By attracting and supporting a world-class faculty with the unique ability to conduct and translate academic research into action and positive social outcomes, the Steve Hicks School of Social Work provides its students an unmatched opportunity for education and application at one of the top schools of its kind in the nation.
Our faculty is one of the most diverse in The University of Texas at Austin, with a wide range of expertise in many topics including mental illness, substance abuse, health behavior interventions, domestic violence, HIV/AIDS, child welfare, aging, grief and loss, and juvenile justice. See researchers profiles.
Professors Directory Table
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Barbara AndersonDetailsClinical ProfessorEmail: barbara.a@mail.utexas.eduInterests: Generalist practice, child welfare, medical social work and field education. |
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Marilyn Armour, Ph.D.DetailsProfessor and University Distinguished Teaching ProfessorRoom #: 3.212DPhone: 512-471-3197Email: marmour@utexas.eduInterests: Family members of homicide victims, restorative justice implementation and evaluation, school-to-prison pipeline, restorative dialogue, qualitative research methods, violent death. |
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Noël Busch-Armendariz, Ph.D., LMSW, MPADetailsProfessor and Director, Institute on Domestic Violence and Sexual AssaultRoom #: 1.218HAPhone: 512-232-6388Email: nbusch@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Violence against women and children; social and public policy; social justice; international social work education, training and practice; and adoption and child welfare issues. |
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Namkee G. Choi, Ph.D.DetailsProfessor and the Louis and Ann Wolens Centennial Chair in GerontologyRoom #: 3.122DPhone: 512-232-9590Email: nchoi@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Geriatric Mental Health; Depression Treatment in Aging Services; Social Policy for older persons (Social Security and Supplemental Security Income); Program evaluation. |
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Allan Hugh Cole Jr., Ph.D.DetailsSenior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and ProfessorRoom #: 2.202CPhone: 512-471-9824Email: ahcole@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Social work and chronic illness, brief counseling interventions, psycho-social development of boys and men, and social work and religion/spirituality.
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Catherine Cubbin, Ph.D.DetailsProfessor and Associate Dean for ResearchRoom #: 3.208GAPhone: 512-232-0625Email: ccubbin@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Social epidemiology; social inequalities in health; neighborhood environments and health; conceptualization and measurement of socioeconomic status/position |
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Diana M. DiNitto, Ph.D.DetailsCullen Trust Centennial Professor in Alcohol Studies and Education and Distinguished Teaching ProfessorRoom #: 3.130BPhone: 512-471-9227Email: ddinitto@mail.utexas.eduInterests: Social welfare policy, alcohol and drug problems, and women’s issues |
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Rowena Fong, Ed.D.DetailsRuby Lee Piester Centennial Professor in Services to Children and FamiliesRoom #: 3.122GPhone: 512-471-1393Email: rfong@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Adoptions, child welfare, Chinese American children and families, human trafficking, culturally competent practice, translational research and practice. |
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Cynthia G. S. Franklin, Ph.D.DetailsAssociate Dean for Doctoral Education and Stiernberg/Spencer Family Professor in Mental HealthRoom #: 2.228Phone: 512-471-0533Email: cfranklin@austin.utexas.eduInterests: School mental health, solution-focused brief therapy, dropout prevention, at-risk youths |
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Lori K. Holleran Steiker, Ph.D., ACSWDetailsSteve Hicks Professor of Addiction, Recovery and Substance Abuse ServicesRoom #: 3.122APhone: 512-232-9330Email: lorikay@mail.utexas.eduInterests: Substance abuse prevention and recovery, culturally grounded social work practice, social work with groups. |
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Barbara L. Jones, Ph.D.DetailsJosleen and Frances Lockhart Memorial Professor for Direct Practice in Social Work, Associate Dean for Health AffairsRoom #: 3.212GPhone: 512-475-9367Email: barbarajones@mail.utexas.eduInterests: Pediatric palliative and end-of-life care, grief and loss, childhood cancer survivors, adolescent and young adult oncology, children with medical complexity, parenting interventions in pediatrics, resilience, meaning-making and post traumatic growth, interprofessional education, integrated behavioral health, medical ethics, and international social work. |
