Faculty
Michael Baizerman, Ph.D., M.S. (Hyg.)
Professor in
Youth Studies,
School of Social Work
105 Peters Hall, 1404 Gortner Ave., St. Paul, MN 55108
Tel: 612-624-4912
Fax: 612-624-3744
E-mail: baize001@umn.edu
Academic interests: Philosophical and human sciences; understandings of
the idea of “youth” and how it is represented, theorized, and lived.
Terrance Kwame-Ross, Ph.D.
Community faculty
Origins
3805 Grand Ave South
Minneapolis, MN 55409
Tel: 612-822-3422 ext. 204
E-mail: rossx036@umn.edu
Byron Schneider,
Ph.D.
Associate professor,
Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development, College of Education and Human Development
330 Wulling Hall, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Tel: 612-624-2590
Fax: 612-624-3377
E-mail: schne003@umn.edu
Academic interests: Youth development leadership; youth policy.
Robert Shumer, Ph.D.
Community faculty
Tel: 612-624-3700
E-mail: drrdsminn@msn.com
Jennifer Skuza,Ph.D.,
Extension Professor, Extension 4H Center for Youth Development
495 Coffey
1420 Eckles Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
Tel: 612-624-7798
E-mail: skuza@umn.edu
Jerome (Jerry) Stein, Ph.D.,
Senior Fellow, School of social Work
YDL Coordinator
College of Education and Human Development
79 Peters Hall (105 Peters Hall for mail),
1404 Gortner Ave,
St. Paul, MN 55108
Tel: 612-625-2224
Fax: 612-624-3744
E-mail: stein035@umn.edu
Academic interests: Education in the community; community youth
development and community resource development.
Ross Velure Roholt
Assistant professor,
Youth Studies,
School of Social Work
175 Peters Hall (105 Peters Hall for mail), 1404 Gortner Ave., St. Paul,
MN 55108
Tel: 612-624-8785
E-mail: rossvr@umn.edu
Academic interests: Community-based models for youth participation and
youth development; youthwork practices to enhance community-based models
of youth participation and youth development.
Joyce Walker, Ph.D.
Center for
4-H Youth Development, University of Minnesota Extension
270B McNamara Alumni Center
200 Oak Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Tel: 612- 624-8449
Fax: 612-624-6905
E-mail: walke007@umn.edu
Academic interests: Youth development programs and policies; gender
issues; youth worker professional development and training; and
qualitative research and evaluation.
Revised October 2009
