EDUCATION AND TRAINING FACULTY AND STAFF
(Child Welfare Academy: Training Program & Title IV-E Public Child Welfare Education Program) Teri Benson, MSW
Foster Parent Training Coordinator
tbenson@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-0721 Gillian Berry, Ph.D
Clinical Instructor, Child Welfare Training Program
gberry@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-2319 Michael Demidenko, MSW
Project Manager
mdemidenko@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-2318 Karen Edwards
Information Management Support Specialist
kedwards@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-8571 Anne Faulkner, LCSW-C
Clinical Instructor, Child Welfare Training Program
afaulkner@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-2322 Gisele Ferretto, LCSW-C
Assistant Director, Child Welfare Academy
gferretto@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-6934 Gale Fulton, LCSW-C
Clinical Instructor, Child Welfare Training Program
gfulton@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-2316 Mary Ann Galeano
Administrative Specialist
mgaleano@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-8342 Carnell Windley-Ginn, MSW
Faculty Field Instructor
cwindley-ginn@ssw.umaryland.edu
301-909-2161/1565 Phyllis Gorham
Adminstrative Assistant
pgorham@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-1396 Debra Linsenmeyer, LCSW-C
Educational Director Child Welfare Academy
dlinsenmeyer@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3439 Eileen Morgan
Administrative Assistant
emorgan@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3637 Barbara Nathanson, LCSW-C
Clinical Instructor, Child Welfare Training Program
bnathanson@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-7988 Cynthia Park, MSW
Faculty Field Instructor
cpark@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-222-7825, x3050 Laurie Richardson, LCSW-C
Faculty Child Welfare Coordinator
LRichardson@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-2236 Charlette Charles-Ringgold, MSW
Faculty Field Instructor
cringgold@ssw.umaryland.edu
443-423-5848 Donald Vince, MSW
Faculty Field Instructor
dvince@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-853-3101 Michelle Willis, LCSW-C
Clinical Instructor, Child Welfare Training Program
mwillis@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-2321 >>top FACULTY AND STAFF ENGAGED IN RESEARCH Richard P. Barth, PhD, MSW
Dean of the School of Social Work, Professor
rbarth@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-7794 Caroline Burry, Ph.D, MSW
Associate Professor, Principal Investigator of the Child Welfare Academy
cburry@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3509 Kathryn Collins, Ph.D, MSW, BSW
Associate Professor
kcollins@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-0814 Clara Daining, PhD, MSW
Research Assistant Professor
Co-PI: Replication of Family Connections with Intergenerational Families
cdaining@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-6392
Joy Ernst, PhD
Assistant Professor of Social Work, and
Director, Social Work Program
of Hood College
ernst@hood.edu Kevin Frick
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Health Policy & Management
KFrick@jhsph.edu
410-614-4018 Geoffrey Greif, DSW, MSW
Professor
ggreif@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3567 Gillian Gregory, MSW, LGSW
Research Coordinator
ggregory@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-7133 Donna Harrington, Ph.D, BA
Professor & Chair, Doctoral Program
dharrington@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3136 R. Anna Hayward, MSW
Research Specialist
ahayward@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-7141 Karen Hopkins, Ph.D, MSW
Associate Professor
khopkins@ssw.uamryland.edu
410-706-1496 Sarah Kaye, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
skaye@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3827 Mark Lardner, LCSW-C
Clinical Research Specialist
mlardner@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-7157 Bethany Lee, Ph.D, MSW
Assistant Professor
blee@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3809 Michael Lindsey, Ph.D, MSW
Assistant Professor
mlindsey@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-8781 Tanya Sharpe, Ph.D, MSW
Assistant Professor
tsharpe@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3829 Terry Shaw, Ph.D, MSW, MPH
Assistant Professor
tshaw@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3811 Corey Shdaimah, L.L.M., PhD
Assistant Professor
Academic Coordinator, MSW/JD Dual Degree Program
cshdaimah@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-7544
Laura Ting, PhD, LCW-C
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Department of Social Work
LTing@umbc.edu
410-455-2085 Shelly A. Wiechelt,Ph.D.,LCSW-C,CCDC
University of Maryland, Baltimore County School of Social Work
wiechelt@umbc.edu
410-455-2137 Crystal D. Williams, LMSW
Graduate Research Assistant
cwilliams@ssw.umaryland.edu Tiffany A. Williams, BS
Interview Coordinator
twilliams@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-1390 Kristen Woodruff, MSW, LGSW
Graduate Research Assistant
kwoodruff@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-1390 >>top Family Connections Research Team Jacqueline Corcoran, PhD, MSSW
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work
jcorcora@mail1.vcu.edu
804-828-1044 Bruce DeForge, PhD, MA
University of Maryland School of Social Work
bdeforge@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-5612 Howard Dubowitz, MD, MS
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
hdubowitz@peds.umaryland.edu
410-706-6144 Joy Swanson Ernst, PhD, MSW
Hood College
ernst@hood.edu
301-696-3754 Kevin D. Frick, PhD
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Health Policy & Management
KFrick@jhsph.edu
410-614-4018 Laurel Kiser, PhD
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
lkiser@psych.umaryland.edu
410-706-2490 Deborah Weimer, JD
University of Maryland School of Law
dweimer@law.umaryland.edu
410-706-8316 >>top BEST PRACTICE SERVICES FACULTY AND STAFF Family Connections Clinical & Community Services Personnel Qiana Cryer
410-706-8716 Maureen Harkness, MSW
Academic Coordinator
mharknes@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-7247 Patricia Noel, MSW
Academic Coordinator
pnoel@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-1463 Deborah Sarsgard, LCSW-C
Clinical Instructor
dsarsgard@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-7475 Frederick Strieder, PhD, LCSW-C
Director of Family Connections/Clinical Associate Professor
fstrieder@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-5479 >>top Family Connections SSW Interns Lauren Askew
Carolyn Button
Jessica Jordan
Leah Kershaw
Stacy Ritter
Sara Ross | Laura Shisler
Meghan Slattery
Dawn Smith
Nneka White
Ahmun Williams
Ramona Zeender |
>>top Family Connections Community Advisory Committee Qismat Alim
Pastor, Payne Memorial AME Church Jennie Bloom
Associate Dean
University of Maryland Baltimore School of Social Work Nathaniel Branson
Adjunct Faculty Field Liaison
University of Maryland Baltimore School of Social Work Pauline Boldin
University of Maryland Medical Systems Charlotte Clemens
Pastor, Shiloh AME Church Reba Cornman
University of Maryland Baltimore
Dept. of Geriatrics and Gerontology Earlene Ham
Grandparent Deborah Harburger
Maryland Governor’s Office on Children Dolores Kelley
Senator
State of Maryland Jaia Lent
Generations United Earlene Merrill
Director
Maryland Kinship Care Resource Center Susan Patry
Southwest Senior Center David Pruitt
Chair, Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Department of Child Psychiatry Natasha Ramberg
Associate Director
Family and Women Services
Bon Secours of Maryland Foundation Sarah Reed
Grandparent Leslie Seid-Margolis
Chairperson
Maryland Disability Law Center Stacy Smith
Director, Southwest Consortium
Baltimore's Success by Six Partnership Pauline Squirrel
Grandparent Pat Wilson
Program Director
Baltimore Child and Adolescent Response System >>top | 
