Alex Colvin, Ph.D., LMSW
Associate Professor & JMSW Program Director
Email: acolvin3@twu.edu
Phone: 940-898-2079
Office: OMB 411J (TWU Campus)
Research interests: Technology integration in social work education and practice, culturally responsive practice, field education, pre-college foster care programs, aging/caregiving, mental health
Cassidy Baker, PhD, LCSW-S, ACSW
Clinical Assistant Professor
Interim Department Chair and BSW Director
Title IV-E Child Welfare Program PI
Email: Cassidy.Baker@unt.edu
Phone: 940-565-2687
Office: Chilton 397F
Research interests: The intersection of child welfare and family violence, victim advocacy, child welfare workforce training, clinical supervision, arts-based methods
Brandi Felderhoff, Ph.D., LCSW
Assistant Professor, Student Association for Masters Social Workers (SAMSW), Co-Advisor
Email: bfelderhoff@twu.edu
Phone: 940-898-2072
Office: OMB 410N (TWU Campus)
Research interests: Older adult caregivers, caregiving at the end of life, aging, the impact of advance planning on quality of life outcomes, social workers professional engagement, mental health
Dhrubodhi Mukherjee, Ph.D., LCSW
Associate Professor
Email: dhru.m@unt.edu
Phone: 940-565-3198
Office: Chilton 390E (UNT Campus)
Research interests: Clinical workforce development and training, trauma-informed practices, opioid addiction, rural mental health service delivery, regulation of technology on clinical social work practice
Sarah Moore, Ph.D., MSW
Assistant Professor, Student Association for Master's Social Workers (SAMSW), Co-Advisor
Email: sarah.moore@unt.edu
Phone: 940-369-5018
Office: Chilton 390J (UNT Campus)
Research interests: International social work practice and education, immigrants and refugees, Ethiopian immigrant women
Nila Ricks, Ph.D., LCSW
Associate Professor & TWU Department Chair
Email: nricks@twu.edu
Phone: 940-898-2077
Office: OMB 410H (TWU Campus)
Research interests: Teen pregnancy prevention, adolescent risk behaviors and mental health, culturally competent teaching and practice, teen fatherhood, teen parenting in foster care
Huei-Wern Shen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Email: huei-wern.shen@unt.edu
Phone: 940-369-7095
Office: Chilton Hall 390B (UNT Campus)
Research interests: Productive aging (civic engagement and caregiving in old age) and its impacts on health, health behaviors, and aging in place and understanding productive later life through interdisciplinary research.
Brenda Sweeten, MSSW, LCSW
Clinical Associate Professor, JMSW Director of Field Education, UNT Foster Care Liaison Officer
Email: brenda.sweeten@unt.edu
Phone: 940-369-6991
Office: Chilton 397E (UNT Campus)
Research interests: Social work field education and professional development, ethics and civility, child welfare, adoption, postsecondary programs supporting the success of persons who have experienced the foster care system
Beverly Wagner, Ed.D., LCSW
Assistant Professor
Email: bwagner4@twu.edu
Phone: 940-898-2004
Office: OMB 410 M (TWU Campus)
Research interests: Social work pedagogy and innovative teaching practices, issues related to veterans, mental health and homelessness, refugee acculturation and well-being.