Youth Studies
School of Social Work researchers are seeking to deepen and enrich the understanding of youth work practice and practice education by studying the social, historical and political contexts of youth development.
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.
Ross VeLure Roholt Ross VeLure Roholt
- Director, Youth Development Leadership Program
Associate Professor - he, him, his
- 612-624-8785
- rossvr@umn.edu
Community Engagement, Counseling, Mental Health, Adolescents/Youth, Community Engagement, Evaluation
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
Nate Whittaker Nate Whittaker
- Teaching Specialist
- he, him, his
- 612-625-1220
- whit0495@umn.edu
Please, call me Nate! I am a scholar-activist; a principled advocate in solidarity with historically oppressed populations.
Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare researchers
Kristine Piescher Kristine Piescher
- Director of the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare
- 612-624-9783
- kpiesche@umn.edu
Child Welfare, Evaluation, Policy
Child Welfare, Evaluation, Policy