I am a Professor currently on sabbatical leave for AY08-09 from the School of Social Work at the University of Texas at Arlington in Arlington, Texas.  From 1998-2008, I served as Dean of the School. After 10 very rewarding years I elected to return to a faculty role in other to pursue my scholarly interests.

While on sabbatical, I am working as a Visiting Research Professor with Boston College in Brookline, Massachusetts and as a Visiting Scholar with the Interdisciplinary Research Center at Arizona State University in Phoenix, AZ.

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I have been at the School of Social Work at UTA since 1998. Originally I am from the San Antonio area, having grown up in Lytle, Texas, a small town southwest of San Antonio.

Among my professional and scholarly interests are international social work, cross cultural social work practice, mental health, and generalist social work practice. My area of interest while on leave is health disparities, particularly as they affect mental health efficacy with language minorities in the Southwestern United States. 

Courses Taught at UTA:

SOCW 2313 Social Work Practice I

SOCW 3304 Social Work Practice II

SOCW 5306 Generalist Macro Practice

SOCW 5309 Foundations of Social Work Practice

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