View list of SSWR 2024 FELLOWS
The Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) Fellows are members who have served with distinction to advance the mission of the Society — to advance, disseminate, and translate research that addresses issues of social work practice and policy and promotes a diverse, equitable and just society.
The SSWR Fellowship has been established by the Society to honor and to recognize current SSWR members for their individual accomplishments, leadership and contribution to SSWR as a scientific society. It is anticipated that SSWR Fellows will serve as role models and mentors for individuals pursuing careers in social work research and will continue to actively advance the mission of SSWR.
Eligibility for the SSWR Fellow designation is determined by a point system established by the SSWR Board under which individual members are awarded points for participation in the activities listed below. Eligible years are determined based upon available, verifiable records (1994-2022).
Point(s) are awarded for each activity in a given year as follows.
| Fellows Criteria | Point Value Per Year |
| I. LEADERSHIP | |
| Board officers | 5 |
| Board member-at-large | 4 |
| Committee/task force chair (non- Board member) | 3 |
| Cluster chair | 3 |
| JSSWR editor-in-chief | 5 |
| JSSWR associate editor | 4 |
| Deputy student volunteer | 2 |
| II. SCHOLARSHIP | |
| Abstract submission[1] | 1 |
| JSSWR submission | 1 |
| JSSWR article publication | 3 |
| Doctoral student policy briefs | 2 |
| III. SERVICE | |
| Committee member | 2 |
| Abstract reviewer | 2 |
| JSSWR reviewer | 2 |
| Student volunteer | 1 |
| Volunteer Session moderator | 1 |
| IV. PRESENTATION | |
| Abstract presenter[2] | 1 |
| Invited speaker | 2 |
| Preconference Training speaker | 2 |
| SIG convener | 1 |
| V. RECOGNITION | |
| Award winner | 5 |
| VI. MENTORING | |
| Coffee with Scholars Mentor | 1 |
| Meet the Scientist – Senior scientist | 1 |
[1] 1 point for each abstract submission by the presenting author of oral papers and posters; symposia organizer/chair, symposia discussant, symposia presenting author of a paper within symposia, all roundtable speakers, and all workshop speakers.
[2] 1 point for each presenter whose abstract was accepted which includes the presenting author of oral papers and posters; symposia organizer/chair, symposia discussant, presenting author of a paper within symposia, all roundtable speakers, and all workshop speakers.
SSWR staff will update records annually and provide the data to the SSWR Fellows Awards Committee which is comprised of the President, the Award Committee co-chairs, and the Membership Task Force chair, who confirm that eligibility requirements have been met. The number of inductees each year is approximately three percent of the total number of SSWR members in that year and will not exceed 10% of the total SSWR membership in any given year. The list of SSWR Fellows for a given year is approved by the SSWR Board. SSWR Fellows maintain their status as long as they are current members of the Society.
Each year’s class of SSWR Fellows will be inducted at the SSWR Annual Conference during the Annual Awards Presentation. SSWR Fellows will be recognized in the conference program book, on the SSWR website, and with a conference name badge ribbon.
