People
Director
Daphne C. Watkins, PhD
Curtis Center Director, Professor of Social Work, Diversity and Social Transformation Professor, National Center for Institutional Diversity
Signature Program Faculty
Jaclynn M. Hawkins, PhD
Curtis Center Faculty Affiliate, Assistant Professor of Social Work, DīMH Lab Director
Jamie Mitchell, PhD
Curtis Center Faculty Affiliate, Assistant Professor of Social Work
Katie Schultz, PhD
Curtis Center Faculty Affiliate, Assistant Professor of Social Work
Anao Zhang, PhD
Curtis Center Faculty Affiliate, Assistant Professor of Social Work, Clinical Research Director, Michigan Medicine Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Program
Faculty Affiliates and Senior Research Associates
Nkemka Anyiwo, PhD, MSW
Curtis Center Faculty Affiliate, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania
Jade Burns, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC
Curtis Center Faculty Affiliate, Assistant Professor of Nursing
Fernanda L. Cross, PhD, MSW
Curtis Center Faculty Affiliate, Assistant Professor of Social Work
James M. Ellis, PhD
Curtis Center Faculty Affiliate, Assistant Professor
Lenette Jones, PhD, ACNS-BC, RN
Curtis Center Faculty Affiliate, Assistant Professor School of Nursing
Sharon Norris-Shelton
Curtis Center Senior Research Associate
Ijeoma Opara, PhD, LMSW, MPH
Curtis Center Faculty Affiliate, Assistant Professor, School of Social Welfare, SUNY Stony Brook University
James Smith, PhD
Curtis Center Senior Faculty Affiliate Professor, Father Frank Flynn Fellow (Substance Misuse), Menzies School of Health Research
Kara Zivin, PhD, MS, MA
Curtis Center Faculty Affiliate, Professor of Psychiatry, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Health Management and Policy, and Research Career Scientist, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
Pre-Doctoral Fellow
Nina Jackson Levin
Curtis Center Pre-doctoral Fellow
Research Assistants
Brittany Ribeiro Brown, MSW
Doctoral Student Research Assistant
Allura Casanova, MS
Doctoral Student Research Assistant
Ash Chandrakapure
Undergraduate Research Scholar
Najeia Mention
Graduate Student Research Assistant
Ashley Starks
MSW Field Placement Student
Cecelela Tomi
Graduate Student Research Assistant
Davon Wheeler
MSW Field Placement Student
Ed-Dee G. Williams, LLMSW
Doctoral Student Research Assistant