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.

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Professors Directory Table
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	Barbara Anderson DetailsClinical ProfessorRoom #: 3.124EPhone: 512-232-7118Email: barbara.a@mail.utexas.eduInterests: Generalist practice, child welfare, medical social work and field education.
	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.
	Noël Busch-Armendariz, Ph.D., LMSW, MPA DetailsProfessor and Director, Institute on Domestic Violence and Sexual AssaultRoom #: 3.130MPhone: 512-471-2877Email: 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.
	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.
	Allan Hugh Cole Jr., Ph.D.DetailsSenior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and ProfessorRoom #: 2.202CPhone: 512-232-3548Email: ahcole@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Pedagogy and curricula in higher education, brief counseling interventions, mentoring, and social work and religion/spirituality.
	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
	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
	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.
	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@mail.utexas.eduInterests: School mental health, solution-focused brief therapy, dropout prevention, at-risk youths
	Lori K. Holleran Steiker, Ph.D., ACSW DetailsSteve 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.
	Yuri Jang, Ph.D.DetailsProfessorRoom #: 3.130CPhone: 512-471-1702Email: yjang12@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Gerontology; health disparities; minority aging; mental health and service utilization.
	Barbara L. Jones, Ph.D.DetailsUniversity Distinguished Teaching Professor, Associate Dean for Health Affairs, and Co-Director for Institute for Collaborative Health Research and PracticeRoom #: 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.
	Jane A. Kretzschmar, LCSW DetailsClinical ProfessorEmail: 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.
	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
	Sandy Magaña, Ph.D., MSW DetailsProfessor in Autism and Neurodevelopmental DisabilitiesRoom #: 3.130HPhone: 512-232-9216Email: smagana@austin.utexas.edu
	Jane Maxwell, Ph.D.DetailsResearch ProfessorRoom #: 335LPhone: 512-656-3361 Email: 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.
	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.
	Mary K. Mulvaney DetailsClinical ProfessorRoom #: 3.124APhone: 512-471-9827Email: mmulvaney@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Field education, child welfare, child and family services, administration and management.
	Vicki Y. Packheiser, LCSW, ACSW DetailsClinical Professor and Provost Teaching FellowRoom #: 2.240Phone: 512-471-2364Email: vpackheiser@mail.utexas.eduInterests: Creativity and social work practice, art therapies, clinical practice, international social work, field education, service learning, professional resilience
	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.
	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.
	Clayton T. Shorkey, Ph.D., LCSW DetailsJosleen 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.
	Richard Spence, Ph.D.DetailsResearch ProfessorRoom #: 335PPhone: 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.
	David W. Springer, Ph.D., LCSW DetailsUniversity 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.
	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.
	Mitch Sudolsky, MSSW, LCSW DetailsClinical Professor and Adjunct Faculty LiaisonRoom #: 3.124KPhone: 512-475-7328Email: sudolsky@mail.utexas.eduInterests: Clinical social work, clinical supervision, program development and community practice.
	William Tierney, M.D.DetailsProfessor; Chair, Department of Population Health, Dell Medical SchoolEmail: tierney@utexas.edu
	Mary Velasquez, Ph.D.DetailsCentennial Professor in Leadership for Community, Professional and Corporate Excellence; Director, Health Behavior Research and Training InstituteRoom #: 295MPhone: 512-471-7019Email: velasquez@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Behavioral Health, Integrated Primary Care, Evidence-based interventions, Transtheoretical Model (stages of change), Motivational Interviewing.
	Tanya Voss, MSSW DetailsClinical 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.
	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 ProfessorRoom #: 335KPhone: 512-475-8040Email: elisa.borah@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Military social work, behavioral health, evidence-based interventions for PTSD.
	Esther J. Calzada, Ph.D.DetailsAssociate ProfessorRoom #: 3.106EPhone: 512-471-2797Email: esther.calzada@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Parenting, early childhood development, academic achievement, Latino families, racial/ethnic disparities
	Monica Faulkner, Ph.D., LMSW DetailsResearch Associate ProfessorRoom #: 1.204BPhone: 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.
	Tammy Linseisen, LCSW, ACSW DetailsClinical 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.
	Molly Lopez, Ph.D.DetailsResearch Associate ProfessorRoom #: 310BEPhone: 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.
	Elizabeth Mueller, Ph.D.DetailsAssociate ProfessorPhone: 512-471-1151Email: ejmueller@mail.utexas.eduInterests: Social equity in cities, affordable housing, community development.
	Ruben Parra-Cardona, Ph.D.DetailsAssociate ProfessorRoom #: 3.130FPhone: 512-232-9215Email: rparra@austin.utexas.edu
	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.
