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Carmen AponteAssistant Professor Dr. Carmen Aponte has designed and implemented a course on human diversity and, as a researcher, is working on assessment tools for cultural competency in the area of human services. She is very involved in training and state policy implementation on cultural competency, standards and guidelines. She also does presentations on issues pertinent to Hispanic culture. Aponte earned her bachelor's and master's in social work from the University of Puerto Rico; and a doctoral degree from Ohio State University. She has served as a member of the NYS Office of Mental Health (NYSOMH) Multicultural Advisory Committee for the Commissioner, and the Cultural and Linguistic Competence Standards Workgroup/Managed Care for NYSOMH. She just completed serving as a consultant to the NYSOMH's federal project entitled "Cultural Competence Performance Measures for Behavioral Health-care Programs" (project supported by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, MD). Currently she is the main investigator for the Western NY Office of Mental Health "Self-Assessment Cultural Competence" research project. |
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Jason DauenhauerAssociate Professor & Chair Dr. Jason Dauenhauer, Chair of the Department, joined the faculty in 2004. He holds a BS from the College at Brockport, an MSW/Specialist in Aging certificate from the University of Michigan, and a doctoral degree in Human Development from the University of Rochester. Prior to teaching at Brockport he was project coordinator of the Finger Lakes Geriatric Education Center at the University of Rochester. In this position Dr. Dauenhauer was responsible for the development, implementation, and evaluation of continuing geriatric education programming for health care professionals. |
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Diane DwyerAssociate Professor and Associate Dean Diane Dwyer is the Associate Dean for the School of Education and Human Services. She served as Chair of the Department of Social Work from 1998-2010. She received her MSW from SUNY Buffalo's School of Social Work where she also pursued PhD studies. After teaching at SUNY College at Buffalo and D'Youville College, she joined the SUNY Brockport faculty in 1981. Diane Dwyer has taught across the social work curriculum in both the graduate and undergraduate programs. Her research interests center around innovation in social work education, partner violence and juvenile justice. Her work has resulted in many publications and numerous presentations at national conferences. As Associate Dean of the School of Education and Human Services, she strives to listen to the concerns of students and faculty and insure that these concerns have a voice in the larger university. |
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Debra Fromm FariaAssociate Professor Debra Fromm Faria has been teaching social work for twenty years at the undergraduate and graduate levels. She joined the College at Brockport faculty as Director of Field Education for the Greater Rochester Collaborative MSW Program in 2001. In January 2010 Debra assumes the role as Director of Field Education for the College at Brockport Social Work Department. Debra is also co-director for the College at Brockport’s Center for Excellence in Gerontological Social Work. She has many years of clinical and administrative social work experience in gerontological and health care settings, is a NYS licensed clinical social worker and has administered a number of gerontological and child welfare social work training grants. She earned her BSW from Rochester Institute of Technology, MSW from Syracuse University and holds advanced certificates in Gerontology and Women’s Studies from Syracuse University. Debra also is a doctoral candidate at the Syracuse University Maxwell School Social Science Program. |
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Kristin HeffernanAssociate Professor Dr. Kristin Heffernan joined the College at Brockport as an assistant professor in 2008. She holds a MSW degree from Fordham University and a doctoral degree from Boston College. Prior to coming to the College at Brockport, Dr. Heffernan was a faculty member at Royal Holloway, University of London as a social work lecturer in their Health and Social Care Department where she also served as the Director of the BSc Social Work (Hons) Program for four years. Dr. Heffernan’s specific research interests lie in social justice, promoting social work education, leadership, domestic violence, sex trafficking and women's issues. She is currently working on an internationally government-funded project based in the United Kingdom exploring leadership and patient care in the National Health Services (NHS). Dr. Heffernan teaches Social Work Methods I & II as well as Human Behavior in the Social Environment I & II. Her community-based practice has included clinical and administrative work with at risk youth and families in both New York and Boston. |
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Ken HerrmannAssociate Professor Ken Herrmann, Jr. received his MSW from SUNY Buffalo. He joined the faculty in 1978 after, among other posts, civil affairs work with the US Army in Vietnam, and administration in a public child welfare agency. He has been the president of a US branch of an international children’s rights organization, a consultant for a variety of news organizations and international human rights organizations, and a guest on hundreds of media programs around the world. He has completed commissioned studies for UNICEF and the Hague Conference on Private International Law and has published four books, dozens of articles, book chapters, and many book reviews. He has served as a member of the NYS Board for Social Work, with the World Federation of Mental Health, as President of a chapter for the NYS Society of Clinical Social Work Psychotherapists, and as the director of a veterans’ counseling center. He has presented at a variety of local, state, and international conferences and professional meetings and has guest lectured at numerous universities. He serves in a variety of service roles, including directing an NGO that serves the poor in Vietnam (The Danang/Quang Nam Fund, Inc.) and the only study abroad program of its kind in Vietnam (The College at Brockport Vietnam Program) that places American students in Vietnam for a blend of study and service. He is a consultant and the US representative for Duc Tri College in Vietnam. He teaches courses in international social work, methods, child welfare, and social justice. |
