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Faculty

	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) Durham, Rm. 186, 705-748-1011 ext. 5051 elsemarieknudsen@trentu.ca Research Interests: Criminal justice policy; penology; punishment & society; critical criminology; children of prisoners; the ‘collateral consequences’ of mass incarceration. 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: Equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI); Race, gender & discourses around mental ill-health; Racialized youth mental health & intersections of race, racism, ABR, ableism (CRT, CDS, DisCrit); Community mental health and health inequities; Anti-oppressive practice and pedagogy, and social welfare policies; Anti-racist education and organizational change
	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