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Mark G. Farrell

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Email: mf37@buffalo.edu

Roger M. Solomon

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Email: rogersol@buffalo.edu

Annual Faculty Report

Learn more about our research, publications and community engagement projects.
>View the report

Meet Our Faculty

"My focus is on the impact that Family Assessment Response, a new approach to child welfare, has had on families, specifically issues of racial equity and disparities."
7/24/15
Annette Semanchin Jones, PhD
Assistant Professor
"Individuals should have equal access to services and benefits as they enter later life."
5/7/18
Louanne Bakk, PhD
Assistant Professor,
Director of Institute on Innovative Aging Policy and Practice
"Along with my research on traumatic stress reactions and post-event adaptation, I am also keenly interested in factors that promote resilience and post-traumatic growth trajectories in trauma survivors."
7/12/16
Lisa Butler, PhD
Associate Professor
"I'm interested in training people, in educating or training students or professionals in solution-focused practice or solution-focused approaches to work at all levels of practice."
7/24/15
Denise Krause
Clinical Professor,
Associate Dean for Community Engagement and Alumni Relations
"I believe that social work research and practice based on a trauma-informed, human rights perspective is reflected through community-based participatory research."
7/24/15
Isok Kim, PhD
Assistant Professor
"I believe that quality marriages/relationships are critical to the health of society."
5/12/16
Noelle St. Vil, PhD
Assistant Professor
"Helping people recognize that trauma is a piece of many individuals’ stories drives me. We now have tools to help people heal the way that we never did before."
7/24/15
Susan Green
Clinical Associate Professor,
Co-director of Institute on Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care
"The goal of my work with court-involved youths is to underscore the fact that the victims and offenders are the same: a punitive approach is not helpful to these youth."
1/28/15
Patricia Logan-Greene, PhD
Assistant Professor
"I believe everyone has the right to access decent affordable housing in neighborhoods that afford them opportunities for social and economic mobility."
9/6/16
Kelly Patterson, PhD
Associate Professor
"I view my research as a form of activism, and I love the cross-cultural aspects of research."
7/24/15
Filomena Critelli, PhD
Associate Professor
Co-director of Institute for Sustainable Global Engagement
"My research is going in the direction of rethinking how we provide services to mothers and children of color that are affordable, appropriate and accessible."
7/29/15
Robert Keefe, PhD
Associate Professor
"Whether it’s a substance abuse, nursing home, or child welfare issue, I’m always interested in how that cultural piece fits in with helping people."
7/24/15
Hilary Weaver, DSW
Professor, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Co-director of Immigrant and Refugee Research Institute
"I see gender norms as a risk factor for trauma, as the roles into which young women are socialized leaves them disproportionately vulnerable to different forms of coercion."
7/24/15
Laina Bay-Cheng, PhD
Associate Professor,
PhD Program Director
"There are so many health conditions that are clearly socially influenced and affected by the inequalities that are present in our society."
1/29/15
Elizabeth Bowen, PhD
Assistant Professor
"My focus is on the wellbeing of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth."
7/24/15
Diane Elze, PhD
Associate Professor,
Director of the MSW Program
"Low income populations have a right for economic security and development, so it’s important not only to provide them with something to get by, but also something to build upon."
7/24/15
Yunju Nam, PhD
Associate Professor
"Lack of access to [health] care can lead to unnecessary trauma and grief, which is why social work research and advocacy in this area is so vital."
1/28/15
Gretchen Ely, PhD
Associate Professor
"I have the opportunity to coordinate partnerships in aging education, with specialized internships for students who want to work with older adults."
7/24/15
Deborah Waldrop, PhD
Professor, Associate Dean for Faculty Development
"My hope is to develop interventions for children that lead to a more satisfying adult life."
7/24/15
Catherine N Dulmus, PhD
Professor
Associate Dean for Research
Director of the Buffalo Center for Social Research
"It’s important to understand that domestic violence is not just an individual psychological problem, it’s also a systemic problem."
1/28/15
Nadine (Shaanta) Murshid, PhD
Assistant Professor
"What gets me excited as a social worker is teaching students about theory but then showing them how it works in the real world."
7/12/16
Peter Sobota
Clinical Assistant Professor
"...my research has always been to help make things better through application."
7/24/15
Thomas Nochajski, PhD
Research Professor,
Co-director of Institute on Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care
"Survivors of trauma face unique challenges during the childbearing year, including triggering events in the context of maternity care..."
5/31/16
Mickey Sperlich, PhD
Assistant Professor
"I am passionate about increasing knowledge concerning alcohol and gambling issues among Asian immigrant elders, a frequently marginalized group."
7/24/15
Wooksoo Kim, PhD
Associate Professor,
Co-director of Immigrant and Refugee Research Institute
"Partnerships among schools, families, and communities have the potential to positively impact children and families."
1/28/15
Annahita Ball, PhD
Assistant Professor

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