2012-2013 Catalogue
Faculty for Social Work Department
Search Courses for Jacquelyn Barna
Karen E. Bielawski-Branch
Adjunct Lecturer of Social Work
Appointed in 2000
BA 1982 Rutgers University
MSW 1987 Adelphi University
Search Courses for Patrick Brown
Gale E. Burford
Professor of Social Work
Appointed in 1999
BA 1968 Saint Martin's University
MSW 1971 University of Washington
PHD 1990 University of Stirling
Sherry Burnette
Lecturer of Social Work
Appointed in 2000
BA 1983 Pennsylvania State University
MSW 1990 Simmons College
MPH 1997 University of Pittsburgh
PHD 1998 University of Pittsburgh
Leon Frederick Burrell
Lecturer of Leadership and Developmental Sciences
Professor of Social Work Emeritus
Appointed in 2002
Leadership and Developmental Sciences Department
BS 1965 Michigan State University
MA 1968 Michigan State University
PHD 1971 Michigan State University
MSW 1985 McGill University
Search Courses for Jean Cass
Susan Ann Comerford
Associate Professor of Social Work
Appointed in 1998
BSW 1980 SUNY Brockport
MSW 1983 Fordham University
PHD 1998 Case Western Reserve University
Celia A.W. Cuddy
Lecturer I of Social Work
Appointed in 2000
BA 1987 Hampshire College
MSW 1998 University of Vermont
Peter Anthony Cudney
Lecturer of Social Work
Appointed in 1999
BA 1994 St Lawrence University
MSW 2001 University of Vermont
Sharon L. Davis
Lecturer of Social Work
Appointed in 2007
BSW 1994 Trinity College
MSW 2000 University of Denver
Martha P Dewees
Associate Professor of Social Work Emerita
Appointed in 1994
BA 1966 University of Wisconsin Madison
MED 1974 West Chester University of Pennsylvania
MSW 1985 Adelphi University
PHD 1995 SUNY Albany
Derek A. George
Lecturer of Social Work
Appointed in 2005
BA 1995 Gordon College
MDIV 2000 Princeton University
Carolyn M. Gillis
Lecturer of Social Work
Appointed in 2006
BA 1999 Smith College
MSW 2004 University of Vermont
Wanda Renarda Heading-Grant
Chief Diversity Officer
Clinical Associate Professor of Social Work
Appointed in 1990
BS 1987 University of Vermont
MSW 1988 Adelphi University
EDD 2003 University of Vermont
Carol S. Johnson
Lecturer of Social Work
Appointed in 2002
BA 1977 Middlebury College
MSW 1979 Washington University in St Louis
Laurie J. Larson
Lecturer I of Social Work
Appointed in 2002
AA 1977 Highland Community College
BS 1980 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
MA 1991 Goddard College
George S. Leibowitz
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Appointed in 2007
BA 1990 SUNY Buffalo
MSW 2001 University of Denver
PHD 2007 University of Denver
Search Courses for Kelly Melekis
Charles H. Mindel
Research Professor of Social Work
Appointed in 2006
BA 1964 SUNY Albany
Phyllis E. Paolucci-Whitcomb
Professor of Social Work Emerita
Appointed in 1970
BS 1965 Castleton State College
MED 1970 University of Vermont
CAS 1977 University of Vermont
EDD 1980 Boston University
Cyrus Patten
Lecturer of Social Work
Appointed in 2010
BSW 2006 Colorado State University
MSW 2009 Colorado State University
Fiona M. Patterson
Associate Professor of Social Work
Appointed in 1999
BA 1960 Oberlin College
MFA 1965 Rhode Island School of Design
MSW 1976 University of Pennsylvania
DSW 1999 University of Pennsylvania
Elizabeth J. Pillard
Lecturer of Social Work
Appointed in 2008
BA 1987 Wesleyan University
MSW 1991 Simmons College
Ann Denison Pugh
Senior Lecturer of Social Work
Appointed in 1985
BS 1974 Union College
MSW 1975 Washington University in St Louis
CAS 1991 University of Vermont
Julie Lynn Richards
Senior Lecturer of Social Work
Appointed in 1997
BS 1987 University of Vermont
MSW 1991 McGill University
Susan E. Roche
Associate Professor of Social Work
Appointed in 1991
BA 1974 Northeastern Illinois University
MSW 1981 University of Louisville
Jean M. Sienkewicz
Lecturer of Social Work
Appointed in 2007
BA 2000 Goddard College
MSW 2004 University of Vermont
Brenda M. Solomon
Associate Professor of Social Work
Appointed in 1999
BA 1980 Nazareth College of Rochester
MSW 1990 Syracuse University
PHD 1999 Syracuse University
Jessica S. Strolin
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Appointed in 2011
PHD 2006 University of Albany
Mary Skidmore Taylor
Lecturer I of Social Work
Research Associate of Social Work
Appointed in 1995
BA 1968 Douglass College
Anne Wallace
Lecturer of Social Work
Appointed in 2002
BA 1970 Wellesley College
MSW 1992 University of Vermont
Gary Charles Widrick
Chairperson of Social Work
Lecturer of Social Work
Research Associate Professor of Social Work
Appointed in 1980
BA 1969 Syracuse University
MSW 1974 SUNY Albany
MA 1986 University of Vermont
PHD 1989 University of Vermont
Stanley L. Witkin
Professor of Social Work
Appointed in 1991
AA 1967 Miami Dade College
BA 1969 University of Minnesota Twin Cities
MSSW 1974 University of Wisconsin Madison
PHD 1976 University of Wisconsin Madison