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Jane A. Kretzschmar, LCSWDetailsClinical Professor EmeritusEmail: swjak@mail.utexas.eduInterests: Gatekeeping in social work education, field education, school social work, social work values and ethics, individual and family counseling, employee assistance programs. |
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Michael L. Lauderdale, Ph.D.DetailsClara Pope Willoughby Centennial Professor in Criminal JusticeRoom #: 3.130JPhone: 512-471-9246Email: mll@mail.utexas.eduInterests: Criminal justice, organizational development, computer applications to organizational and community development. Criminal justice; child welfare; U.S.-Mexico relations |
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Sandy Magaña, Ph.D., MSWDetailsProfessor in Autism and Neurodevelopmental DisabilitiesRoom #: 3.130HPhone: 512-232-9216Email: smagana@austin.utexas.edu |
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Elizabeth Matsui, M.D., M.H.S.DetailsProfessor of Population Health and Pediatrics, Dell Medical SchoolPhone: 512-471-1700Email: ematsui@utexas.edu |
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Jane Maxwell, Ph.D.DetailsResearch ProfessorEmail: jcmaxwell@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Trends and patterns of substance abuse in Texas, nationally, and internationally, with special interest on the US-Mexico border; patterns of use and abuse of methamphetamine, party drugs, methadone, and other opiate drugs; impaired driving programs; synthetic estimation techniques. |
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Ruth G. McRoy, Ph.D.DetailsResearch Professor and Ruby Lee Piester Centennial Professor EmeritaRoom #: 3.212AEmail: r.mcroy@mail.utexas.eduInterests: Open adoptions, outcomes for birthmothers, adoptive parents and adopted children, trans-racial adoptions, family preservation, special needs adoptions, post-adoption services, female sexual abuse perpetrators, racial identity, adolescent pregnancy, effectiveness of residential treatment services. |
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Yolanda C. Padilla, Ph.D.DetailsClara Pope Willoughby Centennial Professor in Child Welfare and Director of the CSWE Center for Diversity and Social and Economic JusticeRoom #: 3.130KPhone: 512-471-6266Email: ypadilla@utexas.eduInterests: Population studies focusing on racial and ethnic disparities in health and well-being with an emphasis on Mexican American children and families, poverty, immigration, and applications to social welfare policy development. Areas of practice specialization: policy analysis and community practice. |
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Beth C. Pomeroy, Ph.D.DetailsBert Kruger Smith Centennial Professor in Social Work, Co-Director for Institute for Collaborative Health Research and PracticeRoom #: 3.106BPhone: 512-232-3405Email: bpomeroy@mail.utexas.eduInterests: Clinical social work courses with a focus on mental health, health and children and families; HIV/AIDS interventions; crime victims; interventions for offenders in the criminal justice system; and clinical social work group interventions for children, adults and families. |
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Clayton T. Shorkey, Ph.D., LCSWDetailsJosleen and Frances Lockhart Memorial Professor Emeritus of Direct Practice in Social Work and Director of Social Work Learning Resource CenterRoom #: 1.218GPhone: 512-471-0520Email: cshorkey@mail.utexas.eduInterests: Generalist practice in social work, mental health and substance use disorders treatment, spirituality and faith-based alcohol/drug abuse treatment, and culturally competent/relevant services for underserved populations in chemical dependence programs. |
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Stephen Sonnenberg, MDDetailsProfessor of InstructionEmail: ssonnenberg@utexas.eduInterests: Points of intersection between psychoanalysis and other areas of scholarly inquiry. Subjects of study include war, violence, decision-making, architecture and design, psychic trauma and post-traumatic psychological disorders, addiction and the treatment of addiction, education and effective teaching methods; medical humanities and the doctor-patient relationship, and health and human rights. |
