Binta D. Alleyne, Assistant Professor E-mail: balleyne@uic.edu PhD, University of Tennesee, 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.

Larry W. Bennett, Associate 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): Substance abuse, domestic violence, evaluation of practice.  Domestic Violence Program Evaluation Project.

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

Valerie Borum, Assistant Professor Email: 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.

Jerry R. Cates, Associate Professor E-mail: cates@uic.edu PhD, University of Michigan - 1981.  Instructional area(s): Human behavior and the social environment, social welfare policy and services.  Research area(s): Politics of policy formation.

Barbara C. Coats, Clinical Assistant Professor E-mail: bc1972@uic.edu AM, University of Chicago - 1975.  Instructional area(s): Social work practice, field instruction.

Alan Dettlaff, Assistant Professor E-mail: aland@uic.edu PhD, University of Texas at Arlington Instructional area(s): Child Welfare policy and practice; racial disproportionality.

Lydia Falconnier, Assistant Professor  Instructiona area(s): Social Work Practice, Human Behavior and the Social Envirionment. Reserach area(s): Mental health services for low-inicme families. E-mail:lfalconn@uic.edu PhD, University of Chicago-2003

Kimberly D.  Farris, Assistant Professor PhD, University of Texas at Austin-2005 Instructional area(s): Quantitative methods, Social policy, and Multi-cultural issues in mental health Research area(s): Mental health, Non traditional mental health strategies, and HIV prevention strategies.

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.

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

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.

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.

Alice K. Johnson, Professor  E-mail: akj@uic.edu PhD, Washington University-St. Louis-1990.  Instructional area(s): Social work practice.  Research Area(s): Welfare reform, homelessness, international social work.  Social Work Education in Ethiopia Partnership (Project SWEEP).

Sonya J. Leathers, Associate Professor  E-mail: sonyal@uic.edu MA, University of Chicago - 1993.  PhD, University of Chicago-2000  Instructional area(s): Human behavior and the social environment.  Research area(s): Mental health needs of children from low-income families.

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 health care provider education.  Associations:  Midwest AIDS Training & Education Center (MATEC) Great Lakes Addiction Technology Transfer Center (GLATTC) Social Work Education in Ethiopia Partnership (Project SWEEP).

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.

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.

Cassandra McKay, Assistant Professor. Email: cmckay@uic.edu MSSW, University of WI-Madison - 1991.  Instructional area(s): Social Work practice. Research area(s):School Social Work and Educational Policy.

Christopher G. Mitchell, Associate Professor.  E-mail: cgm@uic.edu Ph.D., Catholic University of America - 1997.  Instructional area(s): Mental Health Practice. Research area(s): HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment Adherence, Mental Health Practice, Social Work Ethics.

Helene Moses, Clinical Assoicate 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.

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, reintergration of women out of Prison, correctional policy and practice.

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.

Susan Phillips, Assistant Professor E-mail: suephi@uic.edu PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Instructional area(s): Criminial justice policy, program development and evaluation, and diffusion of innovations Research area: Criminal justice, policy and evaluation, children and families.

Edward Potts, Clinical Associate Professor E-mail: epotts@uic.edu MSW, University  of IIlinois at Chicago Instructional area(s): Social welfare policy and services Research area(s): Civic engagement, outcome measurement, organizational design.

Chedgzsey Smith-McKeever, Assistant Professor E-mail:chedgzse@uic.edu Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin Instructional area(s): Social work practice. Research area(s): Child welfare , adoption, African-American families.

James A. Swartz, Associate Professor E-mail: jaswartz@uic.edu PhD, Northwestern University  Instructional area(s): Research. Research area(s): Substance abuse and addiction, Co-morbid psychiatric and substance use disorders, evaluation of drug and psychiatric treatment programs, drug and psychiatric treatment for criminal justice populations and assessment of substance use and psychiatric disorders.

Tremaine Terry, Visiting Clinial Assistant Professor.  E-mail: tterry@uic.edu MSW, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - 1977.  Instructional area(s): Field instruction.  Research area(s): Sexual child abuse.

Amy C. Watson, Assistant Professor E-mail: acwatson@uic.edu Ph.D., University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration Instructional area: Mental Health Research area: Mental Illness services and  the Justice system.

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