As a mental health practitioner, she specializes in working with children and adults, including individual, family and group therapy. In her role as a senior clinical social worker within the Trinity Behavioral Health OB/GYN division and the Perinatal Wellness Center, Maple-Jackson seeks to improve the mental and emotional well-being of patients through evidence-based interventions.

Erin Martinez has worked in the social work field for more than 20 years. She has worked in residential treatment, shelter services, community-based services and outpatient mental health services over the course of her career. She has worked with populations that are survivors of sexual and interpersonal violence as well as those who have perpetrated this violence towards others. Her training throughout her career has centered around trauma-informed, holistic interventions that incorporate the mind-body-spirit. She is also an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist.

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, chronic illness, grief and loss, palliative care, women’s health, interprofessional education, group work and spirituality in social work practice. She is a board certified oncology social worker and an Association of Oncology Social Work Fellow.

Tara Maudrie, PhD, MSPH, is an enrolled citizen of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians (Snapping Turtle Clan) and a health researcher specializing in Indigenous food systems, nutrition and health. She has worked with urban and tribal communities across the U.S., collaborating on culturally grounded approaches to nourishment, well-being and food sovereignty. Maudrie is currently engaged in research, program development and policy efforts supporting Indigenous health and food systems.

Susan C. McDonough is an Research Associate Professor Emerita in the School of Social Work and in the Center for Human Growth and Development and was involved in research, teaching, and clinical work with families of young children. Her research program was funded through NIMH and follows 260 infants and their families throughout the first four years of the children's lives. These studies explored how environmental risk factors and parent-infant relationship problems mediate the connection between early behavior problems and later emotional, social, and cognitive functioning.

Nasreen R. Meah, MSW ’11, LMSW, is a LEO lecturer at the School of Social Work. With a Master of Social Work specializing in Interpersonal Practice in Mental Health and Community Organizing, she integrates her diverse clinical and community-based experiences into her pedagogy. Meah is a psychotherapist in private practice. Her experience in the field of social work has been a deeply enriching blend of clinical practice, community work and teaching. Meah’s clinical experience spans various settings and age groups.