DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK

The University bestows the designation "Graduate Faculty" upon faculty following review of their credentials and recommendation by their colleagues. The University maintains six levels of graduate faculty: (1) Full, (2) Associate, (3) Adjunct, (4) Adjunct Research Co-Mentor, (5) Affiliate, and (6) Adjunct Teaching.

Only Full graduate faculty members may chair doctoral committees. Adjunct Research Co-Mentor members may serve as co-chair of a master's or doctoral committee. Full or Associate graduate faculty may chair master's committees. Only one adjunct or affiliate graduate faculty member may serve as a voting member on any master's or doctoral committee.

Teaching adjunct members may not serve on graduate committees.

FULL MEMBERS

SUSAN NEELY-BARNES, Assistant Professor, PhD (2005), University of Washington [2016]

CATHERINE A. SIMMONS, Associate Professor, PhD (2006), University of Texas-Arlington [2016]

STEVEN SOIFER, Professor, PhD (1988), Brandeis University [2018]

GREGORY WASHINGTON, Associate Professor, PhD (2003), Clark Atlanta University [2017]

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

M. ELENA DELAVEGA, Assistant Professor, PhD (2010), University of Houston [2017] 

SUSAN ELSWICK, Clinical Assistant Professor, EdD (2011), The University of Memphis [2018]

ROBIN LENNON-DEARING, Assistant Professor, PhD (2004), University of Georgia [2016]

GARY F SCHNEIDER, EdD (2010), University of Memphis [2017]

ADJUNCT MEMBERS

DAVID DIA, PhD (2006), University of Maryland [2015]

ADJUNCT TEACHING

LAURA BATTLE, EdD (2011), The University of Memphis [2015]

JONATHAN COLE, MSW (2003), University of Tennessee [2015]

BELINDA HARDY, MSW (1977), University of Tennessee [2015]

FREDA MARTIN, Instructor, MBA (1990), University of Memphis [2015]

LINDA OXFORD, MSSW (1981), University of Tennessee [2015]

MALRIE SHELTON, MSW (1981), University of Tennessee [2015]

NOTE: Termination date of graduate faculty membership is indicated in brackets.