SSWR FELLOWS 2024:
Astraea Augsberger, Boston University
Cecilia Ayón, University of California, Riverside
Anita Barbee, University of Louisville
Amy Blank Wilson, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jaime Booth, University of Pittsburgh
Tamara Cadet, University of Pennsylvania
Kelli Canada, University of Missouri-Columbia
Jordan DeVylder, Fordham University
Otima Doyle, JACSW
Aaron Gottlieb, The University of Chicago
Laurie Graham, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Megan Holmes, Case Western Reserve University
Michael Killian, Florida State University
Mary Lehman Held, University of Tennessee
Jennifer Manuel, University of Connecticut
Darcey Merritt, The University of Chicago
Rebecca Rebbe, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
David Rothwell, Oregon State University
Cassandra Simmel, Rutgers University
Jonathan Singer, Loyola University Chicago
Heather Storer, University of Louisville
Dorian Traube, Washington University in St. Louis
Quenette Walton, University of Houston
Nikki Wooten, University of South Carolina
Qi Wu, Arizona State University
Shiyou Wu, Arizona State University
Yanfeng Xu, University of South Carolina
SSWR FELLOWS 2023:
Kristin Ferguson, Arizona State University
Linda Sprague Martinez, Boston University
Anne Williford, Colorado State University
David Pate, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Dexter Voisin, Case Western Reserve University
David Androff, Arizona State University
Gina Miranda Samuels, The University of Chicago
Elisa Borah, The University of Texas at Austin
Denise Burnette, Virginia Commonwealth University
Lisa Fedina, University of Michigan
Claudette Grinnell-Davis, University of Oklahoma
James Topitzes, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Christensen, University of Texas at San Antonio
Judith Havlicek, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Todd Jensen, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Carol Lewis, The University of Texas at Austin
Arati Maleku, The Ohio State University
Nancy Rolock, Case Western Reserve University
Susan Yoon, The Ohio State University
SSWR FELLOWS 2022:
Lisa Reyes Mason, University of Denver
Lisa Zerden, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Melissa Jonson-Reid, Washington University in St. Louis
Anamika Barman-Adhikari, University of Denver
Luis Zayas, The University of Texas at Austin
Camille Quinn, The Ohio State University
Cynthia Rizo, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Henrika McCoy, University of Illinois, Chicago
Elizabeth Bowen, University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Mathieu Despard, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Shanna Kattari, University of Michigan
Angie Kennedy, Michigan State University
Jane McPherson, University of Georgia
Daniel Miller, Boston University
Kristie Thomas, Simmons University
Johanna Greeson, University of Pennsylvania
James Lubben, University of California, Los Angeles & Boston College
SSWR FELLOWS 2021:
Elizabeth Aparicio, PhD, University of Maryland, College Park
Jodi Berger Cardoso, PhD, University of Houston
Jill Berrick, PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Rupaleem Bhuyan, PhD, University of Toronto
Mary Collins, PhD, Boston University
Angelique Day, PhD, University of Washington
Cheryl Hyde, PhD, Temple University
Karen Kolivoski, PhD, Howard University
Bethany Lee, PhD, University of Maryland
Lenna Nepomnyaschy, PhD, Rutgers University
Philip Osteen, PhD, University of Utah
Yoosun Park, PhD, Smith College
Eric Rice, PhD, University of Southern California
Trina Shanks, PhD, University of Michigan
Cindy Sousa, PhD, Bryn Mawr College
Samantha Teixeira, PhD, Boston College
Karina Walters, PhD, University of Washington
SSWR FELLOWS 2020:
Becci Akin, PhD, University of Kansas
Paula Allen-Meares, PhD, University of Illinois-Chicago
Ding-Geng Chen, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Renee Cunningham-Williams, PhD, Washington University in St. Louis
Ruth E. Dunkle, PhD, University of Michigan
Jeremy Goldbach, PhD, University of Southern California
Altaf Husain, PhD, Howard University
Aidyn Iachini, PhD, University of South Carolina
Wynne Korr, PhD, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Yolanda Padilla, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin
Carrie Pettus-Davis, PhD, Florida State University
Christopher Salas-Wright, PhD, Boston University
Renee Spencer, PhD, Boston University
Edwina Uehara, PhD, University of Washington
SSWR FELLOWS 2019:
Haksoon Ahn, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Ron Astor, University of Southern California
Julie Birkenmaier, Saint Louis University
