Faculty

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.

Joseph A. Galura is an advisor/lecturer for the undergraduate minor in Community Action and Social Change. He also is a lecturer in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and has developed, implemented and taught service-learning courses in Sociology (Project Community), Education (LUCY: The Lives of Urban Children and Youth), and American Culture (Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies). His classes, projects and publications draw on work in criminal justice, chemical dependency, community organization, urban schooling and the Filipino American community.

Eliza Silvia Galvez (she/her/ella) is a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Michigan. As a scholar, her research focuses on implementation science, cultural adaptation/tailoring, family-based programming and community-based approaches to prevention for behavioral health outcomes among Latine youth. As a Licensed Master Social Worker, Galvez has predominantly served the Latine and immigrant communities through clinical services and community outreach.

Larry M. Gant’s work focused on neighborhood-level change efforts in the Detroit and surrounding metropolitan areas. The co-operative work incorporated strategies and tactics inspired by collaborations with research colleagues sharing historical, social and political lessons learned from medieval postwar and postindustrial cities including Berlin, Glasgow, Amsterdam, Krakow, and Warsaw.

Joseph Gardella, PhD, is a community based participatory action prevention researcher and focuses on preventing violence and promoting wellness, health and positive development across marginalized communities. Gardella’s research is federally (e.g., NIH), state (e.g., department of health), and locally (e.g., school district) funded. He actively works with communities across the United States.

Karyn Gendreau, MSW ‘13, is currently employed as a suicide prevention coordinator at the Department of Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System. She has worked for the VA for 7 years in suicide prevention, and previously in the Health Care for Homeless Veterans program. Before joining the VA, Gendreau worked for 20 years at Ozone House in Ann Arbor, where she was the clinical director. Areas of interest include trauma, grief and loss, adventure/experiential therapy, and complementary and integrative health approaches.

Ayesha Ghazi Edwin, MSW '10, is a political social worker and community organizer with over 15 years of experience in various social justice areas, including labor, healthcare, voting, immigration, housing and disability. Ghazi Edwin serves as an assistant clinical professor, specializing in community-based research, creating community-engaged courses, and fostering learning initiatives that link the university community to social change movements and public policy innovation.

Rose C. Gibson joined the University of Michigan Institute of Gerontology as a research investigator in 1979. She was promoted to assistant research scientist in 1982 and associate research scientist in 1984. She joined the faculty of the School of Social Work in 1985 as an associate professor and was promoted to professor in 1992. She was also a faculty associate in the Institute for Social Research since 1987. She was named professor emerita in 1996.