Faculty: Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

Mark P. Aulisio, PhD
(Bowling Green State University)
Associate Professor, Bioethics and Social Work; Director, MA Program in Bioethics; Director, Center for Biomedical Ethics, MetroHealth
Intersection of political philosophy and bioethics, consultation

Addisu Bayle, MSW
(Addis Ababa University)
Lecturer, Field Advisor
Child and family welfare, immigrants and refugees, healthcare disparities, applying data science

David Crampton, PhD
(University of Michigan)
Associate Professor, Social Work
Child welfare, community and social development, program evaluation

Marjorie Edguer, PhD
(Case Western Reserve University)
Associate Professor, Social Work
Resilience in children and youth, immigrant youth, trauma and loss, high risk youth

Robert L. Fischer, PhD
(Vanderbilt University)
Grace Longwell Coyle Professor, and Professor of Research, Social Work
Program evaluation, social/behavioral intervention research, child/family interventions, nonprofit programming, policy studies

Daniel J. Flannery, PhD
(The Ohio State University)
Distinguished University Professor, and Semi J. and Ruth Begun Professor in Violence Research Prevention and Education
Violence prevention, mental health, program evaluation

Darcy A. Freedman, PhD
(Vanderbilt University)
Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Food access interventions, health equity, public health literacy, qualitative methods, primary prevention of chronic disease

Brian K. Gran, PhD
(Northwestern University)
Associate Professor, Sociology
Children's rights and social policy

Megan Holmes, PhD
(University of California, Los Angeles)
Professor, Social Work
Domestic violence, alcohol use and child maltreatment, research

David Hussey, PhD
(Case Western Reserve University)
Associate Professor, Social Work
Substance abuse, violence, social and behavioral science, psychopathology

Jeffrey Iciek, MSW
(Michigan State University)
Director of Field Education; Clinical Instructor, Social Work
Child welfare, juvenile restorative justice, wraparound care coordination and program management, and child/family advocacy in court settings

Jeffrey Janata, PhD
(Case Western Reserve University)
Associate Professor, Psychiatry UH
Behavioral medicine, health psychology, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, pain disorders, outcomes measurement

Mark L. Joseph, PhD
(University of Chicago)
Professor, Social Work
Urban poverty, community development, mixed-income development, comprehensive community initiatives

Eva Kahana, PhD
(University of Chicago)
Pierce T. & Elizabeth D. Robson Professor of Humanities; Professor, Social Work; Director, Elderly Care Research Center
Sociology of aging, medical sociology, social factors in stress and coping

Jennifer King, DSW
(University of Pennsylvania)
Associate Professor, Social Work
Clinical social work, trauma-informed care, childhood trauma

Siran M. Koroukian, PhD
(Case Western Reserve University)
Associate Professor, Social Work; Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Methodological issues in the use of large databases in health services research, Medicare and Medicaid programs, cancer-related and other health disparities

Amy Korsch-Williams, PhD, MSSA
(Case Western Reserve University)
Senior Instructor, Social Work
Trauma informed care, Field education

Jeff M. Kretschmar, PhD
(Miami University of Florida)
Associate Professor of Research, Social Work
Violence and aggression, suicide, victimization, mental health and substance abuse

Robert Lieberman, MSW
(Washington University)
Clinical Instructor, Social Work; Field Advisor, Field Education
Behavioral and mental health with children, including group therapy, day treatment, and clinical supervision

Sana Loue, PhD
(University of Southern California at Los Angeles and Case Western Reserve University)
Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Director for Minority Public Health, School of Medicine
Immigration law and health, impact of HIV on the family, HIV in underserved populations, ethics in research, public health and law

Kylie Meyers
(University of Southern California)
Assistant Professor, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
Health and Aging Policy, Research Methods, Grantsmanship, Family Caregiving, Psychoeducational Intervention, Caregiving Relationships, Caregiver Financial Wellbeing

David B. Miller, PhD
(University of Pittsburgh)
Professor, Social Work
African American fatherhood, violence as a public health problem, child maltreatment, adolescent resiliency factors, treatment of individuals exposed to violence

Sonia Minnes, PhD
(Case Western Reserve University)
Verna Houck Motto Professor, Social Work
Behavioral and mental health outcomes of prenatally drug-exposed children

Diana Morris, PhD
(Case Western Reserve University)
Florence Cellar Associate Professor of Gerontological Nursing; Executive Director, Case Western Reserve University Center on Aging and Health
Geriatric mental health, aging and quality of life, family care giving, science of unitary human beings

Cristina Nedelcu, PhD
(Case Western Reserve University)
Lecturer, Social Work
Child welfare, immigration & adoption, child and adolescent development, trauma survivors, child and adolescent mental health

Ann Nguyen, PhD
(University of Michigan)
Associate Professor, Social Work
Gerontology, mental health disparities, informal social support, social networks, subjective wellbeing, African American, Afro-Caribbean, religion

Lori Longs Painter, MSSA
(Case Western Reserve University)
Clinical Instructor, Social Work; Field Advisor
Social work practice

Dana Prince, PhD
(University of Washington)
Associate Professor, Social Work
Impact of cumulative disadvantage on youth development trajectories, risk behavior and health outcomes, intersectionality of race, class, gender and youth health disparities, youth transitions, school and community-based prevention, program development and evaluation

Francisca Richter, PhD
(Oklahoma State University)
Research Associate Professor, Social Work
Economic behavior

Nancy M. Rolock, PhD
(University of Illinois-Chicago)
Henry L. Zucker Associate Professor of Social Work Practice
Child welfare, post permanency and intervention research

J. Richard Romaniuk, PhD
(Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw Poland)
Lecturer, Social Work
Neuroscience, immigration, clinical social work

Susan Snyder, MSW
(New York University)
Clinical Instructor, Social Work; Field Advisor
Field education, clinical social work practice

Aloen Townsend, PhD
(University of Michigan)
Professor, Social Work; Associate Professor, Sociology;
Adult development and aging, research methods and statistics, adult physical and mental health, families and formal service systems

Elizabeth Bach-Van Valkenburgh, PhD
(Case Western Reserve University)
Lecturer, Social Work
Adult mental health

Dexter R. Voisin, PhD, LCSW
(Columbia University)
Professor, Social Work

Laura A. Voith, PhD
(University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Associate Professor, Social Work
Intimate partner violence, violence prevention

Chenobia Webster-Hill, DSW
(University of Tennessee -Knoxville)
Clinical Instructor, Social Work; Field Advisor
Anxiety, depression, chronic mental health, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Motivational Interviewing (MI)

James J. Werner, PhD
(Case Western Reserve University)
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, School of Medicine
Health behavior change, methods for mental health service delivery and direct practice in primary care, practice-based research networks, clinician education

Angela Whidden, EdD
(Argosy University)
Clinical Instructor, Social Work; Field Advisor
Field education, early childhood & family therapy

Scott A. Wilkes, PhD
(Case Western Reserve University)
Assistant Professor, Social Work
Child welfare, mental health, nonprofit management, social work ethics

Liliane C. Windsor, PhD, MSW
(University of Texas at Austin)
Lillian F. Harris Professor of Social Work

Jessica Wojtalik, PhD
(University of Pittsburgh)
Assistant Professor, Social Work
Cognitive Enhancement Therapy

Jaclene A. Zauszniewski, PhD
(Case Western Reserve University)
Kate Hanna Harvey Professor in Community Health Nursing
Treatment and prevention of depression across the lifespan, maintaining health and functioning of elders and grandmothers, family caregiving of persons with serious mental illness, substance abuse and dementia