Network Leadership

Ensure Healthy Development for Youth

Melissa Lippold, PhD
Associate Professor
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work
mlippold@unc.edu

Valerie Shapiro, PhD
Associate Professor, Director, SHIFT Research Group
University of California, Berkeley, School of Social Welfare
vshapiro@berkeley.edu

Close the Health Gap

Sara S. Bachman, PhD
Dean
University of Pennsylvania, School of Social Policy & Practice
deansoffice@sp2.upenn.edu

Teri Browne, PhD
Dean and Professor
University of South Carolina, College of Social Work
brownetm@mailbox.sc.edu

Michael S. Spencer, PhD
Ballmer Endowed Dean in Social Work, Presidential Term Professor
University of Washington, School of Social Work
mspenc@uw.edu

Build Healthy Relationships to End Violence

Kathryn Maguire-Jack, PhD
Professor
University of Michigan, School of Social Work
kmjack@umich.edu

Kristen Ravi, PhD
Assistant Professor
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville, College of Social Work
kravi2@utk.edu 

Heidi Rueda, PhD
John E. Christensen Community Chair in Child Welfare and Associate Professor
University of Nebraska Omaha, Grace Abbott School of Social Work
hrueda@unomaha.edu

Heather Storer, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Louisville, Kent School of Social Work and Family Science
heather.storer@louisville.edu

Laura Voith, PhD
Associate Professor
Case Western Reserve University, Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
laura.voith@case.edu

Shanika Wilson, PhD
Associate Professor
North Carolina Central University
swils108@nccu.edu

Cecilia Mengo, PhD
Associate Professor
The Ohio State University
mengo.1@osu.edu

Susan Yoon, PhD
Associate Professor
The Ohio State University, College of Social Work
yoon.538@osu.edu

Advance Long and Productive Lives

Guillermo Ernest Gonzales, PhD
James Weldon Johnson Professor
New York University, Silver School of Social Work
geg2000@nyu.edu

Jennifer Greenfield, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Denver
jennifer.greenfield@du.edu

Cal Halvorsen, PhD
Associate Professor
Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis
chalvorsen@wustl.edu

Christina Matz, PhD
Associate Professor
Boston College
matzch@bc.edu

Nancy Morrow-Howell, PhD
Bettie Bofinger Brown Distinguished Professor of Social Policy and Director, Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging
Washington University in St. Louis, Brown School
morrow-howell@wustl.edu

Eradicate Social Isolation

Melissa Bessaha, PhD
Associate Professor
Stony Brook University, School of Social Welfare
melissa.bessaha@stonybrook.edu

Suzanne Brown, PhD
Professor
Wayne State University, School of Social Work
Suzanne.brown@wayne.edu

Robert Cosby, PhD
Assistant Dean for Administration
Howard University, School of Social Work
robert.cosby@howard.edu

Sandra E. Crewe, PhD
Professor and Dean Emerita
Howard University, School of Social Work
secrewe@howard.edu

Michelle R. Munson, LMSW, PhD
Professor
New York University, Silver School of Social Work
michelle.munson@nyu.edu

Erika Sabbath, ScD
Assistant Professor
Boston College, School of Social Work
erika.sabbath@bc.edu

End Homelessness

Amanda Aykanian, MA, PhD
Assistant Professor
University at Buffalo, School of SOcial Work
aykanian@buffalo.edu

Emmy Tiderington, PhD
Associate Professor
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, School of Social Work
emmy.tiderington@rutgers.edu

Create Social Responses to a Changing Environment

Shanondora Billiot, PhD
Assistant Professor
Arizona State University, School of Social Work
sbilliot@asu.edu

Amy Krings, PhD
Associate Professor
The Ohio State University, College of Social Work
Krings.7@osu.edu

Felicia M Mitchell, PhD
Associate Professor
Arizona State University, School of Social Work
felicia.mitchell@asu.edu

Harness Technology for Social Good

Steve Anderson, PhD
Professor, Past Dean
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, School of Social Work
sandersn@illinois.edu

John Bricout, PhD
Professor, and Chair for the Department of Social Work
The University of Texas at San Antonio, College for Health, Community and Policy
john.bricout@utsa.edu

Johanna Creswell Báez, PhD, LCSW
MSW Director and Assistant Professor of Social Work
University of Colorado, College of Public Service
jbaez2@uccs.edu

Lauri Goldkind, PhD, LMSW
Professor
Editor in Chief, Journal of Technology in Human Services
Graduate School of Social Service, Fordham University
goldkind@fordham.edu

M. Sebrena Jackson, PhD
Associate Dean of Educational Programs and Student Services and Associate Professor
The University of Alabama, School of Social Work
msjackson5@ua.edu

