People

Department Chairs

Susan Neely-Barnes, Social Work

Susan Neely-Barnes, Ph.D, professor in the School of Social Work, teaches courses that focus on mental health and disabilities, scientific methods in social work, public policy statistics and human behavior in the social environment. Her research interests include developmental disabilities, disabilities studies, and social work education. 

Charlie Santo, City and Regional Planning

Charlie Santo, Ph.D, associate professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning, teaches courses that focus on urban economic analysis, public finance and planning, and planning research methods. 

Bert Burraston, Criminology and Criminal Justice

Bert Burraston, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, has teaching interests in the area of Criminology, Statistics, Research Methods, Intervention and Prevention Science, Reentry, & Juvenile Delinquency. 

Sharon Wrobel, Public and Nonprofit Administration

Sharon Wrobel, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Public and Nonprofit Administration, teaches human resource, public personnel management, public policy, education policy, research methods, policy analysis and program evaluation.