CSWR Researchers
Below is an alphabetical list of principal investigators and researchers with projects at CSWR. Click on their name to view the individual's School of Social Work profile including a list of their research projects.
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Jemel Aguilar, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Phone: (512) 471-4219
Fax: (512) 471-9600
E-Mail: jaguilar@mail.utexas.edu
Research Interests:
Marilyn Peterson Armour, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Phone: (512) 471-3197
Fax: (512) 471-9600
E-Mail: marmour@mail.utexas.edu
Research Interests: Research on families of homicide victims; Qualitative research methods.
Holly Bell, Ph.D.
Post-doc
Phone: (512) 443-9212
Fax: (512) 471-9600
E-Mail: hbell@mail.utexas.edu
Research Interests: Interpersonal violence, including sexual assault, domestic violence; sex work and prostitution; worker wellness.
Tom Bohman, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Phone: (512) 232-0605
Fax: (512) 232-0613
E-Mail: bohman@austin.utexas.edu
Research Interests: Substance abuse; evaluation; survey research; design and analysis of longitudinal research studies with particular focus on prevention studies; analysis of non-independent data (e.g., data from families); multilevel modeling; generalized linear models; complex survey sampling.
Noël Bridget Busch-Armendariz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Phone: (512) 471-3198
Fax: (512) 471-9600
E-Mail: nbusch@mail.utexas.edu
Research Interests: Violence against women and their children including domestic violence, sexual assault, and prostitution; services for refugees and asylum seekers, welfare reform, and social policy
Namkee G. Choi, Ph.D.
Professor
Phone: (512) 232-9590
Fax: (512) 471-9600
E-Mail: nchoi@mail.utexas.edu
Research Interests: Gerontology
Catherine Cubbin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Phone: (512) 232-8374
Fax: (512) 471-9600
E-Mail: ccubbin@austin.utexas.edu
Research Interests:
King Davis, Ph.D.
Professor and the Robert Lee Sutherland Chair in Mental Health and Social Policy
Phone: (512) 232-7117
Fax: (512) 471-9600
E-Mail: king.davis@austin.utexas.edu
Research Interests: Managed health care policy; mental health policy; families and consumers of color and severe mental illness; cultural competence and social justice
Diana M. DiNitto, Ph.D.
Cullen Trust Centennial Professor in Alcohol Studies and Education and Distinguished Teaching Professor
Phone: (512) 471-9227
Fax: (512) 471-9600
E-Mail: ddinitto@mail.utexas.edu
Research Interests: Social welfare policy; chemical dependency; women s issues; violence against women
Miguel J. Ferguson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Phone: (512) 232-5914
Fax: (512) 471-9600
E-Mail: miguelf@mail.utexas.edu
Research Interests: Poverty; economic security and inequality; social policy
Craig Field, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Phone: (512) 232-0624
Fax: 232-0617
E-Mail: craig.field@austin.utexas.edu
Research Interests:
Rowena Fong, Ed.D.
Ruby Lee Piester Centennial Professor in Services to Children and Families
Phone: (512) 471-1393
Fax: (512) 471-9600
E-Mail: rfong@mail.utexas.edu
Research Interests: Children and families, child welfare, international adoptions, immigrants and refugees, culturally competent practice, Chinese socialization and child rearing practices
Dawnovise N. Fowler, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Phone: (512) 232-6199
Fax: (512) 471-9600
E-Mail: dfowler@mail.utexas.edu
Research Interests: Intimate partner abuse against women; chemical dependency and mental health issues and services for underrepresented populations; spirituality; cultural resiliency; social justice; and African American leadership in social work.
Cynthia G. S. Franklin, Ph.D.
Stiernberg/Spencer Family Professor in Mental Health and Coordinator of Clinical Social Work Concentration
Phone: (512) 471-0533
Fax: (512) 471-9600
E-Mail: cfranklin@mail.utexas.edu
Research Interests: School social work; family therapy; clinical practice; clinical assessment
Dorie J. Gilbert, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Phone: (512) 471-8229
Fax: (512) 471-9600
E-Mail: dgm@mail.utexas.edu
Research Interests: Child and family services and advocacy; individual and group cultural development; women and AIDS
Darlene Grant, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies
Phone: (512) 471-0532
Fax: (512) 471-9600
E-Mail: d.grant@mail.utexas.edu
Research Interests: Women and addiction; family systems; women and AIDS
Roberta R. Greene, Ph.D.
