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Faculty Interest

Marilyn Peterson Armour, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Phone: (512) 471-3197
Fax: (512) 471-9600
E-Mail: marmour@mail.utexas.edu
Web: http://www.utexas.edu/ssw/faculty/armour/

International Interests: Development of field placements and research on violent death.

Noël Bridget Busch-Armendariz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Phone: (512) 471-3198
Fax: (512) 471-9600
E-Mail: nbusch@mail.utexas.edu
Web: http://www.utexas.edu/ssw/faculty/busch/

International Interests: Women's issues, international social work education, HIV/AIDS, refugees, immigrant, asylee, and victims of trafficking.

Dorie J. Gilbert, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Phone: (512) 471-8229
Fax: (512) 471-9600
E-Mail: dgm@mail.utexas.edu
Web: http://www.utexas.edu/ssw/faculty/gilbert/

International Interests: International social work education; HIV/AIDS; multicultural practice issues; and cultural diversity curriculum development.

Lori K. Holleran Steiker, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Phone: (512) 232-9330
Fax: (512) 471-9600
E-Mail: lorikay@mail.utexas.edu
Web: http://www.utexas.edu/ssw/faculty/holleran/

International Interests: Co-PI on a grant for research and student exchange with Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil in the area of youth, education, and juvenile justice in reference to rehabilitation and prevention of delinquency in Brazil and the U.S.

Laura Lein, Ph.D.
Professor with dual appointment with the Department of Anthropology
Phone: (512) 471-9248
Fax: 471-6712
E-Mail: lein@mail.utexas.edu
Web: http://www.utexas.edu/ssw/faculty/lein/

International Interests: Research and practice in the Mexico-U.S. border area, specifically, the Monterrey and San Antonio corridor. Currently collaborating with the School of Social Work at the University of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon.

Jane Maxwell, Ph.D.
Senior Research Professor
Phone: (512) 232-0610
Fax: (512) 232-0613
E-Mail: jcmaxwell@sbcglobal.net
Web: http://www.utexas.edu/ssw/faculty/maxwell/

International Interests: Research in trends and patterns of substance abuse; epidemiology; synthetic estimation techniques.

Yolanda C. Padilla, Ph.D.
Professor of Social Work and Women's Studies
Phone: (512) 471-6266
Fax: (512) 471-9600
E-Mail: ypadilla@mail.utexas.edu
Web: http://www.utexas.edu/ssw/faculty/padilla/

International Interests: Population studies of social stratification and social inequality in the Latino population and the gay and lesbian population.

Richard Spence, Ph.D.
Research Professor
Phone: (512) 232-0608
Fax: 232-0617
E-Mail: rtspence@mail.utexas.edu
Web: http://www.utexas.edu/ssw/faculty/spence/

International Interests: Border drug epidemiology and service utilization.

Ruth J. Rubio
Clinical Professor
Phone: (512) 471-8214
Fax: (512) 471-9600
E-Mail: ruthrubio@mail.utexas.edu
Web: http://www.utexas.edu/ssw/faculty/rubio/

International Interests: Teaching an international study abroad class in London, field education in international locations, such as Mexico, England, Chile, Argentina, and Peru.