DSW Student Profiles
Melissa Bitalvo
Education
- MSW, Columbia University
- BA, University of Virginia
Practice/Interest Areas
- school mental health
- education and mental health disparities
- children's mental health
Steven Fugle
Education
- MSW, Greater Rochester Collaborative - SUNY Brockport/Nazareth College
- BA, SUNY Geneseo
Practice/Interest Areas
- domestic violence interventions for varying cultures
- access to trauma interventions
- narrative therapy
Shannon Galarneau
Education
- MSW, Syracuse University
- BSW, Keuka College
Practice/Interest Areas
- addictions
- trauma
- incarceration
Alexis Glennon
Education
- MSW, Arizona State University
- BA, St. John Fisher College
Practice/Interest Areas
- digital literacy in social work practice
- clinical social work
Perquida Payne
Education
- MSW, University of Connecticut
- BS, University of Hartford
Practice/Interest Areas
- historical/intergenerational trauma and the Black experience
- maternal health and parenting practices
- restorative practices and healthy relationships
Rashanda Roddy
Education
- MSW, Fordham University
- BA, SUNY Old Westbury
Practice/Interest Areas
- aging
- geriatric wellness
- geriatric advocacy
Matthew L. Schwartz
Education
- MSW, University at Buffalo
- MBA, University of Phoenix
- BA, University at Buffalo
Practice/Interest Areas
- solution focused brief therapy
- financial social work
- transgenerational financial trauma
Emily Tooley
Education
- MSW, University at Buffalo
- BSW, SUNY Fredonia
Practice/Interest Areas
- geriatric social work
Amy Trabert
- MSW, Daemen College
- BASW, Daemen College
Practice/Interest Areas
- domestic violence
- dating violence prevention education for youth
- healthy relationships
Education
Erik Ulrich
Education
- MSW, Stony Brook University
- BS, SUNY Fredonia
Practice/Interest Areas
- trauma treatment
- child welfare
- mental health needs for children/adolescents with autism spectrum diagnoses
Heather White
Education
- MSW, Hunter College
- BSW, Concordia College - New York
Practice/Interest Areas
- trauma-informed care
- human-animal interactions
- crisis/disaster response
Gabrielle Witte
Education
- MSW, Fordham University
- BA, SUNY Plattsburgh
Practice/Interest Areas
- social justice in trauma treatment
- sexual assault and interpersonal violence prevention/education/intervention
- restorative and community justice
Andrea Witter
Education
- MSW, Roberts Wesleyan College
- BS, St. John Fisher College
Practice/Interest Areas
- childhood trauma
- adolescent mental health
Kelly Beeseck
Education
- MSW, Salisbury University
- BA, Salisbury University
Practice/Interest Areas
- mental health
- trauma
Maureen Brookes
Education
- MSW, Temple University
- BA, Wesleyan University
Practice/Interest Areas
- social determinants of health and health disparities
- patient advocacy
- institutional/systems change
Marie Cannon
Education
- MSW, University at Buffalo
- BA, Canisius College
Practice/Interest Areas
- trauma-informed organizations
- women of color experiencing homelessness
- leadership development
Dexter Daniel
Education
- MSW, Stony Brook University
- BA, Stony Brook University
Practice/Interest Areas
- case management
- program management
- education
- youth
- families
- counseling
Francine Fishman
Education
- MSW, Stony Brook University
- MBA, Adelphi University
- BS, St. John's University
Practice/Interest Areas
- rare disease advocate
- family engagement and support
Jacqueline Hall
Education
- MSW, University at Buffalo
- BS, Buffalo State College
Practice/Interest Areas
- women in poverty
- intergenerational poverty
- structural systemic racism
- social policy
Jamali Moses
Education
- MSW, New York University
- BA, St. Francis College
Practice/Interest Areas
- trauma-informed care and practices in schools
- restorative justice/transformative justice practices
- holistic therapeutic treatment for historically marginalized populations
Aimee Neri
Education
- MSW, University at Buffalo
- BA, SUNY Fredonia
Practice/Interest Areas
- child welfare
- trauma-informed care
- ICWA
- equal justice
- organiational wellness
- anti-racism
- anti-oppression
- decolonization
Dominque Norman
Education
- MSW, University at Buffalo
- BA, SUNY Fredonia
Practice/Interest Areas
- TGNC youth
- LGBTQ+ youth
- homelessness
- inpatient treatment
Amelia Ortega
Education
- MSW, Columbia University
- BA, Hampshire College
Practice/Interest Areas
- trauma-informed approaches for racial justice organizing
- somatic interventions in online education and training
- accessible mental health care with BIPOC and LGBTQ+ adults
- anti-racist pedagogies
- EMDR and racial trauma healing
Stacy Peterson
Education
- MSW, Columbia University
- BA, University of New Hampshire
Practice/Interest Areas
- survivor advocacy
- trauma-informed practices
- effective interventions in higher education
Teresa Theophano
Education
- MSW, Hunter College
- BA, Rutgers University - New Brunswick
Practice/Interest Areas
- the intersections of aging, mental health, and LGBT identity
- stigma and disclosure among LGBTQ+ clinicians with lived experiences of mental health conditions