Tenured/tenure-track Faculty
Saida Abdi Saida Abdi
- Assistant Professor
- 612-625-1220
- sabdi@umn.edu
Refugee youth and families; refugee and immigrant mental health; trauma systems therapy; building culturally responsive interventions
Joan Blakey Joan Blakey
- School of Social Work Director, and Professor
- blak0014@umn.edu
Dr. Blakey holds a BS and MSW from the University of Minnesota and a PhD in social work from the University of Chicago.
Mimi Choy-Brown Mimi Choy-Brown
- Associate Professor
- she, her, hers
- 612-624-3658
- mchoybro@umn.edu
Behavioral Health Services Research; Implementation Science; Supervision, Leadership, and Organizations; Recovery-Oriented, Evidence-Based Practices (Person-Centered Care, Housing First); Mixed Methods Research
Marti DeLiema Marti DeLiema
- Assistant Professor
- she, her, hers
- 612-625-8798
- mdeliema@umn.edu
Aging, retirement security, elder abuse and neglect, elder financial exploitation, and financial fraud
Yuanyuan Hu Yuanyuan Hu
- Assistant Professor
- yhu748@umn.edu
Yuanyuan Hu is an assistant professor at School of Social Work. Her research interests focus on advancing behavioral health equity by implementing integrated behavioral health and human services for underserved BIPOC populations, particularly older…
Katie Johnston-Goodstar Katie Johnston-Goodstar
- Associate Professor
- she, her, they, them
- 612-624-4227
- john1906@umn.edu
Social and political contexts of urban and Indigenous youth development, Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR), Youth and Media, Critical and Indigenous Pedagogies, History of youth work and social work in urban and Indigenous communities.
Amy Krentzman Amy Krentzman
- Associate Professor
- she, her, hers
- akrentzm@umn.edu
Child Welfare, Developmental Psychology, Mental Health, Social Services, Substance Abuse
Hannah MacDougall Hannah MacDougall
- Assistant Professor
- she, her, hers
- macdo327@umn.edu
Hannah MacDougall is an assistant professor in the School of Social Work. She holds a BA with a major in social work from Saint Olaf College, an MSW from Columbia University, and a PhD from the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social…
Joseph Merighi Joseph Merighi
- Associate Director of the School of Social Work; Associate Professor
- he, him, his
- jmerighi@umn.edu
End-stage renal diseases, Medication adherence, Chronic illness, Social work practice in health care settings.
Lynette Renner Lynette Renner
- Professor; Director of the PhD Program; Director of Graduate Studies; Gamble Skogmo Endowed Chair
- she, her, hers
- 612-624-8795
- renn0042@umn.edu
Family Violence, Domestic Violence, Child Welfare, Family Based Interventions, Mental and Behavioral Health, Youth Development, Gamble Skogmo Endowed Chair
Ceema Samimi Ceema Samimi
- Assistant Professor
- they, them, theirs
- csamimi@umn.edu
Restorative and transformative justice; School-to-prison pipeline; Community-Engaged Research and CPAR/YPAR; Youth power, voice, and engagement; Anti-racist research; Critical race theory & racial justice; Youth homelessness; Educational equity;…
Patricia Shannon Patricia Shannon
- Associate Professor
- 612-624-3490
- pshannon@umn.edu
Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR), Evaluation, Immigration, Intervention Science, Loss and Trauma, Mental Health
Jessica Toft Jessica Toft
- Associate Professor
- she, her, hers
- 612-624-3689
- jtoft@umn.edu
My research examines two sides of the same coin: how neoliberalism works to limit the professional authority of social work, and how social work can and has used democratic ideas and actions to protect and extend professional authority.
Ross VeLure Roholt Ross VeLure Roholt
- Associate Professor and Director, Youth Development Leadership Program
- he, him, his
- 612-624-8785
- rossvr@umn.edu
Community Engagement, Counseling, Mental Health, Adolescents/Youth, Community Engagement, Evaluation
Jeff Waid Jeff Waid
- Associate Professor
- he, him, his
- 612-624-3712
- jdwaid@umn.edu
Child Welfare, Positive Youth Development, Prevention Science, Intervention and Services Research
Jihee Woo Jihee Woo
- Assistant Professor
- wooxx110@umn.edu
Dr. Woo is a social work researcher with a background in working directly with children and families living in poverty, as well as in conducting anti-poverty policy research and community-based research with low-wage workers.
