Dr. Anthony Natale, MSW
OU Anne & Henry Zarrow School of Social Work Associate Professor
Anne & Henry Zarrow School of Social Work
Anthony P. Natale, MSW, PhD is an Associate Professor, joining the faculty in 2005. Dr. Natale was the Graduate Coordinator in Social Work for 6 years and Assistant Director for 3.5 years. He left that position to serve as the Graduate College Faculty Fellow for Inclusive Excellence. In this role, he supervised programs and initiatives designed to support underrepresented graduate students in all phases of their academic experience - recruitment, admission, retention and graduation. He consulted with academic units to develop inclusive excellence plans for individual students as well infusing promising practices for inclusion and diversity in student policies, procedures and practices. In 2018, Dr. Natale took a new role as Interim Executive Director for the Southwest Center for Human Relations Studies. http://www.ou.edu/outreach/community-and-social-services/swchrs
Dr. Natale’s teaching interests include social welfare policy, human lifespan development, human diversity and oppression, and human sexuality. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses.
https://www.ou.edu/content/dam/cas/socialwork/docs/vitaes/swk-anthony-natale-cv-2018.pdf
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OU Anne & Henry Zarrow School of Social Work Associate Professor
Anne & Henry Zarrow School of Social Work
Dr. Bonni Goodwin, MSW, PhD, LCSW
OU Anne & Henry Zarrow School of Social Work Center for Child Welfare Training & Simulation Program Manager
OU School of Social Work Center for Child Welfare
Dr. Bonni Goodwin, a recent recipient of the NASW-Oklahoma Emerging Leader in Social Work award, studied Family and Human Services at John Brown University, received her MSW at Washburn University and now holds a position in the Center for Child Welfare Training and Simulation at the University of Oklahoma. She completed her PhD in social work at Baylor University. Goodwin will focus on assessing and enriching the entire post-adoption response across the state while contributing her own research to benefit the children, families and professionals involved. Dr. Goodwin is working with ODHS leadership to explore needs, lead research and evaluation efforts to find possible solutions and change the face of how post-adoption is done at all levels with a goal for the partnership to develop a network of adoption-competent resources statewide who are identified as knowledgeable and effective in responding to the needs of children and families.
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OU Anne & Henry Zarrow School of Social Work Center for Child Welfare Training & Simulation Program Manager
OU School of Social Work Center for Child Welfare
Mildred "Mit" C. Joyner, DPS, MSW, LCSW
NASW President
National Association of Social Workers
Mildred “Mit” C. Joyner, DPS, MSW, BSW, LCSW is President of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) that has 55 chapters throughout the United States and its territories. Joyner also serves as President of the North America Region of the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW), which includes Canada and the United States and is a member of IFSW’s Executive Committee. She serves on the boards of the NASW Foundation and the NASW Assurance Services, Inc. Her other board service included a community bank, DNBFIRST, where she was the first female and only African American to serve in this capacity and the Chester County Food Bank.
Professor Joyner received a BSW from Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, and her MSW in planning, policy and administration from Howard University, School of Social Work, in Washington, DC. Joyner’s professional career as a social worker began at Chester County Children, Youth, and Families as a protective service worker, After graduate school, she became the first department head and legal liaison of the child abuse unit at Chester County Children, Youth, and Families.
https://www.socialworkers.org/About/Governance
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NASW President
National Association of Social Workers
Dr. Eun-Jun Bang, MSW
Northeastern State University Social Work Department Chair & Professor
Northeastern State University Department of Social Work
Dr. Eun-Jun Bang is a professor of social work and the Social Work Department Chair at Northeastern State University and he has been a full time faculty since 2009. Dr. Bang has an MSW from George Warren Brown and has four years of social work practice experience prior to becoming a social work educator. His research focus is on Domestic Violence, Stress, International Students' Mental Health, and Adoption.
https://www.nsuok.edu/directory/profiles/bang.aspx
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Northeastern State University Social Work Department Chair & Professor
Northeastern State University Department of Social Work
Dr. Toni Hail, LCSW, Ph.D.
