People

Emilie Smith

Director, Youth Equity Project
Human Development and Family Studies

Courtenay Barrett

Assistant Professor
College of Education

Simone Bibbs

Doctoral Student
Human Development and Family Studies

Caitlin Cavanaugh

Associate Professor
School of Criminal Justice

Natasha Chlebuch

PhD Student
School of Criminal Justice

Jennifer Cobbina-Dungy

Professor
School of Criminal Justice

Lekie Dwanyen

Assistant Professor
Human Development and Family Studies

Carole Gibbs

Associate Professor
Criminal Justice

Linda Halgunseth

Associate Professor
Human Development and Family Studies

Sacha Klein

Associate Professor
School of Social Work

Julie Krupa

Assistant Professor
School of Criminal Justice

Rome D. Meeks

Assistant Professor
Human Development and Family Studies

Chris Melde

Director of the School of Criminal Justice
School of Criminal Justice

Zitha Mokomane

Professor
University of Pretoria

Kendall Morris

Dean's Research Associate
School of Social Work

Hye-Jin Park

PhD Student
Human Development and Family Studies

Kune Park

Assistant Professor
School of Social Work

Jordan Parker

PhD Student
School of Criminal Justice

Desiree Qin

Associate Professor
Human Development and Family Studies

Estrella Torrez

Associate Professor
Residential College in the Arts and Humanities

Yijie Wang

Assistant Professor
Human Development and Family Studies

Cheryl Williams-Hecksel

Evidence Based Trauma Treatment Certificate Coordinator
School of Social Work

Brooke Wolfe

Research Associate
Communication Arts

Melissa Yzaguirre

Assistant Professor
Department of Counseling & Marital and Family Therapy
School of Leadership and Education Science
University of San Diego

Youchuan Zhang

Assistant Professor
Human Development and Family Studies



Advisory Faculty

Gary Anderson

Professor - Tenure
School of Social Work

Deborah Johnson

Professor and Director for the Diversity Research Network
Human Development and Family Studies

Edmund McGarrell

Professor
School of Criminal Justice

Francisco Villarruel

Professor
Human Development and Family Studies