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Meet Our Faculty

"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
"...my research has always been to help make things better through application."
1/14/19
Thomas Nochajski, PhD
Research Professor,
Co-director of Institute on Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care
"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."
7/1/19
Hilary Weaver, DSW
Professor,
Associate Dean for for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
"My focus is on the wellbeing of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth."
8/1/20
Diane Elze, PhD
Associate Professor,
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
“Fieldwork is the link between the university and what’s happening on the ground, in the community. It has a strong impact on your education as you are preparing for your career."
12/14/18
Michael Lynch
Clinical Assistant Professor,
Field Education
"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."
5/30/19
Patricia Logan-Greene, PhD
Associate Professor
"Partnerships among schools, families, and communities have the potential to positively impact children and families."
3/5/19
Annahita Ball, PhD
Assistant Professor
"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."
4/29/19
Lisa Butler, PhD
Associate Professor
“The realization that each population—whether refugees or teenage moms in foster care—has different yet similar needs is influential."
12/14/18
Kathryn McClain-Meeder
Clinical Assistant Professor,
Field Education
"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."
2/27/19
Denise Krause
Clinical Professor,
Associate Dean for Community Engagement and Alumni Relations
"I am passionate about increasing knowledge concerning alcohol and gambling issues among Asian immigrant elders, a frequently marginalized group."
4/2/19
Wooksoo Kim, PhD
Associate Professor,
Director of Immigrant and Refugee Research Institute
"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
“Educators are the frontline people, ensuring that graduates are prepared to go do their jobs. I like to think I can have a role in that.”
8/26/19
Todd Sage, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
"There are so many health conditions that are clearly socially influenced and affected by the inequalities that are present in our society."
4/10/19
Elizabeth Bowen, PhD
Assistant Professor
"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."
7/1/19
Annette Semanchin Jones, PhD
Associate Professor,
PhD Program Director
“I want to see social work education and my professional activities have an impact on real-life practice and on people.”
12/14/18
Melanie Sage, PhD
Assistant Professor
"I see gender norms as a risk factor for trauma, as the roles into which young women are socialized leave them disproportionately vulnerable to different forms of coercion."
10/9/19
Laina Bay-Cheng, PhD
Professor,
Associate Dean for Faculty Development
"Survivors of trauma face unique challenges during the childbearing year, including triggering events in the context of maternity care..."
1/15/19
Mickey Sperlich, PhD
Assistant Professor
"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."
12/20/19
Yunju Nam, PhD
Associate Professor
"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
"It’s important to understand that domestic violence is not just an individual psychological problem, it’s also a systemic problem."
2/27/19
Nadine (Shaanta) Murshid, 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."
4/22/19
Susan Green
Clinical Professor,
Co-director of Institute on Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care
"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."
7/31/20
Gretchen Ely, PhD
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."
4/4/19
Peter Sobota
Clinical Assistant Professor
"I believe that quality marriages/relationships are critical to the health of society."
4/4/19
Noelle St. Vil, PhD
Assistant Professor
"I have the opportunity to utilize research-informed teaching to prepare the next generation of social workers for practice."
7/1/19
Deborah Waldrop, PhD
Professor
"Individuals should have equal access to services and benefits as they enter later life."
11/26/19
Louanne Bakk, PhD
DSW Program Director,
Clinical Associate Professor
"I believe that social work research and practice based on a trauma-informed, human rights perspective is reflected through community-based participatory research."
12/20/19
Isok Kim, PhD
Associate Professor
MSW Program Director
"My hope is to develop interventions for children that lead to a more satisfying adult life."
2/27/19
Catherine N Dulmus, PhD
Professor
Associate Dean for Research
Director of the Buffalo Center for Social Research

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