Faculty and Staff Directory

Susan Reay, EdD, LICSW

She/Her/Hers

Director

Associate Professor

Grace Abbott School of Social Work, Assistant Professor

sreay@unomaha.edu

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Ellen Rice, MS

Assistant Director

erice@unomaha.edu

Sunny Andrews, PhD

Ann Coyne, PhD, LMHP, CMSW

Amanda Duffy Randall, PhD, LICSW

Jeanette Harder, PhD, CMSW

Claudette Lee, LCSW

Jane Woody, PhD

Gwen Weber, PhD

Theresa Barron-McKeagney, PhD, LMHP, LCSW

Professor

tbarronm@unomaha.edu

Kersten Borer, MSW, LIMHP, CMSW, LADC

She/They

Instructor

kerstenborer@unomaha.edu

Deb Circo, PhD, LIMHP, LCSW

Assistant Professor

dcirco@unomaha.edu

Sandy Cook-Fong, PhD

Associate Professor

scookfong@unomaha.edu

Henry D'Souza, PhD

Professor and Graduate Program Chair

hdsouza@unomaha.edu

Liam Heerten-Rodriguez, PhD, PLMHP, PCMSW

Assistant Professor

lheerten2@unomaha.edu

Heidi Rueda, PhD

She/Her/Hers

John E. Christensen Community Chair in Child Welfare

Grace Abbott School of Social Work, Associate Professor

hrueda@unomaha.edu

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Laurel Sariscsany, PhD

She/Her/Hers

Assistant Professor

lsariscsany@unomaha.edu

Lisa Smith, PhD, LMSW

Assistant Professor

lsmith5@unomaha.edu

Emily Soener, LICSW

She/Her/Hers

Instructor

esoener@unomaha.edu

Peter Szto, PhD

Professor

pszto@unomaha.edu

Lequisha Turner, PhD, LCSW, LMHP

Assistant Professor

lequishaturner@unomaha.edu

Anvar Vakkayil, PhD

Associate Professor

avakkayil@unomaha.edu

Ciara Warden, MSW, LISW

She/Her/Hers

Lecturer

cwarden@unomaha.edu

Yiwei Zhang, PhD

Assistant Professor

yiweizhang@unomaha.edu

Shannon Adamsick

Graduate Academic Advisor

sadamsick@unomaha.edu

Sonia Carbonell, BA

Student Services Admin.

scarbonell2@unomaha.edu

Theori Kenny, LCSW

Practicum Specialist

tmkenny@unomaha.edu

Konnie Kirchner, LCSW

Practicum Coordinator

kkirchner@unomaha.edu

Michelle Manning, LICSW, LISW

She/Her/Hers

Practicum Specialist

michellemanning@unomaha.edu

Michelle Nelsen, MSE

Continuing Education & Outreach Specialist

mdnelsen@unomaha.edu

Alisha Olson, LCSW

She/Her/Hers

Senior Practicum Specialist

asolson@unomaha.edu

Nazaneen Rahmanzai, BA

She/Her/Hers

Undergraduate Academic Advisor

nrahmanzai@unomaha.edu

Katie Robbins, LICSW

Senior Outreach Coordinator and Adjunct Instructor

klrobbins@unomaha.edu

Darian Draft

Graduate Assistant to the Director

Grace Abbott School of Social Work

ddraft@unomaha.edu

Hailey Edwards

Student Worker

Grace Abbott Training and Supervision Academy

haileyedwards@unomaha.edu

Whitney Medlock

Graduate Assistant - Project REST Grant

Grace Abbott Training and Supervision Academy

wmedlock@unomaha.edu

Alea Reifenrath

Graduate Assistant - BHECN East

Grace Abbott Training and Supervision Academy

aleareifenrath@unomaha.edu

Hannah Rethmeier

Graduate Student Worker for the Assistant Director

Grace Abbott School of Social Work

hannahrethmeier@unomaha.edu

Sharilyn Tuttle

Graduate Assistant

Grace Abbott Training and Supervision Academy

stuttle@unomaha.edu

Aislyn Tyler

Graduate Assistant to the Program Chair

Grace Abbott School of Social Work

aislyntyler@unomaha.edu

Meghan Witte

Graduate Assistant

Field Office

Grace Abbott School of Social Work

meghanwitte@unomaha.edu

Karla Zavala

Consultant and Additional Support

Grace Abbott School of Social Work

kzavala@unomaha.edu