DSW Student Profiles
Class of 2022
Laurie Ackles
Education
- MSW, University at Buffalo
- BSW, SUNY Brockport
- BS, SUNY Brockport
Practice/Interest Areas
- autism spectrum disorders in college students
- education and employment challenges for autistic and neurodivergent individuals
- building inclusive communities
Jackeline Bancayan
Education
- MSW, University at Buffalo
- BA, University at Buffalo
Practice/Interest Areas
- child welfare
- intergenerational trauma
- vicarius trauma and compassion fatigue
Kelsey C. Bennett
Education
- MSW, University at Buffalo
- BA, University at Buffalo
Practice/Interest Areas
- neurologically-based treatment methods
- complex trauma, PTSD and transgenerational trauma
- pscyho and socio cybernetics
Erin Cole
Education
- MSW, University at Buffalo
- BSW, Nazareth College
Practice/Interest Areas
- school-based social emotional learning
- dispararities in classifications of educational disabilities
Destonie Cormier
Education
- MSW, University of Maryland
- BS, LeMoyne College
Practice/Interest Areas
- military and veteran families
- combat related PTSD
- holistic evidenced based trauma treatments
Michelle Fortunado-Kewin
Education
- MSW, University of Southern California
- BSW, San Francisco State University
Practice/Interest Areas
- school social work
- suicide prevention and intervention in Filipinx communities
- culturally responsive clinical supervision
Dusten Green
Education
- MSW, Greater Rochester Collaborative - SUNY Brockport/Nazareth College
- BA, University at Buffalo
Practice/Interest Areas
- trauma and addiction
- military and first responder trauma treatment
- personality disorders
Catherine Heimback-Murdie
Education
- MSW, University at Buffalo
- BA, Canisius College
Practice/Interest Areas
- trauma-informed care
- mentall illness and trauma in children-adolescents
- parent-child interaction therapy
Samantha Janosick
Education
- MSW, University at Buffalo
- BA, University at Buffalo
Practice/Interest Areas
- emotion regulation and resiliency
- anger management
- anxiety/OCD in children and adolescents
Kathleen Lisborg
Education
- MSW, University at Buffalo
- BA, University at Buffalo
Practice/Interest Areas
- intersection of grief and addiction
- trauma
- grief and loss
Ashley Maracle
Education
- MSW, University at Buffalo
- BA, University at Buffalo
Practice/Interest Areas
- health promotion
- individual and group therapy
- crisis interventions
Nina Ruffin
Education
- MSW, University at Buffalo
- BS, Fashion Institute of Technology
Practice/Interest Areas
- restorative practice
- implicit bias
- racial equity
- historical trauma
Frances Patterson
Education
- MSW, University at Buffalo
- BA, Canisius College
Practice/Interest Areas
- social determinants of health and inequities in underserved communities
- intergenerational trauma and cultural resilience in urban communities
- child welfare and cultural inclusion system evaluation
Jeanette Tolson
Education
- MSW, SUNY Albany
- BA, Hartwick College
Practice/Interest Areas
- attachment theory and adult relationships
- betrayal/infidelity in long-term relationships
- harm reduction approaches as it relates to substance use
Eric Urevich
Education
- MSW, Hunter College
- MS, Bank Street College
- BA, SUNY Stonybrook
Practice/Interest Areas
- first generation college students
- student-parents in higher education
- parent training and child disciplinary practices
Alexandra Wilkosz
Education
- MSW, Greater Rochester Collaborative - SUNY Brockport/Nazareth College
- BA, Siena College
Research Areas
- eating disorder treatments
- relational cultural theory
- trauma-informed care
Class of 2023
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
Yvette Harville
Education
- MSW, University at Buffalo
- BA, University at Buffalo
Practice/Interest Areas
- medical social work
- mental health
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
Education
- MSW, Daemen College
- BASW, Daemen College
Practice/Interest Areas
- domestic violence
- dating violence prevention education for youth
- healthy relationships
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
Class of 2024
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
Glenn Forsythe
Education
- MSW, Cleveland State University
- BA, University of Missouri - St. Louis
Practice/Interest Areas
- suicidal ideation/behaviors
- borderline personality disorder
- dynamic deconstructive psychotherapy
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