Dr. Lorraine T. Dorfman's main area of research is in gerontology, focusing on adjustment to retirement, aging, and the family, and gerontology education. She is particularly interested in life transitions and how people adjust to them.

Since 1999, Julia Kleinschmit has primarily taught in and coordinated the three-year, Part-Time M.S.W. Program in Sioux City. She teaches Research, Policy, Discrimination Oppression and Diversity, Organization and Community Practice, and Integrated Theory and Practice. Her interests include Disproportionate Minority Contact, especially in regards to reducing the number of Native children in the child welfare system and the number of children of color in juvenile detention.