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Richard Spence, Ph.D.DetailsResearch ProfessorRoom #: 1.204Phone: 512-232-0608Email: rtspence@mail.utexas.eduInterests: Research in the epidemiology of alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems; Needs assessment for AOD services; Outcomes assessment and performance management for AOD treatment; Planning and statewide resource allocation for AOD services. |
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David W. Springer, Ph.D., LCSWDetailsUniversity Distinguished Teaching Professor, Director of the RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community ServicePhone: 512-232-7062Email: dwspringer@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Justice Reform; Leadership in Human Service Systems; Community-Based Interventions with At-Risk Youth; Community-Based Research and Intervention Research; Applied Psychometric Theory and Scale Development. |
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Calvin L. Streeter, Ph.D.DetailsProfessor and Meadows Foundation Centennial Professor in the Quality of Life in the Rural EnvironmentRoom #: 3.130GPhone: 512-471-0543Email: cstreeter@mail.utexas.eduInterests: Organization behavior and social administration, disaster preparedness and community response to crisis, school social work and dropout prevention, quality management in human services rural human services, social research and measurement. |
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Mitch Sudolsky, MSSW, LCSWDetailsClinical Professor and Adjunct Faculty LiaisonRoom #: 3.124KPhone: 512-475-7328Email: sudolsky@mail.utexas.eduInterests: Clinical social work, clinical supervision, program development and community practice. |
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William Tierney, M.D.DetailsProfessor; Chair, Department of Population Health, Dell Medical SchoolEmail: tierney@utexas.edu |
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Mary Velasquez, Ph.D.DetailsCentennial Professor in Leadership for Community, Professional and Corporate Excellence; Director, Health Behavior Research and Training InstituteRoom #: 1.212APhone: 512-471-7019Email: velasquez@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Behavioral Health, Integrated Primary Care, Evidence-based interventions, Transtheoretical Model (stages of change), Motivational Interviewing. |
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Tanya Voss, MSSWDetailsClinical Professor and Assistant Dean for Field EducationRoom #: 2.234Phone: 512-471-0510Email: tmvoss@mail.utexas.eduInterests: Field education, clinical supervision, policy and practice, community-based services for juvenile and criminal justice client-family systems, children of incarcerated parents. |
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Luis H. Zayas, Ph.D.DetailsDean and Robert Lee Sutherland Chair in Mental Health and Social PolicyRoom #: 2.202BPhone: 512-471-1937Email: dean-ssw@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Adapting interventions for diverse ethnocultural families; suicide attempts among young Latinos; child and adolescent mental health; family functioning; advocacy for U.S. citizen-children. |
Associate Professors Directory Table
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Elisa V. Borah, Ph.D.DetailsResearch Associate Professor; Director, Institute for Military and Veteran Family WellnessRoom #: 2.118Phone: 512-475-8040Email: elisa.borah@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Military social work, behavioral health, evidence-based interventions for PTSD. |
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Esther J. Calzada, Ph.D.DetailsAssociate Professor, Norma and Clay Leben Fellow in Child and Family Behavioral HealthRoom #: 3.106EPhone: 512-471-2797Email: esther.calzada@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Parenting, early childhood development, academic achievement, Latino families, racial/ethnic disparities |
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Yessenia Castro, Ph.D.DetailsAssociate ProfessorRoom #: 295DPhone: 512-232-0778Email: ycastro@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Development, evaluation, and dissemination of interventions for health risk behaviors; effects of cultural factors, gender, and race/ethnicity on health behavior; Latino health; psychometrics. |
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Monica Faulkner, Ph.D., LMSWDetailsResearch Associate ProfessorRoom #: 1.218Phone: 512-471-7191Email: mfaulkner@austin.utexas.eduInterests:
Child welfare, teen pregnancy/parenthood, women's health, child care, Latino families, immigration, child and family policy, advanced statistics: hierarchal linear modeling.
