Our People

Full-Time Faculty

	Kimberly Calderwood Full Professor BA (Waterloo), MSW (Wilfrid Laurier), PhD (Toronto), Certificate in Human Resource Management (Trent) Contact: Durham, PLZ 185 \| 705-748-1011 ext. 5048 \| kcalderwood@trentu.ca Research 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) Contact: Peterborough, LEC 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.
	Laraine Hale Lecturer - LTA BSW (Western University), MSW (Wilfrid Laurier), IDSR PhD (student) (Trent) Contact: Peterborough, LEC N125 \| larainehale@trentu.ca Research Interests: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) with a focus on etuaptmunk: creating ethical space through de-colonizing curriculums and pedagogy; Indigenous perspectives; Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI); intersectionality; etuaptmumk.
	Sasan Issari Assistant Professor BSW (University of British Columbia), MSW (Dalhousie), PhD (York University) Contact: 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.
	Else Marie Knudsen Associate Professor & Director BSc, MSW (University of Toronto), MSc, PhD (London School of Economics) Contact: Peterborough, LEC N127.1 \| 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.
	Marina Morgenshtern Associate Professor & Interim Dean (Durham) BSW, MSW (Tel-Aviv University), PhD (Wilfrid Laurier) Contact: 705-748-1011 ext. 5020 \| marinamorgenshtern@trentu.ca Research Interests: Feminist intersectional analysis of oppression; immigrant families, couples, and communities; critical social work practice; critical social work education; EDI issues in academic classrooms; teaching research to social work students.
	Donna Richards Assistant Professor & Associate Chair (The AIDE Project) BA (University of Toronto), BSW-Hons. (Toronto Metropolitan University), MSW (University of Toronto), PhD (York University) Contact: Durham, PLZ 203 \| 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.

Sessional Faculty

Staff

Emily Barr

Academic Administrative Assistant

Office: Peterborough, Lady Eaton College, LEC N124

Contact: 705-748-1011 ext. 6397 | socialwork@trentu.ca

Avery Comeau

Field Education Coordinator (Durham)

Office: Durham, 850 King St. W, Oshawa, PLZ 104

Contact: 705-748-1011 ext. 5163 | acomeau@trentu.ca

Carolyn Mallory

Academic Coordinator

Office: Peterborough, Lady Eaton College, LEC N126 | Durham, 850 King St. W, Oshawa, PLZ 104

Contact: 705-748-1011 ext. 7618 | carolynmallory@trentu.ca

Travis Peck

Field Education Coordinator (Peterborough)

Office: Peterborough, Lady Eaton College, LEC N127.2

Contact: 705-748-1011 ext. 7425 | travispeck@trentu.ca

	Kimberly Calderwood Full Professor BA (Waterloo), MSW (Wilfrid Laurier), PhD (Toronto), Certificate in Human Resource Management (Trent) Contact: Durham, PLZ 185 \| 705-748-1011 ext. 5048 \| kcalderwood@trentu.ca Research 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) Contact: Peterborough, LEC 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.
	Laraine Hale Lecturer - LTA BSW (Western University), MSW (Wilfrid Laurier), IDSR PhD (student) (Trent) Contact: Peterborough, LEC N125 \| larainehale@trentu.ca Research Interests: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) with a focus on etuaptmunk: creating ethical space through de-colonizing curriculums and pedagogy; Indigenous perspectives; Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI); intersectionality; etuaptmumk.
	Sasan Issari Assistant Professor BSW (University of British Columbia), MSW (Dalhousie), PhD (York University) Contact: 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.
	Else Marie Knudsen Associate Professor & Director BSc, MSW (University of Toronto), MSc, PhD (London School of Economics) Contact: Peterborough, LEC N127.1 \| 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.
	Marina Morgenshtern Associate Professor & Interim Dean (Durham) BSW, MSW (Tel-Aviv University), PhD (Wilfrid Laurier) Contact: 705-748-1011 ext. 5020 \| marinamorgenshtern@trentu.ca Research Interests: Feminist intersectional analysis of oppression; immigrant families, couples, and communities; critical social work practice; critical social work education; EDI issues in academic classrooms; teaching research to social work students.
	Donna Richards Assistant Professor & Associate Chair (The AIDE Project) BA (University of Toronto), BSW-Hons. (Toronto Metropolitan University), MSW (University of Toronto), PhD (York University) Contact: Durham, PLZ 203 \| 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.

Full-Time Faculty

Kimberly Calderwood

Full Professor

David Firang​

Associate Professor

Laraine Hale

Lecturer - LTA

Sasan Issari

Assistant Professor

Else Marie Knudsen

Associate Professor & Director

Marina Morgenshtern

Associate Professor & Interim Dean (Durham)

Donna Richards

Assistant Professor & Associate Chair (The AIDE Project)

Sessional Faculty

Laura Boyko

Uzma Danish

Shane Joseph

Nicola Koyanagi

Sandra McNeil-Marshall

Ronda Monahan

Alison Rodgers

Lisa Trefzger Clarke