Faculty & Staff

Sandra Edmonds Crewe, M.S.W., Ph.D, ACSW
Dean

Tracy R. Whitaker, M.S.W., D.S.W.
Associate Dean for Academic & Student Advancement

Jacqueline Marie Smith, M.S.W., Ph.D., Director
Associate Dean for Research and Director of Doctoral Education

Sandra Gammons, M.S.W.
Director of Admissions

Janice M. Davis, M.S.W., Ph.D, LCSW-C
Director, Clinical Education

Kenya D. Morris
Administrative Manager & Communications

Rahel Tibebu
Administrative Coordinator, Office of the Dean

Robert L. Cosby, Jr., M.S.W., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Director, Multidisciplinary Gerontology Center  

Cynthia E. Harris, M.S.W., M.B.P.A., D.H.A., LICSW, LCSW-C
Director, Student Services & Professional Development, Chair, Curriculum Committee

Ruby M. Gourdine, M.S.W., D.S.W., LICSW, LCSW​
Chair, Direct Practice Concentration, Co-Chair, Human Behavior & Social Environment Sequence

Altaf Husain, M.S.W., Ph.D
Chair, Community, Administration & Policy Practice Concentration, Co-Chair, Human Behavior & Social Environment Sequences

Soleman H. Abu-Bader, M.S.W., Ph.D.
Chair, Research Sequence

Stacey Little, M.S.W., Ph.D.
Interim Chair, Research Sequence

Soleman H. Abu-Bader, M.S.W., Ph.D.
Professor

Tricia Bent-Goodley, M.S.W., Ph.D., LICSW
Professor

Sandra E. Crewe, M.S.W., Ph.D., ACSW
Professor

Janeen Cross, M.S.W., Ph.D.
Special Assistant to the Associate Dean for Academic & Student Advancement

Janice Berry Edwards, M.S.W., Ph.D., LICSW, LCSW-C, ACSW, and BCD
Associate Professor

Ruby M. Gourdine, M.S.W., DSW, LICSW, LCSW
Professor

Cynthia E. Harris, M.S.W., M.B.P.A., D.H.A., LICSW, LCSW-C
Associate Professor

Altaf Husain, M.S.W., Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Karen Kolivoski, M.S.W., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Meirong Liu, M.S., M.A., Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Kamilah Majied, M.S.W., Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Tamarah Moss, M.S.W., M.P.H., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Fariyal Ross-Sheriff, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor

Jacqueline M. Smith, M.S.W., Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Cudore L. Snell, M.S.W., D.S.W., LICSW
Professor

Tracy R. Whitaker, M.S.W., D.S.W.
Associate Professor

Wendy Alias, M.S.W. 
Assistant Professor

Karen Allen, M.S.W., LICSW,  LCSW-C  
Assistant Professor  

Maryetta Andrews-Sachs, M.S.W., LICSW, CGP, FAGPA
Associate Professor 

Aisha Bonner, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor 

Anniglo Boone, Ph.D.  
Assistant Professor  

Rachel Bradley-Williams, M.S.W., LICSW  
Associate Professor 

Sheryl Brissett-Chapman, M.S.W.,  Ed.M., Ed.D., ACSW  
Associate Professor 

Stephen Broyles, M.S.W., M.P.H.  
Assistant Professor 

Janice Davis, M.S.W., Ph.D.,  LCSW-C 
Assistant Professor   

Esther Dickerson, M.S.W., LCSW-C 
Assistant Professor 

Dane Edley, M.S.W.
Assistant Professor

Peter Fitts, M.S.W., LICSW, LCSW-C 
Assistant Professor 

Julie Guyot-Diangone, M.S.W., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Carol Hill-Lowe, M.S.W., ACSW  
Assistant Professor 

Dawn Hobdy, M.S.W. 
Assistant Professor 

Laura E. House, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor 

Ernestine Jones, M.S.W. 
​Assistant Professor 

Fallon Jones, M.S.W, LGSW
Assistant Professor 

Samuel Little, M.S.W., Ph.D.  
Associate Professor

Stacey Little, M.S.W., Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor

Philip W. Lucas, M.S.W., D.S.W., ACSW, LICSW, LCSW  
​Associate Professor

Andridia Mapson, M.S.W., Ph.D.  
Assistant Professor 

Chester Marshall, M.S.W., LICSW, LCSW-C
Assistant Professor

Clinique Marshall Chapman, M.S.W., LGSW 
Assistant Professor 

Shelita Martin, M.S.W., Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor 

Patricia Martin O’Meally, M.S.W., LICSW, LCSW-C  
Associate Professor 

Jean McRae, M.S.W.  
Associate Professor 

Karen Miller, M.S.W., Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor 

Warren Miller, M.S.W., LICSW, LCSW-C, LCSW
Assistant Professor 

Sheryl Neverson Nichols, M.S.W., Ph.D., LICSW  
Assistant Professor

Shirley Newton-Guest,M.S.W, D.S.W, LICSW, LCSW-C  
Assistant Professor 

Anthea Seymour, M.S.W. 
​Assistant Professor 

Shelita Snyder, M.S.W., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor 

Parviz Steeds, M.S.W.  
Assistant Professor 

Heather Stowe, M.S.W., Ph.D. 
​Assistant Professor 

Claudia Thorne, M.S.W., Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor 

Gladys Walton Hall, M.S.W., Ph.D., LICSW 
Professor 

Christine Wiley, M. Div, D. Min, Ph.D., 
Professor 

Anntinette Williams, M.S.W., LCSW
Professor 

Tykia Sanders 
Administrative Assistant, Office of the Dean

Patrice Liggon 
Administrative Assistant, Office of Academic & Student Advancement 

Leah Raynor
Administrative Assistant, Office of Admissions 

Aja Keys 
Administrative Assistant, Office of Admissions

Shavon Minter
Administrative Assistant, Office of Clinical Education