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Full-Time Faculty

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Lori Curtis, M.S.W., LCSW
Assistant Teaching Professor/BSW Advising Coordinator/Outreach Coordinator
lcurtis@umsl.edu

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Special Interests: Feminist social work, diversity, violence against women.

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Baorong Guo, M.A., Ph.D
Assistant Professor
guob@umsl.edu

Special interest: human service nonprofits, welfare reform, welfare policies and China study.

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Sharon Johnson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Sharon_Johnson@umsl.edu

Special Interests: Adolescents, minority status

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Marilyn Denise King, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
kingma@umsl.edu

Special Interests: Health disparities, minority mental health, and religious coping

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Thomas M. Meuser, Ph.D.
Director of Gerontology Program
Associate Professor of Social Work and Gerontology
meusert@umsl.edu

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Special Interests: Fitness to Drive in Aging, Medical Review in Driver Licensing, Loss and Grief in Aging, Program Development and Evaluation, Videography and Video Production

Visit the new Life Review site, http://www.umsl.edu/~meusert/LifeReview

Visit the new Driving Research site,
http://www.umsl.edu/~meusert/Driving/Stakeholder.html

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Joseph Pickard, Ph.D., LCSW
Assistant Professor
pickardj@umsl.edu

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Special Interests: aging and mental health, aging in place, and religiosity/spirituality and aging

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Lois Pierce, Ph.D., ACSW
Professor, Department Chair
piercel@umsl.edu

Special Interests: Child Welfare, Child Abuse, and Mental Health

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Shirley L. Porterfield, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
porterfields@umsl.edu

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Special Interests: Social policy, child disability policy, low-income labor markets, and the economics of social welfare
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Patricia A. Rosenthal, M.S.W., LCSW
Co-Director, Office of Field Education & Student Services
rosenthalp@umsl.edu

Special interests: children and families, child abuse, single parenting, divorce, and remarriage.

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Patricia Welch Saleeby, M.S.S.A., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
saleebyp@umsl.edu

Special Interests: Social, health, and disability policy, disability and chronic conditions, health disparities, international health systems, and social and economic development.

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Uma A. Segal, Ph.D., LCSW
Professor
umasegal@umsl.edu

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Special Interests: Immigrants and refugees, Asian Americans, and family violence

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Margaret Sherrard Sherraden, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor
sherraden@umsl.edu

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Special Interests: Social policy, community economic development, immigration and health, and international social policy.

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Beverly Sporleder
Co-Director, Office of Field Education & Student Services
sporlederb@umsl.edu

Special interests: youth, childcare, and women.

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Linda Vawter, M.S.W., LCSW
Lecturer/IV-E Field Instructor
vawterl@msx.umsl.edu

Special interests: public child welfare, foster care, and kinship care.

faculty Linda Wells-Glover, M.S.W., LCSW
Lecturer