Professor and The Louis and Ann Wolens Centennial Chair in Gerontology and Social Welfare
Phone: (512) 232-4168
Fax: (512) 471-9600
E-Mail: rgreene@mail.utexas.edu
Research Interests: Human behavior theory, social work with older adults and their families, intergenerational caregiving, curriculum development and resilience particularly among Holocaust survivors.
Lori K. Holleran Steiker, Ph.D., ACSW
Associate Professor
and
Assistant Dean for Bachelor Programs
Phone: (512) 232-9330
Fax: (512) 471-9600
E-Mail: lorikay@mail.utexas.edu
Research Interests: Prevention; adult and adolescent substance abuse; culturally grounded social work; group work
Barbara L. Jones, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Phone: (512) 475-9367
Fax: (512) 471-9600
E-Mail: barbarajones@mail.utexas.edu
Research Interests: Pediatric palliative and end of life care, grief and loss, childhood cancer survivors, hope and resiliency, spirituality and international social work.
Jane A. Kretzschmar, LCSW
Clinical Professor
and
Assistant Dean for Master's Programs
Phone: (512) 471-8209
Fax: (512) 232-7078
E-Mail: swjak@mail.utexas.edu
Research Interests: Social Work Curriculum, gatekeeping in social work education, field education, individual and family counseling, employee assistance programs, alcoholism, family planning, school social work, social work values and ethics.
Michael L. Lauderdale, Ph.D.
Clara Pope Willoughby Centennial Professor in Criminal Justice
Phone: (512) 471-9246
Fax: (512) 471-9600
E-Mail: mll@mail.utexas.edu
Research Interests: Criminal justice; child welfare; U.S.-Mexico relations
Laura Lein, Ph.D.
Dean, University of Michigan School of Social Work
Phone: (512) 734-764-5347
Fax: 471-6712
E-Mail: leinl@umich.edu
Research Interests: Families in poverty; social welfare policy; child care; welfare reform
Carol M. Lewis, Ph.D.
Associate Director, CSWR
Phone: (512) 471-9219
Fax: 471-9514
E-Mail: carolmarie@mail.utexas.edu
Research Interests: Women s health; interdisciplinary research; research administration; program evaluation; adolescent parenting; domestic violence; school-based prevention; cultural diversity; alternative medicine; placebo effects.
Jane Maxwell, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
Phone: (512) 232-0610
Fax: (512) 232-0613
E-Mail: jcmaxwell@mail.utexas.edu
Research Interests: Research in trends and patterns of substance abuse in Texas, nationally, and internationally, with special interest on the US-Mexico border; research in patterns of use and abuse of methamphetamine, party drugs, methadone, and other opiate drugs; impaired driving programs; and synthetic estimation techniques.
Ruth G. McRoy, Ph.D.
Research Professor and Ruby Lee Piester Centennial Professor Emerita
Phone: (512) 471-0551
Fax: 471-9514
E-Mail: r.mcroy@mail.utexas.edu
Research Interests: Adoption; adolescent pregnancy; foster care; racial identity, cultural diversity
Forrest Novy, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Phone: (512) 450-1757
Fax: (512) 471-9600
E-Mail: fnovy@mail.utexas.edu
Research Interests:
Yolanda C. Padilla, Ph.D.
Professor of Social Work and Women's Studies
Phone: (512) 471-6266
Fax: (512) 471-9600
E-Mail: ypadilla@austin.utexas.edu
Research Interests: Poverty and public policy; Latino studies and social welfare
Elizabeth C. Pomeroy, Ph.D.
Professor
Phone: (512) 232-3405
Fax: (512) 471-9600
E-Mail: bpomeroy@mail.utexas.edu
Research Interests: Mental health interventions for children and families; interventions for persons infected or affected by HIV/AIDS; psychosocial impact of crime on victims
Michele A Rountree, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Phone: (512) 471-7160
Fax: (512) 471-9600
E-Mail: mrountree@mail.utexas.edu
Research Interests:
Allen Rubin, Ph.D.