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Cossy Hough, LCSWDetailsAssistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Clinical Associate ProfessorRoom #: 2.240Phone: 512-471-8226Email: cossyhough@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Program Administration, field education, case management, social administration, social welfare, public health, health care policy, medical social work, disability issues. |
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Tammy Linseisen, LCSW, ACSWDetailsClinical Associate ProfessorRoom #: 3.124FPhone: 512-471-9240Email: tlinseisen@mail.utexas.eduInterests: Child abuse/neglect, children's mental health issues, family treatment, field instruction, social work methods, foster care and adoption issues, young adult issues, and clinical supervision. |
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Molly Lopez, Ph.D.DetailsResearch Associate ProfessorRoom #: 2.205APhone: 512-232-0614Email: mlopez@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Mental health services research, evidence-based practice, trauma informed care, cognitive behavioral therapies, implementation science, fidelity assessment, workforce competency, systems of care. |
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Elizabeth Mueller, Ph.D.DetailsAssociate ProfessorPhone: 512-471-1151Email: ejmueller@mail.utexas.eduInterests: Social equity in cities, affordable housing, community development. |
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Ruben Parra-Cardona, Ph.D.DetailsAssociate ProfessorRoom #: 3.130FPhone: 512-232-9215Email: rparra@austin.utexas.edu |
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Michele A. Rountree, Ph.D.DetailsAssociate ProfessorRoom #: 3.122EPhone: 512-471-7160Email: mrountree@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Health disparities, intimate partner violence and heightened risk for HIV/AIDS, evidence-based HIV/AIDS interventions, prevention strategies tailored to women and communities of color. |
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Sarah Swords, LCSWDetailsClinical Associate Professor and Assistant Dean for Master's ProgramsRoom #: 2.244Phone: 512-471-7231Email: saswords@mail.utexas.eduInterests: Field education, gerontology, domestic violence, eating disorders, women's mental health, and philanthropy. |
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Carmen R. Valdez, Ph.D.DetailsAssociate ProfessorPhone: 512-495-5388Email: crvaldez@utexas.eduInterests: Community-based participatory research, family interventions, immigrant health, mental health |
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Kirk von Sternberg, Ph.D.DetailsAssociate ProfessorRoom #: 1.210APhone: 512-232-0633Email: vonsternberg@mail.utexas.eduInterests: Health behavior interventions based on the Transtheoretical Model of Change and Motivational Interviewing, including alcohol- and tobacco-exposed pregnancy, HIV prevention, alcohol and other substance abuse in medical settings. |
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Kari White, PhDDetailsAssociate ProfessorRoom #: 3.106DPhone: 512-232-5742Email: kariwhite@utexas.edu |
Assistant Professors Directory Table
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Tina Adkins, Ph.D.DetailsResearch Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 1.206Phone: 512-471-9420Email: tina.adkins@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Child welfare, attachment, child development, foster care. |
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Alyssa AguirreDetailsAssistant Professor of PracticeEmail: alyssa.aguirre@austin.utexas.edu |
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Jess Paul AmbieDetailsAssistant Professor of PracticeEmail: jess.ambiee@austin.utexas.edu |
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Joan E. Asseff, LCSWDetailsClinical Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.124CPhone: 512-471-0192Email: jasseff@utexas.edu |
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Mary Beer, LCSWDetailsClinical Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.124GPhone: 512-232-3833Email: mary.beer@austin.utexas.edu |
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Deborah Ann Cohen, Ph.D.DetailsResearch Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 2.208Phone: 512-232-0618Email: dacohen@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Behavioral health services research, transition-aged youth, health information technology, integrated healthcare, care coordination, behavioral health policy, disability policy, implementation science. |
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Fiona Conway, Ph.D.DetailsAssistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.122BPhone: 512-232-2491Email: fiona.conway@utexas.eduInterests: Biobehavioral interventions for health risk behaviors; treatments for trauma and stress-related disorders; athlete health; sports social work; violence prevention. |
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Cynthia CorralDetailsAssistant Professor of PracticeEmail: cynthia.corral@austin.utexas.edu |
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Rebekah DayDetailsAssistant Professor of PracticeEmail: rebekah.day@integralcare.org |
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Susan M. De Luca, Ph.D.DetailsAssistant Professor and Core Faculty of Women's and Gender StudiesRoom #: 3.130LPhone: 512-471-1713Email: sdeluca@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Suicide prevention with a focus on early adolescence to emerging adulthood; culturally appropriate interventions; help-seeking attitudes and behaviors; mental health disparities |
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Benjamin EhrenfeldDetailsAssistant Professor of PracticeEmail: ben.ehrenfeld@austin.utexas.edu |
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Anna FingerDetailsAssistant Professor of PracticeEmail: anna.finger@austin.utexas.edu |
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René GaitanDetailsClinical Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.124JPhone: 512-232-5871Email: Rene.Gaitan@austin.utexas.edu |
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Lauren E. Gulbas, Ph.D.DetailsAssistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.122CPhone: 512-232-4418Email: laurengulbas@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Culture and Mental Health, Suicidal Behavior, Immigration, Family Systems, Race and Gender Studies, Latin America
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Maj HenrikssonDetailsAssistant Professor of PracticeEmail: maj.henriksson@austin.utexas.edu |
