Welcoming New Faculty 2018

Welcoming New Faculty 2018

Dean’s Welcome I am pleased to introduce the 20182019 cohort of new faculty members at the University of Michigan School of Social Work. These newest faculty members are interdisciplinary experts in health disparities among sexual, racial and ethnic minority populations; clinical practice; suicide prevention; HIV; college success for underrepresented students; culturally responsive services for Native American people; violence against women; economic inclusion for all Americans; political social work; integrated health services and practice; labor unions in social services and organizational aspects of social service systems.

These talented scholars bring new vibrancy to the School. They enhance our strong school community of scholars and practitioners with methodologically diverse and rigorous research agendas, as well as by creating and teaching transformational solutions to the most pressing social issues that we face today. Their dedication to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion strengthens our profession and prepares our students to work in an increasingly complex and pluralistic society.

I am delighted to welcome these new faculty members to Michigan Social Work.

Lynn Videka Dean and Carol T. Mowbray Professor of Social Work

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Lindsay Bornheimer Assistant Professor

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Psychosis and schizophrenia Suicide risk and protective factors Cognitive-behavioral therapy for suicide prevention Implementation science Evidence-based practice Structural Equation Modeling

Bornheimer’s research focuses on understanding and preventing suicidal death among adults experiencing schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders. Her work examines suicide risk and protective factors to advance theories of suicide and inform the development, evaluation and implementation of cognitive-behavioral interventions. Bornheimer is a licensed clinical social worker with more than ten years of experience working with individuals, couples and families in public and private settings.

She received her PhD from New York University, MSW from Columbia University and completed a post-doctoral fellowship with the Washington University in St. Louis Brown School of Social Work.

Abigail Eiler

Clinical Assistant Professor

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Eiler received her MSW from the University of Michigan. She deeply values teaching about social justice and implementing its principles into her clinical practice. Her commitment to child welfare drives her clinical and macro experiences and includes family support services, trauma-informed care, treating children with attachment disorders, cultural humility and reducing recidivism in the juvenile justice system. Eiler is President of the National Association of Social Workers - Michigan Chapter Board of Directors and a member of the Advisory Board for the Washtenaw County Peacemaking Court.

Suicide prevention and interventions, Culturally-responsive care with an emphasis on Native American tribal and urban communities Integrated health practices for speciality populations (Student-Athletes) Child welfare Reducing recidivism rates within the juvenile justice system

James Ellis

Assistant Research Scientist

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Ellis received his MSW from the School of Social Work and a PhD in education both from the University of Michigan. He investigates the education pipeline experiences of racial-ethnic and low-income students and their pathways to college enrollment and degree completion.

His current scholarship examines the nexus between college readiness program participation, developmental approaches to college readiness, racial-ethnic identity, interpersonal support from peers and adults and microaggressions. Ellis utilizes an interdisciplinary approach to carry out his research program and has methodological expertise in quantitative and qualitative methods and designs.

K-20 education Career pathways of low income racial minority students Education pipeline interventions racism and discrimination in secondary and postsecondary settings

Katrina Ellis

Assistant Professor

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Ellis received her MSW from the School of Social Work and a PhD in public health both from the University of Michigan. Her research interests include family health interventions, cancer survivorship, racial and ethnic disparities in health and family management of chronic health conditions. An overarching goal of Ellis’ research is to support the health of families facing multiple, co-existing illnesses, with a specific focus on African Americans. Her future program of research includes the design and implementation of interventions to support the quality of life and healthy lifestyle and coping behaviors of cancer survivors, caregivers and family members.

African American family health interventions Cancer prevention and survivorship Self and family management of multiple chronic conditions Racial and ethnic disparities in health Digital health Community-based participatory research

Lisa Fedina

Transitional Postdoctoral Fellow and Assistant Professor

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Sexual violence Women’s health Multidisciplinary and culturally responsive interventions Criminal justice Policy research and analysis

Fedina’s research interests include gender-based violence and developing multidisciplinary and culturally responsive interventions aimed at improving criminal justice and health care responses to violence.

Fedina completed a pre-doctoral Graduate Research Assistantship at the National Institute of Justice in the Violence Against Women and Family Violence Program, where she led research on sexual violence, intimate partner violence and stalking. Fedina served on the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault. She previously worked with survivors of interpersonal violence and led policy advocacy and community organizing efforts to address gender-based violence.

Fedina completed her PhD in social work from the University of Maryland.

Terri Friedline Associate Professor

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Improving access to the financial system for traditionally excluded and marginalized groups

Friedline conducts research to envision, redefine and move financial and economic justice—particularly with individuals and communities traditionally excluded from or marginalized by the financial system. She studies systemic solutions for improving affordable bank accounts and low-cost credit so people living in poverty can access the financial system required for full and dignified participation in today’s economy. Friedline is a faculty director with the Center on Assets, Education and Inclusion, faculty expert with Poverty Solutions and a Research Fellow at New America in Washington D.C. She received her MSW and PhD in social work from the University of Pittsburgh.