Northeastern State University Social Work Department Associate Professor
Northeastern State University Department of Social Work
Dr. Toni Hail is an assistant professor of social work at Northeastern State University and a faculty member of the department since 2009. She is a member of the Chickasaw Nation. She became a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of Oklahoma in 2005 with 6 years post graduate clinical experience in working with at-risk youth and families prior to teaching. Dr. Hail served as the curriculum coordinator for the NCWWI Child Welfare Specialization program since 2010 and is also the faculty sponsor for the Northeastern State University Student Social Work Association. She is a member of the leadership team with Risforthursday at Oklahoma State University. This grassroots initiative targets foster care alumni in effort to support and facilitate optimal outcomes for this population on college campuses across the state. Her research interests are college students formerly in foster care and working with Native American families in the child welfare system. In addition to teaching, Dr. Hail continues to do clinical work, clinical supervision and engage in research.
https://academics.nsuok.edu/socialwork/FacultyStaff/DrToniHail.aspx
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Northeastern State University Social Work Department Associate Professor
Northeastern State University Department of Social Work
Dr. Tina L. Peterson, PhD, MPH, CSW, LMSW
OU Anne & Henry Zarrow School of Social Work Associate Professor
The University of Oklahoma, Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work
Tina L. Peterson, PhD, MPH, CSW, LMSW is an Associate Professor at the University of Oklahoma’s Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work. She serves on the NASW Aging Specialty Practice Section Committee. Her current research explores self-management of hypertension in African American women family caregivers.
https://www.ou.edu/cas/socialwork/faculty-staff/tina-peterson
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OU Anne & Henry Zarrow School of Social Work Associate Professor
The University of Oklahoma, Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work
Dr. Lanny Endicott, D.Min., MSSW, LCSW, LMFT
Retired, Director of ORU Social Work
With a lengthy and distinguished career in higher education, Dr. Lanny Endicott has dedicated his professional life to social work. He was the Director of the Social Work Program at Oral Roberts University (ORU) for over 47 years. Dr. Endicott continues to beinvolved in social work education both at ORU and abroad (Russia). His interests besides education include: community planning and development, social services (particularly South Peoria in Tulsa, Oklahoma), workshops in compassion fatigue and burnout, community services for military veterans including soul repair, child welfare (both in Oklahoma and Russia), and family.
Lanny has earned a Doctorate of Ministry from the Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and a Master of Social Work from the University of Missouri, Columbia. He is affiliated with NASW, NACSW; the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa; the South Peoria Neighborhood Connection Foundation Inc; the South Tulsa Community House and social work in Russia. Recognized by those in the field for his work, Dr. Endicott was awarded Social Worker of the Year in Oklahoma by NASW-OK in 2003. As well as being a Licensed Clinical Social Worker he is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist where he lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
In conjunction with his professional interests, Dr. Endicott is a keen runner, having been Head of Cross Country and Track Coach at ORU. Ever a leader, he launched the cross country program at ORU in 1976. Their best season was in 1984 when ORU finished 11th in the NCAA National Cross Country Championships.
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Retired, Director of ORU Social Work
Dr. Deborah Johnson, MSW, LMSW
NASW-Oklahoma President
NASW-Oklahoma
Deborah Johnson, Ph.D., MSW, LMSW is the President of NASW-Oklahoma. In addition, she serves at the President-Elect of the NASW National Council of Chapter Presidents, a member of the Oklahoma State Board of Licensed Social Workers, and a member of the Oklahoma State Maternal Mortality Review Committee. Deborah practices at Kaleidoscope Behavioral Solutions in McAlester, Oklahoma. Her clinical focus on children and adolescents. She is an MSW graduate of University of Oklahoma and graduated from Iowa State University with her Ph.D. in Psychology. She has held board positions on the Mental Health Association of Collier County, the American Association of University Women (AAUW) of Collier County, and several other boards in Florida and Oklahoma over her career. She has been a featured speaker at workshops, professional meetings and been featured on radio and TV programs.
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NASW-Oklahoma President
NASW-Oklahoma
Dr. Carolyn Cox, MSW, LCSW
Northeastern State University Social Work Department Director of Field Education
Northeastern State University Department of Social Work
Dr. Carolyn Cox earned a BSW from the Northeastern State University program in May 2001 and then completed an MSW (clinical concentration) at the University of Oklahoma in 2002. In 2005, she completed supervision, obtained a License in Clinical Social Work (LCSW) for the state of Oklahoma, and maintains her license to date. She began her academic career in 2004 as an adjunct instructor for the NSU Social Work program and then became a full-time instructor, serving as the BSW program's field director from August 2006 to May 2018. Now, Dr. Cox is an assistant professor and is the MSW field director.
https://www.nsuok.edu/directory/profiles/green.aspx
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Northeastern State University Social Work Department Director of Field Education
Northeastern State University Department of Social Work
Dr. Kylene Rehder, MSW, Ph.D., LCSW
Northwestern Oklahoma State University Professor of Social Work Chair, Department of Social Work Social Work Program Director
Northwestern Oklahoma State University Social Work
Dr. Rehder holds a doctorate in higher education leadership from Northcentral University, a Master of Social Work from the University of Oklahoma, and a Bachelor of Social Work from Northwestern. She is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with the Oklahoma State Board of Licensed Social Workers. Rehder is credited with leading the social work program to external accreditation by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) and was presented the John Barton Distinguished Teaching and Service Award in 2013.
