Affiliated Faculty

Theories and practices associated with enhancing social and economic justice; community development; micro-enterprise as an anti-poverty strategy; international social development; qualitative and quantitative research.

Cross-cultural and international social work; spiritual and religious diversity; Asian and Asian-American issues; qualitative research approaches; philosophy of social welfare; health and mental health resilience.

Health/health disparities, American Indian/Indigenous populations, gender, aging, qualitative methodologies, food justice, hospice, social work practice

Ethical decision making in social work practice; social welfare philosophy; International social work development and cross-cultural practices; Central Asian and post-Soviet issues; aging, elder abuse and self-neglect; qualitative research methods.

Child welfare, particularly foster care, sexual abuse; the history of social work and social welfare, ethics and values as they impact practice.