Amie Thurber
Assistant Professor
Disciplines
- Social Work
Research Interests
- social inequality and social justice
- community practice
- gentrification and equitable development
Browse Experts
Arthur C. Emlen (Emeritus)
Professor Emeritus, School of Social Work
Disciplines
- Social Welfare
- Social Work
- Regional Sociology
Research Interests
- Youth in foster care
- Child welfare
Ben Anderson-Nathe
Professor: Child, Youth, & Family Studies
Disciplines
- Education
- Social Work
- Social Justice
Research Interests
- Youth and youth work
- Gender and sexuality
- Discourse analysis
Beth L. Green
Director, Early Childhood and Family Support Research
Disciplines
- Social Work
Research Interests
- Social Work
- Child and Family Support Research
Bowen McBeath
Professor, School of Social Work
Disciplines
- Public Administration
- Social Work
Research Interests
- Organizations, Management, Leadership, Services, Child Welfare
Carrie J. Furrer
Research Associate Professor, Center for Improvement of Child and Family Services
Disciplines
- Educational Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Social Work
Research Interests
- Applied Research
- Multivariate Data Analysis
- Evaluation of family drug courts
Christina Nicolaidis
Professor and Senior Scholar in Social Determinants of Health, School of Social Work
Disciplines
- Internal Medicine
- Health Services Research
- Social Work
Research Interests
- Community-engaged research
- Social determinants of health
- Autism
Eileen M. Brennan
Research Professor, School of Social Work
Disciplines
- Social Work
Research Interests
- Work and family issues
- Adult development
- Social support networks
Ericka Kimball
Associate Professor, School of Social Work
Disciplines
- Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Social Work
Janet S. Walker
Research Professor, Regional Research Institute
Disciplines
- Social Work
Research Interests
- Social work
Jennifer E. Blakeslee
Research Assistant Professor, School of Social Work
Disciplines
- Social Work
Research Interests
- Youth transitioning from foster care, Homeless and runaway youth
- Intervention research, Program design and evaluation
- Formal and informal social support, Social network analysis and mapping
Jessica Rodriguez-JenKins, PhD, LICSW
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work
Disciplines
- Social Work
Research Interests
- Supporting parenting in Latinx families with young children.
Karen Cellarius
Senior Research Associate, Regional Research Institute for Human Services
Disciplines
- Quality Improvement
- Mental and Social Health
- Substance Abuse and Addiction
Research Interests
- Program Evaluation, Fidelity to evidence-based practices, Systems change
Kathleen Conte
Senior Research Associate
Disciplines
- Social Work
Lakindra Mitchell Dove
Assistant Professor
Disciplines
- Social Work
Research Interests
- Racial & Ethnic Identity Development, Black/African American Youth, Youth Mentoring, Black Hair, Undergraduate Students of Color, Racial Equity & Social Justice, Healing & Liberation
Lalaine (Lainey) Sevillano
Assistant Professor
Disciplines
- Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Social Work
Laura Burney Nissen
Professor and Former Dean, School of Social Work
Disciplines
- Social Work
Research Interests
- Strength-based approaches
- Community collaborative change models
- Service innovations
Laurie E. Powers (Emerita)
Professor Emerita, Associate Dean for Research, Regional Research Institute, School of Social Work
Disciplines
- Social Work
Research Interests
- Social work
Mathew Uretsky
Associate Professor, School of Social Work
Disciplines
- Social Work
- Quantitative, Qualitative, Comparative, and Historical Methodologies
Research Interests
- At risk children and youth, Intervention research
- Quantitative Analysis
- Homeless Youth