People
Director
Daphne C. Watkins, PhD
Curtis Center Director, Professor of Social Work, Diversity and Social Transformation Professor, National Center for Institutional Diversity
Associate Director
Jaclynn M. Hawkins, PhD
Curtis Center Associate Director, Curtis Center Signature Program Faculty Affiliate, Assistant Professor of Social Work, DīMH Lab Director
Program Managers
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
Senior Research Associate
Sharon Norris-Shelton, MSc
Curtis Center Senior Research Associate
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, 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
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
Ijeoma Opara, PhD, LMSW, MPH
Curtis Center Faculty Affiliate, Assistant Professor of Public Health, Yale 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
Postdoctoral Research Associates
Natasha Johnson, PhD, LLMSW
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Ed-Dee G. Williams, PhD, LLMSW
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Pre-Doctoral Fellow
Nina Jackson Levin
Curtis Center Pre-doctoral Fellow
Research Assistants and Program Assistants
Brittany Ribeiro Brown, MSW
Doctoral Student Research Assistant
Allura Casanova, MS
Doctoral Student Research Assistant
Ash Chandrakapure
Undergraduate Research Scholar
Ashley Starks, MSW
Program Assistant