Jennifer Parga, PhD
Associate Teaching Professor
University of Southern California, Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
jparga@usc.edu

Jonathan Singer, PhD, LCSW
Professor
Loyola University Chicago, School of Social Work
jsinger1@luc.edu

Prevent Gun Violence

Patricia Logan-Greene, PhD
Associate Professor; Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
University at Buffalo, School of Social Work
pblogang@buffalo.edu

Neil B. Guterman, PhD
Paulette Goddard Professor and Dean Emeritus
New York University, Silver School of Social Work
nguterman@nyu.edu

Patricia Bamwine , PhD
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Middle Tennessee State University
Patricia.Bamwine@mtsu.edu

Deborah Gorman-Smith, PhD
Dean & Emily Klein Gidwitz Professor
University of Chicago, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
debgs@uchicago.edu

Eliminate Racism

Quincy Bloxom, DSW
Founding Director
EraseTheRedline Inc.
quincyb@erasetheredline.org

Jandel Crutchfield, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Texas at Arlington, School of Social Work
jandel.crutchfield@uta.edu

Maggi Price, PhD
Assistant Professor
Boston College, School of Social Work
maggi.price@bc.edu

Martell Teasley, PhD
Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
The University of Utah, College of Social Work
martell.teasley@utah.edu

Michael S. Spencer, PhD
Ballmer Endowed Dean in Social Work, Presidential Term Professor
University of Washington, School of Social Work
mspenc@uw.edu

Promote Smart Decarceration

Pajarita Charles, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work
paja.charles@wisc.edu

Matthew W. Epperson, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Chicago, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
mepperson@uchicago.edu

Taylor Ashlyn Reed-Jones, PhD
Associate Professor
The Ohio State University, School of Social Work
reed.2317@osu.edu

Durrell M. Washington Sr., PhD
Assistant Professor
Rutgers University, School of Social Work
dw865@ssw.rutgers.edu

Build Financial Capability for All

Yunju Nam, PhD
Associate Professor
University at Buffalo School of Social Work
yunjunam@buffalo.edu

Julie Birkenmaier, PhD
William and Helen Reichmann Research Professor
Saint Louis University, School of Social Work
Julie.birkenmaier@slu.edu

Katie Calhoun, PhD
Assistant Professor
The Ohio State University, College of Social Work
calhoun.284@osu.edu

Jin Huang, PhD
The Irving Louis Horowitz Professor in Social Policy
Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis
jhuang23@wustl.edu

Lissa Johnson, MSW, MBA
Associate Director
Center for Social Development, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis
ejohnson@wustl.edu

Jenny L. Jones, PhD
Dean, Professor
Clark Atlanta University, Whitney M. Young, Jr. School of Social Work
jjones@cau.edu

David Rothwell, PhD
Associate Professor, Barbara E. Knudson Endowed Chair in Family Policy
Oregon State University, College of Public Health and Human Sciences
david.rothwell@oregonstate.edu

Margaret S. Sherraden, PhD
Professor Emerita
University of Missouri–St. Louis, School of Social Work
sherraden@umsl.edu
Research Professor
Washington University in St. Louis, Brown School
msherraden@wustl.edu

Reduce Extreme Economic Inequality

Mary Ager, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Georgia, Athens School of Social Work
ager@uga.edu

Quincy Bloxom, DSW
EraseTheRedline Inc.
quincyb@erasetheredline.org

Vincent Fusaro, PhD
Assistant Professor
Boston College, School of Social Work
fusarov@bc.edu

Leah Hamilton, PhD
Professor
Appalachian State University
hamiltonl@appstate.edu

Stephanie Hong
PhD Candidate
University of Chicago, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
steph5050@uchicago.edu

Laura Lein, PhD
Katherine Reebel Collegiate Professor of Social Work
University of Michigan, School of Social Work
University of Michigan, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
leinl@umich.edu

Lenna Nepomnyaschy, PhD
Associate Professor
Rutgers University, School of Social Work
lennan@ssw.rutgers.edu

Jennifer L. Romich, PhD
Professor and Director of West Coast Poverty Center
University of Washington, School of Social Work
romich@uw.edu

Trina R. Shanks, PhD
Professor, Director of Community Engagement,
Director of the Center for Equitable Family and Community Well-Being
University of Michigan, School of Social Work
trwilli@umich.edu

Achieve Equal Opportunity and Justice

Rocío Calvo, PhD
Professor & Founding Director, Latinx Leadership Initiative
Boston College, School of Social Work
Rocio.calvo@bc.edu

Maggi Price, PhD
Assistant Professor
Boston College, School of Social Work
maggi.price@bc.edu

Martell Teasley, PhD
Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
The University of Utah, College of Social Work
martell.teasley@utah.edu

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