Faculty Affiliates

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As affiliates, we encourage you to engage with us around shared research interests that intersect with MCSI focus areas.

Our Faculty Affiliates

Octavious Bishop, Ph.D.

Lecturer
Namkee G. Choi, Ph.D.

Professor; Louis and Ann Wolens Centennial Chair in Gerontology
Kasey Claborn, Ph.D.

Director, ARI; Co-Director, SSW ATTC; Associate Professor
Fiona Conway, Ph.D.

Associate Director of Research, Addiction Research Institute; Assistant Professor
Sandy Magaña, Ph.D., MSW

Professor in Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities; TCDS Executive Director
Cynthia Franklin, Ph.D.

Director of External Relations; Stiernberg/Spencer Family Professor in Mental Health
Noёl Busch-Armendariz, Ph.D., LMSW, MPA

University Presidential Professor; IDVSA Director; Associate Dean for Global Engagement
Diana M. DiNitto, Ph.D.

Cullen Trust Centennial Professor in Alcohol Studies and Education; Distinguished Teaching Professor
Sherri Greenberg, M.S.

Assistant Dean for State and Local Government Engagement; Professor of Practice; Fellow of Max Sherman Chair in State and Local Government
Lailea Noel, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor; Meadows Foundation Fellow in Quality of Life in the Rural Environment; Director, Institute for Collaborative Health Research and Practice
Yolanda Padilla, Ph.D.

Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs; Clara Pope Willoughby Centennial Professor in Child Welfare
Jordan Steiker

Judge Robert M. Parker Chair of Law; Professor
Heather Way

Clinical Professor
Yuanjin Zhou, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Rebecca Gomez, PhD

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor
Monica Faulkner, PhD, LMSW

Research Associate Professor
Tanya Voss, MSSW

Clinical Professor and Assistant Dean for Global Engagement
Tyler Jorgensen, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Gregory Wallingford, M.D., MBA

Assistant Dean for Professional Fulfillment & Well-Being, Dell Medical School
Farya Phillips, Ph.D., CCLS

Research Assistant Professor
Sarah Sloan, LCSW-S

Assistant Dean for Health Affairs & Clinical Associate Professor
Michael Romero, LCSW-S

Clinical Assistant Professor
Catherine Cubbin, Ph.D.

Clara Pope Willoughby Centennial Professor in Community Safety
Danielle Parrish, Ph.D.

Professor; Associate Director of the Health Behavior Research and Training Institute (HBRT)
Vanessa Klodnick, Ph.D., L.C.S.W.

Research Associate Professor
Mary-Ellen Brown, Ph.D.

Associate Professor; Josleen and Frances Lockhart Memorial Fellow for Direct Practice in Social Work
Mercedes Hernandez, Ph.D., LCSW

Associate Professor
Esther J. Calzada, Ph.D.

Associate Dean for Research; Norma and Clay Leben Professor in Child and Family Behavioral Health
Sandra Vanegas, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor
Molly Lopez, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor
Jahanett Ramirez, MD, MPH

Research Assistant Professor
Joan E. Asseff, LCSW-S

Assistant Dean for Master’s Programs, Clinical Associate Professor; GRACE Program Co-Director
Deborah Ann Cohen, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor
Kirk von Sternberg, Ph.D.

Professor
Lauren E. Gulbas, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

The Moritz Center invites faculty members of the School of Social Work and other UT schools to work with MCSI as faculty affiliates.

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