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Carl JutzinAssociate Professor Professor Jutzin joined the faculty in 1998. After receiving his MSW from SUNY Buffalo, he worked for many years for the New York Division for Youth (currently NYS Office of Children and Family Services), serving as the Director of the NY State School at Industry for 15 years. His administrative social work experience enhances his teaching of Methods 1, HBSE 2, and Social Policy courses. |
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Barbara KasperAssociate Professor Barbara Kasper holds a BA in Social Welfare, from Antioch College, 1974; MA in Social Welfare, from Goddard College, 1977; and an MSW from Syracuse University, 1984. Her major areas of practice and research are feminist practice and community organization. She also is an activist both locally and nationally in the movement to end poverty. Professor Kasper teaches field instruction; HBSE I, Social Work Methods III, and an elective, Women's Lives. Professor Kasper is a founding member of and advisory board member of the SUNY Brockport Women's Center and the faculty advisor to the Student Social Work Organization. She is a member of the National Steering Committee of the Social Welfare Action Alliance , an organization of progressive human service workers. She also co-chairs the Rochester SWAA chapter. |
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Margery SaundersAssistant Professor Dr. Margery Saunders, with a B.Ph. from Thomas Jefferson College at Grand Valley State University, a M.S.W. and Ph.D from the University of Albany School of Social Welfare, is currently an Assistant Professor at the College at Brockport. Margery has over 30 years of experience in community organizing, crisis and family counseling, advocacy and public policy work at the local and state level, and teaching at the graduate and undergraduate level. As Director of Policy Education at the University’s Center for Women in Government in Civil Society, she oversaw the Fellowship on Women and Public Policy, as well as other educational programs in nonprofit management and leadership. Dr. Saunders has served on the board of directors of several advocacy and human service organizations, and currently is on the board of the New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault. Margery has taught courses in nonprofit advocacy and lobbying, public policy and human service systems, and is currently teaching the social policy and human behavior courses in the Social Work department at Brockport. |
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JoAnn SiglerDepartment Secretary Ms. Sigler is a native of Brockport, NY and has worked at The College at Brockport for over 28 years. This is her 14th year working in the Social Work Department. She has worked as assistant to the Admissions Coordinator and now manages the Department office. JoAnn enjoys working with the students in the Social Work program very much. |
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Barbara JonesCoordinator of Admission, Registration, & Student Services Barbara M. Jones holds a BA in English Literature and Finance from Nazareth College and an MBA degree from Medaille College. She joined the MSW Program in 2007 after working as Graduate Programs Administrator in Neuroscience for five years at the University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry. In that role, Ms. Jones was responsible for maintaining the program budget, facilitating the admissions process - from recruitment to matriculation, managing financial aid and NIH research grant funds, all international student relations, streamlining processes and more. She has completed a host of trainings in diversity, leadership, organization, and quality service skills. Ms. Jones considers herself a "people person" and her interests include entrepreneurship, lean six-sigma, design, writing, and travel.
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Richard RussellAssociate Professor Dr. Richard Russell joined the GRC-MSW faculty in 2000. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Contemporary Humanities from St. John’s University in Minnesota, and an MSW, a certificate in Gerontology, and a PhD from Syracuse University. Prior to teaching in the GRC-MSW program, he taught as adjunct at Syracuse University and, for 15 years, worked as a chemical dependency counselor and mental health therapist in the Unity Health System in Rochester, New York. As a chemical dependency counselor, he co-founded the Older Adult Chemical Dependency Program, and, as a mental health therapist, founded the Senior Outreach Program. His primary area of research is in the area of late-life masculinity, specifically the experiences of elderly men caregivers who care for wives and partners with cognitive impairment. An additional research interest is in the area of visual sociology. In the GRC-MSW program, he has taught a variety of courses, including HBSE, diversity, policy, research and Masters Project.
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Nicole TraboldAssistant Professor Dr. Trabold joined the GRC MSW faculty in 2008. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University at Buffalo, an MSW from the University of Michigan and a PhD from the University at Buffalo. Prior to teaching at the GRC MSW program, she taught at an adjunct instructor at the University at Buffalo, and for 12 years she worked as a social worker at the University of Rochester Medical Center. In her role as a social worker, she worked in various settings, and had numerous clinical, administrative and supervisory responsibilities including developing a new initiative for integrating mental health and obstetric and gynecological care. Dr. Trabold’s research interests are in intimate partner violence (IPV) screening practices, genders role in victimization and perpetration of violence, and the intersection of IPV and post-partum depression. Currently, Dr. Trabold is conducting research with a battered women’s shelter and is exploring decision making processes in service utilization. Dr. Trabold is an active member of the Rochester/Monroe County Domestic Violence Consortiums Community Action committee which monitors and evaluates New York state legislative initiatives that influence victims/perpetrators of violence. Dr. Trabold teaches across the social work curriculum, teaching courses in health care practice, advanced social policy, research and Masters Project. |
Emma Lazarus Exhibit on Display at Brockport's Drake Memorial Library
Death Penalty Discussion Takes Various Forms on Brockport Campus
Rev. James Netters delivers powerful address at Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Lecture
Prison Drama to Help Engage Brockport Campus in Discussion of Death Penalty
Black History Month Speaker
Win a Night on Ice
9:30 pm - 11 pm
Red Cross Blood Drive
10 am - 4 pm
CSA Newlyweds
9 pm - 11 pm
CSA Success VS Sell-Out
9 pm - 11 pm
