Certificate in Political Social Work Faculty
Preparing social workers and allied professionals to promote social justice through political action
Certificate in Political Social Work Faculty
Justin D. Hodge
LMSWWashtenaw County Commissioner, District 5
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Michigan School of Social Work
Political social work, policy social work, social policy, voting rights, civic engagement, community organizing, community development, mental health, asset development, children’s savings accounts
Larry M. Gant
PhD, MSWProfessor of Social Work, School of Social Work, and Professor of Art and Design, School of Art and Design
Program evaluation, social action, community-based health programs, mezzo practice and social planning; public health social work, international social work, arts-based community development, health disparities emerging from syndemic-structural interactions, e.g. HIV/AIDS, poverty, violence-related PTSD, and impoverished care access.
Ayesha Ghazi Edwin
LLMSW, CLSSGBENGAGE: DETROIT Program Manager and LEO Adjunct Lecturer, University of Michigan School of Social Work
Co-Director, Certificate in Disability Inclusion and Accessible Design
Deputy Director, Detroit Disability Power
Susan Grettenberger
PhD, MSW, MPADirector and Professor, Social Work Program
Central Michigan University
Andrew (Andy) Grogan-Kaylor
PhD, MSSWProfessor of Social Work
University of Michigan School of Social Work
Research on children and families, including effects of corporal punishment; data visualization.
Anna Lemler
MSWRacial Equity Analyst
Washtenaw County
Program Manager
Michigan Juvenile Justice Youth Advisory Board
Charles E Lewis Jr.
PhD, MSWPresident of the Board of Directors for the Congressional Research Institute for
Social Work and Policy (CRISP)
Adjunct Professor, Columbia University School of Social Work
Adjunct Professor, Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Darlene Nichols
AMLS, MALEO Adjunct Lecturer & Librarian
University of Michigan School of Social Work
Nikkita Oliver
JD, MEdCo-Executive Director & Director of Advocacy, Creative Justice
Community Organizer & Attorney, Seattle Peoples Party
Suzanne Pritzker
PhD, MSW, MEdAssociate Professor, University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work
Beth Glover Reed
PhDAssociate Professor of Social Work
University of Michigan School of Social Work
Gender/ethnicity in social systems, feminist/multicultural practice, alcohol/drugs.
Lisa M Reyes Mason
PhD, MSWAssociate Professor and PhD Program Director, University of Tennessee College of Social Work
Kristin S. Seefeldt
PhD, MPPUniversity of Michigan School of Social Work
Poverty, economic well being, financial coping strategies, recession, recovery policies, work-life balance
Roland W. Zullo
Associate Research Scientist, and LEO Lecturer I, School of Social Work
Contact Information
Office of Continuing Education
1080 South University
Room 3652
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106
Phone: (734) 763-5723
Email: ssw.conted@umich.edu
Alia G. Wesala
SSW Director of Continuing and Professional Education
Jaclyn Ruffolo
SSW CE Program Coordinator
Ashley Harvey
SSW CE Program Coordinator