Families and children
School of Social Work researchers are seeking to improve the lives of families and children by obtaining a better understanding of factors that contribute to the health and well-being of families within their home, communities, and the broader environment.
Priscilla Gibson
Professor; Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Cultural Competence, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Qualitative Research Methods, Social Justice
Wendy Haight
Professor and Gamble-Skogmo Chair in Child Welfare and Youth Policy
Child Welfare, Developmental Psychology, Mental Health, Social Services, Substance Abuse
Katie Johnston-Goodstar
Associate Professor
Social and political contexts of urban and Indigenous youth development, Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR), Youth and Media, Critical and Indigenous Pedagogies, History of youth work and social work in urban and Indigenous communities.
Jean Quam
Professor
Gender and Sexuality, Higher Education, Learning Technologies, Seniors/Aging/Gerontology
Lynette Renner
Associate Professor; Director, Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse
Family Violence, Domestic Violence, Child Welfare, Family Based Interventions, Mental and Behavioral Health, Youth Development
Patricia Shannon
Associate Professor
Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR), Evaluation, Immigration, Intervention Science, Loss and Trauma, Mental Health
Mark Umbreit
Professor
Community Engagement, Counseling, Mental Health
Ross VeLure Roholt
Associate Professor
Adolescents/Youth, Community Engagement, Evaluation
Jeffrey Waid
Assistant Professor
Child Welfare, Positive Youth Development, Prevention Science, Intervention and Services Research
Oliver Williams
Professor
Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR), Cultural Competence, Family Violence, Social Services, Specific Cultures (African American)
Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare researchers
Traci LaLiberte
Executive Director, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare
Child Welfare, Disability, Evaluation, Policy, Systems Change
Kristine Piescher
Director of Research and Evaluation, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare
Child Welfare, Evaluation, Policy
Youth Work Learning Lab researcher
Deborah Moore
Youth Work Learning Lab Director
Adolescents/Youth, Youth Development, Program Development
Affiliated researchers
Jerome Stein
Director, Learning Dreams
Adolescents/Youth, Community Engagement, Cooperative Engagement, Cooperative Learning
Stacy Remke
Teaching specialist
Clinical Social Work, Healing Strategies, Child Welfare, Pediatric Palliative Care