Faculty

Oddmumd Myhre, Ph.D.
Interim Department Chair
Email: OMyhre@csustan.edu

Valerie Leyva, Ph.D. LCSW
MSW Program Director
Email: vleyva@csustan.edu

Robin Ringstad, Ph.D., LCSW 
Professor
Phone: (209) 667-3355
Office: DBH 122E
Email: rringstad@csustan.edu

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

• National Association of Black Social Workers (NABSW) – International Education Conference (IEC) Committee, Chair
• Research Interests: Workforce development, international social work program development and evaluation, gender role operationalization of African American couples

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

Kilolo Brodie, MSW, Ph.D.
Associate 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 
 

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


Academic Bio
Curriculum Vitae

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

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

John Garcia, Ph.D.
Professor
Phone: (209) 667-3769
Office: DBH 148
Email: jgarcia@csustan.edu
Curriculum Vita
Center for Public Policy Studies

Valerie Leyva, Ph.D., LCSW
Professor
Phone: (209) 667-3728
Office: DBH 141
Email: vleyva@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).

Paul Sivak, MSW
Child Welfare Training Project Coordinator/ Lecturer
Phone: (209) 667-3205
Cell Phone: (209) 661-6512
Office: DBH 145
Email: psivak@csustan.edu

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

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

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