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Mercedes Hernandez, Ph.D., LCSWDetailsAssistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.106FPhone: 512-471-8189Email: mercedeh@utexas.eduInterests: Serious mental illness; mental health disparities; first-episode psychosis; culturally competent evidenced-based treatment for racial and ethnic minorities with serious mental illness and their families. |
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Shadia LahlouDetailsAssistant Professor of PracticeEmail: shadia.lahlou@austin.utexas.edu |
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John Luk, M.D.DetailsClinical Assistant Professor and Assistant Professor of Medicine, Dell Medical SchoolPhone: 512-324-0165Email: john.luk@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Pre-health professions education; medical education; interprofessional education; professional identity formation; pediatrics; quality improvement and patient safety. |
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Angela LunaDetailsAssistant Professor of PracticeEmail: angela.luna@austin.utexas.edu |
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Eboni Lunsford Calbow, LCSW, Ph.D.DetailsClinical Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.124EPhone: 512-232-2716Email: eboni.calbow@utexas.edu |
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Abena Subira Mackall, Ed.D.DetailsAssistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.130CPhone: 512-232-2721Email: mackall@utexas.eduInterests: Social contexts of education and human development, juvenile/criminal justice, child welfare, poverty, qualitative methodologies, applied statistical methods |
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Lailea Noel, Ph.D.DetailsDonald D. Harrington Faculty FellowRoom #: 3.116CPhone: 512-232-2700Email: lailea.noel@utexas.eduInterests: Health social work; cancer disparities; patient-provider communication; health care decision making; community-based participatory research; vulnerable populations |
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Leyna NunezDetailsAssistant Professor of PracticeEmail: leyna.n@gmail.com |
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Christina PhilburnDetailsAssistant Professor of PracticeEmail: christina.philburn@austin.utexas.edu |
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Farya Phillips, Ph.D., CCLSDetailsResearch Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.212FEmail: farya@utexas.eduInterests: Adolescents and young adult cancer survivors; parental cancer; children and healthcare; psychosocial oncology; grief and loss; palliative and end of life care; Inter-professional education for healthcare providers. |
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Rayven Plaza, Ph.D.DetailsAssistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.130DPhone: 512-232-2697Email: rplaza@utexas.eduInterests: Social determinants of health, social policy analysis, poverty and inequality, quantitative methodologies, applied econometrics, racial and ethnic socioeconomic disparities. |
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Mayra RoblesDetailsAssistant Professor of PracticeEmail: mayra.robles@austin.utexas.edu |
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Donna ShanorDetailsAssistant Professor of PracticeEmail: donna.shanor@austin.utexas.edu |
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Starla Simmons, LCSWDetailsClinical Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.124DPhone: 512-232-2703Email: starla.simmons@utexas.eduInterests: Social justice & liberation, addressing trauma in communities of color, ecotherapy and holistic social work interventions, group work with children and adolescents. |
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Sarah Sloan, LCSWDetailsClinical Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.124HPhone: 512-471-9107Email: ssloan@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Field education, clinical practice, group therapy, supervision, mindfulness, LGBTQ issues, grief and loss, and generalist practice. |
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Robin Smith, LCSWDetailsClinical Assistant Professor and Clinical Lead for the Integrated Behavioral Health Scholars ProgramRoom #: 3.124APhone: 512-471-3438Email: robinsmith@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Field education; mental health and chemical dependency assessment and recovery; medical social work and behavioral health interventions; suicide assessment and prevention; crisis intervention; 12-step recovery; family interventions. |
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Dede Sparks, LMSWDetailsAssistant Dean for Health Affairs and Clinical Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.124BPhone: 512-471-9063Email: dsparks@austin.utexas.edu |
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Shetal Vohra-Gupta, Ph.D., MSWDetailsAssistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.116DPhone: 512-232-2701Email: sgupta@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Health disparities, social determinants of health, interpersonal violence, health policy, racial equity, critical race theory. |
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Ahmed Whitt, Ph.D.DetailsAssistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.106CPhone: 512-471-1003Email: ahmedwhitt@utexas.edu |
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Leila Wood, Ph.D., LMSWDetailsResearch Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 1.116Phone: 512-471-3198Email: leilawood@austin.utexas.edu |
Adjuncts Directory Table
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Rosalie Ambrosino, Ph.D.DetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: rosalie.ambrosino@gmail.com |
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Bob Ambrosino, Ph.D.DetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: robert.ambrosino@utexas.edu.Interests: Social welfare policy, leadership development, homelessness, non-profit management, and working with soldiers severely injured in combat and their families. |
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Colleen ArnoldDetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: colleen.arnoldlcsw@gmail.com |
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Margaret BassettDetailsAdjunct Assistant Professor and Project ManagerRoom #: 1.116APhone: 512-471-3470Email: margaret.bassett@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, expert witness training.
