Members of the Graduate Faculty

Eleanor L. Brilliant, Professor of Social Work, SSW; D.S.W., Columbia
Social policy, organizations, women, and international philanthropy

Michael J. Camasso, Associate Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D.,
Pennsylvania State
Public welfare; social work knowledge development; quantitative methodologies

Stephen Crystal, Research Professor of Social Work and Sociology, SSW/IHHCPAR; Ph.D., Harvard
AIDS; long-term care; homelessness; longitudinal data analysis

Mary Edna Davidson, Dean and Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Brandeis
Child welfare; advocacy research; equity analysis of public social policy

Donald T. Dickson, Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Michigan
Law; child welfare; mental health; administration

Antoinette Farmer, Associate Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Pittsburgh
Parenting behavior, kinship care; AIDS knowledge and prevention; evaluation of social work practice

Paul Glasser, Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., North Carolina
Family theory; marital and family therapy; small-group theory and practice

Raymond Sánchez Mayers, Associate Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Brandeis
Financial management in nonprofits; administrative issues; Hispanic issues

David Mechanic, University Professor and René Dubos Professor of Behavioral Sciences; Ph.D., Stanford
Medical sociology; evaluation research and social policy

Kathleen J. Pottick, Associate Professor of Social Work, SSW/IHHCPAR; Ph.D., Michigan
Child and adolescent mental health and psychiatric service delivery system

Jerome C. Wakefield, Professor of Social Work, SSW/IHHCPAR; D.S.W., California (Berkeley)
Conceptual and theoretical foundations of mental health services

Allison Zippay, Associate Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Poverty and employment policy; community development; social networks

Associate Members of the Graduate Faculty

Judith Baer, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Houston Life-span development; adolescent development

Laura Curran, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Family and child policy and practice; welfare policy; social welfare history/theory; gender and sexuality

G. Lawrence Farmer, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Florida International
Evaluation of social programs; psychological and psychiatric assessment; quantitative-data analysis

Blanche Grosswald, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Economics of social welfare and policy analysis

Chien-Chung Huang, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Columbia
Child support, social assistance, poverty, and income redistribution

Michael C. LaSala, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., SUNY (Albany)
Clinical social work; gay and lesbian issues; marriage and family therapy

Shari Munch, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Michigan State
Health care; women`s health care; perinatal ethics and bereavement

Jonathan Prince, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Child welfare and mental health services; history of adult mental health care

Robert James Reid, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Columbia
Substance abuse; HIV/AIDS prevention; cost benefit analysis

Mark Schmitz, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Iowa Mental health; social psychology; family; life course and aging sociology

Sharon H. Smith, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Social gerontology; methods of direct practice; child welfare

Lynn A. Warner, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Michigan
ATOD; mental health; epidemiology and social policy