Lisa D. Albrecht - Full Profile
Associate Professor
(Ph.D., State University of New York, Buffalo)
Office: 193 Peters Hall
Phone:(612)624-3669
E-mail: lalbrech@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall

Scholarly interests: Feminist, multicultural and social justice education; feminist alliance politics; antiracist and cross-class organizing

Michael Baizerman - Full Profile
Director of Youth Studies
Professor
(Ph.D., University of Pittsburg)
Office: 185 Peters Hall
Phone:(612)624-4912
E-mail: mbaizerm@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall

Scholarly interests: Adolescent and youth studies; youth public policy; cultural models of youth development; youthwork,training and practice; community based youth development; international youthwork

Velmer S. Burton
Professor
(Ph.D. Sociology, University of Cincinnati,
Ed.D, University of Pennsylvania,
M.S. Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati)
Phone: 612-625-4297
E-mail: vburton@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall

Scholarly interests: Corrections; criminological theories; higher education

Sonia Davila-Williams - Full Profile
Field Coordinator
(M.S.W., University of Pittsburgh)
Office: 181 Peters Hall
Phone:(612)624-4262
E-mail: sdavilaw@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall

Scholarly interests: Child welfare, elder mistreatment, services for Chicano/Latino clients, field instruction

Peter Dimock - Full Profile
Professional Education Director
Teaching Specialist
Office: 182 Peters Hall
Phone:(612)624-3227
E-mail: pdimock@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall

Scholarly interests: Use of technology to improve student learning outcomes, co-occurring substance use and mental disorders, development of a valid & reliable instrument to measure communication skills, continuing education for professional development

Jeffrey Edleson - Full Profile
Director, Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse
Professor
(Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Office: 170B Peters Hall
Phone:(612)624-8795
E-mail: jedleson@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall
Web site: http://www.tc.umn.edu/~jedleson

Scholarly interests: Violence against women and children, international child abduction, program evaluation and participatory research methods

Colleen Fisher
Assistant Professor
(Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis)
Office: 269 Peters Hall
Phone:(612)624-3658
E-mail: cfisher@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall

Scholarly interests: HIV prevention, particularly among ethnic minority and sexual minority populations; adolescent health and identity development; LBGT issues; social justice; international social work

Priscilla Gibson - Full Profile
Associate Professor
(Ph.D., University of Denver)
Office: 265 Peters Hall
Phone:(612)624-3678
E-mail: pgibson@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall

Scholarly interests: Culturally sensitive services to African American families; African American grandmothers as kinship care providers, families with children who have developmental delays, qualitative research methods

MJ Gilbert - Full Profile
Field Coordinator
(M.S.W., University of Minnesota)
Office: 183 Peters Hall
Phone:(612)624-4259
E-mail: mgilbert@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall

Scholarly interests: Serious and persistent mental illness, personality disorders, Dialectic Behavioral Therapy, Transgender and GLBT issues, outcome-based intervention, "working across difference," field education, supervision and consultation

Jane Gilgun - Full Profile
Professor
(Ph.D., Syracuse University)
Office: 267 Peters Hall
Phone:(612)624-3643
E-mail: jgilgun@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall

Scholarly interests: Child welfare, child sexual abuse, development of violent behavior, resilience.

Trude Hendrickson
Site Coordinator MSU-Moorhead
Teaching Specialist
(M.S.W. University of Iowa)
Phone: (218) 477-2613
E-mail: hendrtr@mnstate.edu

Scholarly interests: Child welfare, family therapy, rural social work, social work supervision and social work ethics

C. David Hollister - Full Profile
Professor
(Ph.D., University of Michigan)
Office: 275 Peters Hall
Phone:(612)624-3695
Fax: (612)624-3744
E-mail: dhollist@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall

Scholarly interests: Program evaluation, immigration, neighborhood revitalization, substance abuse and child welfare, international social development

