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Doctoral Faculty Research Interests

Tanya Brice

  • African American Families
  • Female Delinquency
  • Social Welfare History
  • Community Organizing and Development
  • Program Evaluation
  • Race and Religion

Jim Ellor

  • Grief and Loss Among Alzheimer's Patients
  • Spiritual Assessment Among the Elderly
  • Knowledge and Attitudes of Aging
  • Hunger among Older Adults
  • Mental Health for Older Adults
  • Training Needs for Paraprofessionals and Professionals
  • Stress, Trauma and PTSD
  • The Role of the Church as Service Provider
  • Military Family Coping
  • Meaning Oriented (Logo) therapy

Elizabeth Goatley

  • African American Families
  • Juvenile Justice
  • Human Trafficking/Domestic Sex Trafficking of Minors
  • International Social Policy
  • Advocacy and Social Justice

Diana Garland

  • Congregational Social Work
  • Family Ministry
  • Families in Crisis; Family Life Education
  • Power: Appropriate Use and Abuse
  • Community-based Child Welfare Services
  • Clergy Sexual Misconduct
  • Religiously Affiliated Organizations

Cindy Harr

  • Clinical Social Work
  • Families
  • Mental Health
  • International Social Work
  • Spirituality
  • Organizations and Communities
  • Professional Development

Helen Harris

  • Grief and Cognition in Children
  • Grief and Cognition in Adults
  • Loss and Grief
  • Effectiveness of On-line Education
  • Current Applications of the Work of Alan Keith-Lucas
  • Faith and Adoption

Johnny Jones

  • Public Child Welfare
  • Child Welfare in the Context of Church and Church Agencies
  • Organization and Administration of Human Services
  • Program Evaluation
  • Evidence Based Practice
  • Role of Relationship in Research

Dennis Myers

  • Adult Child and Parent Relationships
  • Leadership of Senior Living Environments
  • Social Work and Long-term Care
  • Older Adults and Poverty
  • Volunteerism in Later Life
  • Family Caregiving
  • Leadership of Social Work Education Programs
  • Social Work with Developmental Disabilities

David Pooler

  • Professional Ethics and Professional Development of Social Workers
  • Professional Functioning and Impairment of Social Workers
  • Organizational Development
  • Organizational Leadership and Change; Organizational Justice

Rob Rogers

  • Family Literacy
  • Workforce Development
  • Administration of Human Services
  • Program Evaluation

Jon Singletary

  • Strengthening Congregational Community Ministries
  • Community Development
  • Advocacy and Social Justice


Gaynor Yancey

  • Church and Community Ministries
  • Congregational Social Work
  • Community Organizing and Development
  • Religiously Affiliated Organizations
  • Social Welfare History & Policy
  • Organizational Administration, Organization, and Development
  • Poverty