College of Education and Human Development

School of Social Work

PhD in Social Work

Saida Abdi Saida Abdi

Refugee youth and families; refugee and immigrant mental health; trauma systems therapy; building culturally responsive interventions

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Saida Abdi

Joan Blakey Joan Blakey

  • School of Social Work Director
    Professor and Gamble Skogmo Endowed Chair
  • 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.

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Mimi Choy-Brown Mimi Choy-Brown

Community mental health services research, implementation science, clinical supervision, qualitative, multilevel, and mixed methods research, trans-theoretical recovery-oriented, evidence-based, anti-oppressive practices (e.g.

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Mimi Choy-Brown

Lynette M. Renner Lynette M. Renner

  • Professor
    Gamble-Skogmo Land Grant Chair in Child Welfare and Youth Policy
    Director of the PhD Program
    Director of Graduate Studies
    Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Family Violence
  • she, her, hers
  • 612-624-8795
  • renn0042@umn.edu

Family Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Child Maltreatment, Mental and Behavioral Health, Help-Seeking, Family-Based Interventions, Youth Development

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Lynette Renner