Policy & Political Social Work Faculty
Justin D. Hodge
Clinical Associate Professor of Social WorkPolitical social work, policy social work, social policy, voting rights, civic engagement, community organizing, community development, mental health, asset development, children’s savings accounts
Kristin S. Seefeldt
Acting Director, Poverty Solutions, Associate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy and Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social ResearchPoverty, economic well being, financial coping strategies, recession, recovery policies, work-life balance
Daniel Alvarez
LEO Lecturer I
Trevor Bechtel
LEO Adjunct Lecturer and Poverty Solutions Student Engagement Coordinator
Colleen E. Crane
LEO Lecturer II
Sean J. de Four
LEO Lecturer II
William Elliott III
Professor of Social Work, Director of Doctoral ProgramsEconomic, educational, and racial disparities; social policy; mental health; child development
Lisa Fedina
Associate Professor of Social WorkSexual violence, intimate partner violence; suicide risk; criminal justice; policy research and analysis
Terri L. Friedline
Professor of Social WorkRacial capitalism, the financial system, technology, debt and abolition
Ayesha Ghazi Edwin
Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Social Work
Terri T. Gilbert
LEO Lecturer II
Gregory P. Hoffman
LEO Lecturer I
Jax Kynn
LEO Lecturer I
Shawna J. Lee
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professor of Social Work, School of Social WorkFather's parenting risk behaviors, child maltreatment, community-based interventions
Kathryn L. Maguire-Jack
Associate Professor of Social WorkChild abuse and neglect; child maltreatment prevention; neighborhoods; poverty; program evaluation; social policy; parenting.
Patrick J. Meehan
Assistant Research Scientist and LEO Adjunct Lecturer
H. Luke Shaefer
Hermann and Amalie Kohn Professor of Social Justice and Social Policy, Professor of Public Policy, Ford School of Public Policy, Professor of Social Work, School of Work, Center Director, Poverty Solutions, Faculty Associate, Survey Research Center and Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social ResearchSocial safety net, low-wage workers, economically disadvantage families, non-profit management
Trina R. Shanks
Director, School of Social Work Community Engagement, Harold R. Johnson Collegiate Professor of Social Work and Faculty Associate, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social ResearchChild well-being, asset building, 529 college education plans, SEED, Rhodes scholar, economic development
Nitesh Singh
Field Faculty and LEO Lecturer III
Karen M. Staller
Professor of Social WorkRunaway and homeless youth, law, social problem construction, history of social welfare, qualitative research methods.
Addie Weaver
Associate Professor of Social Work, Associate Director of Doctoral ProgramsAccess to mental health services for underserved, economically disadvantaged individuals and families living in rural communities
Roland W. Zullo
Associate Research Scientist, and LEO Lecturer II, School of Social Work