Our M.S.W. program is taught by an expert and diverse group of resident and adjunct faculty who come to campus from across the country and around the world to contribute their expertise. The unique structure of the School's academic calendar makes it possible for many clinicians who work in the social work profession or other universities during the traditional academic year to join the Smith community from June through August
Katya Cerar, M.S.W., Ph.D. '13, LICSW
Senior Director of Practicum Learning
Katya Cerar, is the senior director of Practicum Education at Smith College and has taught and supervised students from various New England schools of social…
Janae Peters, M.S.W. '15, LMSW
Director of Community Engagement and Student Support | Practicum Seminar Instructor
An alum of the Smith School for Social Work, Peters graduated from the M.S.W. program in 2015. Her professional and personal focus has been on understanding how…
Rose Marie Äikäs, M.S.W., M.A., Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
Rose Marie Äikäs is a professor at CUNY-Queensborough Community College, where she teaches courses in criminal justice and social work. Her current research…
Anderson Al Wazni, M.S.W. '14, Ph.D. Candidate
Adjunct Associate Professor
Anderson (Andy) Al Wazni is a 2014 graduate of the Smith College SSW M.S.W. program and current doctoral candidate in social work at the University of North…
Catherine Balletto, M.S.W., Ph.D. '21
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Catherine Balletto, M.S.W., Ph.D., earned her B.F.A. from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Starting off as an art therapist, she established a…
Chelsey Branham, M.A.
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Chelsey Branham (she/they, Chickasaw/Cherokee/Pawnee) is the owner and CEO of One Whole Village Consulting, LLC. She specializes in transformational equity in…
Maria del Pilar Bratko, MFT, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Maria Pilar Bratko has been in practice for 18 years serving a wide range of clients. She has held a number of administrative roles at Bay Area training clinics…
Natasha Campbell, BSW, M.S.W., LICSW
Adjunct Associate Professor
For over 17 years Natasha Campbell has supported a space for individuals to grow through the challenges of life, face their traumas, rebuild families and…
Rebecca Castro, M.S.W., LICSW
Adjunct Associate Professor | Practicum Faculty Adviser | Practicum Prep Instructor | Practicum Seminar Instructor
Bio to come.
Davis Chandler, M.S.W. '11, LICSW
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Davis Chandler (they/them) was clinically trained at Smith SSW and graduated in 2011. They have worked in a community mental health setting with children…
Mamta Dadlani, M.S., Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
Mamta Dadlani, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist who engages in clinical practice, consultation, training and scholarship through a lens of critical…
Sarai Engel, M.S.W. '06, LCSW
Adjunct Professor
Sarai SaeHee Engel, LCSW is a clinical social worker and art therapist in Portland, Oregon and with over 20 years of experience working with children and…
Mareike Every-Giroux, M.S.W. '09, LICSW, C.H.C.
Adjunct Associate Professor
Mareike Every-Giroux is the director of substance use programs at River Valley Counseling Center and Co-Chair of the Council on Diversity, Equity, Belonging &…
Maria del Mar Farina de Parada, M.S.W. '98, Ph.D. '15
Adjunct Professor
Maria del Mar Farina earned both her M.S.W. and her doctorate at the Smith College School for Social Work. She is currently an assistant professor in the M.S.W…
Paul Gitterman, M.S.W., M.Sc., LICSW, CGP
Adjunct Professor
Paul Gitterman has been associated with the Smith College School for Social Work since the early 1990s, first as an M.S.W. student, and then as a clinical…
Monifa Groover, M.S.W., M.P.A.
Adjunct Professor | Practicum Seminar Instructor
Throughout her professional career, Monifa Groover has served in a variety of clinical settings, including but not limited to working with military personnel…
Andrew P. Hoang, M.S.W., Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Andrew Hoang is senior lecturer and programme director of the Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Programme at the University of Hong Kong. He is also senior tutor…
Andres Hoyos, M.S., M.S.W., LCSW
Adjunct Assistant Professor | Practicum Faculty Adviser | Practicum Seminar Instructor
Andrés Hoyos brings over two decades of clinical and administrative experience in the fields of mental health and social services working in private, public and…
Debra Hull, M.A., Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
Debra Hull began teaching research methods at Smith College SSW in the summer of 2013, and has been doing so ever since. During the school year she is professor…
Leah Jikurashvili, B.S.W., M.S.W.
