School of Social Work

Kim Anderson, PhD, MSSW, LCSW, Associate Professor
Research Interests: Assessment of Risk and Resiliency Factors in Trauma Populations; Enhancing Strengths-based Mental Health Practice; Adverse Consequences of Domestic Violence, Rape, and Poverty Experienced by Women.

Kalea Benner, PhD, MSW, LCSW, Assistant Teaching Professor, BSW Program Director
Teaching Interests: Direct Practice and Skills, particularly with Children, Adolescents, and Families.

Kelli Canada PhD, MSW, Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Serious Mental Illness; Clinical Social Work; Older Adults; Mental Health Courts; Criminal Justice System and Mental Illness.

Suzanne Cary MSW, Assistant Clinical Professor, Director of Field
Teaching Interests: Field Education, Bereavement.

Angela Curl PhD, MSW, Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Retirement; Health of Married Couples; International Gerontology; Social Work and Technology.

Dale Fitch PhD, Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Child welfare, Information Systems in Human Service Organizations, Systems Theory, Systemic Research Methodologies, Organizational Decision Making.

Tammy L. W. Freelin MSW, LCSW, Clinical Instructor, Student Services Coordinator
Research Interests: Parenting Education, Adolescent Development, At-Risk Youth & Prevention, Family Support Services/Student Support Services.

Rebekah Freese, MSW, LCSW, Clinical Instructor
Research Interests: Adolescent Mood Disorders; Application of Behavioral Models to Suicidal Behaviors; Drug Abuse and Borderline Personality Disorders; Co-occurring Disorders; Eating Disorders in Adolescents and Rural Practice

Colleen Galambos, PhD, MSW, Professor and Director Graduate Certificate in Gerontological Social Work Program
Research Interests: Gerontechnology; Care Coordination; Transdiciplinary Practice; Health Care Practice Education; Discharge Planning; Aging in Place; Long Term Care

Linda Hillemann, MSW, LCSW, Clinical Instructor, SE MO Coordinator
Research Interests: Rural Practice; Distance Education; Community Health Assessment.

Candace Iveson, MSW, Clinical Instructor
Teaching Interests: Organization & Community Dynamics; Policy; Advocacy; Field Instruction.
Research Interests: Children and Families; State and Federal Policy; Public Funding of Social Welfare.

Michael J. Kelly, PhD, MSSW, Professor
Research Interests: Employee Empowerment and Involvement; Organizational Development in Social Work Administration & Planning; Research & Program Evaluation; Computers in Social Work.

Martha Markward, PhD, MSW, ACSW, Associate Professor
Research Interests: Children and Youth; Families; Social Work Education; Women's and Children's Mental Health; Family Treatment; Interpersonal Violence; International Education.

Clark Peters, PhD, JD, AM, Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Child Welfare Services and Organization; Adolescent Transition to Adulthood; Engagement of Youth in Civil Society; Juvenile Justice; Juvenile Courts, and Probation; History of Social Work; Role of Theory in Social Work; Advocacy and Collaboration with Other Professionals; Restorative Justice.

Marjorie Sable, DrPH, MSW, MPH, Professor, Director
Research Interests: Maternal and Child Health; Adolescent Pregnancy, PsychoSocial Barriers to Prenatal Care and Family Planning; Domestic Violence; Perinatal Substance Abuse.

Carol A. Snively, PhD, MSW, MA, Assistant Teaching Professor, MSW Program Director and Off-Campus Program Director
Research Interests: Youth Development and Community Betterment; Strengths Based Community Organization; Effective Helping Strategies for Sexual Minority Youth.

Leigh Tenkku PhD, MPH, Associate Research Professor, Director for Research and Director of Doctoral Program
Research Interests: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders; Screening Brief Intervention Referral and Treatment; Preconception Health; Mental Health of Women; Social and Cultural Context of Health.

Aaron Thompson PhD, MSW, Assistant Professor
Research Interests: School and Community Service Agency Collaborations; School-Based Interventions for Children with Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Health Concerns; Building Self-Determination for Students with Educational Disabilities; Site-Based Information Systems to Inform Tiered Response Models.

J. Wilson Watt, PhD, MSW, Associate Professor
Research Interests: International Social Work Issues; Values and Ethics in the Profession; Group Work and Family Therapy Applications in Public Child Welfare; Curriculum Development via Qualitative Research Methods.

Karen Woodbury, MSW, LSCW, Clinical Instructor, NW MO Coordinator
Research Interests: Women's Issues; Adolescence.

Christine Woods MSW, Clinical Instructor
Teaching Interests: Field Education, Family and Child Welfare.

Dong Pil Yoon, PhD, MSW, Associate Professor
Research Interests: Religiousness/Spirituality; Human Diversity; Gerontology; Rural Social Work; Welfare Reform.

Mansoo Yu, PhD, MSW, MA, Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Epidemiology, Etiology, and Prevention of Health Risk Behaviors; Adolescent Risk-Taking Behaviors; Positive Youth Development; Health and Mental Disorders; Health Disparities Among Ethnicity/Race, Gender, and Social Class; Vulnerable and Underserved Populations.