Directory

Sheila Shankar, LSW

Doctoral Student
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sheilashankar@uchicago.edu

Areas of Expertise
Anti-Oppressive Social Work Practice
Asian Americans
Autoethnography
Criminal Legal Change
Culturally-sensitive Mental Health Care
Gender
Gender-based and Family Violence
Intersectionality
LGBTQIA+
Mental Health
Parenting and Families
Politicized Healing & Healing Justice
Professional culture, training and apprenticeship
Qualitative Research Methods
Social problems and social policy
Transformative Justice
Trauma-informed Clinical Practice
Violence and Trauma
Women with incarceration experiences

Kate Shim, MBA

Assistant Director of Admissions
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Department
Admissions
Department:
Admissions

Office Location: 950 Building-Room 105

Lauren Shirk

Senior Associate Director of Advancement Communications
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lshirk@uchicago.edu

Department
Advancement Office
Department:
Advancement Office

Office Location: 950 Building-

Ye Jin Sohn

Doctoral Student
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sohn@uchicago.edu

Areas of Expertise
Asian Americans
Culturally-sensitive Mental Health Care
Gender
Intersectionality
Mental Health
Race, Ethnicity, and Culture
Trauma-informed Clinical Practice
Violence and Trauma

Seongbo Son

Doctoral Student
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seongboson@uchicago.edu

Areas of Expertise
Aging
Community
Housing
Low-income Families
Poverty and Welfare Policy
Urban Inequality

Yukako Sortino

Advanced Field Consultant
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Department
Field Education Consultants
Department:
Field Education Consultants