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Leah Jikurashvili is a senior social worker and a psychodynamic psychotherapist specializing in transgender mental health, transgender aging, kink-aware sex…
Liz Joyce, M.S.W., LICSW
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Liz Joyce is a clinical social worker who has worked in schools for over fifteen years. Joyce earned a B.S. in human development and family studies from the…
Alex Kim, M.S.W. '12
Adjunct Associate Professor
Alex Kim LICSW (he/him) is a clinical social worker practicing since 2010. His professional experience includes work in integrated behavioral health in primary…
Kurt Lebeck, M.S.W. '20
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Kurt D. Lebeck, M.S.W., is a behavioral health and recovery science researcher emphasizing program development for substance use and co-occurring disorders. His…
Renee Lindquist
Adjunct Associate Professor | Practicum Faculty Adviser | Practicum Prep Instructor | Practicum Seminar Instructor
Maria Ximena Maldonado-Morales, M.P.H., Ph.D. candidate
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Maria Ximena Maldonado-Morales (she/her/hers) is a multilingual licensed clinical social worker and therapist, with experience working with youth and adults…
Michelle Marchese, M.S.W. '11, Ph.D. candidate
Adjunct Assistant Professor | Professional Education Instructor
Michelle M. Marchese is a licensed independent clinical social worker and certified trauma therapist. They are a graduate of Smith’s M.S.W. program and a…
Jackson Montañez Matos, M.A.T., Ed.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Jackson Matos holds a master of arts in teaching from Smith College, MA State Licensure as a 5-12 ELA teacher, and a doctorate in education from the University…
Tamarah Moss, M.S.W., M.P.H., Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Tamarah Moss is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research at Bryn Mawr College. Her main research interests are threefold…
Maxine Notice, M.A., Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Dr. Maxine Notice, Ph.D., LMFT, LMHC, NCC is an assistant professor of Marriage and Family Therapy at Abilene Christian University - Dallas. She received her…
Este Orantes Migoya, M.A., Ph.D. student
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Este (they/them) comes from a lineage of strong and resilient women and is the youngest of three siblings. Born in Ixim Ulew (Guatemala), they and their family…
Malcolm Pradia, M.S.W. '13, LICSW
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Malcolm Pradia is a clinical social worker at the Center for Counseling and Psychological Health at his alma mater, the University of Massachusetts Amherst…
Beth Prullage, M.S.W. '01, LICSW
Adjunct Professor | Practicum Faculty Adviser | Practicum Seminar Instructor
Beth Prullage works at the University of Massachusetts Amherst at the Center for Counseling and Psychological Health as a psychiatric social worker and co…
Alexandra Klein Rafaeli, M.A., Psy.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Alexandra Klein Rafaeli is the coordinator of short-term, empirically supported treatments for the Psychological Services Division of Tel Aviv University. She…
Shannon L. Sennott, M.S.W. '08, LICSW, CST
Adjunct Associate Professor
Shannon Sennott, a sex educator, gender justice activist, and LGBTQAI+ family therapist, earned her M.S.W. at the Smith College School for Social Work in 2008…
Shalini Sharma, M.S.W., LCSW
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Shalini Sharma has been working in Brooklyn, NY as a social worker since 2000 with families and children. Sharma believes in the movement to uplift underserved…
Emily Sherwood, B.A., M.P.A.
Adjunct Associate Professor
Emily Sherwood dedicated her career to working for social change, from early days as a community organizer to many years working on health and mental health…
LaTasha Smith, Ph.D., LCSW, CGP
Adjunct Associate Professor
LaTasha Smith is a professor in the M.S.W. program at Fairfield University where she teaches social justice, assessment and fieldwork. She has also taught…
Rhoda Smith, M.S.W.
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Rhoda Smith is a doctoral candidate in social policy and social research at Loma Linda University as well as the Smith College School for Social Work’s 2016…
Ruth E. Spencer, J.D., M.S.S.A., LICSW
Adjunct Professor
Ruth Spencer is an adjunct professor with a long history with SSW. She teaches courses that address the intersection of law and social work practice. She…
Brianna Suslovic, M.S.W. '18, LSW (Illinois)
Adjunct Professor
Brianna Suslovic is a Ph.D. candidate in social work at the University of Chicago's Crown Family School. She is a 2018 graduate of Smith's M.S.W. program and…
Loan Vo, Ph.D. '24
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Phuongloan (Loan) Vo (she/her) is a clinical social worker whose work include short term and in-depth long term psychosocial therapy for individuals who…
Chris Watkins, M.S.W.
Adjunct Assistant Professor | Practicum Faculty Adviser | Practicum Seminar Instructor
Kurt White, M.S.W. '03, LICSW, LADC, MAC
Adjunct Professor
Kurt L. White is the vice president of Outpatient services at the Brattleboro Retreat, a private non-profit psychiatric hospital founded in 1834. He is a…