Antonia Alvarez, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Academic/Research Interests
Arts, healing, culture, queer Indigenous feminist theories, and historical traumas.
Ben Anderson-Nathe, Ph.D., Professor
Academic/Research Interests
Youth work, Critical Theory, Gender/Sexuality, Youth and Youth Workers, Populations related to Sexuality, Gender, and Systems of Oppression, Qualitative method
Shannon Blajeski, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Academic/ Research Interests
Poverty, disability, and oppression within the public mental health system, improving education pathways for disadvantaged young adults with early psychosis, intervention research, university disability support, Qualitative and Mixed methods
Jennifer Blakeslee, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor and PhD Program Director
Academic/Research Interests
Child Welfare, Mentoring programs, Foster youth aging out of care, Mixed method
Stephanie A. Bryson, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs Academic/Research Interests
Health and mental health service delivery to stigmatized groups, socioemotional and material asset-building in child welfare, feminist, postcolonial, and critical theories, cultural studies, postcolonial theory, queer disability theory, Comparative method
Norma Cardenas, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Practice
Academic/Research Interests
Latinx families and culture, WOC mothering, OER pedagogy, critical race theory, food studies, children's literature, Latinx education
Mandy Davis, Ph.D., Director of Trauma Informed Oregon, Regional Research Institute
Academic/Research Interests
Trauma Informed Care, Programs, Organizations, Systems, Mixed method
William "Ted" Donlan, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Academic/Research Interests
Cultural Impact on Social Service Delivery, Unions and Social workers, Immigrants, especially Latinos of Mexican-origin, Social Work Labor/Union/Political Activists, Qualitative method
Carrie Furrer, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor
Academic/Research Interests
Child Welfare, Early Childhood Intervention, Motivation/Engagement, Child Welfare, Quantitative method
Taylor Geyton, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Academic/ Research Interests
Identity formation, intersectionality, social movements, social justice, policy evaluation, and advocacy
Beth L. Green, Ph.D., Director of Early Childhood and Family Support Research
Academic/Research Interests
Early childhood Program Evaluation, Child Welfare Prevention, Families and their children aged 0-5 who are at risk for negative outcomes, Quantitative method
Roberta Hunte, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Academic/Research Interests
Reproductive justice, women of color feminism, cultural work for social change, and Black women in construction
Sid Jordan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Academic/Research Interests
Community health organizing, anti-violence politics and practice, criminalization and incarceration, social work and legal studies, abolitionist feminism, transformative justice, transgender studies, sexuality studies, participatory action research, Qualitative and Mixed method
Thomas Keller, Ph.D., M.P.A., Professor
Academic/Research Interests
Youth Programs, Youth Mentoring, Child and Adolescents Development, Youth Aging Out of Care, Research Training for Historically Underrepresented Students, Mixed method
Ericka Kimball, Ph.D., MSW (Associate Professor)
Academic/Research Interests
Domestic Violence, Parenting, Health care, People exposed to domestic violence during childhood, Mixed method
Junghee Lee, Ph.D., Professor and Interim Dean
Academic/Research Interests
Social Determinants of Health, Health Equity, Mental Health, Newly arrived Asian immigrant families and refugees, Racial/ethnic minorities, Quantitative method
Bowen McBeath, Ph.D., Professor
Academic/Research Interests
Human Service Organizations, Management, Frontline Workers, Human service organizations, managers, and frontline workers; also, child welfare populations, Mixed method
gita mehrotra, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Academic/Research Interests
Social Work Education, IPV, Intersectional Identities, Women and Queer/LGBTQ People of Color, Qualitative method
Jana L. Meinhold, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Academic/Research Interests
Health Equity, Family Transitions, Social Sustainability, Racially and Ethnically Diverse Families and Communities, Organizations in Portland focused on Health Equity, Mixed method
Miranda Mosier, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Academic/Research Interests
Access to higher education for first-generation and other underrepresented students, youth aging out of foster care, critical theory, critical pedagogy, Qualitative method.
Christina Nicolaidis, MD, Professor
Academic/Research Interests
Community-Based Participatory Research, Health Equity, Social Determinants of Health, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Autistic Adults, People with Disabilities, Substance Abuse, or Mental Health Disorders, Mixed method
Laura Nissen, Ph.D., Professor
Academic/Research Interests
Substance Abuse, Community Development, Systems Change, Youth, Youth Workers and/or Professionals, Social Workers, Qualitative method
Mary Oschwald, Ph.D., Associate Research Professor and Director of Regional Research Institute
Academic/Research Interests
Interpersonal Violence, People with Disabilities, Peer-Based Interventions, Adults with Disabilities, Cross-Disability, Social Justice Lens, Mixed method
Alma Trinidad, Ph.D., Professor
Academic/Research Interests
Critical Indigenous pedagogy of place, youth empowerment, SDH, youth and family participatory action research, social movements leadership and mentorship for social change, critical humanist design thinking, community practice and culturally responsible research methods.
Amie Thurber, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Academic/Research Interests
Community practice, neighborhoods, relationship of place to well-being, social movements, theories and processes of social change, social justice education, place based interventions, social action group work, critical participatory action research, Mixed Methods
Matthew Town, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Academic/Research Interests
Resilience, Indigenous health and well-being, LGBTQ+ health and well-being, and Cultural and Social determinants of health, Stress, and Stress coping processes.
Mathew Uretsky, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Academic/Research Interests
Linked administrative data systems, parent training, child behavior change, inter-system and cross-level influences on the academic and behavioral development of children and youth, Quantitative Data Analysis
Stephanie Wahab, Ph.D., Professor
Academic/Research Interests
Critical Studies, Violence, Motivational Interviewing, Interdisciplinary and intersectional research that engages issues of inequality, Qualitative method