Directory for Department of Social Work | Springfield College

Department of Social Work

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Associate Professor of Social Work, Chair, Department of Social Work
Interests
  • Social Work Clinical Practice with Children, Youth, and Families
  • Use of Adventure and Nature-Based Therapy for Mental Health and Physical Well-Being
  • School Social Work
  • Experiential Pedagogy
  • Substance Use Assessment and Treatment
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Faculty Emeritus
Interests
  • Daily life of people living in poverty
  • Technical assistance in the provision of community development services
Miguel L. Arce
Associate Professor of Social Work
Interests
  • Research
  • Organizational Health
  • Leadership
  • Trauma-responsive Organizational Change
Nina Esaki
Professor
Interests
  • Adult mental health
  • European social work
  • Social work practice and research
Efrosini Kokaliari
Faculty Emeritus
Interests
  • Quantitative research
  • Medicare for all advocacy
  • Policy advocacy
Ann W. Roy
Associate Professor
Interests
  • Children and families
  • Youth development
  • Community engagement and outreach
  • School social work
  • Field education
  • Secondary traumatic stress
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Practicum Support Specialist
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Associate Professor of Social Work, Master of Social Work Program Director
Interests
  • Social and psychological effects of media
  • Mental health, illness, and stigma
  • Clinical social work practice
  • Psychodynamic, relational, and attachment-based therapies
  • Health communication 
Assistant Professor, Bachelor of Social Work Program Director
Interests
  • Social Justice
  • Policy and Advocacy
  • Qualitative Research
  • Addictions
Andrew Schoolnik, Springfield College
Director of Practicum, Assistant Professor of Social Work
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Assistant Professor
Interests
  • Adult mental health
  • Anti-oppressive social work practice and education
  • Contemporary psychoanalysis
  • Substance abuse and co-occurring disorders
  • Trauma-responsive social work practice and education
Christine D. Tronnier headshot