School of Social Work

Education

• Ph.D., Social Work and Anthropology, University of Michigan
• Dissertation: Trauma and the Politics of Exclusion: Social Work and "Post-war" Rwanda (2005)
• MSW, Howard University School of Social Work Field of practice: Displaced Populations, Concentration: Community Organization (1994)

Courses

• SW 200 Human Diversity and Social Justice
• SW 507 Human Behavior in Social Environment I: Individuals and Families
• SW 521 Policy Analysis and Change
• SW 643 SWFS Families in the Social Environment

Professional

Research Interests

• Social work and social justice
• International social work
• Anti-poverty studies

Practice Experience

• Medical case manager working with people with HIV, Community Health Awareness Group, Detroit, MI
• Case manager working with cash assistance recipients, New Chances JET Program, Detroit, MI
• Case manager working with political refugees, Freedom House, Detroit, MI
• Program design, Africare, Rwanda

Volunteer Activities

• Michigan Welfare Rights Organization, Detroit, MI
• People’s Water Board, Detroit, MI
• Anti-Racism/Anti-Oppression Trainers’ Network, Washington, D.C.