Faculty and Staff

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pauline Agbayani, Ph.D.
Professor
Office: ST F812 (#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 F808 (#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, Professor
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

Alex Ballan, MSW, LCSW
CalSWEC Field Education Consultant
Office location: ST F820 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-4679
FAX: (323) 343-5009

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

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

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

Connie Saltz Corley, Ph.D., LCSW
Professor, School of Social Work
Associate Director of Research at the Cal State LA Roybal Institute for Applied Gerontology
Office: SH C143/128 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-4746
Aging, caregivers, interdisciplinary teams, mind-body-spirit wellness

Susan Crimmins, Ph.D.
Professor
Joint appointment with the Criminal Justice Department
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

Pamela Davis, LCSW
Director of Field Education
Office: ST F810 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-5706

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.
Professor and School Director
Office: ST F818 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-4680
FAX: (323) 343-5009
http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/kbrown5/

Luis Franco
Center on Child Welfare
Office: 3500 E. Colorado Blvd., Suite 200, Pasadena
Phone: (626) 529-2580

 

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

 

Anh-Luu Huynh-Hohnbaum, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Office location: ST F819 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-5883

Rita Ledesma, Ph.D., LCSW
Professor
Office: ST F814 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-4677
Bicultural practice issues; child and family focused practice and policy; qualitative research; research and practice in Latino and American Indian communities

Linda Liu, MBA
Director, Center on Child Welfare
Office: 3500 E. Colorado Blvd., Suite 200, Pasadena
Phone: (626) 529-2580

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

Michelle Lightburn, MA
MSW Admissions Coordinator
Office location: Applied Gerontology Institute C109 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-4684
Fax: (323) 343-5009

Victor Manalo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Office: ST F804 (#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
Fax: (323) 343-6312

Marc Mendoza
Center on Child Welfare
Office: 3500 E. Colorado Blvd., Suite 200, Pasadena
Phone: (626) 529-2580

Yolanda Montoya, LCSW
CalSWEC Project Coordinator
Office: ST F809 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-5742 Child welfare, cross cultural competency issues, mental health, practice in Latino and immigrant communities

Carol Mroz, LCSW
CalSWEC Field Education Consultant
Office: ST F802 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-5705

Nayiri Nahabedian, MSW
Inter-University Consortium (IUC) Coordinator
Child Welfare Training Project
Office: ST F820 (#15 on campus map)
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
Center on Child Welfare
Office: 3500 E. Colorado Blvd., Suite 200, Pasadena
Phone: (626) 529-2580

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

 

Grace Orpilla, MSW
Field Faculty
Forensic Social Work Concentration
Office: ST F802
Phone: (323) 343-6808

Oswaldo Peña
Program Assistant
Center on Child Welfare
Office: 3500 E. Colorado Blvd., Suite 200, Pasadena
Phone: (626) 529-0528

Siyon Rhee, Ph.D.
Professor
Office location: ST F803
Phone: (323) 343-4687

Melinda Vasquez, MS
Academic Advisor
Office location: ST F819 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-4680
FAX: (323) 343-5009

Indira Velasquez, MA
Business Manager
Office location: ST F817 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-5860
FAX: (323) 343-5009

Valentine Villa, Ph.D.
Professor
Office location: ST F814
Phone: (323) 343-5889

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

 

Raquel Warley
Assistant Professor
Office location: ST F819
Phone: (323) 343-4686

Dale Weaver, Ph.D.
Professor
Office location: ST F808
Phone: (323) 343-5008
http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/dweaver/

Tasha Willis, MSW
Inter-University Consortium (IUC)
Field Education Consultant
Office: ST F819 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-4678