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HPS Community Support Initiative
In these unprecedented times, the College of Health and Public Service at UNT, which has extensive expertise with proactively finding solutions to community problems and lending expertise to nonprofit agencies, health care systems and city and county governments in the DFW region, as well as other entities, is accessible and available to voluntarily partner with our community to address emerging and changing needs related to COVID-19.
Irine Abraham, MTS, LMSW
Lecturer
Social Work
Research Areas:
medical social work with a specialization in gerontology and spirituality
Shahla Ala'i-Rosales, Ph.D., BCBA-D
Director, Behavior Analysis Online
Associate Professor
Behavior Analysis
Research Areas:
Autism early intervention, cultural responsiveness in interventions, parent support and training, staff training, tele health interventions, interdisciplinary collaborations, ethics
Cassidy Baker, LCSW-S, ACSW
Clinical Assistant Professor | Title IV-E Child Welfare Program
Social Work
Research Areas:
Child welfare, family violence, child abuse and neglect, victim advocacy, family violence prosecution, clinical supervision, ethics, child welfare workforce training
Abraham Benavides, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Healthy Community Collaboration Project Co-PI
Public Administration
Research Areas:
Ethics, state and local governance management, urban governance, cultural competency, human resource management, rural homelessness, ageing in place, and immigration.
Bob Bland, Ph.D.
Interim Chair, Department of Criminal Justice
Endowed Professor of Local Government
Public Administration
Research Areas:
State and local tax policy, capital and operating budgeting, municipal debt management, city/ county management, local politics
Chandra Donnell Carey, Ph.D., CRC, LPC-I
Interim Department Chair & Associate Professor
Healthy Community Collaboration Project Co-PI
Rehabilitation and Health Services
Research Areas:
Mental illness, recovery experiences of women of color, culturally responsive service provision in rehabilitation counseling
Neale Chumbler Ph.D.
Dean of the College of Health and Public Service
Professor, Rehabilitation & Health Services
Rehabilitation and Health Services
Research Areas:
access to care for older adults and those with chronic health conditions; informal/family caregiver burden
Traci Cihon, Ph.D., BCBA-D
Associate Professor
Behavior Analysis
Research Areas:
Behavioral Systems Analysis (community- and organization-focused), social responsibility and cooperation, ethics, education (language acquisition, reading instruction, Precision Teaching), sustainability
Jessica Craig, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Criminal Justice
Research Areas:
Crime and punishment,desistance from crime, trauma, juvenile justice; mental health; substance use; developmental/life-course criminology; juvenile offending
Skip Krueger, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Public Administration
Research Areas:
Financial aspects of natural disaster, regional cooperation among local governments, state and local budgeting
Brandi Levingston, Ph.D., CRC
Principal Lecturer, Director of Programs in Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation and Health Services
Research Areas:
Competitive employment outcomes for people with disabilities, Wage earnings potential for people with disabilities, postsecondary education of people with disabilities, Psychosocial aspects of disability, cultural competencies
Mary Nelan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Emergency Management and Disaster Science
Research Areas:
Convergence behavior, disaster volunteers and identity, disaster donations, therapeutic communities, quick response research
Liam O'Neill Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Rehabilitation and Health Services
Research Areas:
Efficiency measurement in health care, data envelopment analysis, health information systems, electronic health records, physician-owned hospitals.
Sarah Moore Oliphant, Ph.D., MSW
Assistant Professor
Social Work
Research Areas:
International social work, refugee and immigrants, Ethiopian immigrant community and HIV/AIDS
Gloria Streit Olness, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Associate Professor
Audiology & Speech Language Pathology
Research Areas:
Communication disorders due to stroke or other brain injury, with special focus on aphasia; research and advocacy; rehabilitation of everyday, functional communication
Leslie Roberts, J.D.
Principal Lecturer
Public Administration
Research Areas:
Conflict resolution, contracts, disabilities, trade policy, foreign policy, German language & culture
Brenda Sweeten, LCSW
Clinical Associate Professor & Director of Social Work Field Education & UNT Foster Care Liaison Officer
Social Work
Research Areas:
Foster care alumni post secondary success, foster care youth, child welfare system, non-profit and volunteer managment, community engagement and field agency partnerships
Adam Trahan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Programs
Criminal Justice
Research Areas:
Graffiti, capital punishment, criminology, jury selection/voir dire, sentencing outcomes
Robert Wall, M.S.
Lecturer
Criminal Justice
Research Areas:
Policing, Criminalistics, White Collar Crime and Fraud
Justin Watts, Ph.D., NCC
Assistant Professor
Rehabilitation and Health Services
Research Areas:
Interpersonal trauma, bio-psycho-social-emotional impact of child-maltreatment, collegiate recovery, recovery support, the counseling working alliance, and mental health
Elyse Zavar Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Emergency Management and Disaster Science
Research Areas:
Hazard mitigation, land use, landscape change following disaster, non-structural hazard mitigation projects, flood buyouts, property acquisition, long-term community recovery
Haley Zettler, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Criminal Justice
Research Areas:
Community Corrections, Institutional Corrections, Reentry, Mental Health, Substance Use, Trauma