Faculty

Rosalva Osorio joined the Office of Field Education as a field faculty and lecturer on December 9, 2019. They received a BA in sociology in 2004 and a Master of Social Work with a concentration in Community Organization and a minor in Interpersonal Practice in 2006, from the University of Michigan. They have worked in non-profit organizations in the Detroit area for the past 13 years.

Nichole Paradis, MSW '94, LMSW, IMH-E®, (she/her/hers), has expertise in practicing and promoting infant and early childhood mental health. She has led a global nonprofit and successfully influences systems to strengthen support of the infant and early childhood workforce. Paradis has a depth of experience in transforming professional development strategies to be more equitable and inclusive, including the practice of reflective supervision/consultation.

Ethan Park is an organizational scholar with an overarching research question, "how can health and social service organizations provide more responsive and effective services?" He is deeply interested in (1) how to ensure user's meaningful representation opportunities in service and policy decision-making processes, and (2) how intra/inter-organizational collaborations and macro-level measures influence organizational behaviors and shape the experience of vulnerable service users.

Brian E. Perron, PhD, is a professor at the University of Michigan School of Social Work. Perron's recent work focuses on helping community-based and mission-driven organizations use artificial intelligence and data to improve service delivery and other core business processes. Natural language processing and the fine-tuning and deployment of small, local models sit at the center of this work and run through most of it.

Stacy Peterson is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) in both clinical and macro social work. As a field educator at the University of Michigan School of Social Work in Ann Arbor, she works primarily with students interested in children and youth programming and clinical social work. Additionally, Peterson is a clinical social worker in a group practice where she provides individual and couples counseling with a focus on sexual health, recovery from trauma, anxiety, body image and depression.

Born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Rogério M. Pinto uses mixed methods, including visual and performing arts, in community-engaged research in the United States and Brazil. Funded by the National Institutes of Health and other sources, Pinto investigates strategies for improving accessibility of social and health services (HIV and drug-use prevention and care) through cognitive/behavioral and social transformational interventions. Pinto’s work aims to help all people, and particularly racial/ethnic and sexual minoritized groups, engage in critical consciousness raising and social liberation.

Mari Pitcher, MSW 2000, specializes in grief work, trauma work and patient and family centered care for individuals, and their families, with life limiting illnesses. Currently a member of the Univ of Mich Med Center Palliative Care Consult Team, she has over 16 years of hospice, palliative care and grief work experience. Additionally, she has worked as a therapist supporting individuals with PTSD, histories of abuse and/or traumatic loss.

Thomas Powell conducts research with mental health and substance use self-help groups. He has been an active participant in research on community support systems for consumers and family caregivers. As principal investigator for the NIMH-funded Center for Self-Help Research, he has collaborated with a number of organizations including the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Schizophrenics Anonymous, Recovery, Inc., and consumer-run agencies. He has also collaborated with members of 12-step groups.

Dr. Daicia Price is a clinical associate professor of social work at the U-Michigan School of Social Work, where she teaches in the Interpersonal Practice in Integrated Health, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse pathway and leads specialized training programs. As the director of FLOURISH, she fosters leadership, engages in outreach, and promotes understanding, resiliency, innovation, support,and hope — aligning with the mission of reaching out, raising hope,and changing society.