Lecturers

Melinda Gronen

Lecturer

gronen26@yahoo.com

Department
Professional Development Program
Department:
Professional Development Program

Areas of Expertise
Child Welfare and Child Protection
Trauma-informed Clinical Practice

Torishana Johnson-Nino

Lecturer
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tjnino@uchicago.edu

Department
Social Sector Leadership & Nonprofit Management
Department:
Social Sector Leadership & Nonprofit Management

Areas of Expertise
Adolescent Mental Health and Development Disorders
African Americans
Behavioral Health and Psychotherapeutic Interventions
Criminology
Cultural Attunement
Gender, Race, and Class
Human Development
LGBTQIA+
Mass Incarceration
Organizational Design
Training and Mentorship

Lindan Lawson

Lecturer

lindanlawson@uchicago.edu

Department
Professional Development Program
Department:
Professional Development Program

Areas of Expertise
Contextually Focused Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Mental Health

Grisel Maldonado, MBA

Lecturer
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grisel@uchicago.edu

Department
Social Sector Leadership & Nonprofit Management
Department:
Social Sector Leadership & Nonprofit Management

Areas of Expertise
Advancing Equity in Organizational Strategy
Community Engagement Strategies
Education
Equity-Driven Consulting
Leadership Development
Organizational Capacity Building
Social Sector Consulting
Non-Profit Organizations
Nonprofit Strategic Business Planning

Jennifer Meade

Director of School Social Work
She/Her/Hers
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jemeade@uchicago.edu

773.834.6511
Department
School Social Work Program
Department:
School Social Work Program

Office Location: E1

Areas of Expertise
Education
Family

Melanie Nadon

Doctoral Student
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mnadon@uchicago.edu

Areas of Expertise
Child neglect and poverty
Child Welfare and Child Protection
Child Welfare System
Poverty
Poverty and Welfare Policy
Racial Inequality
Social Welfare Policy

Alex Ngo

Lecturer

alex.r.ngo@gmail.com

Areas of Expertise
Anti-Oppression Education and Activism
Authenticity and Radical Self-Love
Centering the Margins of Society
Decolonization, particularly of Gender and Gender Expression
Gender
Intergenerational Growth
LGBTQIA+
Mental Health
Race, Ethnicity, and Culture
Trans Affirmative Practice
Violence and Trauma

Pamela Oberlie

Lecturer
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pmanders@UCHICAGO.EDU

Areas of Expertise
Adolescent Mental Health and Development Disorders
Child Welfare and Medical Trauma
Eating Disorders
Family Therapy
Mental Health

June Parks

Lecturer
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junecparksphd@gmail.com

Areas of Expertise
Assessment and treatment of complex trauma and developmental trauma disorder
Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy
Play Therapy

Devi Raja

Lecturer
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daraja@uchicago.edu

Department
Administration
Department:
Administration

Areas of Expertise
Coalition Building
Education
Government
Leadership Development
Management
Measurement
Non-Profit Organizations
Philanthropy
Public Health
Social Sector