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Faculty
| Dr. Dorinda Noble Professor and Director, School of Social Work Office: HPB 152 Phone: 512-245-2592 Email: dn12@txstate.edu Dr. Dorinda Noble, LCSW, joined |  |
| Dr. Angela Ausbrooks Assistant Professor Office: HPB165 Phone: 512-245-9067 E-mail: aa16@txstate.edu Dr. Angela Ausbrooks, LMSW, joined the faculty in 2007, holding degrees from the University of North Texas and the University of Texas at Austin. A long-time Grant Specialist with the School, her teaching areas include chilld welfare, minorities, research, and human behavior and the social environment. |  |
Dr. Mary Jo Garcia-Biggs |  |
| Dr. J. Karen Brown Office: HPB 162 Dr. Karen Brown, LMSW-AP, who completed her MSSW at the University of Tennessee and her doctorate at the University of Texas at Austin, is active in the Council on Social Work Education. She holds a $2.5 million federal grant to develop and provide parenting training to teens. Dr. Brown served as Director of the School of Social Work for many years, and the School is indebted to her for her service. She is currently Director of the University's Center for Children and Families. |  |
Dr. Nancy ChavkinRegents' Professor and Director of the Richter Research Institute |  |
| Catherine Carol Cofer Office: HPB247
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Dr. Anne Deepak Lecturer Office: HPB159 Phone: 512-245-8837 E-mail: ad21@txstate.edu Dr. Anne Deepak, LCSW, holds degrees from Columbia University and Boston University. Her years of practice and teaching experience have contributed to her expertise in cross-cultural mental health issues, postcolonial feminist theory and practice, help-seeking behaviors of immigrant women, immigration adjustment of South Asian women, diversity and social justice, and the use of popular culture in social work education and practice. . |  |
| Tammy Erlanson Adjunct Faculty Office: HPB243 Phone: 512-245-1999 E-mail: te12@txstate.edu Ms. Erlanson, who joined our faculty in Fall of 2007, holds the Bachelors and Masters of Social Work from Southwest Texas State University. Her expertise is in administration of social work programs. |  |
| Dr. Catherine A. Hawkins Office: HPB160 |  |
| David Luke Henton, LCSW Office: HPB235 Mr. Dave Henton, LCSW, joined Texas State faculty over a decade ago. While he currently directs the School's Field Practicum Office, he has a long history of working in developmental disabilities, mental health, and gerontology services. In addition to social work field education, his teaching and scholarly interests include older adult mental health, sexual minority populations, and social work and spirituality. |  |
| Dr. Sally Hill Jones Office: HPB156
Dr. Sally Hill Jones, LCSW, earned her MSW at the University of Chicago and her Ph.D. from the Institute for Clinical Social Work in Chicago, Illinois. She has over 25 years of practice experience in a variety of settings, including family service agencies, private practice, and hospice. Her primary interests are in trauma, self-care for helping professionals, and gerontology. She joined the Texas State faculty in 2001. |  |
| Dr. Karen Knox Associate Professor Office: HPB153 Dr Karen Knox, LCSW, holds both the MSSW and Ph.D., and has taught at Texas State since 1995, serving as Field Director for much of that time. Dr. Knox has also taught at the University of Tennessee-Memphis, St. Edward's University, and the University of Texas at Austin. Her areas of research interest, publications, and practice experience include crisis intervention, victim services in law enforcement, child abuse, family violence, sexual abuse survivors, and sex offenders. Currently Dr. Knox is involved in grant activity developing curriculum for older persons, and she is working on a project to connect Texas State School of Social Work with a sister university in Russia. |  |
| Andrew T. Marks Office: HPB235
Mr. Andrew Marks, LMSW, has served as a Lecturer at the Texas State School of Social Work since 2003. He is the former Executive Director of the Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners and Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists. He also has worked at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin and for the Texas Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. Professional interests of Mr. Marks include leadership, professional ethics, management, public administration, community organization, mental health and mental retardation issues, disabilities, and forensic and legal issues. He has presented extensively on professional ethics and professional regulation. |  |
