Current Faculty
Ashley, Wendy
(2008) Department Chair of Social Work; Professor of Social Work. B.A. 1993, University of California, Riverside; M.S.W. 1995, University of Southern California; Psy.D. 2006, Ryokan College.
Brown, Jodi L.
(2011) Professor of Social Work. B.S.W. 1992, Colorado State University; M.S.W. 1995, University of Illinois-Chicago; Ph.D. 1999, Washington University in St. Louis.
DeBonis, Judith A.
(2011) Associate Professor of Social Work. B.A. 1977, Russel Sage College; M.S.W. 1980, State University of New York at Albany; Ph.D. 1998, University of Southern California.
Lipscomb, Allen
(2017) Associate Professor of Social Work. B.A. 2005, University of California, Santa Barbara; M.S.W. 2007, University of Southern California; Psy.D. 2015, Ryokan College.
Love, Susan M.
(2007) Professor of Social Work. B.A. 1973, University of California, Berkeley; M.A. 1975 John F. Kennedy University; M.S.W. 1986, Ph.D. 1987, University of Washington.
McCarty-Caplan, David M.
(2015) Associate Professor of Social Work. B.A. 2003, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; M.A. 2009, University of Chicago; Ph.D. 2015, University of Illinois, Chicago.
Mortimer, Katie
(2006) Lecturer in Social Work. B.A. 1993, University of California, Irvine; M.S.W. 1995, University of Southern California.
Paez, José M.
(2009) Assistant Professor of Social Work. B.A. 1998, 1999, California State University, Northridge; M.S.W. 2001, University of Southern California; Ed.D. 2020, California State University, Northridge.
Park, Hyun-Sun
(2008) Professor of Social Work. B.A. 1993, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies; M.S.W. 1998, Ph.D. 2007, University of Texas at Austin.
Ramos Jr., Jose A.
(2008) Lecturer in Social Work. B.A. 1996, California State University, Los Angeles; M.S.W., 2001, California State University, Long Beach.
Sorrell-Medina, Zayda
(2023) Assistant Professor of Social Work. B.A. 2010, University of Missouri; M.S.W. 2012, University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D. 2023, University of California, Irvine.
Swain, Jolene L.
(2015) Director of Field Education, Lecturer. B.S.W. 1980, Loyola University of Chicago, M.S.W. 1990, California State University, Long Beach.
Emeriti
Bartle, Eli
(1998) Professor Emeritus of Social Work. B.S.W. 1976, M.S.W. 1993, University of Nebraska; Ph.D. 1997, University of Kansas.
DeBose, Herman
(1994) Professor Emeritus of Social Work. B.S. 1969, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; M.S.W. 1975, University of Southern California; Ph.D. 1991, University of California, Los Angeles.
Decker, James T.
(2006) Professor Emeritus of Social Work. B.A. 1972, California State University, Northridge; M.S.W. 1974, State University of New York Stony Brook; Ph.D. 1976, University of Minnesota; Ph.D. 1994, Pacifica Graduate Institute.