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Jolynne Batchelor, PhD, LCSWDetailsAdjunct Assistant Professor and Research AssociateRoom #: 1.204Phone: 512-232-6061Email: jolynne.batchelor@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Child protection, restoring healthy relationships between parents and children in the aftermath of child abuse and neglect, and implementation science. |
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Natalie Beck, DSW, LCSWDetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: nataliebeck@utexas.edu |
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Elaine Cavazos, LCSWDetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: ehcavazos@utexas.edu |
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Patricia A. Cody, MSW, PhDDetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.212APhone: 512-491-8327Email: triciacody@mail.utexas.edu |
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Julia Cuba-LewisDetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: julia@cubalewis.com |
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David EvansDetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104APhone: 512-440-4031Email: david.evans@atcic.orgInterests: Accreditation and quality improvement, executive management, residential treatment, and systems of care. |
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Beth Gerlach, Ph.D., LCSWDetailsAdjunct Assistant Professor and Research AssociateRoom #: 1.216Phone: 512-232-0649Email: beth_gerlach@utexas.eduInterests: Social work practice in schools, prevention and intervention research in school settings, child welfare, adolescent pregnancy prevention, school-based health and mental health services, family relationships and intervention, adolescents aging out of foster care and education reform models. |
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Hannah Gibson-Moore, LCSWDetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: HMoore@centerforchildprotection.org |
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Maria Teresa Granillo, PhDDetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: mtgranillo@mail.utexas.edu |
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Margaret Hill, LCSWDetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: margaret.duval.hill@gmail.comInterests: Attachment and neurobiology-based therapies, family of origin issues, parenting, individual and group decision making. |
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Kristen A. HoganDetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: hogank@austin.utexas.edu |
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Allyson JerveyDetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: allyjervey@earthlink.netInterests: School-based mental health, outpatient therapies, and supervising clinicians working toward advanced licensure. Expertise includes psychodynamic psychotherapy, group therapy, play therapy, the treatment of trauma survivors and attachment-disordered children. |
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Christine Johnson, LMSW, IPRDetailsAdjunct Assistant Professor and Director of the Child Welfare Education CollaborationRoom #: 1.218AAPhone: 512-771-1016Email: cmj1230@mail.utexas.eduInterests: Child abuse and neglect, special needs adoption and field instruction. |
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Dana Jones, LCSWDetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: dana.jones@utexas.edu |
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Laura Jones-SwannDetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: lalaswann@gmail.comInterests: Program and curriculum development, providing educational programs to the community, teaching and helping support individuals on their journey of recovery and self awareness. |
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Dina Kassler, Ph.D.DetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: dinakassler@yahoo.comInterests: Depression and anxiety treatment modalities; PTSD assessment and treatment, Treatment outcome research; Psychopharmacology; Addictions treatment; Geropsychology. |
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Kendra KochDetailsAdjunct Assistant Professor and Research AssociateRoom #: 3.122FEmail: kdkoch@utexas.edu |
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Noel Landuyt, Ph.D.DetailsAdjunct Assistant Professor and Associate Director, Institute for Organizational ExcellenceRoom #: 3.212EBPhone: 512-471-9831Email: nlanduyt@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Organizational development and assessment, leadership development. Non-profit management, Public Safety. |
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Braden Latham-JonesDetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: lathamjones@gmail.com |
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Carol M. Lewis, Ph.D.DetailsAdjunct Assistant Professor and Director, Office of the Associate Dean for ResearchRoom #: 3.208FPhone: 512-471-9219Email: carolmarie@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Research administration; adolescent pregnancy prevention; intensive case management for adolescent parents; reproductive health; research design; program evaluation. |
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Lori Lewis-ConerlyDetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: lorilconerly@yahoo.com |
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Meagan LongleyDetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: meagan.longley@gmail.comInterests: Data-informed philanthropy, fundraising, board and volunteer engagement; diversity, equity and inclusion, women’s issues |
