Current Faculty
Acuña, Maria A.
(2015) Assistant Professor of Social Work. B.A. 1989, Vanguard University; M.S.W. 1996, University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D. 2015, University of California, Los Angeles.
Ashley, Wendy
(2008) Professor of Social Work. B.A. 1993, University of California, Riverside; M.S.W. 1995, University of Southern California; Psy.D. 2006, Ryokan College.
Bartle, Eli
(1998) Professor of Social Work. B.S.W. 1976, M.S.W. 1993, University of Nebraska; Ph.D. 1997, University of Kansas.
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.
Decker, James T.
(2006) Professor 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.
Lipscomb, Allen
(2017) Assistant 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) Assistant 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) Executive Director of Grants, Field Education and Contracts. B.A. 1993, University of California, Irvine; M.S.W. 1995, University of Southern California.
Paez, José M.
(2009) Lecturer of Social Work. B.A. 1998, 1999, California State University, Northridge; M.S.W, 2001, University of Southern California.
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 of Social Work. B.A. 1996, California State University, Los Angeles; M.S.W., 2001, California State University, Long Beach.
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.
Willner, Lauren E.
(2017) Assistant Professor of Social Work. B.A. 2004, New York University; M.S.W. 2009, University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D. 2016, University of California, Los Angeles.
Emeriti
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.