Beverly Black, The University of Texas at Arlington
Suzanne Brown, Wayne State University
Guy Enosh, University of Haifa
Jerry Floersch, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Kirk A. Foster, University of South Carolina
Todd Herrenkohl, University of Michigan
Paul Lanier, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Hee Lee, The University of Alabama
Sungkyu Lee, Soongsil University
Susan McCarter, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Stephen McMillin, Saint Louis University
Joseph Merighi, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Daniel Meyer, University of Wisconsin – Madison
Sarah Narendorf, University of Houston
Shanta Pandey, Boston College
Nan Park, University of South Florida
Danielle Parrish, Baylor University
Desmond Patton, Columbia University
Stella Resko, Wayne State University
Benjamin Roth, University of South Carolina
Paul Sacco, University of Maryland
SSWR FELLOWS 2018:
Beth Angell, Rutgers University
Hyunkag Cho, Michigan State University
Sam Choi, Alabama A&M University
Monica Faulkner, The University of Texas at Austin
Cynthia Franklin, The University of Texas at Austin
Bridget Freisthler, The Ohio State University
Abbie Frost, Simmons College
Rachel Fusco, University of Pittsburgh
Meekyung Han, San Jose State University
Julia Henly, University of Chicago
Sheryl Kubiak, Michigan State University
Shanti Kulkarni, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Michael Lindsey, New York University
Nicole Nicotera, University of Denver
Jennifer Romich, University of Washington
Richard Smith, University at Albany
Joanne Sobeck, Wayne State University
David Springer, The University of Texas, Austin
Keith Warren, The Ohio State University
SSWR FELLOWS 2017:
Dawn Anderson-Butcher, Professor, Ohio State University
Melissa Bellin, Associate Professor, University of Maryland
Rami Benbenishty, Professor, Bar Ilan University
Larry Bennett, Professor, Indiana University
Kia Bentley, Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University
Sarah Bledsoe, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
David Brennan, Associate Professor, University of Toronto
John Bricout, Associate Dean for Research, The University of Texas at Arlington
Brian Bride, Professor, Director, Georgia State University
Charlotte Bright, Associate Professor, University of Maryland
Teri Browne, Associate Professor, University of South Carolina
Alicia Bunger, Assistant Professor, Ohio State University
Julie Cederbaum, Assistant Professor, University of Southern California
Amy Chanmugam, Associate Professor, University of Texas, San Antonio
Mimi Chapman, Professor, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Namkee Choi, Professor, Chair, University of Texas at Austin
Claudia Coulton, Professor, Case Western Reserve University
Thomas Crea, Associate Professor, Boston College
Jeffrey Draine, Professor and Chair, Temple University
Matthew Epperson, Associate Professor, University of Chicago
Eric Garland, Associate Professor, Associate Dean, University of Utah
Robin Gearing, Associate Professor, University of Houston
Jane Gilgun, Professor, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Sara Goodkind, Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh
Catherine Greeno, Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh
Julia Hastings, Assistant Professor, University of Albany, SUNY
J. David Hawkins, Endowed Professor of Prevention, University of Washington
Benjamin Henwood, Assistant Professor, USC
Jin Huang, Assistant Professor, Saint Louis University
Youngmi Kim, Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University
David Kondrat, Associate Professor, Indiana University
Judy Krysik, Associate Professor, Arizona State University
Shawna Lee, Professor, University of Michigan
Julia Littell, Professor, Bryn Mawr College
Carmen Logie, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Ellen Lukens, Professor, Columbia University
Holly Matto, Associate Professor, George Mason University
Brandy Maynard, Assistant Professor, Saint Louis University
Joshua Mersky, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee
Jill Messing, Associate Professor, Arizona State University
Von Nebbitt, Associate Professor, Washington University in St. Louis
Frances Nedjat-Haiem, Associate Professor, New Mexico State University
Nalini Negi, Associate Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Duy Nguyen, Associate Professor, Temple University
David Okech, Associate Professor, University of Georgia
Lawrence Palinkas, Professor, University of Southern California
Lisa Schelbe, Assistant Professor, Florida State University
Anna Scheyett, Dean and Professor, University of Georgia