	Sarah Swords, LCSW DetailsClinical 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.
	Carmen R. Valdez, Ph.D.DetailsAssociate ProfessorPhone: 512-495-5388Email: crvaldez@utexas.eduInterests: Community-based participatory research, family interventions, immigrant health, mental health
	Kirk von Sternberg, Ph.D.DetailsAssociate ProfessorRoom #: 295JPhone: 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.

Assistant Professors Directory Table
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	Terrence T. Allen, MSSA, Ph.D.DetailsAssistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.130DPhone: 512-232-4420Email: tallen@austin.utexas.eduInterests: The intersection between the child welfare, juvenile justice, education and mental health systems; the interaction between police and juveniles in urban communities; urban neighborhood development and community based program development and evaluation.
	Joan E. Asseff, LMSW DetailsClinical Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 2.240Phone: 512-471-0192Email: jasseff@utexas.edu
	Mary Beer, LCSW DetailsClinical Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.124GPhone: 512-232-3833Email: mary.beer@austin.utexas.edu
	Yessenia Castro, Ph.D.DetailsAssistant 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.
	Deborah Ann Cohen, Ph.D.DetailsResearch Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 335GPhone: 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.
	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.
	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
	Emmett Gill, Ph.D.DetailsClinical Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.106GPhone: 512-475-7537Email: emmett.gill@athletics.utexas.eduInterests: Sports social work, athletes mental health, scandals in college sports
	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
	Mercedes Hernandez, Ph.D., LCSW DetailsAssistant 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.
	Cossy Hough, LCSW DetailsAssistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Clinical Assistant 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.
	Eboni Lunsford Calbow, LCSW, Ph.D.DetailsClinical Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.124EEmail: eboni.calbow@utexas.edu
	Abena Subira Mackall, Ed.D.DetailsAssistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.130CEmail: mackall@utexas.eduInterests: Social contexts of education and human development, juvenile/criminal justice, child welfare, poverty, qualitative methodologies, applied statistical methods
	Angela M. Nonaka, Ph.D.DetailsAssistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.106DPhone: 512-232-1942Email: angelanonaka@austin.utexas.edu
	Rayven Plaza, Ph.D.DetailsAssistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.130DEmail: rplaza@utexas.eduInterests: Social determinants of health, social policy analysis, poverty and inequality, quantitative methodologies, applied econometrics, racial and ethnic socioeconomic disparities.
	Starla Simmons, LCSW DetailsClinical Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.124DEmail: 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.
	Sarah Sloan, LCSW DetailsClinical 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.
	Robin Smith, LCSW DetailsClinical Assistant Professor and Clinical Lead for the Integrated Behavioral Health Scholars ProgramRoom #: 3.124JPhone: 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.
	Dede Sparks, LMSW DetailsClinical Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.124BPhone: 512-471-9063Email: dsparks@austin.utexas.edu
	Shetal Vohra-Gupta, Ph.D., MSW DetailsAssistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.116DPhone: 512-471-9826Email: sgupta@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Health disparities, social determinants of health, interpersonal violence, health policy, racial equity, critical race theory.
	Ahmed Whitt, Ph.D.DetailsAssistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.106CPhone: 512-471-1003Email: ahmedwhitt@utexas.edu
	Leila Wood, Ph.D., LMSW DetailsResearch Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.116BPhone: 512-471-3198Email: leilawood@austin.utexas.edu

Lecturers Directory Table
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	John Luk, M.D.DetailsLecturer and Assistant Professor of Medicine, Dell Medical SchoolPhone: 512-324-0165Email: jluk@seton.orgInterests: Pre-health professions education; medical education; interprofessional education; professional identity formation; pediatrics; quality improvement and patient safety.
	Diane McDaniel Rhodes, Ph.D.DetailsLecturerRoom #: 3.122FPhone: 512-471-1831Email: diane.rhodes@utexas.eduInterests: Family violence, partner violence, violence against women, social inequity, popular culture

Adjuncts Directory Table
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	Rosalie Ambrosino, Ph.D.DetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: rosalie.ambrosino@gmail.com
	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.
	Margaret Bassett DetailsAdjunct Assistant Professor and Project ManagerRoom #: 3.104APhone: 512-471-9826Email: margaret.bassett@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, expert witness training.
	Jolynne Batchelor, PhD, LCSW DetailsAdjunct 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.
	Natalie Beck, DSW, LCSW DetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: nataliebeck@utexas.edu
	Elaine Cavazos, LCSW DetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: ehcavazos@utexas.edu
	Patricia A. Cody, MSW, PhD DetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104APhone: 512-491-8327Email: triciacody@mail.utexas.edu
	Julia Cuba-Lewis DetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: juliacuba@genaustin.org
	David Evans DetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104APhone: 512-440-4031Email: david.evans@atcic.orgInterests: Accreditation and quality improvement, executive management, residential treatment, and systems of care.
