Faculty

John Garcia, Ph.D.
Department Chair/Director
Phone: (209) 667-3769
Office: DBH 122E
Email: jgarcia@csustan.edu
Curriculum Vita
Center for Public Policy Center

Sevaughn Banks, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Phone: (209) 667-3541
Office: DBH 341
Email: sbanks2@csustan.edu
Curriculum Vita
 

Envisioning an Ecological Classroom

• Research Interests: Workforce development, international social work program development and evaluation

Yvonne Berenguer, MSW
Child Welfare Training Program Field Faculty
Phone: (209) 667-3948
Cell Phone: (209) 556-3679 Office: DBH 111  Email: yberenguer@csustan.edu

Wellness Options LLC(Well-being by Connecting Mind, Body & Spirit) 

Pollie Bith-Melander, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Phone: (209) 667-3012
Office: DBH 314
Email: pbithmelander@csustan.edu
Academic Bio
Curriculum Vitae

Kilolo Brodie, MSW, Ph.D.
Professor
Phone: (209) 667-3126
Office: DBH 309
Email: kbrodie1@csustan.edu
Curriculum Vita
 

• Call to Action - Our MSW Program's Response to white supremacy.pdf
• Stan State Equity & Diversity video
• Governor Brown Announces Appointments 

Dawn Costa, LCSW
Lecturer
Phone: (209) 664-6717
Office: DBH 323
Email: dcosta3@csustan.edu

Katie Galvin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Phone: (209) 667-3453
Office: DBH 143
Email: kgalvin@csustan.edu

Kirsten Jasek-Rysdahl, MA, MSW
Lecturer
Phone: (209) 667-3728
Office: DBH 141
Email: kjasekrysdahl1@csustan.edu

Jennifer Johnson, LCSW
Lecturer/Mental Health Stipend Coordinator
Phone: (209) 667-3946
Office: DBH 110
Email: jljohnson@csustan.edu 

Advancing Resiliency in Education podcast

Valerie Leyva, Ph.D., LCSW
Professor
Phone: (209) 667-3091
Office: DBH 122
Email: vleyva@csustan.edu

May Ying Ly, Ph.D., MSW
Assistant Professor
Phone: (209) 667-3355
Office: DBH 322
Email: mly4@csustan.edu

Jane Rousseau, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Phone: 209-667-3015
Office: DBH 142
Email: jrousseau@csustan.edu
Curriculum Vita

Rousseau, J. (2015). The elusive promise of reconciliation in British Columbia child welfare: Aboriginal perspectives and wisdom from within the BC Ministry of Children and Family Development, First Peoples Child and Family Review, 10 (2).

Rousseau, J. (2018).  Struggling toward Indigenous representation and service improvement within the BC Ministry of Children and Family Development, Canadian Public Administration, 61(4).

Robin Ringstad, Ph.D., LCSW
Professor
Phone: (209) 667-3355
Office: DBH 323
Email: rringstad@csustan.edu

Shradha Tibrewal, Ph.D.
Professor
Phone: (209) 667-3951
Office: DBH 147
Email: stibrewal@csustan.edu

Jenell Thompson, M.Ed., LCSW, PPSC
Title IV-E Child Welfare Lecturer
Email: 
jthompson22@csustan.edu 
 

Conversations across the Diaspora with Women of African Ancestry

Paul G. Wright, Ed.D.
Associate Professor
Phone: (209) 667-3818
Office: DBH 313
Email: pwright@csustan.edu

Nancy Zamora, LCSW, PPSC
Field Coordinator
Phone: (209) 667-3776
Office: DBH 122B
Email: nzamora1@csustan.edu