Andrews, Arlene B., PhD Carolina Distinguished Professor Phone: 803-777-1126 Address: Alumni House 106 Email Address: arlene.andrews@sc.edu

Research Expertise:  Rights of children;  victimization; course development ; program evaluation; child abuse & neglect;  non-profit management;  family policy;  early childhood services;  communities and human service organizations;  evaluation capacity in community-based organizations; evidenced based practice; strengthening families through neighborhood development, building parent-provider shared leadership to improve systems serving vulnerable families.

Baxter, Suzanne Comel, PhD, RD, LD, FADA Research Professor, The Institute for Families in Society Phone: 803-777-1824 ext. 12 Address:1600 Hampton Street, #507 Email Address: sbaxter@mailbox.sc.edu

Research Expertise:   Dietary assessment of children and dietary recall methodology (http://ifs.sc.edu/DRM.asp); childhood obesity and nutrition (http://ifs.sc.edu/CN.asp).
Full CV: http://myprofile.cos.com/suzibaxter

Brown, Nancy, PhD Associate Professor Phone: 803-777-3511 Address:DeSaussure 121 Email Address: nancy.brown@sc.edu

Research Expertise: Women and addiction; recovering women and domestic violence prevention; military women and entry into treatment; education technology and web-based course development; technology and education;  high risk behavior in recovery;  substance abuse and adolescent pregnancy.

Browne, Teri A., PhD, MSW, NSW-C Assistant Professor, College of Social Work Affiliate Faculty, University of South Carolina Institute for Families & Society Health Care Scholar,  Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center/University of South Carolina Institute for Advancement of Health Care Phone: 803-777-6258 Address:DeSaussure 334 Email Address: browne@sc.edu

Research Expertise & Interests: Nephrology social work; kidney transplantation; social work and health care settings; understanding kidney disease; patient navigation; social networks and racial disparity in kidney transplantation; patient navigation; oral medication self managementl African Americans’ knowledge and behavior regarding early detection of kidney disease; psychosocial issues of chronic illness, health and disability, clinical social work practice and skills.

Cavanagh, Nicole, LISW-CP\ BSW Field Coordinator Phone: 803-777-0433 Address:Thornwell Annex 122 Email Address: nickcava@mailbox.sc.edu

Research Expertise:  Aging

Choi, Gil, PhD Associate Professor Phone: 803-777-7178 Address:DeSaussure 132 Email Address: gil.choi@sc.edu

Research Expertise:  International studies (advisor to USC Korean Student Association); mental health; cross-cultural studies; family interactions, care giver’s spirituality and its influence on maintaining the elderly and disabled in a home environment.

Chou, Rita Jing-Ann, PhD, MSSW Assistant Professor Phone: 803-777-9265 Address:DeSaussure 329 Email Address: rjchou@sc.edu

Research Expertise:  Aging; older workers; elder support; health disparities; long-term care; quality of life; job satisfaction; Asian-American older adults; aging in Asia (China and Taiwan); social work with racial and ethnic minority groups; social policy.

Cooper-Lewter, Nicholas, PhD Lecturer in Social Work Phone: 803-777-1382 Address:DeSaussure 335 Email Address: cooperle@mailbox.sc.edu

Research Expertise:  Adoption and blended family issues; psychopathology and psychotraumatology; anti-aging and optimum potential multigenerational legacies of resilience and grief/trauma with an emphasis in the role of religion;optimum mental health in African American, First Nation populations.

DeHart, Dana D., PhD Research Faculty, Research Associate Professor, The Center for Child and Family Studies Phone: 803-777-7867 Address:Benson 309B Email Address: danad@mailbox.sc.edu

Research Expertise:  Violence and victimization; sexual exploitation and delinquency; preventing mistreatment of vulnerable adults;  victimization experiences of incarcerated women; poly-victimization of girls referred to the justice system; collaborative response to crime victims in urban areas; elder mistreatment prevention  training; evaluation of victim services; gender-responsive programming.

Farber, Naomi, PhD Associate Professor Phone: 803-777-8816 Address:DeSaussure 327 Email Address: naomi.farber@sc.edu

Research Expertise:  Reducing adolescent pregnancy; sustainable adolescent pregnancy prevention models; single motherhood (poor white single mothers in the South); women in work;  urban poverty; kinship networks among rural African Americans; a multi-level HIV prevention strategy for high-risk youth.

