Faculty and Staff
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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 |
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Tanya Coakley (Ph.D.,
University of Tennessee), Associate Professor: Child welfare, foster care, quantitative analysis, cultural competence. Vita Email: t_coakle@uncg.edu |
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Susan Dennison (MSW, Barry University) Associate Professor; 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 |
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Melissa Floyd-Pickard (Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University),
Professor and Department Chair: 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 |
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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 |
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Justin S. Lee (Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University), Assistant Professor: Acculturation in immigrant and refugee populations, unaccompanied minors, university-community collaboration, technology in higher education, qualitative research methods. Vita Email: jslee4@uncg.edu |
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Elizabeth W. Lindsey (Ph.D., University of Georgia), Professor : Child welfare training evaluation, homeless families and youth. Vita Email: ewlindse@uncg.edu |
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Fran Pearson (MSW, North Carolina A & T State University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro),
Lecturer, Project Coordinator for the Congregational Social Work Educational Initiative: Gerontology; mental health. Vita Email: afpearso@uncg.edu |
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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 |
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Bonita Porter (MSW, University of South Carolina),
Academic Professional Assistant Professor, Co-Director of Field Instruction: Mental health, clinical supervision, program administration and cultural diversity in behavior healthcare practice. Vita Email: b_porter@uncg.edu |
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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. Vita Email: t_washin@uncg.edu |
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Jack Register (MSW, North Carolina A & T State University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro) Academic Professional, Assistant Professor and BSW Program Director: Public & social welfare policy, poverty and public sector services, community organizing & advocacy, mental health & addiction services policy, & healthcare for chronic disease. |
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John Rife (Ph.D.,
Ohio State University),
Professor, Director of BSW Field Instruction Program: The social and economic impacts of unemployment and income deficiency upon older workers, families, and the homeless. Vita Email: jcrife@uncg.edu |
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Cathryne L. Schmitz (Ph.D., The Ohio State University), ACSW, Professor and Chair, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies : Leadership and organizational behavior; critical multiculturalism, privilege/oppression; global engagement; community building; and environmental sustainability. Joint appointment with Department of Peace and Conflict Studies. Vita Email: clschmit@uncg.edu |
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Danielle Swick (Ph.D., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill), Assistant Professor: Evidence-based practice, school-based intervention research, child and adolescent mental health, community-engagement in research, quantitative analysis. Vita Email: dcswick@uncg.edu |
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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 |
Staff
| Wanda Patterson, Administrative Support Assistant , Email : wdpatter@uncg.edu |
| Alta P. McNair, Business Services Coordinator, Email : apmcnair@uncg.edu |