Valerie Shapiro, Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkley
Michael Sherraden, Director and Professor, Washington University in St. Louis – Danforth Campus
Victoria Stanhope, Associate Professor, New York University
Fei Sun, Associate Professor, Michigan State University
Allison Werner-Lin, Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Mansoo Yu, Associate Professor, University of Missouri-Columbia
Brad Zebrack, Professor, University of Michigan
SSWR FELLOWS 2016:
Laura Abrams, PhD, Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
Elizabeth Anthony, PhD, Associate Professor, Arizona State University
Charles Auerbach, PhD, Professor, Yeshiva University
Wendy Auslander, PhD, Barbara A. Bailey Professor of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis
Judith Baer, PhD, Professor Emerita, Rutgers University
David Becerra, PhD, Assistant Professor, Arizona State University
Audrey Begun, PhD, Professor, The Ohio State University
Stephanie Berzin, PhD, Associate Professor, Boston College
David Biegel, PhD, Henry Zucker Professor of Social Work Practice, Case Western Reserve University
Daniel Brisson, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Denver
Pajarita Charles, PhD, Researcher, University of Chicago
Julian Chow, PhD, Professor, University of California, Berkeley
Catherine Dulmus, PhD, Associate Dean for Research and Professor, University at Buffalo
Shaun Eack, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh
Tonya Edmond, PhD, Associate Professor, Washington University in St Louis
Lin Fang, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Toronto
Antoinette Farmer, PhD, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Rutgers University
Anna Faul, PhD, Associate Dean Academic Affairs, University of Louisville
Colleen Fisher, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Minnesota
Anne Fortune, PhD, Professor, University at Albany, State University of New York
Louisa Gilbert, PhD, Associate Professor, Columbia University
Jan Greenberg, PhD, Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Daniel Herman, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean, Hunter College (CUNY)
Karen Hopkins, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Maryland
Sigrid James, PhD, Professor, Loma Linda University
Susan Kemp, PhD, Professor, University of Washington
Yookyong Lee, PhD, Assistant Professor, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Elizabeth Lightfoot, PhD, Professor, University of Minnesota
Bowen McBeath, PhD, Professor, Portland State University
Ruth McRoy, PhD, Donahue & DeFelice Endowed Professor, Boston College
Jennifer Mosley, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Chicago
Michelle Munson, PhD, Associate Professor, New York University
Jordana Muroff, PhD, Associate Professor, Boston University
Christina Newhill, PhD, Professor, University of Pittsburgh
Paula Nurius, PhD, Professor, University of Washington
Mary Ohmer, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh
Clark Peters, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Missouri
Judy Postmus, PhD, Associate Professor, Rutgers University
Enola Proctor, PhD, Associate Dean for Faculty & Professor, Washington University in St. Louis
Emily Putnam-Hornstein, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Southern California
Karen Randolph, PhD, Associate Professor and Doctoral Program Director, Florida State University
Mary Ruffolo, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Michigan
Joseph Ryan, PhD, Professor, University of Michigan
Jeffrey Shook, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh
Douglas Smith, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Alexa Smith-Osborne, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Texas at Arlington
Elizabeth Tracy, PhD, Grace Longwell Coyle Professor in Social Work, Case Western Reserve University
Penelope Trickett, PhD, Professor, University of Southern California
George Unick, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland
Bridget Weller, PhD, Assistant Professor, Duke University
James Herbert Williams, PhD, Dean and Milton Morris Endowed Chair, University of Denver
Michael Woodford, PhD, Associate Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University
Fred Wulczyn, PhD, Senior Research Fellow, University of Chicago
SSWR FELLOWS 2015:
Natasha Bowen, PhD, Professor, University of North Carolina
John Brekke, PhD, Professor, University of Southern California
Leopoldo Cabassa, PhD, Assistant Professor, Columbia University
Shelley Craig, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Jorge Delva, PhD, Professor, University of Michigan
Alan Dettlaff, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