Jaclynn Hawkins Assistant Professor

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Hawkins received her PhD from University of Michigan Joint Program of Social Work and Sociology. Her research focuses on an examination of barriers and facilitators to chronic illness self-management among Latino and African American men. She also focuses on chronic illness self-management interventions and social work practice techniques to account for gender and racial/ ethnic differences in health behaviors and health outcomes. Hawkins is an Associate Director of the Gender and Health Research Lab and a faculty member of the Michigan Center for Diabetes and Translational Research. She received her MSW and BA in social welfare from the University of California, Berkeley

African American and Latino men’s health Social determinants of health/health disparities Factors that contribute to access to and utilization of care Diabetes self-management Community-based interventions targeting low-income African Americans and Latinos

Justin Hodge

Clinical Assistant Professor

Hodge received his MSW from the University of Michigan. He promotes socially just policies through his engagement in governmental and political organizations. He was elected to serve on the executive board of the Washtenaw County Democratic Party where he leads state-level advocacy initiatives. He was also elected to chair the Eastern Washtenaw Democratic Club where he provides leadership to the organization. He is the program director for the Political Social Work Continuing Education Program at SSW. • • •

Political social work Social policy Community organizing

Ashley Lacombe-Duncan

Transitional Postdoctoral Fellow and Assistant Professor

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Lacombe-Duncan is passionate about understanding and addressing health care access inequities among people who experience multiple forms of intersecting oppressions. Specifically, her research focuses on understanding barriers to access to health care for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people; developing and evaluating interventions to increase HIV care engagement among LGBT people living with HIV; and advancing LGBT-affirming social work practice from an intersectional approach.

Her macro social work practice experience includes policy analysis, grant writing, practice-informed research, program development and program evaluation in community-based and hospital health and mental health settings. She received her PhD from the University of Toronto, where she also completed her MSW in 2010.

Healthcare access and equity Social determinants of health Intersectional stigma and discrimination LGBT people; people living with HIV Mixed methods Systematic reviews Community-based participatory research

Ethan Park

Transitional Postdoctoral Fellow and Assistant Professor

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Health and social service organizations Organizational strategy and management User engagement in service decision-making processes Systems perspective

Park is an organizational scholar with an overarching research question, “how can health and social service organizations provide more responsive and effective services?” He is deeply interested in how to ensure user’s meaningful representation opportunities in service and policy decision-making processes and how intra/interorganizational collaborations and macro-level measures influence organizational behaviors and shape the experience of vulnerable service users. As a scholar using organization as a main unit of analysis, Park’s study spans across multiple fields, including but not limited to substance use disorder treatment centers, child and youth-serving organizations, homeless serving regional networks and community based organizations. Park received his PhD from the University of Chicago and an MSW and MBA from Washington University in St. Louis.

Daicia Price

Clinical Assistant Professor

Price has a primary focus on workforce development, with particular interest on the development, recruitment and retention in communities that have a shortage of health care and educational professionals. She has gained clinical and macro practice experience in juvenile justice, community mental health, housing, schools and foster care. Price earned her BSW and MSW degree from Eastern Michigan University where she also served as a lecturer and field unit director.

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Children and families Mental health Organizational leadership Integrated health Interprofessional education Social justice

Katie Schultz

Assistant Professor

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American Indian and Alaska Native health equity Interpersonal violence and associated health outcomes Community and cultural connectedness as stress buffers Culturally-centered prevention Intervention development

Schultz’s research interests focus on American Indian and Alaska Native health equity. A citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, she examines violence and associated health outcomes, including substance misuse among American Indian and Alaska Native women and girls; community and cultural connectedness as stress buffers and culturally-centered intervention design. She is interested in innovative approaches to research in tribal communities rooted in Indigenous knowledge and sustainable solutions by and for Native peoples. She completed her MSW and PhD at the University of Washington and a postdoctoral fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis.

Anao Zhang

Transitional Postdoctoral Fellow and Assistant Professor

Zhang is a licensed clinical social worker and academy certified cognitive therapist. An intervention researcher and meta-analyst, he is broadly interested in improving individuals’ mental and physical wellbeing through developing, implementing and examining empirically-supported psychosocial interventions. Zhang is also interested in developing and adopting psycho-oncology interventions for cancer patients and their family members. He received an MSW from the University of Pennsylvania and his PhD from the University of Texas at Austin.

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Evidence-based practice Empirically-supported intervention Psychosocial Oncology Integrated behavioral health Social determinants of health Applied statistical modeling

Roland Zullo

Associate Research Professor

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Zullo studies the role of non-market institutions in society, and how they contribute to the formation of sustainable economies, defined as exchange systems that are equitable, politically stable and environmentally responsible.

He has examined the function and effects of public services, labor unions, protective legislation, non-profits and religious organizations. Zullo received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. He is a former member of the United Steelworkers and the American Federation of Teachers. He currently directs the Center for Labor and Community Studies at the University of Michigan - Dearborn.

Privatization of public services Union effects on economics Workplace safety, politics and charitable giving Critical pedagogy Workplace democracy Economic structure, crime and health Right-to-work law

Sam Gilliam, The Real Blue, 1998 Front and Back Cover

Twenty years ago the School of Social Work

commissioned Sam Gilliam, an internationally acclaimed color field artist to create an installation in our new Lower Level Atrium. Gilliam is associated with the Washington Color School, a group of Washington D.C. artists who came to prominence in the 1950s-60s; and is known for his works, which expand the notion of painting beyond the traditional shape of a rectangular canvas. For the commission, he created “The Right Blue� a construction of wood and cabinet hardware, which is formally accentuated by, cut out shapes and luminous layers of paint. Conceptually, the work speaks to the mission of social work, especially that of equity and diversity. The treatment of the shapes, which shift as one walks about the space allow for surprising vantage points speaking to the intersectionality of identity. The piece serves as a consistent inspiration to our school encouraging consideration of intersectionality and inspiration.

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