Our Ph.D. 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

Jonathan Alschech, Ph.D., Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Jonathan Alschech holds a Ph.D. in social work from the University of Toronto, as well as a Ph.D. in history from Tel Aviv University, Israel. Alschech’s…

Dharma Cortés, M.A., Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Dharma E. Cortés received her bachelor’s and master’s degree in clinical psychology from the University of Puerto Rico, and a doctorate degree in sociology from…

James Drisko, M.S.W., Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus and Adjunct Professor
James Drisko’s recent work focuses on evidence-based practice, the common factors model, clinical work with children and families including reactive attachment…

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…

Huey Hawkins, M.S.W., Ph.D., LCSW
Adjunct Associate Professor
Huey Hawkins, Jr., is a psychodynamic psychotherapist in private practice. He earned his doctorate degree in clinical social work from the Institute for…

Laurie Herzog, M.S.W. '85, Ph.D. '97
Adjunct Professor | Practicum Seminar Instructor | Director of the Advanced Clinical Supervision and Foundations of Clinical Supervision Certificates
Laurie Herzog is the director of the Advanced Clinical Supervision program at the Smith College School for Social Work. She earned her M.S.W. (1985) and her Ph…


Joan Lesser, M.S.W., Ph.D., LICSW
Adjunct Professor
Joan Lesser received her M.S.W. from Columbia University School of Social Work as a recipient of a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Psychiatric…

Cathleen Morey, M.S.W., Ph.D., LICSW
Adjunct Assistant Professor and Professional Education Instructor
Cathleen Morey, Ph.D., LICSW is the director of clinical Social Work at the Austen Riggs Center where she clinically and administratively manages the provision…

Nnamdi Pole, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
Nnamdi Pole is a professor in the Smith College Department of Psychology and licensed clinical psychologist. He has taught in the Smith School for Social Work…

Kay Saakvitne, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
Kay Saakvitne (Sock-quit-knee) is a licensed clinical psychologist who received her doctorate from the University of Michigan in 1986. She was the clinical…

Rosemary Sullivan, M.S.W., Ph.D. '09
Adjunct Professor
Rosemary Sullivan completed her doctorate at the Smith College School for Social work in 2009. She is an assistant professor of social work at Westfield State…