Faculty Experts

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Welfare
 


        Katharine Briar-Lawson

Katharine Briar-Lawson
School of Social Welfare
Professor
Department: Social Welfare


Expert in the following: Child and family welfare; poverty and unemployment; community collaboration and service integration
Campus phone: 442-5324
Campus email: [email protected]



        Keith Chan

Keith Chan
School of Social Welfare
Assistant Professor
Department: Social Welfare


Expert in the following: Acculturation; immigrant health; elderly Asian Americans
Campus phone: 442-2589
Campus email: [email protected]



        Nancy Claiborne

Nancy Claiborne
School of Social Welfare
Professor
Department: Social Welfare


Expert in the following: Human service organizations; design and delivery of service; child welfare; health systems
Campus phone: 442-5349
Campus email: [email protected]



        Thomas L. Gais

Thomas L. Gais
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Director
Department: Rockefeller Institute of Government


Expert in the following: Education; Federalism; government reform; higher education; social service spending; welfare reform
Campus phone: (518) 443-5238
Campus email: [email protected]



        Julia Hastings

Julia Hastings
School of Social Welfare
Assistant Professor
Department: Social Welfare


Expert in the following: Poverty issues among ethnic minority populations; mental health and welfare participation dynamics; African American health and mental health disparities
Campus phone: 591-8751
Campus email: [email protected]



        Hayward Horton

Hayward Horton
College of Arts and Sciences
Professor
Department: Sociology


Expert in the following: Demography; race and ethnicity; rural sociology
Campus phone: (518) 442-4907
Campus email: [email protected]



        Lani Jones

Lani Jones
School of Social Welfare
Associate Professor
Department: Social Welfare


Expert in the following: Mental health; Black feminism and therapy; evidenced-based practice and group work
Campus phone: 442-5167
Campus email: [email protected]



        Hal Lawson

Hal Lawson
School of Social Welfare
Professor
Department: Social Welfare


Expert in the following: School-family-community partnerships; child welfare; interprofessional collaboration
Campus phone: 442-5355
Campus email: [email protected]



        Mary McCarthy

Mary McCarthy
School of Social Welfare
Assistant Dean
Department: Social Welfare


Expert in the following: Child welfare; children and families; political social work
Campus phone: 442-5338
Campus email: [email protected]



        Linda Mertz

Linda Mertz
School of Social Welfare
Coordinator
Department: Social Welfare


Expert in the following: Aging; social work; caregiving; social work education and field learning; community partnerships
Campus phone: (518) 442-5327
Campus email: [email protected]



        Loretta Pyles

Loretta Pyles
School of Social Welfare
Professor
Department: Social Welfare


Expert in the following: Economic justice; gender-based violence; disaster and social inequality; community organizing
Campus phone: 442-5152
Campus email: [email protected]



        Blanca Ramos

Blanca Ramos
School of Social Welfare
Associate Professor
Department: Social Welfare


Expert in the following: Immigration; Latino aging community; Hispanic cultures in the U.S.; cross-cultural social work
Campus phone: 442-5365
Campus email: [email protected]



        Barbara Rio

Barbara Rio
School of Social Welfare
Assistant Director
Department: Social Welfare


Expert in the following: Domestic violence; diversity
Campus phone: 442-3488
Campus email: [email protected]



        Ronald Toseland

Ronald Toseland
School of Social Welfare
Distinguished Professor
Department: Social Welfare


Expert in the following: Gerontology; social work practice
Campus phone: 442-5353
Campus email: [email protected]



        Lynn Warner

Lynn Warner
School of Social Welfare
Interim Dean
Department: Social Welfare


Expert in the following: Substance abuse; mental health policy
Campus phone: 591-8734
Campus email: [email protected]