Academic Faculty
Ashley Aguy Ashley Aguy
- Title IV-E Practicum Coordinator/Teaching Specialist
- she, her, hers
- booke025@umn.edu
As the full-time, 12 month, faculty member MSW Title IV-E Field Coordinator, teaching speciality, and field instructor, I have the honorable pleasure of supporting MSW students within the Title IV-E Fellowship program.
Katrina Cisneros Katrina Cisneros
- Senior Teaching Specialist
- 612-624-3227
- cisne059@umn.edu
Katrina Cisneros (she/her) is a Senior Teaching Specialist, full-time faculty member and life-long learner at the School of Social Work, University of Minnesota Twin Cities.
K.C. Harrison K.C. Harrison
- Senior Lecturer
- she, they
- 612-626-8631
- kharriso@umn.edu
What motivates me in my work? I've always been intensely curious about how the world works and what it looks like through others' eyes. I read stories because they satisfy and stoke this desire.
Traci LaLiberte Traci LaLiberte
- Executive Director, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare
- 612-624-2279
- lali0017@umn.edu
Child Welfare, Disability, Evaluation, Policy, Systems Change
Kelley Leaf Kelley Leaf
- Practicum Coordinator & Teaching Specialist
- she, her, hers
- 612-624-4710
- dingm003@umn.edu
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Kristine Piescher Kristine Piescher
- Assistant Executive Director, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare
- 612-624-9783
- kpiesche@umn.edu
Child Welfare, Evaluation, Policy
Heidi Presslein Heidi Presslein
- Director of Practicum Education & Senior Teaching Specialist
- she, her, hers
- 612-624-4262
- pres0051@umn.edu
Heidi is a full-time, 12-month, faculty member. She is the Director of Practicum Education and a Sr. Teaching Specialist.
Stacy Remke Stacy Remke
- Senior Teaching Specialist
- she, her, hers
- 612-625-0259
- remke005@umn.edu
Clinical Social Work, Healing Strategies, Child Welfare, Pediatric Palliative Care
Molly Rojas Collins Molly Rojas Collins
- Senior Teaching Specialist
- 612-626-7346
- colli038@umn.edu
What motivates me in my work? Usually, people come to college with the desire to make their lives different. I believe education helps people move from less choice to more choice.
Liz Snyder Liz Snyder
- Director of Training Partnership and Co-Director of the Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy
- she, her, hers
- 612-301-9808
- snyde276@umn.edu
In addition to being Co-Director of the Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy (MNCWTA), Liz is the Director of Training Partnerships at the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW).
Jill Stiber Jill Stiber
- Senior Teaching Specialist
- 612-625-2644
- stibe001@umn.edu
Jill Stiber is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and has been awarded the national credential of Board Certified Diplomate in Clinical Social Work by the American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work (BCD).
Kate Walthour Kate Walthour
- Director of Professional Education, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare
- 612-625-8169
- kwalthou@umn.edu
As Director of Professional Education in the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW), Kate manages the Title IV-E Child Welfare Program for MSW students including admissions, stipends, advising, and advanced curriculum.
Nate Whittaker Nate Whittaker
- Teaching Specialist
- he, him, his
- 612-625-1220
- whit0495@umn.edu
Please, call me Nate! I am a scholar activist, abolitionist, and educator; a principled advocate in solidarity with historically oppressed populations, particularly in higher education and community organizations on a local, national, and…
Jennifer Witt Jennifer Witt
- Teaching Specialist
- they, she
- 612-625-9512
- jlwitt@umn.edu
Please, call me Jen (she/they)! I teach and organize at the intersections of gender, racial, disability, youth, and class justice with a focus on deconstructing structures of violence in teaching and practice via transformative justice, critical…