	Beth Gerlach, Ph.D., LCSW DetailsAdjunct Assistant Professor and Research AssociateRoom #: 1.204CPhone: 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.
	Maria Teresa Granillo, PhD DetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: mtgranillo@mail.utexas.edu
	Margaret Hill, LCSW DetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: margaret.duval.hill@gmail.comInterests: Attachment and neurobiology-based therapies, family of origin issues, parenting, individual and group decision making.
	Kristen A. Hogan DetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: hogank@austin.utexas.edu
	Allyson Jervey DetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104APhone: 512-763-0478Email: 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.
	Christine Johnson, LMSW, IPR DetailsAdjunct 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.
	Dana Jones DetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: dana.jones@utexas.edu
	Laura Jones-Swann DetailsAdjunct 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.M
	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.
	Kendra Koch DetailsAdjunct Assistant Professor and Research AssociateRoom #: 3.122FEmail: kdkoch@utexas.edu
	Noel Landuyt, Ph.D.DetailsAdjunct Assistant Professor and Associate Director, Institute for Organizational ExcellenceRoom #: 345BPhone: 512-471-9831Email: nlanduyt@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Organizational development and assessment, leadership development. Non-profit management, Public Safety.
	Braden Latham-Jones DetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: lathamjones@gmail.com
	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.
	Elizabeth Lewis, Ph.D.DetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: emlewis@utexas.eduInterests: Anthropology, disability studies, health and health disparities, rare and undiagnosed diagnoses, health and intersectionality
	Lori Lewis-Conerly DetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: lorilconerly@yahoo.com
	Meagan Longley DetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: meagan.longley@gmail.comInterests: Data-informed philanthropy, fundraising, board and volunteer engagement; diversity, equity and inclusion, women’s issues
	Sarah McCafferty, LCSW DetailsAdjunct 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.
	Alma Mena DetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: alma.mena@austin.utexas.edu
	Jeff Moe, LCSW DetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: jeff.moe@austin.utexas.edu
	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.
	Rosamaria Murillo, Ph.D., LMSW DetailsAdjunct 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
	Jack Nowicki, LCSW DetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: jnowickisfbt@gmail.comInterests: Solution-Focused Brief Therapy; Client-directed, Outcome-informed Counseling; Family Therapy; Crisis Intervention; Youth Development Approaches; Adult Education (Transportability of Professional Training).
	Cynthia Penwell, LCSW DetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: cspenwell@utexas.edu
	Farya Phillips, Ph.D., CCLS DetailsAdjunct Assistant Professor and Dean's Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Psychosocial OncologyRoom #: 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.
	Suzanne Potts, LMSW, MPH DetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: spotts@utexas.edu
	Stephanie L. Rivaux, Ph.D., LMSW DetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: s_rivaux@mail.utexas.edu
	Jaclyn N. Sepp, MA, LPC, RPT, NCC DetailsAdjunct 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.
	Deborah Sharp DetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: deborah.sharp@austin.utexas.edu
	Russell Smith, LMSW DetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104APhone: 512-491-8327Email: russasmith@aol.com
	Doug Smith, MSSW DetailsAdjunct 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.
	Delinda Spain DetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: delindaspain@gmail.com
	Erin Spalding, LCSW DetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: erinspaldinglcsw@gmail.com
	Melissa Stewart DetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104APhone: 512-423-8344Email: melissa.stewart@utexas.edu
	Melissa Torres, Ph.D., MSW DetailsAdjunct Assistant Professor and Research AssociateRoom #: 3.212EPhone: 713-835-7019Email: mitorres@austin.utexas.edu
	Earley Ullrich, LCSW, RPT-S DetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: earleyullrich@utexas.edu
	Rachel Union, LCSW DetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: rachelaunion@gmail.com
	Deborah Webb, Ph.D., LCSW, LPC, LCDC DetailsAdjunct 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.
	Shane Whalley DetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104APhone: 512-917-3565Email: swhalley@austin.utexas.eduInterests: Social justice, LGBTQIA identities, sexism, cultural humility; power, privilege and oppression.
	Valerie Whiting DetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104AEmail: valeriewhiting@utexas.edu
	Nichole Winges-Yanez, Ph.D., LMSW DetailsAdjunct 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.
	Christine Winston, LCSW DetailsAdjunct Assistant ProfessorRoom #: 3.104APhone: 512-289-5802Email: christinewinston@gmail.com