We share your passion for social justice and human rights. Our faculty are dedicated instructors, researchers, and active community members who make an impact in across Vermont, throughout the nation, and around the world.
Faculty Profiles
Associate Professor of Social Work
Simon.Chan@uvm.edu- Families of Children with Special Education Needs
- Men-in-Trauma
- Psychotherapy
Assistant Professor of Social Work
slcho@uvm.edu- Power, privilege, and oppression
- Macro social work
- Developmental perspectives on racial difference and adoption status
- Critical qualitative inquiry
- Social justice pedagogy
Associate Professor of Social Work
Susan.Comerford@uvm.edu- Adult learning
- Diversity, access and equity
- Human rights
- Immigrant issues
- Leadership
- Organizational development
Lecturer of Social Work
cassie.gillespie@uvm.edu- Organizational and Workforce Development
- Trauma Informed Practices
- Child Welfare
Lecturer of Social Work • Head Coach of UVM Synchronized Skating Team
bonnie.glass@uvm.edu- Trauma, Violence, Victimization
- Grief, Loss, Death, and Dying
- Spirituality and Dreamwork
- Psychedelic Harm Reduction and Integration
- Burnout, Vicarious Trauma, Secondary Traumatic Stress, Compassion Fatigue
- Compassion Satisfaction, Self Care, and Collective Care
Lecturer of Social Work • BSW Program Coordinator
Danielle.Jatlow@uvm.edu- Adolescents, Young Adults, and Families
- Mental Health and Wellness
- Anti-Oppressive Practice
- Community Health Practice
- Clinical Training and Consultation
Associate Professor of Social Work • MSW Program Coordinator
kelly.melekis@uvm.edu- Gerontology
- Hospice and Palliative Care
- Interprofessional Practice
- Anti-Oppressive Practice
- Transformative Research and Evaluation
- Transformative Pedagogy
Associate Professor of Social Work • Interim Chair, Department of Social Work
Jennifer.Putney@uvm.edu- Substance use and social work practice
- Harm reduction
- Interprofessional practice
- Qualitative research methods
- Social work education
Field Education Coordinator and Senior Lecturer of Social Work
jsienkew@uvm.edu- Generalist social work practice
- Social work field education
- LGBTQHIA+ inclusivity
Associate Professor of Social Work
bsolomon@uvm.edu- Child welfare
- Qualitative research methods
- Social work education
Assistant Professor of Social Work
cvelez@uvm.eduSocial work education and curriculum
- Social work research methods
- Sexuality, reproductive & environmental justice, racial equity
- Health equity
- Underrepresented and underserved populations
- Critical and feminist theories