Faculty

Susan Stone joins American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare Board

January 5, 2023

Susan Stone, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Catherine Mary and Eileen Clare Hutto Professor of Social Services in Public Education, has joined the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare Advisory Board for 2023.

The Academy is an honorific society of distinguished scholars and practitioners dedicated to achieving excellence in the field of social work and social welfare through high-impact work that advances social good. Dr. Stone’s research interests include understanding family and school influences on child and adolescent academic performance,...

Dr. Jamie Chang Joins Faculty

August 29, 2023

Dr. Jamie Chang has joined the School of Social Welfare faculty and community this summer as Associate Professor.

Dr. Chang’s research involves investigating the structural determinants that impact the health of unhoused people, focusing on the role of social policies (e.g. encampment sweeps) on unhoused people’s health outcomes. Recently, she has led mixed-methods studies which examine the soaring numbers of people dying while unhoused in Santa Clara County. Her lab developed the ...

Adrian Aguilera on therapy for people who can’t go to therapy

September 27, 2022

"The way Americans receive mental health care has never changed as quickly as it has since the spring of 2020. When the Covid pandemic forced so many of us into our homes and onto Zoom, psychiatrists, psychotherapists and social workers followed. What started as a short-term fix is now becoming permanent. Today, nearly 40 percent of mental health and substance use outpatient treatment visits at hospitals and clinics are offered remotely,...