Faculty

Patrick Meehan, MSW 2011, has over five year’s experience evaluating youth programs in Chicago and Detroit, including programs on early language acquisition, health and nutrition, and youth employment. His expertise centers primarily on conceptually mapping evaluation outcomes, developing ...

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 ...

Julie Ribaudo is a Clinical Professor of Social Work at the University of Michigan. Before joining U-M in 2006, her career focused on parent-infant relational health; she practiced in a wide range of community-based programs, including community mental health, education and child welfare. In ...

Monica Sampson, MSW ’00, is a clinical faculty member of the School of Social Work, where she teaches MSW courses across both macro and micro pathways. With over 31 years of experience as a clinical and macro social worker, Sampson has dedicated her career to working with vulnerable children, ...

Sue Ann Savas is a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Michigan School of Social Work. She received her MSW and BA in economics from the University of Michigan. For the past 20 years, Sue Ann practiced as a program evaluator. She specializes in the areas of program design, logic ...

Beth Sherman received her MSW and BA in psychology from the University of Michigan and completed two years of undergraduate work at Oberlin College. Ms. Sherman specializes in the area of social work practice with children and youth. As an outpatient therapist, clinical supervisor, prevention ...

Rory P. O’Brien (they/them) is a President’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Social Work. O’Brien came to social work research from a career in advocacy for LGBTQA+ mental health, violence prevention, and sexual and reproductive justice. O’Brien’s research is motivated and inspired by ...

Ty B. Tucker’s (MSW, PhD) research explores equitable access to education and employment for racially and ability-diverse communities. Specifically, Tucker is interested in developing and evaluating advocacy-focused tools that reduce academic exclusionary discipline, and in securing employment ...

Mona Berry joined the Office of Field Education as a Field Faculty and LEO Lecturer III in July, 2024. Previously, she served as the School Health/ Social Work Consultant at Wayne Regional Educational Service Agency), providing guidance, professional learning opportunities, training, ...

Zaynab K. Boussi joined the Office of Field Education as field faculty and LEO Lecturer in May of 2021. Previously, she worked as a school social worker with the Dearborn Public Schools, where she also served as a field instructor. Boussi, a Dearborn native and daughter of Lebanese immigrants, ...

Amy C. Burandt (she / hers) joined the Office of Field Education team on March 15, 2021. Prior to coming on-board at the School of Social Work, her career focused on crisis intervention and suicide prevention, counseling individuals healing from trauma and sexual violence, mental health ...

Miriam Connolly is a two time alumna of the University of Michigan. A native of Flint, she earned a BSW from U-M-Flint, and an MSW from the School of Social Work, with a concentration in Child Welfare and Interpersonal Practice. For 18 years, Connolly served children and their families in a ...

Christina Dadswell is the assistant director of the Office of Field Education for residential students at the School of Social Work where she is responsible for supporting strategic plans, innovation, curricular development and collaborating with other faculty and social work agency partners ...