Education
Ph.D. (2005) University of California, Los Angeles
Research Interests
Taking students to India in Summer 2010 to teach a class on Postcolonial Social Work Practice. They will be placed at the Sonagachi sex workers' union; Effectiveness of substance abuse case management in India; Mental illness among HIV positive sex workers in Kolkata
Courses Taught
Foundations of Social Work Practice (sex workers & empowerment in India, working with South Asian clients in session, and substance abuse in India); Substance Abuse Module (includes material on South Asian substance users); Global Health (module) (mobilizing sex workers in India)