| Stacie McGee Adjunct Faculty Office: HPB243 Phone: 512-245-1999 E-mail: sm60@txstate.edu Ms. Stacie McGee, LCSW, received her Bachelor of Social Work degree from Texas State in 1992 and her Master of Social Work degree from Our Lady of the Lake University in 1994. Since 2006, she has served as the Graduate Recruitment Coordinator in the Texas State College of Liberal Arts, assisting academic departments with graduate student recruitment efforts and helping prospective graduate students find the degree programs that fit their needs. She also helps coordinate the College of Liberal Arts Graduate Student Council. Ms McGee has served Texas State as an Adjunct Clinical Faculty Member since 1993, supervising field interns in the School of Social Work, as well as the Sociology and the Family and Consumer Sciences departments. She has worked in geriatric outreach, juvenile residential treatment, juvenile justice, program development, administration and grant writing, and in public school social work. She served for two years on the NASW/Texas School Social Work Steering Committee and presents regular conferences and workshops to fellow social workers throughout the state. Ms. McGee currently serves on the mayor-appointed city of San Marcos Youth Commission. |  |
| Gerald McKimmey Lecturer Office: HPB249 Phone: 512-245-7170 E-mail: gm24@txstate.edu Mr. Jerry McKimmey, LMSW, has a strong interest in social work policy following a long career in public service. Formerly Deputy Commissioner of the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, he also served as Associate Commissioner, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Director of Children's Mental Health Services, and Director of the Federal Child and Adolescent Services System Project (CASSP). He also worked in a variety of direct service roles, including Director of the Scheib Mental Health Center in San Marcos; Director of Social Work Services on the Child/Adolescent Treatment Unit, Austin State Hospital; and regional Clinical Supervisor for a ten-county rural mental health system. He is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps. |  |
| Dr. Kathy Selber Professor Office: HPB164 Phone: 512-245-8692 E-mail: ks15@txstate.edu Dr. Kathy Selber, LMSW-AP, holds the MSW from University of Houston and the doctorate from University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Selber has been awarded numerous research grants and is well-published. Fluent in Spanish, she previously taught in Mexico and is particularly interested in challenges in administration. Currently, Dr. Selber is very engaged in support services for soldiers. |  |
| Rhonda E. Smith Office: HP247 Ms. Rhonda Smith, LMSW, is a grant specialist with the Center for Children and Families. She serves as an Agency-Based Field Instructor with Child Protective Services in San Antonio for Title IV-E stipend recipients in both the BSW and MSW degree programs. She also serves as adjunct faculty for the Texas State School of Social Work. Her primary practice experience has been working with children and families in a public child welfare setting, with the majority of her experience focused on working with sexually abusive families. |  |
| Dr. Mary Tijerina Associate Professor and BSW Coordinator Office: HPB154 Phone: 512-245-3667 E-mail: mt01@txstate.edu Dr. Mary Tijerina, LMSW-AP, joined Texas State School of Social Work in 2001 and is now the Schools BSW Coordinator. Dr. Tijerina's practice experience includes work in drug and alcohol abuse services, public welfare, and child welfare services. Her teaching and research interests include minority health issues, administration and leadership, and social work education. Dr. Tijerina is the Co-PI of the School's First-Generation College Student $500,000 federal grant. |  |
Dr. Raphael Travis, Jr. Assistant Professor Office: HPB161 Phone: 512-245-3521 E-mail: rt27@txstate.edu Dr. Raphael Travis, Jr., DrPH, LCSW, holds degrees from University of Virginia, University of Michigan, and University of California at Los Angeles. His current research interests include positive youth development over the lifecourse, adolescent resilience, and youth participation in individual and community transformation. His work background blends mental health practice with public health issues. |  |
| Dr. Ted Watkins Emeritus Professor Office: HPB155 Phone: 512-245-1961 E-mail: tw11@txstate.edu Dr. Ted Watkins, LCSW, received his MSW degree from Lousiana State Unversity and his Doctor of Social Work degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He did direct practice and administration in community mental health, family counseling, and residential treatment agencies in Pennsylvania and Texas. Dr. Watkins, whose primary academic interests include substance abuse, mental health, and adoloscent violence, has published books in mental health and dual diagnosis. He came to Texas State in 2001 after serving for many years on the faculty of University of Texas-Arlington. At Texas State, he served as BSW Coordinator and later as MSW Coordinator. Dr. Watkins retired from Texas State in 2005 but still teaches courses from time to time. He is currently serving as interim MSW Coordinator. |  |
| Ms. Martha Wildberger Grant Specialist Office: SH101 Phone: 512-245-6600 E-mail: mw38@txstate.edu Ms. Wildberger, LCSW, is a Grant Specialist with the Center for Children and Families. She holds degrees from Truman State University and Washington University and has over ten years of child welfare experience. Ms. Wildberger's professional interests include child welfare, foster care and adoption. |  |