FACULTYOur faculty share a common vision of social work as a profession committed to improving the well-being of the most economically and socially disadvantaged groups. The faculty have research expertise and social work practice experience across a wide range of social problem areas (e.g., child welfare, aging, health and mental health including severe and persistent mental illness, poverty and welfare reform, and developmental disabilities), and have been among the national leaders in conducting research relevant to the advancement of social work education and practice, and to the formulation of and evaluation of social policies and programs. They are committed to providing a diverse and supportive environment for all.  | Lecturer; M.S.S.W., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1969. Interests: Life span service delivery for people with developmental disabilities and their families; related case management, services system administration and clinical support for people with dual diagnosis. Social work teaching and research interest in distance education models.
djander1@wisc.edu
more info | | Lecturer
severa05@gmail.com
more info |  | Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Columbia University, 2002.
Child and family policy; child well-being; child maltreatment; children's living arrangements; housing policy; family resources and family structure.
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lmberger@wisc.edu
more info |  | Professor; Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1985. Interests: social cognitive models of behavior; direct practice theory and evaluation; group work; social work theory; developmental life transitions; educational innovations. Current research: differences among American subcultural groups in their educational attainment and life-course decision-making; the evaluation of educational innovations, particularly integrative learning and learning communities.
ambrower@wisc.edu
more info |  | Professor; Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1993. Interests: economics of the family; welfare and social policy; poverty and the distribution of income. Current research: welfare reform, child support policy, married women's market work; marriage patterns and the distribution of income.
mcancian@wisc.edu
more info |  | Clinical Professor; M.S.W., Catholic University, 1964. Interests: Family and children's services; child welfare; family foster care; social work practice. Research in family foster care, abuse allegations against foster homes.
rcarbino@wisc.edu
more info |  | Clinical Assistant Professor: M.S.S.W., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1990. Interests: Wellness (meditation, Chinese internal martial arts) cultural competence, mental health and illness, clinical social work practice, small group social work practice, and advocacy. Professional Specialties: Wellness (meditation, Chinese internal martial arts), cultural competence, mental health assessment and treatment in clinical social work practice, advocacy, small group work in social work practice.
dacoleman@wisc.edu
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tevans@madison.k12.wi.us
more info |  | Professor; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1987. Interests: family, aging, mental health. Current research: Families of persons with mental illness; aging parents as caregivers to adult children with mental illness.
greenberg@waisman.wisc.edu
more info |  | Lecturer and Senior Preceptor; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1993. Interests include: domestic violence assessment and treatment issues with perpetrators and victims, workplace violence, corporate communication and anger management- fitness for duty issues, cognitive-behavioral, motivational, interpersonal and group therapies focusing on marital relationship issues, assertiveness/communication skills, stress and anxiety, anger management, child and adolescent behavioral problems, parenting skills, mood disorders, self-esteem and substance abuse, cultural and pragmatic issues impacting mental health treatment access and utilization in the Latino community.
dhanusa@wisc.edu
more info | | Clinical Associate Professor; Director of Field Education; M.S.S.W., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1990; Certified Employee Assistance Professional (CEAP). Interests: Employment assistance programs; problem situations in the workplace; harassment issues; generalist social work practice; social services; child welfare; AIDS; alcohol and other drug abuse; violence; ethnic/multicultural issues; advocacy.
sjkohn@wisc.edu
more info |  | Professor; Ph.D., University of Washington, 1992. Interests: aging; Alzheimer's disease; family caregiver well-being, grief, loss and bereavement; palliative and end-of-life care. Current research: innovations in end-of-life care for elders with advanced chronic disease, impact of end-of-life care quality and experience on family; family conflict at the end-of-life, and transitions in the caregiving career.
ejkramer@wisc.edu
more info | | Assistant Faculty Associate
twlatime@wisc.edu
more info |  | Associate Professor; Ph.D., Brandeis University, 1999. Interests: racial, ethnic and cultural variation in caregiving; Latino families; social work in communities of color; families caring for members with mental illness or developmental disabilities. Current research: Latino families who have children with autism or mental retardation.
