College of Education and Human Development

School of Social Work

Community Faculty

Sue Abderholden Sue Abderholden

The Executive Director at NAMI Minnesota since 2001, Sue has held leadership positions at Arc of Minnesota, Minnesota office of US Senator Paul Wellstone, and PACER Center.

Molly Cooney Molly Cooney

Molly teaches at Minneapolis College (MCTC). She is a queer writer, and mama who spends as much time as possible outdoors.

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Malaika Eban Malaika Eban

Malaika works at the Legal Rights Center, a non-profit public defense firm in Minneapolis. In her role as Director of Community Strategy, she leads community engagement related to legal system transformation.

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Rob Edwards Rob Edwards

Rob is Chief Executive Officer of the nonprofit Lee Carlson Center of Mental Health and Wellbeing. He has been serving the non-profit human-services sector for more than 20 years, including 15 years as Lee Carlson Center's CEO.

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Katie Erickson Katie Erickson

Katie is a child protection investigator at Hennepin County and a community trainer/curriculum developer with the Training Academy through CASCW/Dept. of Human Services.

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Marjorie D. Grevious Marjorie D. Grevious

Marjorie is the founder of Temple Within (templewithin.org) offering spiritual wellness consulting, workshop facilitation, and yoga teaching services to those seeking liberation from what hinders, healing from what hurts, towards a reimagining and…

Courtney Lezanic Courtney Lezanic

Courtney currently works at Mental Health System as a group and individual therapist, the Teen Program Coordinator and to offer supervision to staff and interns.

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Kelsey McCarston Kelsey McCarston

Kelsey McCarston is the Therapy Lead at The Luminous Mind, a mental health clinic focusing on using a decolonized lens to support clients. She is queer, extroverted, and constantly striving to be a regulated parent and human.

Basanti Miller Basanti Miller

Basanti is CELS Program Manager at the Center for Community-Engaged Learning at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Her interests include Art, travel, dogs, and spending time with friends/family.

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Dan Neumann Dan Neumann

As an LICSW, Dan operates a solo private practice called Halcyon Island, specializing in helping adults with OCD and Anxiety to regain their lives.

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Katie Pape Katie Pape

Katie Pape has been with Canvas Health since 2005. She currently serves as the Director of Child and Family & Adult Intensive Services at the agency, which focuses on program development, grant writing, and building collaborative relationships with…

Eliza Rasheed Eliza Rasheed

Eliza is a theatre teacher and arts integration specialist at Global Arts Plus: Saint Paul Public Schools. She enjoys reading, traveling, and spending time catching up on sleep (co-parenting a toddler who is 2 going on 16).

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Joan Riebel Joan Riebel

Joan has worked as a social worker since 1966, in a variety of public and private settings. She ended her direct service career in 2017, following 34 years as executive director of a non-profit agency.

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Julie Rohovit Julie Rohovit

  • Director of the Center for Practice Transformation; SSW Community Faculty
  • rohov001@umn.edu

Julie is one of the founders of the University of Minnesota School of Social Work's Center for Practice Transformation.

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Michelle Seymore Michelle Seymore

Michelle D Seymore holds a Master's in Public Administration and Bachelor of Psychology. She worked her way up to management positions to lead reform efforts in child protection and kinship/shelter care.

Abbie Shain Abbie Shain

Abbie is the founder and principal at Aviva Therapy and Healing, providing capacity building and consulting for social service and social justice organizations.

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Jennifer Skuza Jennifer Skuza

Jennifer is Associate Dean of the UMN Extension Center for Youth Development. She enjoys long distance running, Nordic skiing, and traveling.

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Julie Tilsen Julie Tilsen

Queer theory, cultural studies, narrative approaches, relational ethics, solidarity practices

Kenny Turck Kenny Turck

Kenny serves as Executive Director with DIRT GROUP Global, and is a psychotherapist with Behavioral Health Advocacy Services He enjoys nature, music, art, growing food, cooking, preserving, reading, writing, singing/guitar, photography, DOGS, and did…

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Michael Van Wert Michael Van Wert

Center for Practice Transformation - Clinical Trainer and Research Associate Michael joined the Center for Practice Transformation at the SSW in 2022 after working for the previous 12 years in community psychiatry programs in Baltimore and Boston…

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Jennifer Wiseman Jennifer Wiseman

Jennifer serves as Research Associate and Clinical Trainer with the Center for Practice Transformation, School of Social Work (University of Minnesota).

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