SSWR Board of Directors

President (2/1/2024-1/31/2026)

Ramona Denby-Brinson, PhD
School of Social Work
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
325 Pittsboro Street, CB #3550
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3550
rdenby-brinson@unc.edu


Past President (2/1/2024-1/31/2025)

Sean Joe, PhD
Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
One Brookings Drive, CB 1196
St. Louis, MO 63130
sjoe@wustl.edu


Vice President (2/1/2024-1/31/2025)

Mary Ohmer, PhD
School of Social Work
University of Pittsburgh
2117 Cathedral of Learning
4200 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
mlo51@pitt.edu


Vice President-Elect (2/1/2024-1/31/2025)

Hyeouk “Chris” Hahm, PhD
School of Social Work
Boston University
264 Bay State Road
Boston, MA 02215
hahm@bu.edu


Past Vice President (2/1/2024-1/31/2025)

Kirk A. Foster, PhD
School of Social Work
The University of Texas at Arlington
701 S. Nedderman Drive
Arlington, TX 76019
kirk.foster@uta.edu


Secretary (2/1/2023-1/31/2026)

David Becerra, PhD
School of Social Work
Boise State University
1910 West University Drive
Boise, ID 83725
davidbecerra@boisestate.edu


Treasurer (2/1/2022-1/31/2025)

Sunggeun (Ethan) Park, PhD
School of Social Work
University of Michigan
1080 S. University Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
sunggeun@umich.edu


Director-at-Large (2/1/2024-1/31/2027)

Joan Blakey, PhD
School of Social Work
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
1404 Gortner Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55108
blak0014@umn.edu


Director-at-Large (2/1/2024-1/31/2027)

Karen Bullock, PhD, LICSW, FGSA, APHSW-C
School of Social Work
Boston College
140 Commonwealth Ave.
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
K.Bullock@bc.edu


Director-at-Large (2/1/2023-1/31/2026)

Tamara Cadet, PhD
School of Social Policy and Practice
University of Pennsylvania
3701 Locust Walk, Caster Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104
cadet@upenn.edu


Director-at-Large (2/1/2023-1/31/2026)

Kelli Canada, PhD
School of Social Work
University of Missouri-Columbia
510 Lewis Hall
Columbia, MO 65211
canadake@missouri.edu


Director-at-Large (2/1/2022-1/31/2025)

Hee Yun Lee, PhD
School of Social Work
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
hlee94@ua.edu


Director-at-Large (2/1/2023-1/31/2026)

Shuang Lu, PhD
School of Social Work
University of Central Florida
12805 Pegasus Drive
Orlando, FL 32816
shuanglu@ucf.edu


Director-at-Large (2/1/2022-1/31/2025)

David J. Pate Jr., PhD
Helen Bader School of Social Welfare
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
2400 E. Hartford Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53211
pated@uwm.edu


Early Career Director-at-Large (2/1/2024-1/31/2026)

Justin Harty, PhD
School of Social Work
Arizona State University
411 N. Central Ave. #800
Phoenix, AZ 58004
justinharty@asu.edu


Student Director-at-Large (2/1/2024-1/31/2026)

Fatima Mabrouk, MSW
Silver School of Social Work
New York University
1 Washington Square North
New York, NY 1003
fam360@nyu.edu

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