Graduate School Bulletin

Faculty of the Social Welfare Department

Professors

Ballan, Michelle, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin :  Prevention and treatment interventions for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families; research focused on sexuality, intimate partner violence and direct practice for individuals with disabilities; bioethics; disability studies; human rights and social justice for underserved populations.

Leibowitz, George S., Ph.D., University of Denver: Research on trauma and victimization among child welfare and juvenile justice involved youth; Addictions and public health issues in the criminal justice system; Assessment and Treatment with Sexually Abusive Youth; Global mental health. Health disparities and translational science.

Miguel Muñoz-LaBoy, DrPH, Columbia University: Social determinants of Latinx health, HIV continuity of care, Globalization and migrant health, Co-occuring mental health and substance use disorders,  bisexual health research, masculinity and structural determinants of substance misuse, social isolation/loneliness and economic exclusion, medical-legal partnerships, social epidemiology.

Associate Professors

Hammock, Amy, Ph.D., University of Michigan:  Intimate partner violence intervention and prevention; Community-based participatory research; Community practice with immigrant populations; Qualitative methods; Feminist theory and practice.

Hayward-Everson, R. Anna, Ph.D., University of Maryland, Baltimore:  Child welfare, undocumented immigrant children, family-centered practice, research, program evaluation, environmental social work.

Monahan, Kathleen, DSW, Director of the Family Violence Education and Research Center and Director of the Trauma Specialization, D.S.W., Adelphi University: Sexual abuse; sexual abuse and adult health issues; Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), battered women and Traumatic Brain Injury; domestic violence shelters; disability; aging and trauma; children exposed to domestic violence and siblings.

Assistant Professors

Malik, Sana, Ph.D., The John Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Social determinants of health, international public health, health systems strengthening, health disparities among minority, immigrant, and refugee populations, health education & behavior, culturally and religiously tailored programming, maternal & child health and welfare, program design & evaluation

Morris, Zachary A., Ph.D, University of California, Berkeley; Disability policy; comparative social policy; social isolation; poverty; program evaluation; management and leadership in the nonprofit and public sectors

Torres, Maria, PhD, Brandeis University, Health Services research focused on the behavioral health care treatment system, the impacts of federal and state policies on those seeking behavioral health treatment, the behavioral health care workforce, racial/ethnic disparities in behavioral health treatment, mechanisms to improve quality of behavioral health care treatment, increasing access to quality care for racial/ethnic minorities.

Clinical Professors

Morgan, Richard, Ph.D., Fordham University: Child welfare policy and programs; research; social work ethics; organizational theory.