Faculty

Marion Elizabeth Blue Endowed Professor Emerita of Children and Families in the School of Social Work at the University of Michigan; Director, Family Assessment Clinic

Dr. Lisa Fedina (she/her) is an associate professor at the School of Social Work. Her research investigates the connections between forms of violence across the lifespan (e.g., child maltreatment, intimate partner violence, sexual assault), health and mental health outcomes. Her current studies examine risk and protective factors for campus sexual assault and profiles of victimization and suicide risk among emerging adults.

Phillip Fellin joined the Michigan faculty as associate professor and director of the Office of Field Eduation in 1965. Six years later he was appointed dean of the school, serving in this position from 1971 to 1981. After his deanship, Fellin continued on the faculty as professor of social work until his retirement in 1999, when he was named professor emeritus and dean emeritus.

Daniel Fischer is a Clinical Associate Professor Emeritus of Social Work, and served as the Assistant Dean and Director of Field Education at the University of Michigan School of Social Work between 2017 and 2023. He also held an appointment as a Clinical Assistant Professor at Michigan Medicine Department of Psychiatry. Dan completed his BA is psychology in 1983 and his MSW in 1984 both at the University of Michigan. He began at the University of Michigan in 1989, working as a clinical social worker, researcher, teacher and healthcare administrator.

William Frey is a joint postdoctoral research fellow in the School of Information and the School of Social Work. His research examines the relationship between technology and the social world, complicating how we think about digital contexts and artificial intelligence. Frey's interdisciplinary research aims to counteract techno-solutionist frames and artificial intelligence hype narratives while studying how people understand, navigate, resist and refuse artificial intelligence.

Dr. Terri Friedline writes, organizes, and teaches about racial capitalism, technology and the financial system. She is a professor of social work at the University of Michigan and is the author of “Banking on a Revolution: Why Financial Technology Won’t Save a Broken System” (Oxford University Press). Friedline’s writing draws on critical theories and is inspired by abolitionist politics. Her recent writings focus on debt as racialized and gendered violence, credit scoring as a carceral practice and financial technology (“fintech”) as invasive infrastructure.

Linyun Fu’s research focuses on developing, testing and scaling up culturally sensitive mental health prevention and social-emotional learning programs for children and adolescents, particularly those in under-resourced communities. Her work uses rigorous mixed-methods and experimental designs to examine how school- and community-based programs can promote child well-being, resilience and educational success, as well as to identify implementation strategies for scaling up evidence-based practices in broader contexts.