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 ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ, 2012

Kelley Cook, Assistant Professor

PhD, ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ (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, ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ (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