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Sarah McCafferty, LCSWDetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104APhone: 512-299-4406Email: sarah.m.mccafferty@gmail.comInterests: School-based social work, community organizing, social change movements, integration of multiple social identities, experiential group work, and generalist practice. |
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Alma MenaDetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: alma_mena@hotmail.com |
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Jeff Moe, LCSWDetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: jeff.moe@austin.utexas.edu |
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Arlene Montgomery, Ph.D.DetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104APhone: 512-480-8086Email: marksak@utexas.edu Interests: Professional interests include the clinical implications of the neurobiology of relationships between and among people as it relates to social service delivery and clinical work, with particular interest in group work, supervision, attachment, adolescents, and trauma. |
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Becky Morales, LCSWDetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: beckymorales@utexas.edu |
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Rosamaria Murillo, Ph.D., LMSWDetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: rmurillo@austin.rr.comInterests: Organizational development within health and human service organizations; strategic planning; stakeholder engagement; policy practice, community-based participatory research, and workforce development |
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Jack Nowicki, LCSWDetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: jnowicki@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Solution-Focused Brief Therapy; Client-directed, Outcome-informed Counseling; Family Therapy; Crisis Intervention; Youth Development Approaches; Adult Education (Transportability of Professional Training). |
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Cynthia Penwell, LCSWDetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: cspenwell@utexas.edu |
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Suzanne Potts, LMSW, MPHDetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: spotts@utexas.edu |
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Stephanie L. Rivaux, Ph.D., LMSWDetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: s_rivaux@austin.utexas.edu |
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Jaclyn N. Sepp, MA, LPC, RPT, NCCDetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: jsepp@me.comInterests: Jaclyn specializes in the therapeutic treatment of children, providing collaborative and responsive treatment to children, teens and their families. |
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Deborah SharpDetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: deborah.sharp@austin.utexas.edu |
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Russell Smith, LMSWDetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104APhone: 512-491-8327Email: russasmith@aol.com |
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Doug Smith, MSSWDetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: dsmith@texascjc.orgInterests: Policy analysis, coalition building, legislative strategy, leadership development, public health approaches to illicit drug use, felony probation reform, sentencing reform, ending mass incarceration, field education. |
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Delinda SpainDetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: delindaspain@gmail.com |
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Erin Spalding, LCSWDetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: erinspaldinglcsw@gmail.com |
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Melissa StewartDetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104APhone: 512-423-8344Email: melissa.stewart@utexas.edu |
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Earley Ullrich, LCSW, RPT-SDetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: earleyullrich@utexas.edu |
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Rachel Union, LCSWDetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: rachelaunion@gmail.com |
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Deborah Webb, Ph.D., LCSW, LPC, LCDCDetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104APhone: 512-799-9358Email: debbiewebb@aol.comInterests: A dual diagnosis (severe mental Illness and chemical dependency) expert consultant. The founder of Good Chemistry Groups for persons with dual disorders. |
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Shane WhalleyDetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104APhone: 512-917-3565Email: swhalley@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Social justice, LGBTQIA identities, sexism, cultural humility; power, privilege and oppression. |
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Valerie WhitingDetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: valeriewhiting@utexas.edu |
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Nichole Winges-Yanez, Ph.D., LMSWDetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: nlw489@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Disability Studies, Foucault, ID and sexuality, human sexuality, ID and higher education, universal learning, sexuality education, community living. |
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Christine Winston, LCSWDetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104APhone: 512-289-5802Email: christinewinston@gmail.com |