Bert Kruger Smith Centennial Professor in Social Work
Phone: (512) 471-9218
Fax: (512) 471-9600
E-Mail: arubin@mail.utexas.edu
Research Interests: Program evaluation; mental health policy and services; practice effectiveness; research methods; EMDR
Ruth J. Rubio
Clinical Professor
Phone: (512) 471-8214
Fax: (512) 471-9600
E-Mail: ruthrubio@mail.utexas.edu
Research Interests: Strategic planning, organizational development, field education, and multiculturalism/diversity
A. James Schwab, Ph.D.
Clara Pope Willoughby Centennial Professor in Child Welfare
and
Assistant Dean for Doctoral Programs
Phone: (512) 471-9816
Fax: (512) 471-9600
E-Mail: jimschwab@mail.utexas.edu
Research Interests: Child welfare; administration and planning; computer technology and applications
Clayton T. Shorkey, Ph.D.
Josleen and Frances Lockhart Memorial Professor for Direct Practice in Social Work and Director of Social Work Learning Resource Center
Phone: (512) 471-0520
Fax: (512) 471-9600
E-Mail: cshorkey@mail.utexas.edu
Research Interests: Direct practice; cognitive behavior therapy; mental health and chemical dependency treatment
Richard Spence, Ph.D.
Research Professor
Phone: (512) 232-0608
Fax: 232-0617
E-Mail: rtspence@mail.utexas.edu
Research Interests: Substance abuse; performance management; treatment services; technology transfer
David W. Springer, Ph.D., LCSW
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and University Distinguished Teaching Professor
Phone: (512) 471-0512
Fax: 471-7268
E-Mail: dwspringer@austin.utexas.edu
Research Interests: Clinical assessment and intervention with adolescents and families; evidence-based substance abuse and mental health treatment with youth; forensic social work with juvenile delinquents; juvenile justice; applied psychometric theory and scale development; intervention research with adolescents; and leadership in social work higher education.
Nanette Stephens, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Phone: (512) 232-0635
Fax: (512) 471-9600
E-Mail: nstokess@aol.com
Research Interests: Developing, training, implementing and evaluating interventions based on Motivational Interviewing (MI) and the Transtheoretical Model (TTM) constructs and processes. Consulting, coaching, supervising the utilization of individual and group-based applications of MI and the TTM in mental health, substance use, and health-care settings.
Calvin L. Streeter, Ph.D.
Professor and Meadows Foundation Centennial Fellow in the Quality of Life in the Rural Environment
Phone: (512) 471-0543
Fax: (512) 471-9600
E-Mail: cstreeter@mail.utexas.edu
Research Interests: Organizational behavior; social administration; community practice; rural human services
Sanna J. Thompson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Phone: (512) 232-0604
Fax: 232-0617
E-Mail: sannathompson@mail.utexas.edu
Research Interests: Clinical interventions with adolescents and families; juvenile delinquency; runaway/homeless youth; adolescent substance abuse intervention research; homeless adults.
Dnika Travis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Phone: (512) 471-2081
Fax: (512) 471-9600
E-Mail: dtravis@mail.utexas.edu
Research Interests: Employee voice, engagement, and retention; Leadership and organizational change; Workforce diversity and inclusion
Mary Marden Velasquez, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Research & Professor
Director, Center for Social Work Research
Director, Health Behavior Research and Training Institute
Phone: (512) 471-7019
Fax: 471-9514
E-Mail: velasquez@austin.utexas.edu
Research Interests: Development and implementation of interventions using the Transtheoretical Model of Change and Motivational Interviewing, health behavior interventions including HIV prevention, prenatal health, alcohol and other substance abuse, smoking cessation, and prevention of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Kirk von Sternberg, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Phone: (512) 232-0633
Fax: 232-0613
E-Mail: vonsternberg@mail.utexas.edu
Research Interests:
Tanya Voss
Clinical Associate Professor
and
Assistant Dean for Field Education
Phone: (512) 471-0510
Fax: (512) 471-9600
E-Mail: tmvoss@mail.utexas.edu
Research Interests:
Lynn Wallisch, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Phone: (512) 232-0611
Fax: (512) 232-0613
E-Mail: lwallisch@mail.utexas.edu
Research Interests:
Barbara W. White, Ph.D.
Dean and Centennial Professor in Leadership for Community, Professional and Corporate Excellence
Phone: (512) 471-1937
Fax: 471-7268
E-Mail: bww@austin.utexas.edu
Research Interests: Social work curricula; women s issues; ethnic minority issues
