Faculty

Leigh Robertson joined the Office of Field Instruction as a field educator/lecturer/field liaison on June 26, 2006. Previously, she worked as a clinical social worker in the medical/surgical service at the Michigan Medicine, where she also served as a field instructor. Prior to coming to Ann ...

Yatesha Robinson joined the Office of Field Instruction as a Field Faculty and Lecturer in 2018. She has been working with non-profit organizations since 1997, with 21 years of direct service experience with women, children, youth and families. She has served the community in various capacities, ...

Angela Ayoub, LMSW, is a licensed clinical social worker who specializes in the treatment of anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders in children and adolescents. She completed her MSW at the University of Michigan School of Social Work. Ayoub currently holds a staff position at Michigan ...

Hillary Baldwin Steller, MSW ’10, has specific training with trauma survivors and clients with PTSD. Her approach is holistic, experiential and strength based in nature. Currently she is a clinician in southeastern Michigan and works with children, families and adults of marginalized ...

Rick Barinbaum, MSW is a social worker and teacher with over 15 years of experience working to strengthen vulnerable families and keep them intact. Rick was the Social Work Co-Director at the Center for Family Representation, a legal, social work, and policy organization that advocates for ...

Asmaa Boulehia, MSW'10, focuses on individual, group and family practice with severely mentally ill and emotionally disturbed populations in a community mental health setting. In addition to being a clinical therapist, Boulehia supervises a Home Based Program that provides intensive behavioral ...

Daphne Brydon, MSW '09, worked for more than 15 years in direct practice with adults and children within hospital, community organizations and academic settings. Most recently, Daphne worked as a clinical social worker in the Emergency Department at the University of Michigan Health System. She ...

Joe Cafferty, MSW’13, is a clinical social worker with the Department of Veterans Affairs, Ann Arbor Healthcare System. Cafferty currently works in the Mental Health Clinic at the Toledo Community-Based Outpatient Clinics providing various evidence-based mental health treatment services, in ...

Jeff Capobianco has over 20 years of clinical, administrative, and healthcare research experience, with extensive background in primary and behavioral healthcare integration, evidence-based practice implementation, Lean Six Sigma methodologies, and learning community approaches to organizational ...

Theadia L. Carey, MD, MS is program director for the Authority Health Psychiatry Residency Program. She is certified in general psychiatry and addiction psychiatry by ABPN, also Addiction Medicine certified by ABAM. Dr. Theadia LaRue Carey, is a native Detroiter. She completed all of her ...

ROXANNE J. CHANG, JD, MS LLP, is an attorney specializing in elder and special needs law. She is also a Limited Licensed Psychologist, with a Graduate Certificate in Gerontology. Ms. Chang has experience in consultation and advocacy for persons with dementia, developmental disabilities, and ...

Ellen Yashinsky Chute is the Chief Community Outreach Officer at Jewish Family Service of Metropolitan Detroit. In her role, Ellen is the Director of JCADA, the Jewish Coalition against Domestic Abuse, the creator of Parent's Place, an online parenting forum, and director of the JFS Cancer ...

G. Warren Clark has been with the School of Social Work since 1997, when he joined the Office of Field Instruction as a field educator/lecturer/field liaison. He has worked with students in all methods and in the practice areas of health, aging, and community and social systems. He has been a ...

Diana Copeland has an extensive background in environmental justice advocacy, environmental project management and community organizing. Copeland creates coalitions between environmental organizations, community and environmental justice groups to benefit environmental justice and health ...

Priscilla Cortez, MSW '12, works with individuals and groups to develop strengths-based partnerships with the community and to increase personal wellness in everyday practice. Cortez is passionate about working with trauma-focused groups and immigrant youth and families. A Texas native, who ...

Colleen E. (Kenna) Crane, MSW'01, has focused her primary practice interests in sexuality, gender identity, trauma and women's issues. Crane spent more than two years working in Detroit as the senior clinician for the Teen Age Parenting Program (TAPP) at The Children's Center, where she worked ...

Julie Cushman is currently a clinical director at Home of New Vision. She also has a private practice doing consulting and program evaluation for community services and agencies.

Lauren Davis (she/hers), MSW ‘07 has been working with the School of Social Work since 2008. She is currently the Assistant Director of the School of Social Work’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, which is responsible for the implementation of the School's DE&I strategic plan. She also ...

Sean de Four, MSW'01, focuses on administration and management of human services for youth, families and vulnerable populations. de Four currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer for Wellspring Lutheran Services’ Child and Family Division. Prior to his current role, de Four was the Vice ...