People
Leadership
Daphne C. Watkins, PhD
Curtis Center Director, Professor of Social Work, Diversity and Social Transformation Professor, National Center for Institutional Diversity
Jaclynn M. Hawkins, PhD
Curtis Center Associate Director, Curtis Center Signature Program Faculty Affiliate, Assistant Professor of Social Work, DīMH Lab Director
Kirstn Tatar, MA
Executive Assistant to the Director
Core
Jamie M. Abelson, LMSW, ACSW
Curtis Center Program Manager
Kate Kloss, MS, RDN, CDCES
Curtis Center Program Manager
Keith F. Miller, Jr., M.Ed., M.F.A.
Curtis Center Program Manager
Jane A. Rafferty, MA
Curtis Center Research Area Specialist Senior
Sharon Norris-Shelton, MSc
Curtis Center Senior Research Associate
Hannah Burgess, MPH
Curtis Center Research Associate
Kiyoshi Shelton, BA
Curtis Center Community Engagement Manager
Signature Program Faculty
Lenette Jones, PhD, ACNS-BC, RN
Curtis Center Faculty Affiliate, Assistant Professor School of Nursing
Jamie Mitchell, PhD
Curtis Center Faculty Affiliate, Associate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work and Faculty Associate, Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research
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 of the Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Program at University of Michigan Health
Faculty Affiliates
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
Paul J. Fleming, PhD, MPH
Curtis Center Faculty Affiliate, Assistant Professor of Health Behavior & Health Education
James Smith, PhD
Curtis Center Senior Faculty Affiliate, Deputy Dean of Rural and Remote Health in the Northern Territory and Professor of Health and Social Equity, Flinders University
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
Trainees
Allura Casanova, MS
Doctoral Student Research Assistant
Ash Chandrakapure
Undergraduate Research Scholar
Keion Harris
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Nina Jackson Levin
Curtis Center Pre-doctoral Fellow
Natasha Johnson, PhD, LLMSW
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Katie Kurnick
Graduate Student Research Assistant
Brittany Ribeiro Brown, MSW
Doctoral Student Research Assistant
Srijani Sengupta
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Ashley Starks, MSW
Program Assistant
Ed-Dee G. Williams, PhD, LLMSW
Postdoctoral Research Associate