Department of Social Work Organization Chart

Department of Social Work Faculty

The faculty members of the UNCW Department of Social Work are widely engaged in collaborative work related to research, program development and evaluation, and curriculum development. These regional and national collaborations, combined with the diverse and extensive social work educational backgrounds on our faculty, allow a broad sense of the character of social work education nationally and the specific characteristics of the best of those programs. We have consulted widely, using the partnerships and collaborations of faculty, with many programs including the University of Kansas School of Social Work, the University of Michigan , the University of Washington , Portland State University , and the University of Georgia . As preparatory for the development of the MSW curriculum the faculty of UNCW hosted in 2000 an invitational conference on the “Research Utilization Problem in Social Work Practice” and invited to campus many notable educators and researchers to discuss the issue with our faculty, students, and regional practitioners.

Reginald O. York, MSW, Ph.D.,Department Chair  yorkr@uncw.edu

Teaching areas: social work research; human service administration. Dr. York has 30 years experience in social work education and has served in the roles of social worker, social work supervisor, and agency executive, both for a county department of social services and a family counseling agency. He is the author of 30 journal articles and three books. He has previous employment on the faculties of the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and East Carolina University .

Robert G. Blundo, MSW, Ph.D., LCSW blundor@uncw.edu
Professor & Coordinator of Advising
Teaching areas: Social constructivism, postmodern approaches to practice, diversity, social work epistemology, strengths perspective and solution-focused practice, rural social work, group work, crisis intervention, and mental health. Dr. Blundo has thirty-two years of clinical social work practice experience. He is a Diplomat in Clinical Social Work (NASW), a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers , Board Certified Diplomat in Clinical Social Work (BCD), as well as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of North Carolina . He has taught graduate and undergraduate social work since 1988. He has published 12 articles and book chapters in the past 9 years and has made over twenty five presentations at national and regional professional meetings and conferences.

Arthur J. Frankel , MSW, Ph.D. frankela@uncw.edu

Professor & Director, Center for Social Work Research & Practice

Teaching areas: Clinical social work practice, grantsmanship. Dr. Frankel has taught graduate and undergraduate social work since 1972. His academic record includes 28 referred articles, two books, and over $3,000,000 in research grant awards since his graduation from the joint Ph.D. program in 1972 at the University of Michigan , Ann Arbor , in Social Work & Psychology. Frankel has extensive experience in clinical practice, both in private practice and mental health organizations, and in grant development and research in social work practice. He has conducted numerous social work clinical training workshops.

Donna E. Hurdle, MSW, PhD. hurdled@uncw.edu

Associate Professor, MSW Coordinator

Teaching areas: Health/mental health in underserved populations, particularly teens, women and ethnic groups. Hurdle has been teaching social work at the graduate level since 1987 and has nearly fifteen years of college level experience. She has extensive clinical experience, with over twenty years of post-MSW practice in mental health, family services and school social work. In addition she has ten refereed journal articles, including Social Work and Social Work with Groups , and four book chapters.

Jimmy Dawson McCamey, MSW, Ph.D., LCSW-GA, LPC-GA mccameyj@uncw.edu

Assistant Professor

Teaching areas: Child & adolescent program evaluation, clinical practice.

McCamey has extensive clinical experience in child and adolescent residential treatment programs with emotionally disturbed clients as a clinical director, program director, family therapist, individual and group psychotherapist, and child care worker. In addition to his management and residential experience, He has provided clinical social work and counseling services to youth, adolescents and families in private practice and consulted with school systems and Head Start programs as a mental health consultant, staff development trainer and program evaluator.

John P. Nasuti, MSW, DSW nasutij@uncw.edu
Associate Professor, Asst. Chair, BSW Director
Teaching areas: Child welfare, family violence, children and family policy, welfare reform, community development, program planning and evaluation, human service management, and labor market analysis. Nasuti has nearly twenty years experience in social work education at both the graduate and undergraduate level. He has practice experience in child welfare, housing development, family services, and administration. Nasuti has five refereed journal publications, including Child Welfare and Teaching in Social Work , and two book chapters.

P. Nelson Reid, MSW, Ph.D. reidn@uncw.edu
Professor
Teaching areas: Social work and social welfare history, social policy, ethics. Dr. Reid has 30 years of experience in social work education and administration. He has published three academic books and authored more than 20 refereed journal articles appearing in Social Service Review , Social Work , JSWE , and others, as well as some 15 book chapters. His practice experience includes regional and community resource assessment, planning, and administration.

Karen S. Sandell, MSW, Ph.D. sandellk@uncw.edu
Associate Dean of the Graduate School
Associate Professor, Department of Social Work
Dr. Sandell has been teaching at the university level since 1990, and has experience both in graduate and undergraduate education. Her teaching interests include: Women's Issues, Violence against Women, and Feminist Social Work Practice; Diversity and Practice with Vulnerable Populations; Child Welfare Administration and Practice; Community and Organizational Practice; and Innovations in Social Work Education. Dr. Sandell has an extensive background in child welfare practice and administration, and has been the PI for two federally-funded child welfare education grants. She has authored several refereed journal articles, and most recently completed, with Dr. Deborah Brunson, two monographs on Campus Violence.

Deborah E. Bowen, MSW, LCSW bowend@uncw.edu
Lecturer
Teaching areas: Introduction to social work and the social welfare system, human behavior in the social environment, social work with groups, social work policy for older Americans, interviewing skills, field seminar, clinical practice. Bowen has ten years of clinical experience in both private practice and in Catholic social services. She is a member of the NASW-NC Board of Directors.

Gwendolyn D. Clark, MSW, LCSW clarkg@uncw.edu

Lecturer, Part-time, Coordinator, North Carolina Child Welfare Collaborative

Teaching Areas: Field education, child abuse and neglect, child welfare scholarship program. Clark is LCSW licensed and has twenty three years of post MSW experience in clinical and therapeutic practice with children and families. She has teaching experience in the community college and university level and is a recent Peace Corps volunteer.

Jeanne F. Denny, MSW, CSW-IP dennyj@uncw.edu
Lecturer, Director of Field Education
Teaching areas: Experiential learning, empowering students to participate in the problem-solving process, international practice issues, health care, foster care, school social work. Denny has more than 25 years experience in social work education combined with extensive practice and management experience in medical social work. She has published a book chapter dealing with practice in health care and has made more than 15 presentations to academic and professional groups. She is active in professional associations including the NASW, BPD, and CSWE.