CURRENT POSITION: Lecturer in the Steve Hicks School of Social Work, and I’ve started Daring Dialogues Consulting, which provides trainings on LGBTQ, cultural humility and responsiveness, and social justice frameworks. THREE THINGS YOU CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT: Students, because they keep me vital and current. Community, broadly defined. And nature. If I can’t get outside, I feel weary. A MEMORY […]
Class Notes
Spring 2017 Class Notes
’78 Mitch Sudolsky, MSSW ’78, has returned to UT Austin as a full-time clinical social work professor after thirteen years of adjunct teaching. ‘86 Therese Harmacek, MSSW ’86, coordinates physical, mental, and social services for elderly and disabled clients in Travis County as a contract case manager for Humana. ‘95 Rachel Fusco, MSSW ’95, is […]
Fall 2016 Class Notes
HOMETOWN: El Paso, Texas. CURRENTLY: Project coordinator for off-site services, Austin Child Guidance Center, Austin. MOST INFLUENTIAL PROFESSOR: Tammy Linseisen trained me to be the social worker that I am. I learned from her the importance of supervision, and that to best serve clients we have to learn about and challenge ourselves. MEMORY FROM FIELD: September 11 happened the […]
Spring 2016 Class Notes
’69 Leslie “Les” Letulle, MSSW ’69, has enjoyed a twenty-seven year career with the Menninger Clinic after social work professor George Thorman sparked his interest in family therapy. When Menninger relocated to Houston, Mr. Letulle served an additional ten years at the Family Service and Guidance Center in Topeka, KS. In addition to professor Thorman, […]
Fall 2015 Class Notes
Terri Spahr Nelson is psychotherapist, consultant, educator, and author with more than 30 years of experience working in mental health and behavioral sciences, and specializing in victims of violence and trauma. She is a military veteran, twice awarded the Army Commendation Medal. She is Director of the Bachelor’s of Social Work Program in the Department […]
Spring 2015 Class Notes
‘82 Gary E. Bachman, MSSW ’82, is an associate professor and the director of field education in the Department of Social Work at Park University in Parkville, MO. Gary was the 2012 recipient of the J.L. Zwingle Student Voice Award, a university-wide award that recognizes a member of the faculty for outstanding teaching, as chosen […]
Class of ’80
Members of the MSSW class of ‘80 gathered in Austin this past November, when they joined the School of Social Work for the presentation of “Wild & Precious,” a one-man show written and performed by class member Steve Cadwell. “At this time in my life, I could return to the supportive, engaged cohort who helped […]
Fresh off the press
Julia Aziz (Glick) (MSSW ’99) has just published the book Lessons of labor: One woman’s self-discovery through birth and motherhood, with MSI Press. Rather than giving advice on how to labor or how to parent, Julia consistently offers the message that a woman can grow through the challenges that life presents her and learn to […]
Fall 2014 Class Notes
Ruth McRoy is the Ruby Lee Piester Centennial Professor Emerita at The University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work, and holds the Donahue and DiFelice Endowed Professorship at the Graduate School of Social Work at Boston College. She has been a strong contributor to the field of child welfare for more than three decades. […]
Spring 2014 Class Notes
’70 Karen Stromberger Miller, MSSW ‘76, retired from the Army Substance Abuse Program in December 2012. Karen is currently working PRN for St. Davis North in the ER and the Women’s Center. She also volunteers with the Micah 6 Food pantry and Uplift programs at her University Presbyterian Church. ‘94 Mariah Boone, MSSW ’94, has joined the Social […]