Rehder is an active member of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and a member of the Oklahoma Medical Reserve Corps (OKMRC) where she serves as a disaster mental health responder. She currently serves as a board member on Child Welfare Professional Enhancement Program (CWPEP) that works to strengthen child welfare services in Oklahoma and a board member of Freedom West Community Development Corporation, a non-profit development entity in Northwest Oklahoma that works to revitalize rural communities. She also serves as the Jake and Jayne Lindsay Endowed Chair in Social Work.
https://www.nwosu.edu/school-of-arts-and-sciences/social-work
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Northwestern Oklahoma State University Professor of Social Work Chair, Department of Social Work Social Work Program Director
Northwestern Oklahoma State University Social Work
Dr. Steve Wells, Ph.D., MSW
OU Anne & Henry Zarrow School of Social Work Clinical Associate Professor
Anne & Henry Zarrow School of Social Work
Steven P. Wells is a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Oklahoma Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work, and serves as Simulation Program Coordinator. He has worked in the field of family and children services since 1976 as a child welfare worker, family mediator, foster parent trainer, group counselor, and university professor. He is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Oklahoma (U.S.A.) and earned a doctorate in early childhood education in 2006. He teaches courses in social work practice, interviewing skills, and human behavior. He received a “Champions of Children Award” in 2008 from The Foster Care Association of Oklahoma, Inc., and was named Undergraduate Adviser of the Year in 2012 by the O.U. College of Arts and Sciences. His interests include children with disabilities and their families, child welfare services, counseling with abusive parents, foster parent training, and family mediation. He has explored Motivational Interviewing for the last ten years as a vital model for social work practice. Most of his MI training is within the context of child welfare services and allied health. He became associated with the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) in 2017 Dr. Wells is married to a social worker and is the parent of four adult children.
https://www.ou.edu/cas/socialwork
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OU Anne & Henry Zarrow School of Social Work Clinical Associate Professor
Anne & Henry Zarrow School of Social Work
Dr. Amy Ward, MSW, DSW, LCSW
East Central University Social Work Assistant Professor & Program Director Social Work Program
East Central University Social Work
Dr. Amy Ward is the Social Work Program Director at East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma. She earned her Bachelor of Social Work from East Central University, her Master of Social Work from the University of Oklahoma and her Doctorate of Social Work from the University of Southern California. She is a licensed clinical social worker and holds a trauma certification and has specialized in this area while working with traumatized children and families in the child welfare system. Before entering academia, Dr. Ward worked as a frontline social worker in a tribal community in child protective services, specializing in the Indian Child Welfare Act, serving families as an advocate in tribal and state courts.
Dr. Ward was named Oklahoma DaVinci Fellow in 2017 for her work on multidisciplinary simulation labs. She has since been featured in Oklahoma’s DaVinci’s spotlight on creativity which highlighted her efforts in implementing simulation labs across academic disciplines. Recently, she was honored by the Western Social Sciences Association for having the outstanding graduate paper, the work focused on Dr. Ward’s research topic, “Tribal Family Healing Court: A Culturally Sensitive Approach to Child Welfare in Tribal Communities.” Additionally, Dr. Ward is a member of the Council on Social Work Education and the National Association of Social Workers. She is passionate about social work and serving at risk, underserved populations in Oklahoma.
https://www.ecok.edu/academics/colleges-and-schools/college-liberal-arts-and-social-sciences/department-professional-programs-human-services/social-work
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East Central University Social Work Assistant Professor & Program Director Social Work Program
East Central University Social Work
Sydney Humphrey, MSW, LCSW, RPT-S, Certified ADSAC Assessor
CEO, Kaleidoscope Behavior Solutions, LLC
NASW-OK Board of Directors
Sydney is an experienced Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a demonstrated history of working in the mental health care industry. Skilled in Nonprofit Organizations, Grief Counseling, Mindfulness, Crisis Intervention, and Family Therapy. Strong community and social services professional with a Master of Social Work (MSW) focused in Social Work from Texas A&M University-Commerce.