Flynn, Cynthia, PhD Research Assistant Professor, Interim Director of Emerging Community Issues and Research, Planning and Evaluation Divisions, The Center for Child and Family Studies Phone: 803-777-1378 Address:Benson 108 Email Address: cynthiaf@mailbox.sc.edu

Research Expertise: Program evaluation; adolescent adoptions; outcomes for youth exiting foster care; volunteer education coachers who assist youth in earning their high school diploma or GED.

Foster, Kirk, PhD Assistant Professor Phone: 803-777-2377 Address: DeSaussure 324  Email Address: kfoster@mailbox.sc.edu

Research Expertise:  Health and human service organizations, community-based service delivery, are religious congregations as vehicles for community development, congregationally-based social work practice, poverty alleviation strategies, economic disparities, and social capital measurement techniques.

Fram, Maryah PhD Associate Professor Phone: 803-777-5945 Address:132 DeSaussure Email Address: fram@mailbox.sc.edu

Research Expertise:  Social welfare; early childhood; parenting; women and poverty in the South; maternal and child poverty; child care, school readiness and early education;  child care peer group effects on development; poverty policy and women’s workforce participation and inequality; stratification and social capital theory; family food insecurity.

Freedman, Darcy, PhD Assistant Professor Phone: 803-777-1326 Address:Alumni House 202 Email Address: darcyf@mailbox.sc.edu

Research Expertise: Community health and development; social and environmental determinants of health; community-engaged and participatory research; social justice and health equity; food systems change; health disparities; public health literacy; childhood obesity; and food security.

Hock, Robert, LMSW, PhD Assistant Professor College of Social Work University of South Carolina 1731 College St. Rm. 205 Columbia, SC 29208 Phone: 803-777-5861 Fax: 803-777-3498 Email Address: roberth@sc.edu

Research Expertise: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Adoptive Families, Therapeutic interventions for distressed families, Couples, Parent Training, Coparenting.

Iachini, Aidyn PhD Assistant Professor College of Social Work University of South Carolina 1731 College St. Rm. 123 Columbia, SC 29208 Phone: 803-777-2373 Fax: 803-777-3498 Email Address: iachini@mailbox.sc.edu

Research Expertise: positive youth development, school social work, expanded school mental health service delivery systems, school-family-community partnerships, program evaluation, and leadership and administration within youth development and human service organizations.

Johnson, Miriam, PhD, MSW Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor Phone: 803-777-2363 Address:135 Thornwell Annex Email Address: miriam.johnson@sc.edu

Co-Author: Human behavior in the social environment: A new synthesis (2nd ed.) (in press)
Research interests:   Human Behavior in the Social Environment strengths perspective, residential treatment and behavior management, consumerism/indebtedness, and instrument design.

Levkoff, Sue, Sc.D Professor and Endowed Chair, SeniorSMART Center of Economic Excellence: SmartHOME Phone: 803-777-4521 Address:133 DeSaussure Email: slevkoff@mailbox.sc.edu

Research Expertise: 

Dr. Levkoff’s research is focused on developing products to help seniors maintain brain health and remain independent.

Recent Manuscripts:

Rudolph JL, Inouye SK, Jones RN, Yang FM, Fong TG, Levkoff SE, Marcantonio ER. Delirium: an independent predictor of functional decline after cardiac surgery.  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, (2010) Apr; 58(4):643-9.    

Chen H and Levkoff, SE.  (2010).  The Multiverse of Inquiry: Introduction to the Special Issue on “Dementia Care and Chinese Culture.” Ageing International,  2010 June1: 35(2):88-95. 128-139. PMCID: PMC3004230

Durai UN, Chopra MP, Coakley E, Llorente MD, Kirchner JE, Cook JM, Levkoff SE. (2011). Exposure to Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in Older Veterans Attending Primary Care: Comorbid Conditions and Self-Rated Health Status.  J Am Geriatr Soc, 2011 Jun; 59(6):1087-92.  PMID: 21649614
Nicklas JM, Seely EW, Zera CA, Abdul-Rahim ZS, Rudloff ND, Levkoff SE. (2011). Identifying novel approaches to preventing type 2 diabetes in women with a history of gestational diabetes. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, March 24; 11:23. PMID: 214352; PMCID: PMC3076295