Faculty

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Nancy J. Alexander, Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor E-mail: nalex@uic.edu MSW, University of Illinois at Chicago - 1974 Instructional area(s): Aging services, school policy. Research area(s): Poverty among the elderly.
Larry W. Bennett, Professor E-mail: lwbenn@uic.edu PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago - 1990 Instructional area(s): Research, social work practice, human behavior and the social environment Research area(s): Domestic violence, substance abuse, evidence-based practice. Great Lakes Addiction Technology Transfer Center
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
Pamela R. Brown,Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor E-mail: pbrown9@uic.edu MSW, University of Illinois at Chicago - 2002 Instructional area(s): Social work practice and field instruction Research area(s): Social Emotional Learning; social work practice.
Alice K. Butterfield, Professor E-mail: akj@uic.edu PhD, Washington University in 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
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): Field units, community-based practice, homelessness.
Alan Dettlaff, Associate Professor E-mail: aland@uic.edu PhD, University of Texas at Arlington - 2004 Instructional area(s): Social work practice, child and family services. Research area(s): Racial disparities in child welfare; immigrant children and families, outcomes for children of color in the child welfare system
Otima Doyle, Assistant Professor E-mail: doyleo@uic.edu PhD, University of Maryland - 2008 Instructional area(s): Social work practice Research area(s): Prevention interventions with fathers and youth; mental health and mental health disparities in among ethnically diverse youth and families.
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
Gina B. Gaston, Assistant Professor E-mail: ggasto3@uic.edu PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago - 2009 Instructional area(s): Social work practice, research. Research area(s): HIV medical self care and adherence among African Americans, stigma of HIV medical care, and health provider cultural competence.
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
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
Annette Johnson, Clinical Associate Professor E-mail: ajohns5@uic.edu MSW, University of Illinois at Chicago - 1973 Instructional area (s): Social work practice Research area(s): School policy
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
Sonya J. Leathers, Associate Professor E-mail: sonyal@uic.edu PhD, University of Chicago - 2000 Instructional area(s): Practice, child and adolescent mental health, human behavior in the social environment Research area(s): Development and dissemination of effective mental health services for foster children
Mark A. Mattaini, Associate Professor E-mail: mattaini@uic.edu DSW, Columbia University - 1990 Instructional area(s): Social work practice, Community health and urban development, and social welfare history. Research area(s): Youth violence prevention, nonviolent social action.
Henrika McCoy, Assistant Professor E-mail: hmccoy@uic.edu PhD, Washington University in St. Louis - 2008 Instructional area(s): Human behavior and the social environment, social work practice, research Research area(s): Juvenile delinquency, child and adolescent mental health, African Americans.
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
Joshua P. Mersky, Associate Professor E-mail: mersky@uic.edu PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison - 2006 Instructional area(s): Human behavior and the social environment Research area(s): Child maltreatment; child welfare; prevention and early intervention
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
Von Eugene Nebbitt, Sr., Associate Professor E-mail: vnebbitt@uic.edu PhD - Washington University in St. Louis - 2005 Instructional area(s): Human behavior and the social environment, public administration, research methods. Research area(s): Health outcomes of African American youth, housing and neighborhood effects.
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
Jennifer Shepard Payne, Assistant Professor E-mail: jspayne@uic.edu PhD, University of California Los Angeles - 2011 Instructional area(s): Mental health practice, social work practice. Research area(s): Mental health service disparity, diagnostic competence, depression.
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
Natalie D. Smith, Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor E-mail: ndsmith@uic.edu A.M., University of Chicago - 2000 Instructional area(s): Social work practice, field instruction Research area(s): Social work practice, field instruction
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
Amy C. Watson, Associate Professor E-mail: acwatson@uic.edu PhD, University of Chicago - 2001 Instructional area(s): Social welfare policy and services Research area(s): Mental illness services and the justice system
Jennifer Wheeler-Brooks, Assistant Professor E-mail: jwbrooks@uic.edu PhD, University of Kansas - 2009 Instructional area(s): Social work practice, social policy Research area(s): Poverty, community development, social policy
Julie Wheeler Fisher, Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor E-mail: fisherj@uic.edu MSW, Wayne State University Instructional area(s): School Social Work Practice Research area(s): School Social Work
Jose A. Zayas, Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor E-mail: jaz2502@uic.edu AM, University of Chicago - 1994 Instructional area(s): Field instruction for interns and liaison to field placement partners. Research area(s): Comer School Development Process; children, adolescents and family practice; disability awareness; access, inclusion, and cultural diversity.

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