Author bios

Malwina Andruczyk

Malwina Andruczyk, LCSW, SIFI (they/them) is a trauma therapist and adjunct professor of social work with a focus on gender and sexuality. Malwina identifies as a white, queer, non-binary, 1.5 generat...

Johanna Creswell Báez

University of Colorado

Dr. Báez is an Assistant Professor in social work at University of Colorado in Colorado Springs. She completed her Masters of Science in Social Work at the Columbia University in 2006 and then ...

Aparna Samuel Balasundaram

Dr. Aparna Samuel Balasundaram is an award-winning psychotherapist, author and TEDx speaker and is a passionate and results-driven mental health leader. She has 23+ years of global experience across o...

Sara Bartlett

Columbia School of Social Work; Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

Sara Bartlett is a licensed clinical social worker in California. Her background is in medical social work and social work with older adults. She has worked as a home health and hospice social worker,...

Hans Bernier

CSSW

Hans Bernier is an Associate Director of Field for CSSW focusing on school and school based placements. As a youth development and education practitioner with over fifteen years of service in the fiel...

Sahani Chandraratna

Sahani Chandraratna has nearly a decade of experience in the public, private, and non-profit sectors, and has published articles on community engagement and women’s rights in low- and middle-inc...

Rebecca Yae-Eun Chung

Rebecca Y. Chung, LMSW, is the Program Manager for the Online Campus at the Columbia University, School of Social Work, and the Director of Management and Impact at STYRO Matters. She is also currentl...

Sarah Clem

University of Maryland School of Social Work

Sarah Clem is a PhD student at the University of Maryland School of Social Work and is an AGESW Pre-Dissertation Fellow. Previously, Sarah was an instructor for the Introduction to Statistics course a...

Elisabeth Counselman-Carpenter

Adelphi University

Beth Counselman-Carpenter, PhD, LCSW, RPT-S is an Associate Professor of Social Work at Adelphi University. Her practice and research interests include understanding the role of post-traumatic growth ...

Agata Dera

Columbia University

Agata Dera, MSW is bilingual educator, an activist, guest speaker and a technology expert working as a Live Support Specialist at Columbia University School of Social Work (CSSW). Since 2018, she has ...

Mary B. Downs

Columbia University School of Social Work

Mary graduated from Columbia University School of Social Work in 2019. She also holds a Masters of Education from Long Island University and has over twenty-five years of experience as an educator. He...

Taylor Alexandra Eutsey

Taylor (She/her/hers) earned her Masters in Social Work from Columbia University. While attending Columbia University, she advocated remaining at her internship placement at the Federal Defenders of N...

Krystal Folk

Krystal Folk, LMSW, is a Founding Lead School Social Worker at a KIPP Purpose Academy middle school where she provides counseling and crisis intervention services to students while helping to create t...

Kristin Garay

Columbia University School of Social Work

Kristin Garay has been the Manager of Online Campus Technology at Columbia University School of Social Work since 2017. She graduated from Columbia School of Social Work's (CSSW) 16-month program in ...

Helen Garcia

Columbia University School of Social Work

Helen Garcia (Gero), LMSW. Helen currently works as a Live Support Specialist for Columbia University School of Social Work. In this role, Helen provides technical assistance to the online campus...

Bonnie Glass

Bonnie Glass is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) currently practicing in Vermont where she is Assistant Director, Clinical Supervisor, and Clinician at the Vermont Center for Resi...

Ana R. Grullón V.

Ana Raquel Grullón, LCSW is a licensed clinical social worker currently working towards obtaining a second master’s in International Community Health from the University of Oslo. She comp...

Robert Paul Hartley

Columbia School of Social Work

Robert Paul Hartley is an assistant professor at the Columbia University School of Social Work where he teaches economics and policy analysis. His research addresses the economics of social policy rel...

Christine D. Holmes

Dr. Christine Holmes is an adjunct lecturer and has enjoyed working with the Columbia School of Social Work since 2018. Her areas of interest bridge aging and international social work. Christine is t...

Carly E. D. King

Widener University Center for Social Work Education; Columbia University School of Social Work

Carly King, MSSW, LSW (she/her/hers) is a licensed social worker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Temple University and a Master of Science in Social Work ...

Edy Kupietzky

Edy Hanus Kupietzky, DrPH, MPH, LMSW is currently a clinical consultant assisting hospitals and other providers with strategies to impact employee retention, reduce burnout and improve overall employe...

Joshua Levine

Columbia University - School of Social Work

Joshua Levine, LCSW is a Mentor and Live Support Specialist (LSS) at Columbia University’s School of Social Work. He is also the Suicide Prevention Coordinator at the VA New York Harbor Healthca...

M. Karen Lichlyter-Klein

University of Colorado Colorado Springs

M. Karen Lichlyter-Klein is an MSW student at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. She holds a Bachelor's Degree from Colorado Christian University and a Master's of Divinity from North Park T...

