Doctoral Faculty Research Interests
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Assistant Professor of Church and Community Ministries
- Faith, social innovation and entrepreneurship
- Faith-based social services and policies
- Asset-based development
- Race and psychology of difference
- Community-based participatory research
Juan Carlos Esparza Ochoa
Director, Program on Religion/Latin American Studies
- Religion in Latin America
- Global Religious Change and Impact
Assistant Professor
- Predictors Non-Resident Father Involvement
- The Role of Spirituality in Fathering
- Evaluation of Fatherhood Programs
- Effective Delivery of Research Related Curriculum Content in Social Work Programs
- Assessment, Outcomes, and Accreditation Processes in Social Work Education Programs
Elissa Madden
Associate Professor
- Foster Care
- Adoption (Public and Domestic Private)
- Trauma and Child Maltreatment
- Permanency for Children in Foster Care
- Post-Secondary Education for Youth Who Have Aged Out of Care
Assistant Professor
- Contemplative Science
- Culture and Diversity
- Positive Aging
- Human Flourishing
- Spiritual Diversity
Sung Seek Moon
Professor, Carl and Martha Lindner Endowed Chair for Global Studies
- Mental Health Among Racial Minority Groups
- Influence of Social Contexts and Environments
- Addictive Disorders
- Substance Abuse Prevention in Adolescents
Dennis Myers
Professor, Danny and Lenn Prince Endowed Chair for the Residential Care of Older Adults
- Family Caregiving
- Technology & Health Care
- Academic Leadership & Administration of Social Work Education Programs
- Older Adults & Poverty
- Social Work & Leadership of Senior Living Environments
- Military & First Responder Family Relationships
- Intergenerational Relations
- Congregational & Community Engagement of Boomers & Older Adults
Holly Oxhandler
Associate Dean for Research & Faculty Development
Associate Professor
- Religion and Spirituality in Clinical Practice
- Mental Health
- Evidence-Based Practice Process
- Scale Development
- Mentoring and Professional Development
Danielle Parrish
Professor
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Intervention & Implementation Research
- Prevention of Substance-Exposed Pregnancy
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
- Transtheoretical Model and Behavior Change
- Integrated Behavioral Health
- Social Anxiety Disorder in Youth
- Juvenile Justice Populations
- Motivational Interviewing
Edward C. Polson
Associate Professor
- Civil Society
- Organizations
- Religion
- Diversity
- Civic Engagement
David Pooler
Professor
- Clergy Perpetrated Sexual Abuse of Adults
- Joy in Social Work
- Professional Ethics and Professional Development of Social Workers
- Professional Functioning and Impairment of Social Workers
- Organizational Development, Leadership, and Change
- Organizational Justice
Rob Rogers
Associate Professor
PhD Program Co-Director
- Career Resilience of Leadership in Senior Living Communities
- Social Work and Long-Term Care
- Congregational Community Engagement
- Family Literacy
- Workforce Development
Laine Scales
Professor
PhD Program Co-Director
- Social Welfare History
- Settlement Houses (Historical and Contemporary)
- Baptists and Social Work (Historical)
- Doctoral Education as a Process for Formation
Jon Singletary
Dean
Professor, Diana R. Garland Endowed Chair of Child & Family Studies
- Strengthening Congregational Community Ministries
- Community Development
- Advocacy and Social Justice
Gaynor Yancey
Professor, Lake Family Endowed Chair in Congregational & Community Health
Director, Center for Church & Community Impact (C3i)
- Congregational and Community Health
- Congregational-based Community Organizing & Community Development
- Religiously Affiliated Organizations
- Advocacy and Social Justice
- Social Welfare
- Policy