Dr. Monica Faulkner is a Research Associate Professor at the Steve Hicks School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin and the Director and co-founder of the Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing. Dr. Faulkner holds Bachelor…
Shannon is the program & training director at the Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing. Shannon’s role includes program management & development, outreach and collaboration efforts on campus and in the community, and volunteer and student coordination. On campus, Shannon…
Yuanjin Zhou is an assistant professor at the Steve Hicks School of Social Work. Yuanjin Zhou received her Ph.D. in Social Welfare from the University of Washington School of Social Work. Zhou’s research program focuses on characterizing both precarious and…
Maria C. Monge, M.D., previously served as director of adolescent medicine at Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas and as an adolescent physician at People’s Community Clinic in Austin and Lone Star Circle of Care. Monge is director of…
As a nurse, Dr. Thurman’s experience focused on improving access to quality primary and behavioral healthcare for patients of Federally Qualified Health Centers in Texas. She received her MSN (2007) and PhD (2018) from the University of Texas at Austin…
Cynthia Franklin, Ph.D., is the Director of External Relations and is the Stiernberg/Spencer Family Professor in Mental Health in the Steve Hicks School of Social Work. Franklin holds a courtesy appointment in the Department of Psychiatry at the Dell Medical…
Sandy Magaña, PhD, MSW, holds the Professorship in Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities in the Steve Hicks School of Social Work. She received a Master of Social Work from California State University, San Bernardino and her Ph.D. from the Heller Graduate…
Daniel Bennett is an associate professor (research) of economics at the University of Southern California. His research focuses on economic development and global health in South Asia and Southern Africa. His recent work examines the economic impact of poor mental…
Raissa Fabregas joined the LBJ School of Public Affairs as an assistant professor in 2018. She is an applied microeconomist with research interests in development and labor economics. Her work is primarily related to understanding constraints on learning and the…
Stephen Courter is an award-winning faculty member for the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin. He is an assistant professor of instruction in the Rosenthal Department of Management and a former top corporate executive with…
Fiona Conway received her Ph.D. in social work from the Rutgers School of Social Work and completed her postdoctoral training at the Center of Alcohol & Substance Use Studies at Rutgers University. Her research focuses on substance use behaviors emphasizing…
Barbara Ball, PhD, is a senior research associate at the Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing. Her work over the past 20 years has been devoted to supporting children and youth who have experienced violence and abuse, trauma and adversity.…
Kasey Claborn is a research scientist and licensed clinical psychologist. She is an Associate Professor in the Steve Hicks School of Social Work. Dr. Claborn is the Director for the Addiction Research Institute and serves as Co-Director for the South…
Namkee Choi, Ph.D., is Louis and Ann Wolens Centennial Chair in Gerontology in the Steve Hicks School of Social Work. Choi’s primary research focuses on depression in late life and improving access to depression treatment for low-income homebound older adults.…
Initially trained in the materials and methods of the industrial age as a silversmith, product and furniture designer, Kate started her career designing one-off products and environments for the luxury market in the United Kingdom. Catterall has lived in the…
Xiaoyi Zeng (She/Her) is a doctoral student at the Steve Hicks School of Social Work at the University of Texas at Austin, and a social work advocate for older individuals living with dementia and their caregivers. Having been a caregiver…
Tymothy Belseth is the Spark Program Coordinator with the Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing. Tymothy is passionate about foster care and the challenges older youth face during their transition from adolescence to adulthood. He has worked as an internal…
As a Ph.D. candidate in historical musicology at The University of Texas at Austin, Catherine Heemann explores medieval music theory and pedagogy, manuscript production, diffusion, and global approaches to music studies; she is a 2024-2025 pre-doctoral research resident at the…
Laurie Scott is Associate Professor of Music and Human Learning at The University of Texas at Austin. Additionally, she serves as the director of The University of Texas String Project and the Musical Lives string program at UT Elementary School.…
Dr. Carolyn Phillips is an assistant professor at The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing. She received her BSN from the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing in 2001, her MSN from the University of New Mexico in…
Hannah O’Brien is the Program Director of the Veteran Spouse Network at the Institute for Military and Veteran Family Wellness within the School of Social Work. A native of Austin, Texas, and an alum of the Steve Hick School of…