Judy Hoy
Mental Health Courses Instructor
(M.S.W., University of St. Thomas)
Office: 140D Peters Hall
Phone:(612)625-9416
Fax: (612)624-3744
E-mail: hoyxx004@umn.edu
 
Scholarly Interests: Trauma recovery; social work interventions with families and groups; direct practice with at risk adolescents; family reunification; mental health consultation and supervision

Marcia Jager
Field Coordinator
University of Minnesota Rochester
(M.S.W., University of Minnesota)
Office: 855 30th Avenue SE, Rochester 55904
Phone: (507) 398-8013
E-mail: jage0005@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall

Scholarly interests: Substance abuse, family therapy, adult mental health, social work education

Linda Jones - Full Profile
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Associate Professor
(Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Office: 180 & 281 Peters Hall
Phone: (612)624-3691
E-mail: ljones@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall

Scholarly interests: Social work ethics; health/mental health policy; women and social welfare policy; program evaluation; research methods

Helen Kivnick - Full Profile
Executive Director, CitySongs
Professor
(Ph.D., University of Michigan)
Office: 89 Peters Hall
Phone: (612)624-6773
E-mail: hkivnick@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall

Scholarly interests: Life strengths, CitySongs Project, vital involvement practice, elder role models, life-cycle therapy

Traci LaLiberte - Full Profile
Director, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare
(Ph.D., University of Minnesota)
Office: 205 Peters Hall
Phone: (612)624-2279
E-mail: lali0017@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall

Scholarly interests: Child welfare, foster care, children and parents with disabilities

Hee Yun Lee - Full Profile
Assistant Professor
(Ph.D., University of Calilfornia-Los Angeles)
Office: 279 Peters Hall
Phone: (612)624-3689
E-mail: hylee@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall

Scholarly interests: Health and mental health disparities among minority elderly, especially elderly immigrants

Elizabeth Lightfoot - Full Profile
Associate Professor
(Ph.D., Indiana University-Bloomington)
Office: 285 Peters Hall
Phone: (612)624-4710
E-mail: elightfo@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall

Scholarly interests: Social welfare policy, community practice (community organizing and advocacy), disability policy and services, gerontology, child welfare, international social work

Yat-Sang (Terry) Lum - Full Profile
Associate Professor
(Ph.D., Washington University)
Office: 287 Peters Hall
Phone: (612)624-4722
E-mail: tlum@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall

Scholarly interests: Social gerontology, long-term care, social policy, quantitative research methods, evaluation

Steve Maxwell - Full Profile
Director, Field Instruction
(M.S.W., University of Minnesota)
Office: 140A Peters Hall
Phone: (612)624-4287
E-mail: maxwe003@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall

Scholarly interests: Field instruction, cross-cultural supervision, refugee and immigrant issues, community mental health, spirituality, and the integration of music and the arts into social work practice

Dario Menanteau-Horta - Full Profile
Professor
(Ph.D., University of Minnesota)
Office: 225 Peters Hall
Phone: (612)625-8798
E-mail: dmenante@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall

Scholarly interests: Social organization, community change, rural development, inequality and social well-being, Latin America

Janelle Miedema
Moorhead, Field Coordinator
Phone: (701)280-9545
E-mail: nelzenade@aol.com

 

 

Denise Morcomb
Field Coordinator
M.S.W., University of St. Thomas & the College of St. Catherine
Office: 179 Peters Hall
Phone: (612)624-4279
E-mail: morco001@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall

Scholarly interests: Family preservation, family therapy, foster care, domestic violence and use of touch in therapy

Megan Morrissey - Full Profile
Associate Director, School of Social Work
Director, M.S.W. Program
Lecturer and Coordinator
(Ph.D., University of Minnesota)
Office: 140D Peters Hall
Phone: (612)624-4210
E-mail: mmorriss@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall

Scholarly interests: Social welfare history, social welfare policy, social history of American women, community organization