Elexia A. Gonzalez Lowe

Columbia University in the City of New York

Elexia A. Gonzalez Lowe, LCSW (she/they) is a diversity coach, psychotherapist, advocate, and program management professional. Elexia earned her MS in Social Work from Columbia University, her BA in E...

Matthea Marquart

Columbia University School of Social Work

Matthea Marquart is a social worker, leader, educator, and online education expert. She is the Assistant Dean of Online Education at Columbia University’s School of Social Work (CSSW), a Senior ...

Lia W. Marshall

Columbia University School of Social Work

Dr. Marshall is currently the Manager of Course Development and Lecturer at Columbia University’s School of Social Work (CSSW) and co-facilitator of CSSW’s Institute on Pedagogy and Techno...

Vitina Monacello

Vitina Monacello, MSW, works as a live support specialist for Columbia University’s School of Social Work (CSSW) online program. Live support specialists enhance the synchronous online classroom...

Melissa Murphy Thompson

Salisbury University, Columbia University

Melissa Murphy Thompson MSW, LCSW, OSW-C is an award winning online educator and professor of social work. Melissa utilizes models of accompaniment, trauma informed teaching and learning, and radical...

Murali Nair

Columbia University School of Social Work

Murali D. Nair is an Adjunct Professor, School of Social Work, Columbia University. Nair teaches on line courses on “Corporate Social Responsibility”, “Social Welfare Policy”...

Amelia Ortega

Columbia University

Amelia Ortega, LCSW, currently works as a somatic psychotherapist, organizational consultant and professor of Social Work practice. As a non-binary, mixed Chicanx identified clinician, Amelia’s ...

Mary Piepmeier

Columbia University School of Social Work

Mary Piepmeier, MA is an adjunct lecturer at Columbia School of Social Work (CSSW) and the Program Manager for CSSW Office of Professional Excellence (OPE) & MI Training Program. As an adjunct le...

Sabeen Qureshi

Sabeen Qureshi graduated with her Masters in Social Work from Columbia University School of Social Work in 2016 where she specialized in Advanced Clinical Practice with an emphasis on Family, Youth an...

Morgan B. Ritacco

Morgan Ritacco, LICSW, LCSW has been a school based social worker in Washington, DC since 2012 providing therapeutic services to students and families on an individual and group level. She earned her ...

Allison R. Ross

NYSCADV, NASW

Allison Ross, PhD, LCSW-R is the Deputy Clinical Director at Sanctuary for Families, a $24M organization that provides comprehensive services to adults and children survivors of domestic violence, sex...

Roxanne Russell

Columbia University

Roxanne Russell, PhD has over 20 years of university-level teaching experience and over 15 years of professional experience with designing, developing, integrating and evaluating online learning envir...

Delia Ryan

Delia Ryan is a licensed social worker in New York. She currently works as a Forensic Social Worker at The Legal Aid Society of New York City and a Live Support Specialist at Columbia University&rsquo...

Jessica P. Satkunasingham

Columbia Uniiversity School of Social Work

Jessica Satkunasingham is a licensed social worker in New York. She is currently working as a private clinician on Long Island. She has previously worked in education specializing in the special needs...

Ray Schroeder

University of Illinois Springfield (UIS) & University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA)

Nationally respected and connected leader in higher education online learning, Ray Schroeder is Senior Fellow at the University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) and Professor ...

Katherine A. Segal

Columbia University School of Social Work and Saybrook University

Katherine A. Segal, Ph.D., LCSW is an integrative social worker, graduate-level educator, qualitative researcher, and wellness coach. Dr. Segal earned an MSW from Columbia University and a Ph.D. speci...

Dawn E. Shedrick

Columbia University School of Social Work

Dawn Shedrick, LCSW-R, is the founder and CEO of JenTex Training & Consulting, a professional development company that offers continuing education training; leadership development training and coa...

Kelly Smith

Columbia University & Adelphi University

Kelly Smith, DSW is the founder and director of the Institute for Social Work and Ecological Justice, developing programs that build social workers’ capacity to confront environmental and social...

Sierra M Spriggs

Sierra Spriggs, MSW, LSW is a Family Service Specialist with the New Jersey’s Department of Children and Families. Ms. Spriggs completed her associate degree at Essex County College (located in ...

Marianna Stayer

Columbia School of Social Work

Marianna Stayer, LMSW (she/her) is a Mentor and Live Support Specialist (LSS) at Columbia University’s School of Social Work. Marianna is currently a Provider Relationship Manager at HealthMap S...

Sara E. Terrana

Adelphi University

Sara E. Terrana is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at Adelphi University. She is a passionate social work educator and loves teaching in the online environment. Recently she is the...

Elise Verdooner

Columbia University

Elise Verdooner, a Fulbright Scholar and returned Peace Corps volunteer, has worked in international development for eight years. She is the former Executive Director of TEEEM, a global nonprofit orga...

C. Danette Wilson Gonzalez

Columbia University School of Social Work

Before receiving her MSW from New York University in 1997, C. Danette Wilson Gonzalez, LCSW-R, was active in grassroots efforts in the movement against sexual assault/abuse and domestic violence in Te...