Mercedes Bern-Klug, M.S.W., Ph.D.

Mercedes Bern-Klug is Director of the School of Social Work and a Professor specializing in gerontology, with a focus on long-term services and supports for older persons and persons with disabilities.

Amy Butler, Ph.D.

Aislinn Conrad, M.S.W., Ph.D.

Dr. Conrad's research examines the social determinants that reduce child maltreatment and promote family wellbeing. Past projects include linking material hardship (food/housing insecurity) to child abuse, and validating the Spanish version of the Protective Factors Survey. 

Carol Coohey, M.S.W., Ph.D.

Professor Coohey has over 25 years of experience directing and evaluating community-based programs, validating assessment tools, and researching the relationship between childhood adversity and academic and behavioral health outcomes among children and adults. Her most recent research has focused on suicide prevention.

Stephen Cummings, M.S.W., A.C.S.W., L.I.S.W.

Stephen Cummings is a clinical associate professor with over 20 years of practice in social service fields, including 10 years as a licensed social worker in a Trauma I level hospital setting. His areas of interest include ethical use of technology in social work practice, clinical supervision, and preparing students for the social work licensure exam.

Yvonne Farley, M.S.W.

In 2010, Yvonne Farley joined the National Center for Social Work Trauma Education and Workforce Development through their National Collaboration for Trauma Informed Care. Over the last 4 years, she has been helping to train Iowa’s workforce in trauma informed practice and to prepare M.S.W. students through the trauma informed class.

Megan E. Gilster, M.S.W., Ph.D.

Dr. Gilster is an Associate Professor of Social Work, and Research Fellow in the Social and Education Policy Research Program in the University of Iowa Public Policy Center. Her research addresses how community and neighborhood conditions matter for the well-being of residents.

May Guo, Ph.D.

Dr. Guo's work addresses the intersection between immigration and aging, examining the well-being of older immigrants in the changing family and neighborhood contexts.

Carolyn Hartley, Ph.D.

Motier F. Haskins, M.S.W.

Kara Houser, M.S.W., L.I.S.W.

Julia Kleinschmit, M.S.W.

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.

Miriam Landsman, Ph.D.

Dr. Landsman is Executive Director of the National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice. Her primary areas of research are family-centered approaches to child welfare practice and the child welfare workforce.

Harmony Linden, M.S.W.

Billie Marchik, M.S.W.

Alison Oliver, M.S.W.

Nadia Sabbagh Steinberg, M.S.W., Ph.D.

Sara Sanders, Ph.D.

Dr. Sara Sanders is the Dean of the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and formerly served as Director of the School of Social Work. Her research interests pertain to gerontology and end-of-life.

Yolanda D. Spears, M.S.W., L.M.S.W.

Christopher A. Veeh, Ph.D.

Yi (April) Wang, Ph.D.

Sarah Witry, M.S.W., L.M.S.W.

Professor Witry has 12 years of experience in non-profit management, program development, and program assessment and evaluation focusing on food security, anti-poverty, and housing security services. She is now the Field Education Director and is passionate about inspiring and supporting social work students to act as change agents in the field and in their future work as professionals.