Faculty

faculty


Michelle Ballan, Ph.D. Michelle S. Ballan, PhD, MSW
Professor & Associate Dean for Research, School of Social Welfare; Professor, Family, Population and Preventive Medicine; Faculty Affiliate, Institute for Advanced Computational Science; Center and Program Director, Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and related Disabilities (LEND); Stony Brook University Research Director, Early Childhood Clinic, Stony Brook Medicine
Email: Michelle.Ballan@stonybrook.edu
 

Melissa L. Bessaha, Ph.D. Melissa L. Bessaha, PhD, LMSW, MA
Associate Professor
Chair: Families, Youth, & Transition to Adulthood Specialization
Email: Melissa.Bessaha@stonybrook.edu
Phone: 631-638-2514

Frances L. Brisbane, Ph.D.. Frances L. Brisbane, PhD, MSW
Professor
Vice President for Health Sciences Workforce Diversity
Email: Frances.Brisbane@stonybrook.edu
Phone: 631-444-9638

Kristen Brock Petroshius, PhD, MSW Kristen Brock Petroshius, PhD, MSW
Assistant Professor
Email: kristen.brock-petroshius@stonybrook.edu

Marvin L. Colson, M.S. Marvin L. Colson, MS
Clinical Associate Professor
Director of Developmental Disabilities Programs
Email: Marvin.Colson@stonybrook.edu
Phone: 631-444-3162

Marvin L. Colson, M.S. Robin DeLuca-Acconi, PhD, LCSW
Clinical Associate Professor
School Social Work Workforce Development, Programs & Partnerships
E-mail: robin.deluca@stonybrook.edu
Phone: 631-444-3154

Melissa Earle, PhD, LCSW Melissa J. Earle, PhD, LCSW
Clinical Associate Professor
Director of Online Education
Email: Melissa.Earle.1@stonybrook.edu
 

Image: Iris Fienberg Iris Cohen Fineberg, PhD, MSW, OSW-C
Associate Professor
Email: Iris.Fineberg@stonybrook.edu
Phone: 631-444-3164

Image: Elissa Friedman Elissa Friedman, PhD, LCSW, ACSW
Clinical Lecturer
Email: Elissa.Friedman@stonybrook.edu

Image: Amy Hammock Amy Hammock, PhD, MSW
Associate Professor
Email: Amy.Hammock@stonybrook.edu
Phone: 631-444-3108

Jalana Harris Jalana Harris, PhD, LCSW-R
Clinical Lecturer
Email: Jalana.Harris@stonybrook.edu

  Haylee Hebenstreit, PhD, LMSW
Clinical Lecturer
Email: Haylee.Hebenstreit@stonybrook.edu

  Anna Hayward, PhD, MSW
Associate Professor
Email: Anna.Hayward@stonybrook.edu
Phone: 631-444-3177

Nicholas Kardaras, Ph.D., LCSW-R Nicholas Kardaras, Ph.D., LCSW-R
Clinical Assistant Professor
Email: Nicholas.Kardaras@stonybrook.edu
 

Jeanette Lukas-Englert, LMSW Jeanette Lukas, LMSW
Clinical Assistant Professor
Practicum Education
Email: Jeanette.Lukas@stonybrook.edu
Phone: 631-444-3147

 


Sana Malik

Sana Malik, DrPH, MSW, MPH
Associate Professor
Email: Sana.K.Malik@stonybrook.edu
Phone: 631-444-3692


Sheri Shari E. Miller, PhD, MSW
Dean and Professor
Interim Doctoral Program Director
Email: Shari.Miller@stonybrook.edu

 

  Jessica J. Mitchell, LMSW, MA
Clinical Assistant Professor
Practicum Education Coordinator
Email: Jessica.Mitchell@stonybrook.edu
Phone: 631-444-3676

 

 


Kathleen Monahan, DSW, LCSW, LMFT
Associate Professor
Director of the Family Violence Education and Research Center
Email: Kathleen.Monahan@stonybrook.edu
Phone: 631-444-3152


 

Jacqueline B. Mondros, DSW, MSW
Professor Emeritus
Email:jacqueline.mondros@stonybrook.edu
 


Image: Richard Morgan Richard Morgan, PhD, MSW
Associate Dean & Graduate Program Director
Clinical Professor
Email: Richard.Morgan@stonybrook.edu
Phone: 631-444-6926

Zachary Morrison

Zachary A. Morris, PhD, MSW
Associate Professor
Email:
 


Miguel Munoz-Laboy Miguel Munoz-Laboy, DrPH, MPH
Professor
Email: Miguel.Munoz-Laboy@stonybrook.edu

Carolyn Peabody, Ph.D. Carolyn Peabody, PhD, LCSW 
Chair, Community, Policy and Political Social Action Specialization
Email: Carolyn.Peabody@stonybrook.edu
Phone: 631-444-3165

Dina Pilgrim, LMSW

Dina Pilgrim, LMSW
Interim Assistant Dean Practicum Education
Clinical Associate Professor
E-mail: Dina.Pilgrim@stonybrook.edu
Phone: 631-444-3151

 


Stephen Rabeno Stephen Rabeno, PhD, LCSW-R
Clinical Associate Professor
Email: Stephen.Rabeno@stonybrook.edu
Phone: 631-444-3168
 
   

H Spence Hyacinth Spence, LMSW
Clinical Associate Professor
Practicum Education Coordinator
Email: Hyacinth.Spence@stonybrook.edu
Phone: 631-444-3174

Leah Topek-Walker Leah Topek-Walker, LCSW-R
Clinical Associate Professor
Practicum Education Coordinator 
Email: Leah.Topek-Walker@stonybrook.edu
Phone: 631-444-3159
Image: Suzanne Valezquez Maria E. Torres, PhD, MA
Associate Professor
Email: Maria.E.Torres@stonybrook.edu

Image: Suzanne Valezquez Suzanne L. Velázquez, PhD, LCSW
Clinical Professor
Director of the Undergraduate Program
Email: Suzanne.Velazquez@stonybrook.edu
Phone: 631-444-6909

Yalu Zhang, PhD, MSW Yalu Zhang, PhD, MSW
Assistant Professor
Email: Yalu.Zhang@stonybrook.edu

  FACULTY EMERITI
 

Joel Blau, D.S.W.
Professor of Social Policy
Director of the PhD Program
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:
History of social welfare, poverty, homelessness, the political economy of social welfare, and comparative social welfare, as well as the major U.S. social programs for food, income supports,  health care, housing, and employment policy

Ruth A. Brandwein, PhD
Dean, 1981-1989

Harvey A. Farberman, PhD
Professor

Jacqueline B. Mondros, DSW
Dean and Vice President for Social Determinants of Health,
2016 - 2021

Charles Robbins, DSW, LCSW-R
Professor
Executive Director, Center for Changing Systems of Power
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION: Achieving gender equality; masculinity for the 21st century; supporting LGBTQA+ community; critical race theory; promoting anti-racist policies & practices; public health & healthcare policy; healthcare disparities; social work and healthcare; social work in higher eduction; intimate partner violence as a public health problem