Social Work Faculty

Monica M. Adams, Assistant Professor

BSW, West Virginia University; MSW, Virginia Commonwealth University; PhD, University of Louisville

Affiliated: Institute for Justice and Well-Being (IJWB)

Specialty: Health disparities, overweight and obesity among low income populations; policies and ethics impacting the obesogenic environment

Josephine A. Allen, Professor Emerita

PhD, University of Michigan

 

Cassandra L. Bransford, Associate Professor Emerita

BA, SUNY New Paltz; MSW, University at Albany (SUNY); PhD, Columbia University

Affiliated: Institute for Justice and Well-Being (IJWB)

Specialty: Authority in social work practice and in agency-based practice, organizational change and advocacy; trauma informed therapeutic approaches for vulnerable populations; mental health policy and programs

Laura R. Bronstein, Dean and Professor

BA, Union College; MSW, University at Albany (SUNY); PhD, Barry University

Affiliated: Institute for Justice and Well-Being (IJWB)

Specialty: Interprofessional collaboration, practice in host settings; social work education; school-linked services and community schools

Lois B. DeFleur Award for Academic Achievement at °®¶¹´«Ã½, 2012

Kelley Cook, Assistant Professor

PhD, °®¶¹´«Ã½ (SUNY)

 

Melissa L. Hardesty, Associate Professor

BS, MSW, Indiana University; PhD, University of Chicago

Affiliated: Institute for Justice and Well-Being (IJWB), Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program (WGSS)

Specialty: Foster care and adoption; gender and kinship relationships under advanced capitalism; social work professional expertise; gender and sexuality; qualitative research; ethnography

Suk-Young (John) Kang, Associate Professor

BA, Seoul National University; MSSW, PhD, Columbia University

Affiliated: Center for Korean Studies (CKS), Ellyn Uram Kaschak Institute for Social Justice for Women and Girls, Institute for Justice and Well-Being (IJWB)

Specialty: Depression, health status, and healthcare use among Asian immigrant elders and Asian Americans; family caregiving; social justice for immigrants and refugees; research methods and program eva

Youjung Lee, Associate Professor

BA, Sung-kyun-kwan University; MSW, PhD, University of Texas at Austin

Affiliated: Institute for Justice and Well-Being (IJWB)

Specialty: Gerontology; grandparent-headed families; community school model

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service, 2015-2016

Mina Lee, Assitant Professor

BA, Seoul National University; MSW, University of Michigan; PhD, University of Chicago

Specialty: Race; immigration; Asian Americans; socioeconomic status; employment; mental health

Jacqueline M. McGinley, Assistant Professor

BA, Elmira College; MSW, Rutgers University; PhD, University at Buffalo (SUNY)

Affiliated: Institute for Justice and Well-Being (IJWB)

Specialty: Intellectual and developmental disabilities; aging populations and their families; end-of-life care and bereavement

Provost's Award for Excellence in Interprofessional Education, 2020-2021

Sophia Resciniti, Lecturer

BS, MSW, °®¶¹´«Ã½ (SUNY)

Specialty: Mental health and trauma informed therapeutic approaches

Stacey L. Shipe, Assistant Professor

BA, University of Washington; MSc, University of Oxford; MSW, New York University; PhD, University of Maryland

Affiliated: Human Rights Institute (HRI), Institute for Justice and Well-Being (IJWB)

Specialty: Child welfare – Child Protective Services; caseworker decision making; organizational culture and climate; structural and institutional racism in social service systems; single father experiences in social service systems

Saumya Tripathi, Assistant Professor

MSW, University of Mumbai; MPhil, University of Madras; PhD, Fordham University

Specialty: Economic empowerment, work-life balance, unpaid care work; violence against women and girls; South Asia; international social work; mixed-methods and quantitative research

Kun Wang, Assistant Professor

BA (Econ), BS, ML, China Agricultural University; MSW, PhD, University of Alabama

Specialty: Cognitive Aging; Older Adults’ Technology Use; Health/Mental Health Disparity; Racial Disparities; Cancer Prevention and Survivorship

Keisha Wint, Assistant Professor

PhD, Montclair State University

 

Dalhee Yoon, Assistant Professor

BA, Hannam University; MA, Sookmyung Women's University; MSW, University of Washington - Seattle; PhD, Case Western Reserve University

Affiliated: Institute for Justice and Well-Being (IJWB)

Specialty: Child maltreatment research; peer relationships; adolescent risk behaviors; adolescent development

Sarah R. Young, Associate Professor

BSSW, Syracuse University; MSW, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; PhD, University of Alabama

Affiliated: Institute for Justice and Well-Being (IJWB), Ellyn Uram Kaschak Institute for Social Justice for Women and Girls, Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program (WGSS)

Specialty: Human Sexuality; LGBTQ youth and safe schools policies; LGBTQ families and family support; HIV/AIDS policy, service delivery, and chronic pain; interprofessional education; community organizing