Faculty and Staff

Michael Baizerman
Director of Youth Studies, and 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.

Jerome Beker
Retired Professor
(Ed.D., Columbia University)
Office: 79 Peters Hall
Phone: (612) 625-2224
E-mail: jbeker@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall
Scholarly interests: Youth group care programs;
preparation / professionalization of youthworkers, youth organizations;
advancing academic / professional publications related to child and
youth care, youthwork and allied areas.

Ross Velure Roholt
Assistant Professor
Office: 175 Peters Hall
Phone:(612)624-8785
E-mail: rossvr@umn.edu
Mailing Address: 105 Peters Hall
Scholarly interests: Community-based models for youth
participation and youth development; youthwork practices to enhance
community-based models of youth participation and youth development.

Lisa Kimball
Lecturer
Office: 173 Peters Hall
Phone: 612-624-9762
Email: lkimball@umn.edu
Scholarly interests:

Cindy Pavlowski
Undergraduate Advisor
Office: 190A Peters Hall
Phone: 612-624-4290
Email: pavlo002@umn.edu

Peggy Pond
Undergraduate Community Program Assistant
Office: 190 Peters Hall
Phone: 612-624-3700
Email: ppond@umn.edu
Community and Visiting Faculty
Walter Bera
Community Faculty
Kenwood Therapy Center
Minneapolis, MN
Email: walterbera@aol.com
Delroy Calhoun
Community Faculty
Bethlehem Community Center
Minneapolis, MN
Email: dcalhoun@mpls.k12.mm.us
Thom Garfat
Visiting Faculty
TransformAction
Consulting & Training
Rosemere, Quebec, Canada
Email: garfat@ca.inter.net
John Gwinn
Community Faculty
Phillips Community Television
734 E. Lake St. #212
Minneapolis, MN
Web: http://www.youthmedia.tv
Email: john@mediaactive.net
Jerry Hromatka
Community Faculty
Northwest Youth & Family Services
3490 Lexington Ave. N
Shoreview, MN
Web: http://nyfs.org
Email: hromatka@cpinternet.org
Terrance Kwame-Ross
Community Faculty
New City School
229-13th Ave. NE
Minneapolis, MN
Web:
http://newcitycharterschool.org
Email: rossx036@umn.edu
Ira Lourie
Visiting Faculty
Human Service Collaborative
Washington, DC
Email: ilourie@erols.com
Doug Magnuson
Visiting Faculty
University of Northern Iowa
School of Health, Physical Education & Leisure Studies
Cedar Falls, IA
Web:
http://www.uni.edu/coe/hpels/
Email: doug.magnuson@uni.edu
Jan Mandell
Community Faculty
Central High School
St. Paul, MN
Web: http://central.spps.org/
Email: janice.mandell@spps.org
Mary Michener
Community Faculty
Elk River United Methodist Church
1304 Main St.
Elk River, MN
Web: http://www.erumc.org
Email: marysmich@hotmail.com
Andrew Schneider-Munoz
Visiting Faculty
City Year
Boston, MA
Web: http://www.cityyear.org
Email: amunoz@cityyear.org
Rob Shumer
Community Faculty
1505 McCarthy Rd.
Eagan, MN 55121
Email: drrdsminn@aol.com
Jennifer Simmonds
Community Faculty
Family & Children Service
4123 E. Lake Street
Minneapolis, MN
Web: http://www.fcsmn.org/
Email:
Jenny.Simmonds@fcsmn.org
Paul Smyth
Visiting Faculty
Director, Public Achievement
87 Wellington Park
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Web:
http://www.publicachievement.com/
Email:
paul@publicachievement.com
Jessi Tebben
Community Faculty
Email: tebb0004@umn.edu
James & Pamela Toole
Community Faculty
Compass Institute
Box 270037
St. Paul, MN 55127
Email: toole003@umn.edu
