Doctoral Students

Faculty A - C

Faculty D- G

Faculty H - R

Faculty S-Z

Staff

Doctoral Students

Doctoral Students at the School of Social Work


A	Albritton, Tashuna Phone: (202) 550-7477 Email: talbrit@email.unc.edu Special interests STD/HIV Interventions for College-aged Women and Men; Promotion of Healthy Sex Behaviors.

B	Buchanan, Rachel Email: rlbuchan@email.unc.edu Special interests Community Organization and Development; Health Behavior; Peer Socialization; Program Evaluation.



C	Calix, Alexandra Phone: (919) 572-9384 Email: calix@email.unc.edu Special interests Child Welfare Policy; Policy; Foster Care System; Evidence-Based Social Work Practice; Social Welfare.

	Charles, Pajarita Phone: (919)962-6413 Email: pcharles@email.unc.edu Special interests Family Structure, Child and Family Wellbeing, Poverty and Inequality, Family and Social Welfare Policy. Curriculum Vitae

	Crosby, Carmen Email: ccrosby@email.unc.edu Special interests Violence and Trauma; Interventions within Communities of Color; Interconnecting Oppression; Cultural Competency; Domestic and Sexual Violence.

D	Dunbar, Keesha Phone: (919) 450-0951 Email: dunbark@email.unc.edu Special interests Child Welfare; Adoption and Foster Care; Changing Family Structure; Father Involvement; Social Intervention; Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention; Strengthening African American Marriages Curriculum Vitae

E	Ellis, Alan R. Phone: (919)966-2340 Email: are@unc.edu Special interests Mental Health; Social Skills and Conflict Resolution Among Youth. Curriculum Vitae

F	Fisher-Borne, Marcie Phone: (919) 962-6480 Email: fisherm@email.unc.edu Special interests Community Development and Organizing; Participatory Research Methods; Social Determinants of Health; LGBT Couple and Family Issues; Culturally Competent Practice; HIV Curriculum Vitae

	Fletcher, Susan Email: skfletch@email.unc.edu Special interests Intergenerational Theory; Social Networks; Social Capital; Aging.

	Foster, Rachel E. Email: refoster@email.unc.edu Special interests Child Welfare; Infant Mental Health; Clinical Applications of Hypnosis.

G	Garland, Eric Phone: (919) 943-6022 Email: elgarlan@email.unc.edu Special interests Clinical Intervention Research, Biophysical Investigations of Stress and Coping, Mindfulness-based Interventions, Mental Training, Neuroplastic and Genomic Mechanisms of Psychosocial Intervention Impacts, Clinical Hypnosis, Cybernetic/Systems Theory, Resilience. Curriculum Vitae

	Greeson, Johanna K.P. Phone: (919) 843-2439 Email: jgreeson@email.unc.edu Special interests Older Youth Aging Out of Foster Care, Child Welfare, Foster Care, Evidence-based Practice, Multisytemic Therapy, Program Evaluation.

H	Hall, Martin Thomas Phone: (919)370-9400 Email: mthall@email.unc.edu Special interests Substance Abuse; Rural Issues; Poverty

	Hicks, Tamara K. Phone: (919) 933-5312 Email: tkhicks@email.unc.edu Special interests Health Disparities; Social Determinants of Poverty; Health; Mental Health; Health Effects of Cultural Adaptation

	Huh, Jungwon Phone: (919) 962-6516 Email: jwhuh@email.unc.edu Special interests Health Disparity, Community Development, Quantitative Methodology, GIS and Social Work Research.

J	Jigjidsuren, Dari Phone: (919) 914-7594 Email:dari@email.unc.edu Special interests Domestic Violence; Reproductive Health; Women's and Children's Issues.

L	Lee, Chung-Kwon Phone: (919) 843-2624 Email: cklee@email.unc.edu Special interests Child Welfare; Foster Care and Adoption; Program Evaluation; Information Technology; Quantitative Methods.

	Lee, Jung-Sook Phone: (919)843-1863 Email: jungsook@email.unc.edu Special interests Child poverty, School-based intervention, Children’s mental health, Developmental psychology, Social and cultural capital, Program evaluation, Quantitative methods. Curriculum Vitae

	Li, Jilan Phone: (919) 806-5154 Email: jilanli@email.unc.edu Special interests Research Methods, Child Welfare, Quantitative Data Analysis, Welfare Policies

	Littlewood, Kerry Phone: (727) 771-3766 Email: krisman@email.unc.edu or klittlew@cas.usf.edu Special interests Research and Evaluation, Kinship Care, Coparenting, Families Involved With the Criminal Justice System, Early Childhood Development, Management and Community Practice, Leadership.

	Lloyd, Christopher Phone: (919) 489-8005 Email: eclloyd@email.unc.edu Special interests Parents in the Child Welfare System; Involuntary Mental Health Clients; Role of Public Safety Personnel in the Social Services and Mental Health System; Clinical Implications of Balanced and Restorative Justice Initiatives.

N	Nyrop, Kirsten Phone: (919) 966-0289 Email: knyrop@med.unc.edu Special interests Health and Aging; Adverse Side-effects of Medications; Self-medication; Elderly as Research Subjects; Elderly Depression and Impacts on Health Resources Utilization. Curriculum Vitae

P	Paik, Jong-Gyu Phone: (919) 914-7729 Email: casecon@email.unc.edu Special interests Policy and Program Evaluation; Life Course and Poverty; Collective Efficacy and Social Development; and NGO Activities. Curriculum Vitae

	Parker, Sharon Email: parkersd@email.unc.edu Special interests Casual Factors Influencing Juvenile Delinquency; Juvenile Delinquency Prevention; Program Development, Implementation and Evaluation; Program Outcome Measures; Juvenile Female Offenders.


R	Richman, Erica L. Email: elr@email.unc.edu Special interests Individuals with Developmental Disabilities and their Families.

	Ross-Sheriff, Tasanee Phone: (919) 619-4335 Email: tasanee@email.unc.edu

S	Smith, Sophia K. Phone: (919) 843-6622 Email: sophia1@email.unc.edu Special interests Psychosocial Issues Related to Cancer Survivorship;Care at the End of Life.

W	Walsh, Adam Phone: (336) 716-9143 Email: awalsh@wfubmc.edu Special interests At-risk Youth Populations (including Life Outcomes and Protective Factors Surrounding Adolescents with Reading Disabilities); Program Development and Evaluation (specifically Multifaceted Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Programs).

	Weigensberg, Elizabeth Caplick Phone: (919) 962-6427 Email: ecw@unc.edu Special interests Child welfare policy; evaluation of child welfare agencies; measurement of child & family outcomes; use of data for self-assessment and evaluation; organizational change.

	Weller, Bridget E. Phone: (919) 843-5026 Email: bweller@email.unc.edu Special interests School Success; Adolescent Resiliency; Developmental Psychopathology.

	Wike, Traci L. Phone: (919) 621-8600 Email: twike@email.unc.edu Special interests Adolescents and Aggression, Females and Aggression, LGBT Youth, Cultural Competence in SW Education.

	Williams, Kelly A. Phone: (919) 843-3422 Email: kelly_williams@unc.edu Special interests Child and Family Adjustment to Childhood Chronic Illness; Health Care Policy; Health Disparities; Interventions to Address These Issues.

Y	Yeo, Yeong Hun Email: yyeo@email.unc.edu

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