The Department of Social Work

Faculty and Staff

	Martica Bacallao (Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Greensboro), Assistant Professor: Acculturation, bicultural skills training, Latino adolescents and their families, psychodrama and sociometry, community-based action research.. Vita Email : m_bacall@uncg.edu
	Kevin Carter (MSW, Howard University), Academic Professional Assistant Professor: Director of BSW Field Education. Grief, loss, and trauma; leadership; life outcomes of African Americans.Vita Email : krcarte4@uncg.edu
	Jacalyn A. Claes (Ph.D., University of Iowa), Associate Professor: Intimate partner violence; inter‐professional collaboration; ethical issues in practice; spirituality and social work practice, clinical social work practice. Vita Email : jaclaes@uncg.edu
	Tanya Coakley (Ph.D., University of Tennessee), Associate Professor: Child welfare, foster care, quantitative analysis, cultural competence. Email : t_coakle@uncg.edu
	Susan Dennison (MSW, Barry University) Associate Professor; JMSW Program Director; School Social Work Coordinator: At risk children and youth, group work with all populations, the evaluation of practice, and revitalization of the family unit. Vita Email : stdennis@uncg.edu
	Melissa Floyd-Pickard (Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University), Associate Professor, BSW Director: Practice with people who have serious mental illness, issues in family substance abuse recovery, innovative alternatives to involuntary treatment, professional dissonance in social work practice. Vita Email : mftaylo2@uncg.edu
	Elisabeth Porter Hurd (Ph.D., University of Chicago), Associate Professor : Families and children, interpersonal violence, strength based social work teaching and practice, program evaluation. Vita Email : ephurd@uncg.edu
	Janet Kanode (MSW, State University of New York, Stony Brook)Academic Professional Assistant Professor, JMSW Co‐Director of Field Instruction: Healthcare, intergenerational aspects of aging population, policy and administration. Vita Email : jhkanode@uncg.edu
	Elizabeth W. Lindsey (Ph.D., University of Georgia), Professor and Department Chair : Child welfare training evaluation, homeless families and youth. Vita Email : ewlindse@uncg.edu
	Fran Pearson (RN, BSN, CCM MSW, LCSW, UNCG), Lecturer, Project Coordinator for the Congregational Social Work Educational Initiative: Gerontology; mental health. Vita Email : afpearso@uncg.edu
	Jay Poole (Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro), Assistant Professor: identity, including gender and sexuality, clinical social work practice, and gerontology in social work practice. Vita Email : kjpoole@uncg.edu
	Tyreasa Washington (Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago; MSW, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Assistant Professor: Child Welfare (including kinship care) and mental health and substance abuse among minority populations. Email : t_washin@uncg.edu
	Jack Register (MSW, NC A&T University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro) Academic Professional Assistant Professor: Public & social welfare policy, poverty and public sector services, community organizing & advocacy, mental health & addiction services policy, & healthcare for chronic disease. Vita
	John Rife (Ph.D., Ohio State University), Professor : The social and economic impacts of unemployment and income deficiency upon older workers, families, and the homeless. Vita Email : jcrife@uncg.edu
	Cathryne L. Schmitz (Ph.D., The Ohio State University), ACSW, Professor: Leadership and organizational behavior; critical multiculturalism, privilege/oppression; global engagement; community building; and environmental sustainability. Joint appointment with Conflict Studies and Dispute Resolution Program.Vita Email : clschmit@uncg.edu
	Robert Wineburg (Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh), Jefferson Pilot Excellence Professor: The relationship between federal domestic social welfare policy and service provision; the involvement of religious organizations in local service delivery and policy development. Vita Email : bobwineburg@gmail.com