Social Work Faculty & Staff

Beth Harmer, DSW, MSW, LCSW, LCAS, CCS
Department Head; Graduate Program Director; Assistant Professor


Tonya Westbrook, Ph.D, MSW
Assistant Department Head; Associate Professor

Jenna Powers, Ph.D, MSW
Undergraduate Program Director; Assistant Professor





R. Turner Goins
Ambassador Jeanette W. Hyde Endowed Professor of Gerontological Social Work Ph. D.



Lisa Lefler, Ph.D
Teaching Professor; Culturally-based Native Health Programs Director

Kristina Lind, Ph.D, MSW
Associate Professor; School Social Work Certificate Coordinator

Emma Miller, MSW, LCSW
Instructor, U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program (BHWET) Project Coordinator


Aaron Plantenberg, MSW, LCSW, LCAS, CCS
Instructor; Addiction Studies Program Coordinator
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