Jean K. Quam - Full Profile
Interim Dean, College of Education and Human Development; Professor
(Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Office: 104 Burton Hall Phone: 612-626-5177
E-mail: jquam@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 104 Burton Hall

Scholarly interests: Aging, older women, chronically mentally ill, history of social work, gay and lesbian aging

James Reinardy - Full Profile
Director, School of Social Work
Director of Ph.D. Program
Associate Professor
(Ph.D., University of Minnesota)
Office: 105D Peters Hall
Phone: (612)624-3673
E-mail: jreinard@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall

Scholarly interests: Long-term care issues, assessment of older adults, decision making and care planning, social welfare policy, community organization

Ross Velure Roholt
Assistant Professor
(Ph.D., University of Minnesota)
Office: 175 Peters Hall
Phone: (612)625-1220
E-mail: roho0001@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall

Scholarly interests: Youth work in contested spaces; youth civic engagement; participatory models of youth development

Ronald Rooney - Full Profile
Professor
(Ph.D., University of Chicago)
Office: 273 Peters Hall
Phone: (612)624-3712
E-mail: rrooney@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall

Scholarly interests: Work with involuntary clients, time-limited practice, public social services, teaching/faculty roles in social work and other University settings

Patricia Shannon - Full Profile
Assistant Professor
(Ph.D., University of Michigan)
Office: 281 Peters Hall
Phone: (612)624-3490
E-mail: pshannon@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall

Jerry Stein - Full Profile
Senior Fellow
Office: 79 Peters Hall
Phone: (612)625-2224
E-mail: stein035@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall

Scholarly interests: Democratic learning communities; community building; history and philosophy of youth work; philosophy and politics of community-based learning; ecologies of education (non school-based learning); cultures of learning.

Mark Umbreit - Full Profile
Director, Center for Restorative Justice and Peacemaking
Professor
(Ph.D., University of Minnesota)
Office: 289 Peters Hall
Phone: (612)625-7726
E-mail: mumbreit@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall

Scholarly interests: Restorative justice, indigenous justice & healing, human rights, victim services, criminal/juvenile justice, peacemaking, spirituality, forgiveness, reconciliation, mediation, conflict resolution, and, social change

Victoria Van Slyke - Full Profile
Lecturer
(Ph.D., University of Minnesota)
Office: 277 Peters Hall
Phone: (612)624-3676
E-mail: vvanslyk@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall

Scholarly interests: Forensic practice; changing models of supervision; impact of trauma over the lifespan; assessment and treatment of complex grief disorder; practitioner-friendly practice evaluation models

Anne VandeBerg
M.S.W. Site Coordinator
University of Minnesota Rochester
(M.S.W., University of Minnesota)
Office: 111 South Broadway Rochester, MN 55904
Phone: (507)280-5016
E-mail: awv@umn.edu

Scholarly Interests: Child welfare, social work in education, rural social work, distance education

Kate Walthour
Director of Admissions
(M.S.W., University of Minnesota)
Office: 140A Peters Hall
Phone: (612)625-8712
E-mail: kwalthou@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall

Scholarly interests: Child welfare practice and policy; strategies of early intervention and prevention with children and families; macro practice social work

Esther Wattenberg - Full Profile
Coordinator of Outreach, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare
Professor
(M.A., University of Toronto; M.A., University of Chicago)
Office: 205C Peters Hall
Phone: (612)625-6550
E-mail: ewattenb@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall

Scholarly interests: Child welfare, welfare reform (particularly children in long-term foster fare, concurrent planning, kinship foster care placement, chronically neglecting families), income issues, teen parenting, and family policy

Oliver Williams - Full Profile
Director, Institute on Domestic Violence in the African-American Community
Professor
(Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh)
Office: 290A Peters Hall
Phone: (612)624-9217
E-mail: owilliam@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall

Scholarly interests: Creating effective service-delivery strategies that will reduce violence among African Americans; ethnically-sensitive practice; fatherhood