SRI Administration and Faculty

Director

Norma Harris

Director. Research Professor. Ph.D. Child Welfare Services and Administrator Child Protection. International Social Work.

Administrative Staff

Jennifer Zenger

Administrative Officer

 

Rebecca Smith

Administrative Assistant

 

Brittney Atkin

Research Assistant

Research Associates

Susan Egbert

Research Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Children and families, adoption, program evaluation.

 

Ryan Engar

Neighbors Helping Neighbors Director, MSW University of Utah.

 

Kelly Feller

Project Administrator, MSW University of Utah, Technical Assistance Center for Children's Services (TACCS).

 

Caren J. Frost

Research Associate Professor, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Specialties: Psychosocial aspects of breast and ovarian cancer, international and domestic maternal and child health, program evaluation, and research ethics

 

Rodney W. Hopkins

Research Assistant Professor, M.S., Health Science, Brigham Young University. Substance Abuse Prevention, Program Evaluation, Community Organizing.

 

Duane Luptak

Assistant Professor/Lecturer, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., Serious and Persistent mental illness treatment issues.

 

Bruce V. Parsons

Research Assistant Professor; Ph.D., University of Utah, 1972. Child welfare, clinical training, applied research.

 

Naomi Sliverstone

Research Associate Professor, D.S.W., LCSW, Technology Literacy for Elementary School Students and their families; Integrative Health Care; Shamanism and healing.

 

Derrik Tollefson

Research Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Utah, 2001. Family violence, child welfare, program evaluation.

 

Russell Van Vleet

Auxiliary Assistant professor; co-Director of Utah Criminal Justice Center (UCJC), M.S.W., University of Utah, 1969. Criminal and juvenile justice, social policy.

 

Mary Beth Vogel-Ferguson

M.S.W. Project Director, public assistance/welfare program and policy research.

 

Faculty Associates

 

Amanda Barusch

Professor, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1985.  Community based care of the elderly, intergenerational relations, older woen, poverty.

 

O. William Farley

Professor Ph.D; University of Utah, 1968. Mental health, program evaluation, rural social work.

 

Reiko Hayashi

Assistant Professor, PhD. University of Washington 1994. Disability, Poverty, Aging, Health, International Social Work.

 

Fred Janzen

Associate Professor; Ph.D. Research and evaluation methods, needs assessment, program monitoring and evaluation.

 

Brad Lundahl

Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Northern Illinois University, 2004.  Clinical Psychology, Motivational Interviewing, Parent Training, Child Socialization.

 

Moises Prospero

Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Houston.  Family Violence and Mental Health, Batterer's intervention programs, early intervention on youth programs.

 

Joanne Yaffe

Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1988. Intervention design and development, Internet applications, substance use and abuse, health and fitness intervention.