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Ruth H. Young Center for Families and Children
525 West Redwood Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
410.706.5478




RUTH H. YOUNG CENTER FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN
F
ACULTY AND STAFF  

smiling child           

Administrative Personnel 

Program Directors

Education and Training Faculty and Staff (Child Welfare Academy) 

Research Faculty and Staff

Best Practice Services Faculty and Staff  
 - Family Connections Clinical & Community Services Personnel
 -
Family Connections SSW Interns 
 - Family Connections Community Advisory Committee


ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL

Diane DePanfilis, PhD, MSW
Director, Ruth H. Young Center for Families & Children
Associate Professor, Associate Dean for Research
ddepanfi@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3609
 
Kimberly McCorr, BA
Office Manager
kmccorr@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-5478

Dawntrell Thomas
Administrative Assistant
dthomas@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3014

PROGRAM DIRECTORS

Debra Linsenmeyer, LCSW-C
Educational Director Child Welfare Academy
dlinsenmeyer@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3439

Frederick Strieder, PhD, LCSW-C
Director of Family Connections/Clinical Associate Professor
fstrieder@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-5479

EDUCATION AND TRAINING FACULTY AND STAFF
(Child Welfare Academy: Training Program & Title IV-E  Public Child Welfare Education Program)

Gillian Berry
Clinical Instructor, Child Welfare Training Program
gberry@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-2319 

Anne Faulkner, LCSW-C
Clinical Instructor, Child Welfare Training Program
afaulkner@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-2322

Gisele Ferretto, LCSW-C
Deputy Director
gferretto@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-6934

Gale Fulton, LCSW-C
Clinical Instructor, Child Welfare Training Program
gfulton@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-2316

Karen Edwards
Information Management Support Specialist
kedwards@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-8571

Mary Ann Galeano
Administrative Specialist
mgaleano@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-8342

Carnell Windley-Ginn
Faculty Field Instructor
cwindley-ginn@ssw.umaryland.edu
301-909-2161/1565

Phyllis Gorham
Adminstrative Assistant
pgorham@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-1396

Raquel Bryan-Kozakiwwicz
Administrative Assisstant
rgryan-kozakiewicz@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3637

Debra Linsenmeyer, LCSW-C
Educational Director Child Welfare Academy
dlinsenmeyer@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3439

Eileen Morgan
Administrative Assistant
emorgan@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3637

Barbara Nathanson, LCSW-C
Clinical Instructor, Child Welfare Training Program
bnathanson@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-7988

Cynthia Park
Faculty Field Instructor
cpark@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-222-7825, x3050

Laurie Richardson, LCSW-C
Faculty Child Welfare Coordinator
lrichadson@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-2236

Charlette Charles-Ringgold
Faculty Field Instructor
cringgold@ssw.umaryland.edu
443-423-5848

Donald Vince
Faculty Field Instructor
dvince@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-853-3101

Michelle Willis, LCSW-C
Clinical Instructor, Child Welfare Training Program
mwillis@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-2321

RESEARCH FACULTY AND STAFF

Richard P. Barth, PhD, MSW 
Dean of the School of Social Work, Professor
rbarth@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-7794

Caroline Burry
Associate Professor, Principal Investigator of the Child Welfare Academy
cburry@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3509

Kathryn Collins
Associate Professor
kcollins@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-0814

Clara Daining, PhD, MSW
Research Assistant Professor
Co-PI: Replication of Family Connections with Intergenerational Families
cdaining@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3672

Joy Ernst, PhD
Assistant Professor of Social Work,and
Director, Social Work Program
of Hood College

Sarah Kaye Faraldi, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
sfaraldi@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3827

Kevin Frick

Gillian Gregory, LGSW
Research Coordinator
ggregory@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-1390

Donna Harrington
Professor & Chair, Doctoral Program
dharrington@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3136

R. Anna Hayward, MSW
Research Specialist
ahayward@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3014

Karen Hopkins
Associate Professor
khopkins@ssw.uamryland.edu
410-706-1496

Bethany Lee
Assistant Professor
blee@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3809

Michael Lindsey
Assistant Professor
mlindsey@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-8781

Dr. Elizabeth Mulroy
Professor
emulroy@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-7645

