Full-time Faculty

	Lori Curtis, M.S.W., LCSW Lecturer lcurtis@umsl.edu Special Interests: Feminist social work, diversity, violence against women.
	Baorong Guo, M.A., Ph.D Assistant Professor guob@umsl.edu Special interest: human service nonprofits, welfare reform, welfare policies and China study.
	Sharon Johnson, Ph.D. Associate Professor Sharon_Johnson@umsl.edu Special Interests: Adolescents, minority status
	Marilyn Denise King , Ph.D. Assistant Professor kingma@umsl.edu Special Interests: Health disparities, minority mental health, and religious coping
	Joseph Pickard, Ph.D., LCSW Assistant Professor pickardj@umsl.edu Special Interests: aging and mental health, aging in place, and religiosity/spirituality and aging
	Lois Pierce, Ph.D., ACSW Professor, Department Chair piercel@umsl.edu Special Interests: Child Welfare, Child Abuse, and Mental Health
	Shirley L. Porterfield, Ph.D. Associate Professor porterfields@umsl.edu Special Interests: Social policy, child disability policy, low-income labor markets, and the economics of social welfare
	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.
	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.
	Uma A. Segal, Ph.D., LCSW Professor umasegal@umsl.edu Special Interests: Immigrants and refugees, Asian Americans, and family violence
	Margaret Sherrard Sherraden, M.A., Ph.D. Professor sherraden@umsl.edu Special Interests: Social policy, community economic development, immigration and health, and international social policy.
	Beverly Sporleder Co-Director, Office of Field Education & Student Services sporlederb@umsl.edu Special interests: youth, childcare, and women.
	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.
	Linda Wells-Glover, M.S.W., LCSW Lecturer