Lecturers

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

Jane Ramsey

Lecturer

janeramsey27@gmail.com

Areas of Expertise
Coalition Building
Community Organizing and Development
Immigration
Non-Profit Organizations
Poverty and Income
Poverty and Welfare Policy
Race, Ethnicity, and Culture

Meghan Reilly

Lecturer

mnreilly@yahoo.com

Areas of Expertise
Assessment and treatment of complex trauma and developmental trauma disorder
Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy
Trauma-informed Clinical Practice

Carlos Robles

Lecturer

carlosrobles@uchicago.edu

Department
Professional Development Program
Department:
Professional Development Program

Areas of Expertise
Anti-Oppression Education and Activism
Culturally-sensitive Mental Health Care
Harm Reduction
Intervention Programs
Social Work
Transformative Justice

Teresa van Oort

Lecturer
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Teresa.vanOort@UChicago.edu

Areas of Expertise
Administrative Data
Aging
Behavioral Health and Psychotherapeutic Interventions
Complex institutions
Compliance
Data Analysis and Reporting
End-of-Life Care
Executive Leadership Coaching and Teams Management
Fiscal policy
Global Health
Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy
Oncology
Palliative Care
Health
Health Disparities
Managing with Data
Mental Health
Organizational Design
Policy Feedback
Policy Implementation
Public Health
Social Work

Avi Wolf

Lecturer
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avwolf@uchicago.edu

Areas of Expertise
Decolonization, particularly of Gender and Gender Expression
Gender
Human Sexuality and Sex Therapy
Intersectionality
LGBTQIA+
Trans Affirmative Practice
Trauma-informed Clinical Practice

Gabriela Zapata-Alma

Lecturer
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gza@gzaink.com

Areas of Expertise
Clinical Supervision
Co-Occurring Conditions and Integrated Treatment
Cultural Humility, Intersectionality, and Anti-Oppressive Practice
Culture as Prevention, Culture as Treatment
Evidence-Based Practice
Family-Based Treatment
Gender-Responsive and Trans/GNC Affirming Services
Harm Reduction
LGBTQ+ Responsive Treatment
Peer-Based Services
Power-Based Violence (domestic violence, intimate partner violence, sexual violence, state-sanctioned violence, political torture, etc.)
Prison Abolition, Decarceration, and Arrest Deflection
Restorative Justice, Transformative Justice
Supportive Housing
Trauma Care and Trauma-Informed Approaches