Research Interests
- Culturally responsive trauma-informed approaches for schools
- Asset-based community development in rural places
- Secondary trauma as manifest in organizations
- International service learning
Cassandra L. Bransford
Associate Professor
CCPA Social Work
Research Interests
- Attachment-based practice approaches
- Depression in older adults with cognitive impairment
- Social work practice theory
- Authority in social work practice
- Critical social work
Research Interests
- Leadership
- Organizational climate
- Diversity, inclusion, and innovation
Laura R. Bronstein
Dean; Executive Director
CCPA Dean's Office; Institute for Justice and Well-Being
Research Interests
- Interprofessional and interagency collaboration
- School-community partnerships
- Aging
Brian Flynn
Director of Admissions and Student Services
CCPA Social Work
Maria Gordon
Associate Director of Field Education for the BSW Program
CCPA Social Work
Research Interests
- Community rehabilitation for offenders with mental illness
- Neighborhood environment and crime among people with mental illness
- Health and behavioral health disparities for populations at risk including racial/ethnic minorities and offenders
Research Interests
- Gender
- Child welfare
- Parenting
- Kinship
- Ethnography
- Epistemology
- Emotional/affective labor
Suk-Young (John) Kang
Interim Chair/ Associate Professor
CCPA Social Work
Research Interests
- depression and health status among Asian immigrant elders
- family caregiving
- social justice for immigrants and refugees
- depression among asian americans
- geriatric counseling
Cara Kenien
HPPAE Coordinator and Field Liaison
CCPA Social Work
Research Interests
- grandparent-headed intergenerational families
- interprofessional collaboration in school contexts
- development of culturally responsive interventions for immigrant family caregivers
Research Interests
- Substance abuse prevention among racial/ethnic minorities
- Athlete substance use
- mental health and wellness
- Marijuana policy reform
- Community-based interventions
- Interdisciplinary approaches to social and behavioral health science research
Olubunmi Oyewuwo-Gassikia
Assistant Professor
CCPA Social Work
Research Interests
- Domestic violence
- Women
- Immigrant & refugee health
- American Muslims
- Black communities
- Help- and service-seeking behaviors and outcomes
- Intersectionality
Research Interests
- Caseworker decision making
- Child welfare
- Mixed-methods research designs
- Organizational culture
John Vassello
Associate Director of Field Education & Admissions
CCPA Social Work
Research Interests
- LGBTQ youth and safe schools policy
- LGBTQ families and family acceptance
- HIV/AIDS policy and service delivery
