Faculty and Staff

Pauline Agbayani, Ph.D.
Professor
Office: ST F803 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-5689
http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/pagbaya/

Joanne Altschuler, Ph.D., LCSW
Professor Bachelor Program Director
Office: ST F813 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-4685
http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/jaltsch/
Adult children and aging parents; clinical social work practice with individuals, couples, families, and groups; economic, social and political concerns; employment and older adults; gender issues and aging; grief and loss; HIV/AIDS and older adults; older women's issues: sexuality, caring responsibilities

E. Frederick Anderson, Ph.D., LCSW
Emeritus Professor, Founding Director,
School of Social Work and MSW Program
Office: ST F807 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-4670
http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/fanders/fanders.htm
Administration/analysis of complex organizations; African American father issues; aging; child welfare; developmental disabilities, forensic mental health; social policy and critique of policy/practice

Sofya Bagdasaryan, Ph.D., MSW
Assistant Professor
Office location: ST F 802 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-6811
Child welfare, poverty and welfare reform, research and statistics, human behavior, institutional racism and cultural competency, social welfare history, policy analysis and program evaluation

Shirley Better, DSW - Emeritus Professor
Analysis of social welfare policy; community organization; institutional racism; social work in minority communities; women's issues

Carla Bykowski
Field Education Liaison
Office: ST F802 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-5742

Maria Camarillo, MSW
BASW Field Faculty, Lecturer
Office: ST F816 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-4680

Neil A. Cohen, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor
Office: ST F816 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-4680
After I retired in 2002 and FERPED through 2005, I have been working as an Expert Witness in the field of child welfare. I've been involved in seven law suits since 2004 involving three county child welfare agencies and plaintiffs for whom I've served as an expert witness

Tiffini Coleman, MSW, ACSW
BASW Field Education Coordinator
Office: ST F808 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-5879

Connie Saltz Corley, Ph.D., LCSW
Emeritus Professor
Office: ST F816 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-4680
Aging, caregivers, interdisciplinary teams, mind-body-spirit wellness

Susan Crimmins, Ph.D.
Professor, MSW Coordinator
Office: ST F804 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-5882
Forensic social work practice with perpetrators, victims and witnesses of violence; research and clinical work in issues of trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, loss, homicide, drugs and violence and child maltreatment

Roger Delgado, Ph.D., LCSW
Professor
Office: ST F806 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-4683
Gerontology; medical social work consultant; multicultural social work practice; psychotherapy with older adults; social work practice with groups

Karin Elliott Brown
Ph.D. Associate Dean
Office of Graduate Studies and Research
Office: Administration Room 710
Phone: (323) 343-3820
http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/kbrown5/

Katherine Emerson, DPA, MSW
Lecturer
Office: ST F816 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-4680
Dr. Emerson graduated from CSULA with a bachelors in social work in 1994, received her masters of science in social work from Columbia University in 1997 and her doctorate in public administration from the University of LaVerne in 2012. She has experience in a variety of settings, including children and families, mental health, forensics, and administration

Colleen Friend, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Director, Child Abuse and Family Violence Institute
CSULA Department of Communication Disorders
Office: KH B109B
Phone: (323) 343-4696
Dr. Friend teaches at CSULA in both Communication Disorders and Social Work. At CSULA, she is the Director of the Child Abuse and Family Violence Institute, where students can obtain a certificate that prepares them for working in child protection, victim services and multidisciplinary teamwork.  She teaches the required  certificate coursework on family violence, change and communicating with violent families.
www.calstatela.edu/academic/hhs/cafvi

Luis Franco, Fiscal Management Analyst
Center on Child Welfare
Office: Applied Gerontology Institute, GE 314
Phone:(323) 343-6884

Alfredo Gonzalez, P.h.D.
 Emeritus Professor
Office: ST F816 (#15 on campus map)

Phone: (323) 343-4680

Judy Guzman
Administrative Support Assistant II
Office: ST F816 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-4680

Anh-Luu Huynh-Hohnbaum, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Office location: ST F814 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-5883

Herschel Knapp, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Office Location: ST F816 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-4680
Multimedia survey research methodology, effects of violent videogames, enhancing HIV diagnostic testing in multiple domains, distance health science learning, innovative tele-health health delivery services, implementation science

Patty P. Lam, BA
Academic Support Coordinator II
Office location: ST F817 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-5860

Rita Ledesma, Ph.D., LCSW
Professor, Chair of Dept. of Child and Family Studies
Office: E&T A505
Phone: (323) 343- 4590
Bicultural practice issues; child and family focused practice and policy; qualitative research; research and practice in Latino and American Indian communities

Harkmore Lee, MSW
Director, Center on Child Welfare
Office: Applied Gerontology Institute, GE 314
Phone: (323) 343-6889

Rosa Leslie, MSW
CalSWEC Field Education Consultant
Office: ST F808 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-4637

Michelle Lightburn, MSW
MSW Admissions Coordinator
Office location:ST 820
Phone: (323) 343-4684

Victor Manalo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Office: ST F815 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-5743
http://instructional1.calstatela.edu/vmanalo

Elizabeth Medina, BS
CalSWEC Admin Support Coordinator
Office location: ST F811 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-4679

Marc Mendoza, LCSW
Trainer/Consultant, Center on Child Welfare
Office: Applied Gerontology Institute, GE 314
Phone:(323) 343-6881

Lilli Miles, Staff Trainer
Center on Child Welfare
Office: Applied Gerontology Institute, GE 314
Phone: (323) 343-6886

Beth Minor, DCFS Training Coordinator
Center on Child Welfare
Office: Applied Gerontology Institute, GE 314
Phone: (323) 343-6882

Carol Mroz, LCSW
Lecturer, CalSWEC Project Coordinator, Mental Health Placement Coordinator
Office: ST F802 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-5705

Nayiri Nahabedian, MSW
Field Education Faculty, Inter-University Consortium Internship Program Coordinator
Child Welfare Training Project
Office: SH C143
Phone: (323) 343-3350
http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/nnahabe/
Expertise in macro social work practice, program development, evaluation, political action, public policy, child welfare and income equity

Peggy Neiman, Administrative Assistant
Center on Child Welfare
Office: Applied Gerontology Institute, GE 314
Phone: (323) 343-6885

Lisa Newman, MSW
Lecturer
Office: ST F816 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-4680

Jonathan Tomala, Staff Clerk
Center on Child Welfare
Office: Applied Gerontology Institute, GE 314
Phone: (323) 343-6880

Siyon Rhee, Ph.D.
Professor
Office location: ST F812
Phone: (323) 343-4687

Melinda Vasquez, MS
BASW & MSW Academic Advisor
Office location: ST F819 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-4680

Valentine Villa, Ph.D.
Professor of School of Social Work, Director of Applied Gerontology Institute
Office location: ST F814
Phone: (323) 343-4724
Minority Aging, Health Disparities, Public Policy and Aging

James Waldron, MSW
Lecturer
Office: ST F816 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-4680

Raquel Warley, Ph.D., LCSW
Assistant Professor
Office location: ST F803
Phone: (323) 343-4686

Dale Weaver, Ph.D.
School of Social Work Director, Professor
Office location: ST F808
Phone: (323) 343-4878
http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/dweaver/

Tasha Willis, EdD, MSW
Lecturer, Inter-University Consortium (IUC)
Field Education Consultant
Office:Office: SH C143
Phone: (323) 343-4678