| James P. Adams, Jr., Professor and Dean |
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B.A., Tougaloo College, M.S.W., SUNY-Stony Brook, Ph.D., University of Minnesota: Family care-giving and social support; black family structure and functioning |
| Kathleen A. Bolland, Assistant Professor and B.S.W. Program Chair |
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B.A., Oakland University, M.S., University of Washington, Ph.D., University of Alabama: Evaluation, research issues in social work, poverty, exposure to violence, cognitive complexity |
| Barbara Chandler, Assistant Professor and Field Education Coordinator |
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B.S.W., University of Alabama, M.S.W., University of Alabama: Family and child welfare; micro/macro social work practice; field instruction, cultural responsiveness, crisis intervention, family violence, administration, family preservation. |
| Ellen L. Csikai, Associate Professor |
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B.S.W., University of Pittsburgh, M.S.W., University of Pittsburgh, MPH, University of Pittsburgh, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh: Social work practice; aging and end-of-life issues
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| Carol S. Drolen, Associate Professor |
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B.S., Loyola University, M.A., University of Chicago, Ph.D., University of Southern California: Research and community based care of the seriously mentally ill adult; administration of human service organizations |
| Charlotte Herrin, Instructor |
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B.S.W. University of Alabama, M.S.W., University of Alabama: Family and child welfare; micro/macro social work practice; field instruction. |
| Fay W. Hobbs, Instructor |
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B.S., Hollins College, M.S.W., Florida State University, J. D., Washington and Lee University: Social Work and the law, child welfare, adoptions, juvenile justice |
| Allan V. Kaufman, Professor |
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B.A., Hunter College of the City University of New York, M. S.W., Adelphi University, Ph.D., Florida State University: Aging; social support; care-giving; research methodology |
| Jordan I. Kosberg, Professor, University of Alabama Endowed Chair of Social Work |
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B.S., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, M.S.W., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Ph.D., University of Chicago: Social gerontology; victimization of the elderly; social work education; social work ethics |
| Gordon A. MacNeil, Associate Professor |
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B.S., Northern Arizona University, M.S., Northern Arizona University, M.S.W., University of Iowa, Ph.D., Arizona State University: Direct practice; specific interest in children's mental health and mental health of families |
| Shadi Sahami Martin, Assistant Professor |
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B.S., University of Utah, M.S.W., University of Utah, Ph.D., University of Utah: International social work; social welfare policy; health disparities; culturally appropriate care; qualitative research method; multi-culturalism and social justice |
| Debra M. Nelson-Gardell, Associate Professor and M.S.W. Program Chair |
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B.A., Clark University, M.S.W., Florida State University, Ph.D., Florida State University: Child sexual abuse, family social work, practice evaluation, measurement, women's issues, and social work education |
| Nan Sook Park, Assistant Professor |
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B.A., Chungnam National University, M.S., Western Illinois University, M.S.W., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Aging issues; welfare reform; ecological theory; quantitative research methods. |
| Michael W. Parker, Associate Professor |
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B.A., Auburn University, M.S., Auburn University, D.S.W., University of Alabama: Aging, wellness, and health promotion |
| Nancy G. Payne, Instructor |
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B.S.W., University of Alabama, M.S.W., University of Alabama: family and child welfare, clinical social work, diversity issues, trauma and victimization of children, distance education |
| Carroll C. Phelps, Director of the Washington, DC Internship Program and Instructor |
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B.A., Birmingham-Southern College, M.A., University of Alabama, M.S.W., University of Alabama: direct practice, mental health issues, family issues, social welfare policy, and field education |
| David E. Pollio, Hill Crest Foundation Chair and Director of Research |
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B.A., University of Virginia-Charlottesville, M.S.W., Virginia
Commonwealth University-Richmond, Ph.D., University of Michigan-Ann
Arbor: mental-health and addiction services, adult
and youth homelessness, and evidence-based practice.
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| Josephine G. Knox Pryce, Associate Professor |
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B.S.W., Our Lady of the Lake University, M.S.W., Our Lady of the Lake University, Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley: AIDS and mental health; social work with military families; practice evaluation; veterans and their families; secondary
traumatic stress; child welfare |
| Ginny T. Raymond, Associate Professor and Associate Dean |
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B.A., University of Southern Mississippi, M.S.W., Tulane University, Ph.D., University of Denver: Mental health; children, youth and families; school social work; adolescent pregnancy; social work education |
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Lucinda Lee Roff, Professor and Director of the Center for Mental Health and Aging |
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B.A., Yale University, M.S.S.W., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ph.D., University of Denver: Social gerontology; public opinion about social welfare policy; aging; public policy; women's issues; family issues |
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Cassandra E. Simon, Associate Professor |
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B.A., University of New Orleans, M.S.W., Louisiana State University, Ph.D., University of Texas at Arlington: Social work in health care; cultural diversity issues; psycho education and the family |
| Karen Starks, Assistant Professor |
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B.S.W., Virginia Commonwealth University, M.S.W., Virginia Commonwealth University, Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University: Social policy with an emphasis on African American entrepreneurship and its impact on social and economic justice. |
| Raymond O. Sumrall, Associate Professor |
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B.A., Louisiana College, M.S.W., Ohio State University, M.Div., Southwestern Theological Seminary, Ph.D., University of Alabama: Child Welfare; youth delinquency; criminal victimization; justice research; forensic social work |
| J.K. Terrell, Instructor |
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B.S., Mobile College, M.S.W., University of Alabama: Direct practice and program development with children and adolescents, Social work with communities and organizations, crisis intervention |
| Joanne J. Terrell, Instructor |
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B.A., State University of New York, Empire State Division - Rochester, M.S.W., University of Alabama: Direct Practice, family issues, mental health issues, social work with communities and organizations, forensic social work |
| Cynthia W. Tyler, Assistant Professor |
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B.S., University of Alabama, M.A., University of Alabama, M.S.W., University of Alabama: Social work in health care settings, child mental health |
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