magana@waisman.wisc.edu
more info |  | Assistant Professor. Effects of poverty and socioeconomic status on children and family well-being; effects of early childhood and family interventions.
kmagnuson@wisc.edu
more info | | Assistant Professor; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2006. Interpersonal context of community based services for persons with serious mental illness: client-provider relationships; provider characteristics
camahoney@wisc.edu
more info |  | Professor; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1990. Interests: poverty policy, welfare reform, economic well-being of single-parent families, international family policy. Current research: child support and welfare recipiency.
drmeyer1@wisc.edu
more info |  | Assistant Faculty Associate; Ph.D. Case Western Reserve. Dr. Michaud's main responsibilities include teaching field and child welfare courses within the School, coordinating the School's Title IV-E Child Welfare Training Grant, and consulting in School of Social Work's Outcome Study.
smmichaud@wisc.edu
more info |  | Assistant Professor; M.S.W., Ph.D., University of California-Los Angeles, 2003. Mental Health Services for adolescents, Mental Health Treatment Strategies and Outcomes for youth in out-of-home care; psychopharmacology treatment and its psychological implications.
moses@wisc.edu
more info |  | Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1996. Associate Director, School of Social Work. Affiliated faculty with the Population Health Sciences Department, UW School of Medicine and Public Health. Co-Director, RWJ Health & Society Scholars Program. Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1996. Interests: aging and health; socioeconomic status and health, neighborhood context and health and well-being; health and long-term care policy. Current research: neighborhood factors that affect health and well-being of older adults; public opinion on the role of social and economic factors in health and health disparities.
sarobert@wisc.edu
more info |  | Assistant Professor; Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2003. Interests: Developing a deeper understanding of the cultural, psychosocial, and spiritual factors that connote a quality dying process for elders who have been given a terminal diagnosis; assessing cancer healthcare disparities in medically underserved communities.
tschroepfer@wisc.edu
more info |  | Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2000. Interests: race/ethnicity across the life course, health consequences of social inequalities, and intergenerational relations. Current research: goal striving stress, mental and physical health consequences of social mobility, integration of race/ethnicity, class, and gender in mental health research.
slsellers@wisc.edu
more info |  | Professor; Ph.D., Brandeis University, 1978. Interests: families, aging, developmental disabilities, longitudinal research methods. Current research: family caregiving for individuals with autism; family caregiving for aging relatives.
mseltzer@waisman.wisc.edu
more info | | Lecturer
jsikora@wisc.edu
more info |  | Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1999. Interests: child abuse and neglect; poverty and child development; welfare and child welfare systems; welfare reform and child and family well-being; intimate partner abuse. Current research: the etiology of different forms of child neglect; the role of income level, source and stability in child maltreatment; the inter-play between child maltreatment and intimate partner abuse.
ksslack@wisc.edu
more info |  | Clinical Assistant Professor, M.S.S.W., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1985.
Interests: Mental health direct practice, cultural competence, recovery-oriented community mental health services, ethical issues in community practice.
msleeper@wisc.edu
more info |  | Methodist School of Nursing 1974; M.S.S.W., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1993; Doctoral Candidate, University of Wisconsin-Madison; CICSW, Certified School Social Worker. Interests: "At risk" adolescents, teenage parents; risk and resilience paradigm and group work.
kmtodar@students.wisc.edu
more info |  | Field Lecturer; M.S.S.W., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1970. Interests: Corrections, correctional management; assessing and treating sex offenders; sexual assault victims; domestic violence; probation, parole and violent offenders.
tupp@ticon.net
more info |  | Field Lecturer; M.S.S.W., University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 1975. Interests: Developmental disabilities: sexuality, sexual abuse prevention, community integration; rural social work.
skwebste@wisc.edu
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