Social Work Faculty

Name &Title

Credentials

Focus

At NAU

Sara Alemán, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., Corpus Christi State University; M.S.W., Arizona State University; Ph.D., Brandeis University 1993)

Gerontology, social welfare policy, case management, Latino elders

NAU 1997

Mary Damskey, M.S.W., Associate Professor

(B.S., M.S.W., Michigan State University 1979)

Social work, health issues, bereavement, group work

NAU 1993

Rebecca J. Garrison, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.A., Mount Union College; M.S.S.W., University of Tennessee; Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University 1984)

Rural generalist social work practice, crisis intervention, advocacy, field education

NAU 1990

Charlotte Goodluck, Ph.D., Professor

(B.A., Prescott College; M.S.W., Smith College; Ph.D., University of Denver 1998)

Social work practice, Native American issues, cultural diversity, rural, ethnic identity, children’s issues, well-being indicators

NAU 1987

David S. McKell, M.S.W., Associate Professor

(B.S., University of Oregon; M.S.W., University of Utah 1963)

Social work, corrections, social policy and community development, sociology of religion, Latin America

NAU 1974

Anne Medill, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Social Work Program Coordinator

(B.S.W., M.S.W., Arizona State University; Ph.D., University of Maryland 1997)

Social welfare policy, Native American adolescent issues

NAU 1994

William Pederson, M.S.W., Assistant Professor

(B.A., Eastern Washington University; M.S.W., University of Southern California 1990)

Social work with children and families, mental health, populations at risk

NAU 1999

Phyllis M. Schiller, D.S.W., Professor

(B.A., University of Pittsburgh; M.S.W., New York University; D.S.W., University of Utah 1986)

Information technology literacy, gender issues, rural social work, health issues

NAU 1980