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(801) 587-5354
troy.andersen@hsc.utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Alzheimer’s Disease, Progressive Neurologic Disease, Aging, Health, Rural Health Care
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(801) 581-4259
sumiko.anderson@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Homelessness, Health and Wellness, Best Practices in Field Education, and Self-care
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Stephanie Bank
Associate Professor/Lecturer; Director, BSW Program
(801) 585-3311
stephanie.bank@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Trauma, Anxiety, Depression, Loss, Grief, Parenting, Family/Relationship Issues, Health
and Wellness
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Nicholas Barr
Associate Professor
nicholas.barr@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Stress, Violence and Trauma, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mindfulness, Intervention
Development and Clinical Practice, High Stress Cohorts, Quantitative Research
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(801) 587-7600
joanna.schaefer@socwk.utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Nature-based Treatment for Mental Health, Wilderness Therapy, Residential Treatment,
Treatment Outcomes
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(801) 581-3641
allison.blaine@socwk.utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Child welfare, Animal-Assisted Mental Health Intervention, Bayesian Modeling, Program
Evaluation, Evidence-Informed Practice/Practice-Informed Evidence
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Zachary Bunnell
Assistant Professor/Lecturer
zach.bunnell@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Substance Use Disorders, Trauma, Mental Illness, Individual and Group Therapy
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chris.cajski@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
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(801) 581-8691
chris.cambron@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Health Disparities, Substance Abuse/Addiction, Cancer Prevention, Quantitative Research,
Ecological Momentary Assessment
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Sarah Canham
Professor; Associate Director, Interprofessional Education Program
(801) 581-8738
sarah.canham@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Social Determinants of Health; Health and Social Services; Environments and Aging;
Homelessness; Substance Use and Dependence; Mental Health; Qualitative Research Methods;
Community-based Participatory Research; Life Course Perspective; Social Construction
of Knowledge; Culture of Medicine; Knowledge Translation
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Jason Castillo
Professor; Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
(801) 585-9592
jason.castillo@socwk.utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Disadvantaged Children and Families with an Emphasis on Fathers, Social Work Education,
Substance Use Disorder Counselor Education and Training, Social Welfare Policy, Macro
Social Work Practice
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carson.defries@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Gerontology, Intergenerational Relationships, Social Isolation and Loneliness, Minority
Aging Issues,
and End-of-Life Care
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kathy.drechsler@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Field education, evidence-based practice in social work education, teaching pedagogy
of diversity in social work education, substance use disorder practice, self-care
in social work practice, social work practice courses, substance use courses, policy,
and field education
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Caren J. Frost
Research Professor; U Associate Vice President for Research Integrity & Compliance;
Associate Dean for Research
(801) 581-5287
caren.frost@socwk.utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Women’s Health, Global Health, Breast Cancer, Research Ethics
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jennifer.gervais@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Competency-based Education, Social Emotional Learning, Best Practices in Field Education,
Child and Adolescent Mental Health
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(801) 581-7585
lindsay.gezinski@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Gender-based Violence, Human Trafficking, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Social Policy, Global Social Work
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(801) 581-4351
ellie.goldberg@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Trauma and Healing, Sexual and Relationship Violence, College Student Wellness, Program
Development and Administration
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Jamie Hales
Assistant Professor/Clinical
jamie.hales@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
ADHD, Perinatal Mental Health Conditions, Infertility/Reproductive Trauma, Women’s
Health, Substance Use, LGBTQ+ Populations
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(801) 581-4309
tonie-michelle.hanaazbaa@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Social Justice, Indigenous Education, Substance Use Disorders, (Dis)Ability
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Sarah Herrera
Assistant Professor/Lecturer
sarah.herrera@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
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Bacall Hincks
Associate Professor (Clinical)
bacall.hincks@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Parenting, Child Welfare, Kinship, Human Trafficking,
Social Policy, Program Development and Adminstration, Macro Social Work
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Jeremiah Jaggers
Associate Professor; Director, PhD Program
(801) 581-7644
jeremiah.jaggers@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Intersection of Multi-system Youth, Mental Illness, and Mental Health Services; Long
Term Effects of Child Maltreatment; Family Dynamics and Juvenile Justice System Involvement;
Latent Variable Modeling; Analysis of Big Data; Research and Evaluation; Statistics;
Psychopathology; Child Welfare; Social Welfare Policy
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(801) 581-8560
l.curtis.johnson@utah.edu
Research Interests:
Disproportionate Minority Contact, Disproportionality in Child Welfare, Child Protection
Services-Safety Organized Practice, Racial Discrimination in the Criminal Justice
System
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danielle.littman@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Wellbeing of Youth Experiencing Homelessness & Intersecting Marginalization; Third
Places (Community Settings); Permanent Supportive Housing; Mutual Aid & Peer Support;
Place-based Work; Qualitative, Participatory, & Arts-based Research Methods
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Alysse Loomis
Associate Professor; Director, MSW Program
(801) 581-8679
alysse.loomis@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Early Childhood Trauma; Child Maltreatment Prevention; Early Care and Education, Attachment;
Trauma-informed Care; Social Work Practice
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(801) 581-4570
brad.lundahl@socwk.utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Motivational Interviewing, Meta-analyses, Parent Training
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Erika Marks
Research Assistant Professor
(801) 581-5217
erika.marks@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Child Welfare Workforce Development
