Combining professional experience, scholarship, and research, our faculty develop innovative programs and approaches, provide critical insight into the profession, and develop teaching materials that are used widely in social work education. UConn Social Work faculty serve as presenters at national and international conferences. They are widely published; hold leadership positions, serve on editorial boards and as committee members on regional and national peer review committees for granting agencies, journal publishers, and University, national and international meetings. Involved in a wide range of service activities in professional social work organizations and in the community at both the local and national levels, our faculty hold leadership positions as officers and board members of professional organizations; and engage in the development and dissemination of research.
In addition to our full-time faculty, adjuncts are hired to teach on a limited basis. They are selected for their expertise, teaching experience, and ability to use practice experience to inform their teaching.
The UConn School of Social Work staff is dedicated to supporting you and the work of the School.
Faculty
Nina Rovinelli Heller, PhD
Dean, Zachs Chair in Social Work and Co-Director, PhD Program
(959) 200-3649
Room 303 HSSW
Regina Lester-Harriat, LMSW
Assistant Professor in Residence
regina.lester-harriat@uconn.edu
(959) 200-3677
Room 323 HSSW
Kathryn Libal, PhD
Associate Professor and Director, UConn Human Rights Institute
(959) 200-3633
Room 313 HSSW
Margaret Lloyd Sieger, PhD
Assistant Professor
margaret.lloydsieger@uconn.edu
(959) 200-3653
Room 310 HSSW
Lisa Werkmeister Rozas, PhD
Associate Professor and BSW Program Director
lisa.werkmeister_rozas@uconn.edu
(959) 200-3654
Room 311 HSSW
Tanya Rhodes Smith, MSW
Instructor in Residence and Director, Nancy A. Humphreys Institute for Political Social Work
(959) 200-3631
Room 219 HSSW
Rebecca Thomas, PhD
Associate Professor and Director, Center for International Social Work Studies
(959) 200-3681
Room 327 HSSW
Cristina Wilson, PhD
Associate Professor and Research Director, UConn Health, University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
(959) 200-3674
Room 320 HSSW
Staff
Kathy Birnie, MSW
Program Assistant
Office of Student and Academic Services
(959) 200-3603
Room 106 HSSW
Trisha Hawthorne-Noble, MSW
Director, Office of Student and Academic Services
trisha-ann.hawthorne@uconn.edu
(959) 200-3672
Room 108 HSSW
Cheryl Jackson-Morris, MSW
Associate Director
Field Education Department
cheryl.jackson-morris@uconn.edu
(959) 200-3609
Room 111 HSSW
Abigail Jackson, BA
Assistant Director of Alumni Relations, Social Work &
Law
(959) 200-3657
Room 314 HSSW
Milagros Marrero-Johnson, MSW
Director of Strategic Programming
Office of the Dean
milagros.marrero-johnson@uconn.edu
(959) 200-3606
Room 318 HSSW
Natalie O'Connor, BA
Program Assistant
Office of Student and Academic Services
(959) 200-3604
Room 106 HSSW
Carmen Ragland
Financial Assistant I
Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development
carmen.feliciano_ragland@uconn.edu
(959) 200-3617
Room 206 HSSW
Beth Sharkey, MSW
Associate Director
Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development
(959) 200-3620
Room 208 HSSW
Iris Strong, BA
Administrative Services Specialist III
Office of Finance and Administration
(959) 200-3619
Room 207 HSSW
Carolyn Treiss, MSW, JD
Director of Development
School of Social Work and Hartford Campus
(959) 200-3658
Room 308 HSSW
Nancy Urcinas
Administrative Services Specialist II
Field Education Department
(959) 200-3610
Room 112 HSSW
Lindsay Wessell, MA
Administrative Services Specialist III
Office of Research &
Scholarship and Finance Office
(959) 200-3621
Room 215 HSSW