Faculty
| Binta D. Alleyne, Assistant Professor E-mail: balleyne@uic.edu PhD, University of Tennessee, Knoxville - 2007 Instructional area(s): Social work practice Research area(s): HIV/AIDS education and prevention with young minority women, STD education and prevention, minority women's reproductive health |
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Larry W. Bennett, Professor |
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| Faith Johnson Bonecutter, Clinical Associate Professor E-mail: faithjb@uic.edu MSW, University of Illinois at Chicago - 1982 Instructional area(s): Social work practice, field instruction Research area(s): Child welfare training, permanency planning, kinship care The Kinship Care Practice Project |
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| Valerie Borum, Assistant Professor E-mail: vborum@uic.edu PhD, Howard University - 2001 Instructional area(s): Human behavior and the social environment Research area(s): Suicide, disability and deafness, Womanism/Black feminist issues. Afrocentric research and scholarship |
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| Alice K. Johnson Butterfield, Professor E-mail: akj@uic.edu PhD, Washington University-St. Louis - 1990 Instructional area(s): Social work practice, social welfare policy and services Research area(s): Welfare reform, homelessness, international social work Social Work Education in Ethiopia Partnership |
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| Barbara C. Coats, Clinical Assistant Professor E-mail: bc1972@uic.edu AM, University of Chicago - 1975 Instructional area(s): Social work practice, field instruction Research area(s): Social work practice, field instruction |
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Alan Dettlaff, Assistant Professor |
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Lydia Falconnier, Assistant Professor |
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| Aida L. Giachello, Associate Professor E-mail: aida@uic.edu PhD, University of Chicago - 1988 Instructional area(s): Social welfare policy and services Research area(s): Chronic health conditions, cross-cultural issues, women's health and social issues Midwest Latino Health Research, Training and Policy Center |
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| James P. Gleeson, Associate Professor E-mail: jimglee@uic.edu PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago - 1984 Instructional area(s): Social work practice, research and social welfare policy and services Research area(s): Permanency planning, kinship care The Kinship Care Practice Project |
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| Creasie Finney Hairston, Dean, Professor E-mail: cfh@uic.edu PhD, Case Western Reserve University - 1978 Research area(s): Social service delivery systems, families and the criminal justice system Jane Addams Center for Social Policy and Research |
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| Chang-ming Hsieh, Associate Professor E-mail: chsieh@uic.edu PhD, University of Pennsylvania - 1997 Instructional area(s): Social welfare policy and services, research Research area(s): Gerontology, applied quantitative research methodologies |
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Annette Johnson, Visiting Assistant Professor |
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| Sonya J. Leathers, Associate Professor E-mail: sonyal@uic.edu PhD, University of Chicago - 2000 Instructional area(s): Human behavior and the social environment, social work practice Research area(s): Mental health needs of children from low-income families |
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| Nathan L. Linsk, Professor E-mail: nlinsk@uic.edu PhD, University of Chicago - 1982 Instructional area(s): Social work practice, human behavior and the social environment Research area(s): HIV counseling, service delivery, case management, caregiving, and healthcare provider education Midwest AIDS Training & Education Center Social Work Education in Ethiopia Partnership |
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| Carol Rippey Massat, Associate Professor E-mail: cmassat@uic.edu PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - 1992 Instructional area(s): Research, social work practice Research area(s): Intra-familial sexual abuse |
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| Mark A. Mattaini, Associate Professor E-mail: mattaini@uic.edu DSW, Columbia University - 1990 Instructional area(s): Social work practice, research Research area(s): Mental health, youth violence prevention, family and community practice |
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| Cassandra McKay, Assistant Professor Email: cmckay@uic.edu PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago - 2007 Instructional area(s): Social work practice Research area(s):School social work and educational policy |
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| Christopher G. Mitchell, Associate Professor E-mail: cgm@uic.edu PhD, Catholic University of America - 1997 Instructional area(s): Mental Health Practice Research area(s): HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment adherence, mental health practice |
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| Helene Moses, Clinical Associate Professor E-mail: helene@uic.edu MSSW, Columbia University - 1985 Instructional area(s): Social work practice, human behavior and the social environment Research area(s): Social work practice, mental health programs |
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| M. Patricia O'Brien, Associate Professor E-mail: pob@uic.edu PhD, University of Kansas - 1997 Instructional area(s): Social work practice Research area(s): Evaluation of substance abuse and domestic violence services to women, reintegration of women out of prison, correctional policy and practice |
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| Eric D. Ornstein, Clinical Associate Professor E-mail: erico@uic.edu AM, University of Chicago - 1979 Instructional area(s): Social work practice, field instruction Research area(s): Inpatient community meetings and group dynamics |
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| Susan Phillips, Assistant Professor E-mail: suephi@uic.edu PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - 2005 Instructional area(s): Research, social welfare policy and services Research area(s): Criminal justice, policy and evaluation, children and families |
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| Edward Potts, Clinical Assistant Professor E-mail: epotts@uic.edu MSW, University of Illinois at Chicago - 1973 Instructional area(s): Social welfare policy and services Research area(s): Civic engagement, outcome measurement, organizational design |
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| Chedgzsey Smith-McKeever, Assistant Professor E-mail: chedgzse@uic.edu PhD, University of Texas at Austin - 2002 Instructional area(s): Research, social welfare policy and services Research area(s): Child welfare, adoption, African-American families |
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| James A. Swartz, Associate Professor E-mail: jaswartz@uic.edu PhD, Northwestern University - 1990 Instructional area(s): Research, social welfare policy and services Research area(s): Substance abuse and addiction, co-morbid psychiatric and substance use disorders, evaluation of drug and psychiatric treatment programs for criminal justice populations |
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| Tremaine Terry, Clinical Assistant Professor E-mail: tterry@uic.edu MSW, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - 1977 Instructional area(s): Field instruction Research area(s): Child sexual abuse |
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| Amy C. Watson, Assistant Professor E-mail: acwatson@uic.edu PhD, University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration - 2001 Instructional area(s): Social welfare policy and services Research area(s): Mental illness services and the justice system |
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