Our People

Marina Morgenshtern

Associate Professor & Director

BSW. (Tel-Aviv University), MSW (Tel-Aviv University), PhD (Wilfrid Laurier)

Durham, Rm. 187, 705-748-1011 ext. 5020 marinamorgenshtern@trentu.ca

Research Interests: Feminist intersectional analysis of oppression; immigrant families, couples and communities; critical social work practice

Kimberly Calderwood

Full Professor

BA (Waterloo), MSW (Wilfrid Laurier), PhD (Toronto)

Durham, Rm. 185, 705-748-1011 ext. 5048, kcalderwood@trentu.ca

Scholarly Interests: Linking ways of knowing to knowledge creation; social work education; field education; student recruitment, support, and retention; anti-oppressive micro-level practice; bereavement

David Firang​

Associate Professor

BA (Ghana), MA (Saskatchewan), MSW, PhD (Toronto)

Peterborough, Lady Eaton College, Office S115, 705-748-1011 ext. 7701, davidfirang@trentu.ca

Research Interests: Child welfare policy and practice, immigrant transnationalism, housing and homelessness, social diversity and anti-oppression, Afro-Canadian issues

Susan Hillock

Full Professor

BA (Mount Allison), BSW (Saint Thomas), MEd (University of New Brunswick), PhD (Memorial)  

Faculty Member for the Department of Social Work and Graduate Studies (Education)

Durham, DRA A156, 705-748-1011 ext.5175,  susanhillock@trentu.ca

Research Interests: Exploring equality and social justice; promoting social change; building social work theory; developing eco-femagogy; and studying how privilege and experiences of oppression play out in the classroom and field.

Else Marie Knudsen

Assistant Professor 

BSc (U of T), MSW (U of T), MSc, PhD (London School of Economics)

elsemarieknudsen@trentu.ca 

Research Interests: Criminal justice policy; families of prisoners; critical criminology and punishment & society; sociology of childhood; children’s human rights; social work education; qualitative research methodologies

Read more about Else's research in the Trent Daily News. 

Donna Richards

Limited Term Appointment (3yr LTA)

BA (University of Toronto), BSW-Hons. (Toronto Metropolitan University), MSW (University of Toronto), PhD Candidate (ABD- York University)

Peterborough, LEC N127, #1, donnarichards@trentu.ca

Research Interests: Social justice and equity, mental health: Child, youth and young adults mental health, mental health and stigma, direct practice with diverse communities, social policies and social work practice, ABR, CRT, Discrit, decolonizing research methods

Sasan Issari

Limited Term Appointment (1yr LTA - Durham)

BSW (University of British Columbia), MSW (Dalhousie), PhD (York University)

Durham, Office TBA, sasanissari@trentu.ca

Research Interests: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI); Critical Clinical Social Work; Immigration, Employment, and Social Policy; Intersectionality; Decolonizing Mental Health; Social Work Education  

Laura Boyko

Adjunct Sessional Instructor

BSW (York University), BA Sc. (University of Guelph) MSW (York University), M.Ed. (Yorkville University)

Durham, and Peterborough 

lauraboyko@trentu.ca

Research Interests: Women in leadership, high performing teams, equine assisted psychotherapy

Alison Rodgers

Sessional Instructor

BA (Brock University), BSW (Toronto Metropolitan University), MSW (Memorial University)

alisonrodgers@trentu.ca

Scholarly Interests: Child welfare, anti-racism/anti-oppression, trauma and resiliency, engaging children & youth, and Indigenous-settler relations & reconciliation.

Shane Joseph

Sessional Instructor

shanejoseph@trentu.ca

Laraine Hale

Sessional Instructor

larainehale@trentu.ca

Lisa Trefzger Clarke

Sessional Instructor

lisatrefzgerclarke@trentu.ca

Ronda Monahan

Sessional Instructor

rondamonahan@trentu.ca

Sandra McNeil-Marshall

Sessional Instructor

smcneilmarshall@trentu.ca

Renee Sloos

Sessional Instructor

rsloos@trentu.ca

Dalon Taylor

Adjunct Professor

dalontaylor@trentu.ca

Aerin Finn

Academic Administrative Assistant

Peterborough, Lady Eaton College, Office N124,

705-748-1011 ext. 6397, socialwork@trentu.ca

Kennedie Close

Academic Coordinator

Admissions/ Student Advising/ Community Liaison​

Peterborough, Lady Eaton College, Office N126,

705-748-1011 ext. 7618, socialwork@trentu.ca

Travis Peck

Field Education Coordinator

Peterborough, Lady Eaton College, Office N125 

Durham, Rm. 187

705-748-1011 ext. 7425, travispeck@trentu.ca

Linda Sweeting

Academic Coordinator

Admissions/ Student Advising/ Community Liaison​

Peterborough, Lady Eaton College, Office N126,

705-748-1011 ext. 7618, socialwork@trentu.ca