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Dr. Karin Elliott Brown Dr. Brown's Biography Karin Elliott Brown, Ph.D.
Professor and School Director
Office: ST F818 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-4680
FAX: (323) 343-5009



Dr. Pauline Agbayani-Siewert Pauline Agbayani, Ph.D.
Professor and Coordinator, MSW Program
Office: ST F812 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-5689



Dr. Joanne Altschuler  

Joanne Altschuler, Ph.D., LCSW, Professor Bachelor Program Director
Office: ST F808 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-4685
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




Dr. Frederick Anderson E. Frederick Anderson, Ph.D., LCSW, Professor
Office: ST F807 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-4670
Administration/analysis of complex organizations; African American father issues; aging; child welfare; developmental disabilities, forensic mental health; social policy and critique of policy/practice



this is a blank place holder for a picture of Dr. Shirley Better Shirley Better, DSW - Emeritus Professor
Office: ST F809 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-4688
Analysis of social welfare policy; community organization; institutional racism; social work in minority communities; women's issues



Dr. Connie Saltz Corley 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



Dr. Susan Crimmins Susan Crimmins, Ph.D., Professor
Joint appointment with the Criminal Justice Department
Office: ST F804 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-5833
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



Dr. Roger Delgado 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



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



Dr. Rita Ledesma 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



Dr. Victor Manalo Dr. Manalo's Biography Victor Manalo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Office: ST F804 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-5743
http://instructional1.calstatela.edu/vmanalo



this is a picture of Dr. Siyon Rhee Siyon Rhee, Ph.D.
Professor
Office location: ST F803
Phone: (323) 343-4687



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



Dr. Dale Weaver Dr. Weaver's Biography Dale Weaver, Ph.D.
Professor
Office location: ST F808
Phone: (323) 343-5008



Field Education

Faculty



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



Pamela Davis

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




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



Yolanda Montoya

Yolanda Montoya, LCSW
Assistant Director
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.




Nayiri Nahabedian Nayiri Nahabedian, MSW
Inter-University Consortium (IUC) Coordinator
Child Welfare Training Project
Office: ST F820 (#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-3350
Expertise in macro social work practice, program development, evaluation, political action, public policy, child welfare and income equity.



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



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



Carol Mroz

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




this is a blank place holder for a picture of Alex Ballan Alex Ballan, MSW, LCSW
CalSWEC Field Education Consultant
Office location: ST F820
(#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-4679
FAX: (323) 343-5009



Melinda Vasquez

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




Staff



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



Elizabeth Medina Elizabeth Medina, BS
CalSWEC Admin Support Coordinator
Office location: ST F811
(#15 on campus map)
Phone: (323) 343-4679
Fax: (323) 343-6312



Peggy Neiman Peggy Neiman, Administrative Assistant
Office Location:
Child Welfare Center
3500 E. Colorado Blvd. Ste. 200
Pasadena, CA 91107
Phone: 626-529-0536



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