Andrew Grogan-Kaylor, PhD, Professor, University of Michigan
Hyeouk Hahm, PhD, Assistant Professor, Boston University
Sydney Hans, PhD, Samuel Deutsch Professor, University of Chicago
David Hodge, PhD, Assistant Professor, ASU
Patricia Kohl, PhD, Associate Professor, Washington University at St. Louis
Stephen Kulis, PhD, Professor, Arizona State University
Jeffrey Lacasse, PhD, Assistant Professor, Florida State University
Taryn Lindhorst, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Washington
Rebecca Macy, PhD, Professor, Universtiy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ferol Mennen, PhD, Associate Professor, Univeristy of Southern California
William Nugent, PhD, Professor, University of Tennessee
John Orme, PhD, Professor, University of Tennessee
Susan Parish, PhD, Director, Bandeis University
Brian Perron, PhD, Professor, University of Michigan
Sarah Price, PhD, Associate Professor & PhD Program Director, Virginia Commonwealth University
Roderick Rose, PhD, Senior Research Associate, University of North Carolina
Darcy Siebert, PhD, Associate Professor and Director of ACT Program, Rutgers University
Richard Smith, PhD, Assistant Professor, Wayne State University
Paul Smokowski, PhD, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Phyllis Solomon, PhD, Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Lela Rankin Williams, PhD, Associate Professor, Arizona State University
First Cohort of SSWR FELLOWS 2014:
Inna Altschul, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Denver
Richard Barth, PhD, Dean and Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Jennifer Bellamy, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Chicago
Kimberly Bender, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Denver
Gary Bowen, PhD, Kenan Distinguished Professor, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Mark Courtney, PhD, Professor, University of Chicago
Diane DePanfilis, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean for Research, University of Maryland – Baltimore
James Drisko, PhD, Professor, Smith College
Alberta Ellett, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Georgia
Rowena Fong, EdD, Ruby Lee Piester Centennial Professor, University of Texas at Austin
Mark Fraser, PhD, Professor, University of North Carolina
Stacey Freedenthal, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Denver
Sarah Gehlert, PhD, E. Desmond Lee Professor, Washington University at St. Louis
Zvi Gellis, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Michal Grinstein-Weiss, PhD, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Erick Guerrero, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Southern California
Shenyang Guo, PhD, Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
James Hall, PhD, Professor, Indiana University
Matthew Howard, PhD, Franklin A. Daniels Distinguished Professor, University of North Carolina
Roberta Iversen, PhD, Associate Professor; Director M.S. in Social Policy Program, University of Pennsylvania
Jeffrey Jenson, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean of Research, University of Denver
Sean Joe, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Michigan
Mansoor Kazi, PhD, Assitant Professor Behavioral Health, University at Albany, SUNY
Susan Lambert, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Chicago
Jeanne Marsh, PhD, Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago
Flavio Marsiglia, PhD, Director, Professor, Arizona State University
James Martin, PhD, Associate Professor, New York University
Tina Maschi, PhD, Associate Professor, Fordham University
Faye Mishna, PhD, Dean & Professor, University of Toronto
Peter Newman, PhD, Professor, University of Toronto
Julianne Oktay, PhD, Professor, University of Maryland Baltimore
Deborah Padgett, PhD, Professor, New York University
Ruth Paris, PhD, Associate Professor, Boston University
Rogerio Pinto, PhD, Associate Professor, Columbia University
David Pollio, PhD, Hill Crest Foundation Endowed Chair, University of Alabama
Allen Rubin, PhD, Professor, University of Houston
Aron Shlonsky, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Toronto
Brenda Smith, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Alabama
Michael Spencer, PhD, Professor and associate Dean of Education, University of Michigan
Susan Stone, PhD, Associate Professor, University of California – Berkeley
Sanna Thompson, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin
Bruce Thyer, PhD, Professor, Florida State University
Michael Vaughn, PhD, Professor, Saint Louis University
Michael Woolley, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Maryland
Andrew Zinn, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Kansas