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, ethnic studies, Latino elders

 

NAU 1997

 

Anne H. Blair, M.S.W., Lecturer, Tuba City BSW Site Coordinator

(B.S.W., M.S.W., Arizona State University)

Social work policy, Southwest populations, assessment

NAU 2008

Natalie Cawood, Ph.D., Lecturer

(B.A., Wheaton College; M.S.W., Arizona State University; Ph.D., Portland State University 2007)

Social work in schools, medical social work, children and families, evidence-based practice, infusion of gerontological competencies

NAU 2004

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

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

Social work, health issues, bereavement, group work, field education

NAU 1993

 

Rebecca J. Garrison, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Social Work Program Coordinator

(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, aging

 

NAU 1990

 

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

(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., Senior Lecturer, Yuma BSW Site Coordinator

(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

 

Faculty Emeriti

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

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