https://www.kaleidoscopebs.com/about
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CEO, Kaleidoscope Behavior Solutions, LLC
NASW-OK Board of Directors
Phelica A. Glass, LSCSW, GCCAC, FAAGC, CSOTP
Private Practice
Phelica Glass is a Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker with a successful psychotherapy practice in Topeka, KS. Graduate of Washburn University with a bachelor’s in Behavioral Sciences. Graduate of Tulane University of New Orleans with a Masters in Clinical Social Work and certification of Gerontology. Through further education Phelica has attained certification in Child And Adolescent Grief Counseling, Sex Offender Treatment , Ecotherapy and Anger Management.
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Private Practice
Charles Cobble, MSSW, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Tennessee Valley Health Care System
Charles B. Cobble is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and Board Certified Diplomate with 5 years of experience working with a diverse and complex population. Charles graduated from University of Tennessee Knoxville with a MSSW and a Certificate in Gerontology.
Charles currently works as a Homeless Social Worker for the Department of Veterans Affairs and serves as a First Lieutenant with the Tennessee Army National Guard as a Behavioral Health Officer meeting the complex needs of over 1500 soldiers and recently returned from a deployment in Kuwait. Charles is also an adjunct faculty member at Tennessee Technological University where he teaches Social Work courses and provides consultation on the Social Work academic structure.
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Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Tennessee Valley Health Care System
Amber Jewell, LMSW
School Social Worker| Private Therapist| Motivational Speaker| Author| TBRI Practitioner
Finding Hope, LLC.
Amber Jewell, LMSW has been a social worker for over 15 years working with children, families, and individuals from all dynamics and life structures. She is a foster parent, adoptive parent, and advocate for child welfare services across the country. She is compassionate, authentic, and cares for the value of all people. Amber believes all people have the ability and right to live a life that helps them be the best versions of themselves. She excels at solution-focused services that build strengths for and within people.
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School Social Worker| Private Therapist| Motivational Speaker| Author| TBRI Practitioner
Finding Hope, LLC.
Jennifer Pribble, MSW, LCSW
Northwestern Oklahoma State University Assistant Professor & Director of Field Education
Northwestern Oklahoma State University Social Work
EDUCATION:
2014 M.S.W., University of Oklahoma
2012 B.S.W., Northwestern Oklahoma State University
LICENSURE:
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with the Oklahoma State Board of Licensed Social Workers
TEACHING COMPETENCIES:
Human Behavior and the Social Environment
Social Work Practice with Families and Groups
Social Work Practice with Communities and Organizations
Domestic Violence
Social Work Field Education I
Social Work Field Education II
https://www.nwosu.edu/school-of-arts-and-sciences/social-work/faculty
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Northwestern Oklahoma State University Assistant Professor & Director of Field Education
Northwestern Oklahoma State University Social Work
James L. Smith, MSW
Performance Improvement Coordinator at NorthCare
NorthCare, INC.
James Smith is currently the Performance Improvement Coordinator for NorthCare in Oklahoma City, and teaches as an adjunct professor for the Social Sciences department at Oklahoma City Community College. He has a passion for promoting education in many arenas, and refers to this as “proactive social work.” He serves as the president for a local virtual charter school board focused on alternative education. He came to social work later in life after careers as a chef and website designer when he was younger.
https://www.northcare.com/
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Performance Improvement Coordinator at NorthCare
NorthCare, INC.
Ms. Allison Mason, LCSW, NBCCH
Northeastern State University Social Work Department Clinical Assistant Professor
Northeastern State University Department of Social Work
Ms. Allison Mason, LCSW, NBCCH is a Clinical Assistant Professor. She has over 9 years of post-master’s practice experience, with emphasis in clinical social work practice and working with adolescents and survivors of sexual violence, with special training in trauma-focused/aware practices and adoption competency.
https://academics.nsuok.edu/socialwork/
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Northeastern State University Social Work Department Clinical Assistant Professor
Northeastern State University Department of Social Work
Steven Pharris, MSW, JD, LCSW
Executive Director, NASW-Oklahoma
NASW
Steven is an experienced Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a demonstrated history of working in Nonprofit Organizations, Crisis Intervention, Case Management, Team Building, and Public Speaking. Strong education professional with a Doctor of Jurisprudence focused in Law from Nashville School of Law and Master of Social Work from Spalding University.
https://naswok.socialworkers.org/
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Executive Director, NASW-Oklahoma
NASW