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Sonya Martinez-Ortiz
Assistant Professor/Clinical
(801) 581-5217
sonya.martinez-ortiz@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Trauma and Justice-Informed Practice, Feminist Multicultural Therapy, Somatic Approaches
to Healing, Traditional and Ancestral Medicine, Professional Formation and Sustainable
Practice
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(801) 581-6155
chad.mcdonald@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Child Welfare, Trauma-informed Practice, Family-centered Systems, Workforce Development,
Professional Competence, Supervisory Support, Organizational Capacity, Competency
Models, Implementation Science, Evidence-based Learning, Simulation and Virtual Reality
Practice Methods, Deliberate Practice Theory, Transfer of Learning, Decision-making,
Cross-sector Collaboration, Healthcare Partnerships, and Child and Family Outcomes
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(801) 581-8830
misty.mcintyre@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Women's Health; Substance Use; Environmental Justice; Technology
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Meeyoung O. Min
Associate Professor; Belle S. Spafford Endowed Chair
(801) 581-8796
meeyoung.min@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Prenatal Drug Exposure; Trauma; Maternal Mental Health; Child Development; Adolescence
Substance Use
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rob.morris@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Criminology and Juvenile Justice, Developmental
Social Psychology, Existential Psychotherapy, Mindfulness/Meditation, Quantitative
Statistical Methods
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Dena Ned
Professor/Lecturer
(801) 581-8902
dena.ned@socwk.utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
American Indian/Tribal Nations/Indigenous Issues and Policy (Indian Child Welfare;
Indian Health Care; Intergenerational and Historical Trauma; Urban Indian Systems
of Care; Research Regulation in Indian Country; Sovereignty of Native Nations in Higher
Education [Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Methodologies, American Indian Student Success]);
Macro Social Work and Policy Practice; Generalist Practice; Public Service
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julia.oconnor@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Domestic/dating and sexual violence; violence prevention; bystander interventions;
men and masculinities; sexual and reproductive health and rights; evaluation research
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Philip Osteen
Professor; Dean; U Chief Behavioral Health Officer
(801) 581-8861
philip.osteen@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Suicide Intervention and Prevention, Mental Health, Psychometrics, Advanced Statistical
Analyses
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lindsey.n.palmer@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
The Child Welfare System; Child Maltreatment Prevention; Intersection of Neglect and
Poverty; Mental Illness and Service Utilization
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(801) 581-8914
patrick.panos@socwk.utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Distance Learning, International Social Work, Participatory Community-Based Research,
Refugee Trauma, Cross-Cultural Mental Health
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Kort Prince
Research Associate Professor
(801) 587-9947
kort.prince@socwk.utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Criminal and Juvenile Justice; Longitudinal and Multilevel Models, Generalized Linear
Models, Generalized Additive Models, Survival Analysis, Experimental Methodology
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ariel.richer@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Community-based Participatory Research; Culturally Tailored Interventions; Black,
Indigenous and Queer Communities; Substance Use; Intimate Partner Violence; Psychedelic-
and Plant Medicine- Assisted Therapy
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(801) 581-4711
yvette.romero@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Trauma-Informed and Healing-Centered Engagement, Feminist Multicultural Therapy, Curanderismo/Traditional
Medicine, Latinxs Epistemologies
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(801) 581-4379
emily.salisbury@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Criminological Behavior, Correctional Philosophy and Rehabilitation, Justice-Involved
Women and Girls, Correctional Risk/Need/Strength Assessment, Gender- and Trauma-Responsive
Policy and Practice
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Cynthia Sanders
Associate Professor; Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
(801) 581-3199
cynthia.sanders@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Social Welfare Policy, Asset Based Welfare, Financial Capability and Inclusion, Financial
Factors in Intimate Partner Violence, Digital Divide, Mixed Research Methods
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(801) 587-9437
christian.sarver@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Correctional Rehabilitation and Programming, Reentry, Offender Pathways and Desistance,
Behavioral Health and Criminal Justice, Qualitative Research Methods
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(801) 585-0975
e.siantz@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Promotion of Health Equity for Persons with Mental Illness, Using Qualitative Methods,
Social Network Analysis, and Mixed Methods to Study the Development and Implementation
of Integrated Behavioral Health Care, Peer Mental Health Providers, and Trauma-informed
Communities
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Maria Skedros
Assistant Professor/Lecturer
maria.skedros@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Sexual Trauma and Healing, Sexual Empowerment, utilizing Mindfulness-based skills
and Feminist Multicultural Therapy.
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Tamber Snarr-Beesley
Associate Professor/Clinical; Interim Director, Field Education
(801) 581-8901
tamber.snarr@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Grief and Loss Therapy, Children Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
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(801) 585-0736
meghan.takahashi@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Biostatistical methods, Child welfare, Disproportionality in Child Welfare, Machine
learning, Program Evaluation, Suicide Intervention and Prevention, Qualitative Research
Methods
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martell.teasley@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
African American Adolescent Development, Diversity in Cultural Competence, Black Studies,
School Social Work Practice
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Laura Van Hook
Assistant Professor/Clinical
laura.vanhook@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Field Education, Women and Children's Health, Social Determinants of Health, Systems
Theory, Crisis Intervention, Experiential Therapy, Neurodiversity, Social Work in
Schools
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Lori Watsen
Assistant Professor/Lecturer
lori.watsen@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
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yitong.xin@utah.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
Substance Use and Addiction; Mental and Behavioral Health; Trauma and Minority Stress;
Resilience and Strengths-Based Methodologies; Harm Reduction Approaches; Psychedelic-Assisted
Therapy; Mixed-Methods and Advanced Quantitative Research
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