Tanya Sharpe
Assistant Professor
tsharpe@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3829

Terry Shaw
Assistant Professor
tshaw@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3811

Corey Shdaimah, L.L.M., PhD
cshdaimah@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-7544

Carmelita Staggers
Research Assistant Scholar
cstaggers@ssw.umaryland.edu

Meredith White
Research Assistant Scholar
msullivan@ssw.umaryland.edu

Crystal D. Williams, LMSW
Graduate Research Assistant
cwilliams@ssw.umaryland.edu

Tiffany A. Williams, B.S.
Interview Coordinator
twilliams@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3672

Kristen Woodruff, MSW, LGSW
Graduate Research Assistant
kwoodruff@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3672

Family Connections Research Consulting Team

Jacqueline Corcoran, PhD, MSSW
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work
jcorcora@mail1.vcu.edu
804-828-1044

Bruce DeForge, PhD, MA
University of Maryland School of Social Work
bdeforge@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-5612

Howard Dubowitz, MD, MS
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
hdubowitz@peds.umaryland.edu
410-706-6144

Joy Swanson Ernst, PhD, MSW
Hood College
ernst@hood.edu
301-696-3754

Kevin D. Frick, PhD
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Health Policy & Management
KFrick@jhsph.edu
410-614-4018

Donna Harrington, PhD
University of Maryland School of Social Work
dharring@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3136

Laurel Kiser, PhD
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
lkiser@psych.umaryland.edu
410-706-2490

Michael A. Lindsey, Ph.D.
University of Maryland, School of Social Work
mlindsey@ssw.umaryland.edu

Corey Shdaimah, Ph.D.
University of Maryland School of Social Work
cshdaimah@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-7544

Laura Ting, PhD, LCSW-C
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Department of Psychology
LTing@umbc.edu
301-251-4033

Deborah Weimer, JD
University of Maryland School of Law
dweimer@law.umaryland.edu
410-706-8316

BEST PRACTICE SERVICES FACULTY AND STAFF

Family Connections Clinical & Community Services Personnel

Qiana Cryer
410-706-8716

Maureen Harkness, MSW
Academic Coordinator
mharknes@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-7247

Patricia Noel
Academic Coordinator
pnoel@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-1463

Deborah Sarsgard, LCSW-C
Clinical Instructor
dsarsgar@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-7475

Frederick Strieder, PhD, LCSW-C
Director of Family Connections/Clinical Associate Professor
fstrieder@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-5479

Family Connections SSW Interns

Lauren Askew                
Carolyn Button
Jessica Jordan
Leah Kershaw
Stacy Ritter
Sara Ross

Laura Shisler
Meghan Slattery
Dawn Smith
Nneka White
Ahmun Williams
Ramona Zeender

Family Connections Community Advisory Committee

Steve Berry  
Manager In-Home Family Services
Maryland Department of Human Resources
Social Services Administration

Jennie Bloom   
Associate Dean
University of Maryland Baltimore School of Social Work

Nathaniel Branson  
Adjunct Faculty Field Liaison  
University of Maryland Baltimore School of Social Work

Pauline Boldin   
University of Maryland Medical Systems

Charlotte Clemens  
Pastor, Shiloh AME Church

Pamela Corckran  
University of Maryland Baltimore School of Social Work Board of Advisors

Reba Cornman  
University of Maryland Baltimore
Dept. of Geriatrics and Gerontology

Brent Elrod   
Generations United

Mildred Gee    
University of Maryland Medical Systems

John Heath   
Senior Advisor to the Maryland Lieutenant Governor
Faith Based Initiatives

Dolores Kelley  
Senator
State of Maryland

Earlene Merrill  
Director
Maryland Kinship Care Resource Center

David Pruitt   
Chair, Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Department of Child Psychiatry

Natasha Ramberg  
Associate Director
Family and Women Services
Bon Secours of Maryland Foundation

Lucille Robinson  
Grandparent

Leslie Seid-Margolis  
Chairperson 
Maryland Disability Law Center

Stacy Smith   
Director, Southwest Consortium
Baltimore's Success by Six Partnership

Susan Tibbels  
Executive Director
New Song Community Learning Center

Ellen Willinghan  
Program Coordinator
Grandparents As Parents Program

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