Garland School of Social Work Full-Time Faculty

Jon E. Singletary, Ph.D., Dean and Professor of Social Work, Diana R. Garland Endowed Professor in Child and Family Services. (2003) B.A., Baylor U.; M.Div., Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond; M.S.W., Virginia Commonwealth U.; Ph.D., ibid.

Kerri K. Fisher, M.S.S.W., LCSW, Clinical Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (2015) B.A., Howard Payne U.; M.S.S.W., U. of Texas

Holly K. Oxhandler, Ph.D., LMSW, Professor of Social Work and Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development. (2014) B.S., U. of Houston; M.S.W., ibid; Ph.D., ibid.

Melody York Zuniga, M.S.W., LMSW, Clinical Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (2009) B.A., Baylor U.; M.S.W., ibid.

Christen Argueta, Ph.D., M.S.W., LCSW, Clinical Associate Professor and Online MSW Program Director (2016) B.S., Baylor U.; M.S.W.; Ph.D., ibid.

Carrie Arroyo, M.S.W., LCSW, Clinical Professor (2011) B.S.W., U. of Texas at Austin; M.S.W., U. of Pennsylvania.

Stephanie Boddie, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Fuller Family Endowed Chair for Social Justice (2017)B.A., Johns Hopkins Univ.; M.S.W., U. of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., ibid.

Jennifer S. Dickey, Ph.D., M.S.W., LMSW, Clinical Associate Professor, Endowed Chair in Global Leadership (2012) B.S.W., Baylor U.; M.S.W.; Ph.D., ibid.

Juan Carlos Esparza Ochoa, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor for the School of Social Work and Institute for Studies of Religion, and Director of the Program on Religion and Latin American Studies (2018) B.A., Colegio Máximo de Cristo Rey de la Compañía de Jesús; B.A., Universidad del Valle de Atemajac; M.A., Universidad de Guadalajara; M.A., Centro de Investigaciones Pedagógicas y Sociales; Ph.D., U. of Texas at Austin

M. LeAnn Gardner, M.S.W., M.Div., LISW-CP, Clinical Associate Professor and Associate Director of Practicum Education-Online (2018) B.A., Samford U.; M.S.W., Baylor U.; M.Div., ibid.

Luci Ramos Hoppe, M.S.W., LMSW, Clinical Associate Professor and BSW Program Director (2016) B.A., Baylor U.; M.S.W., ibid., Boston College, Ed.D 

Brianna P. Lemmons, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Social Work (2018) B.A., Spelman College; M.S.W., Howard U.; Ph.D., ibid.

Jinyu Liu, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Social Work and Dorothy Barfield Kronzer Endowed Professor in Family Studies (2023) B.S.W. China Women's U.; M.A., Peking U.; M.S.W., U. of Iowa; Ph.D., ibid.

Whitney L. Luce, M.S.W., LMSW, Clinical Associate Professor and Director of Practicum Education (2014) B.S.W. Baylor U.; M.S.W., ibid.

Elissa Madden, Ph.D., LMSW, Associate Professor of Social Work (2016) B.A., Baylor U.; M.S.W., ibid, Ph.D., U. of Texas

Jocelyn McGee, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Social Work (2018) B.A., Baylor U.; M.S., ibid.; Ph.D., Fuller Theological Seminary

Sung Seek Moon, Ph.D., M.S.W., M.A., M.Div., Professor of Social Work and Carl and Martha Lindner Endowed Chair for Global Studies. (2019) B.A., Korea Baptist Theological U.; M.Div., ibid; M.A., New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary; M.S.W., U. of South Carolina; Ph.D., U. of Georgia

E. Clay Polson, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Social Work (2014) B.A., Mississippi College; M. Div., Baylor U.; M.S.W., ibid; M.A., ibid; Ph.D., ibid

Cheryl A. Pooler, D.S.W., M.S.S.W., LCSW, Lecturer of Social Work (2017) B.S., Lee U.; M.S.S.W., U. of Louisville; D.S.W., U. of St. Thomas

David K. Pooler, Ph.D., LCSW, Professor of Social Work. (2009) B.A., Lee College; M.S.S.W., U. of Louisville; Ph.D., ibid.

Sarah Dorrell Ritter, M.S.W., LMSW, Clinical Associate Professor and MSW Program Director (2017) B.A., Baylor U.; M.S.W., Temple U.

Robin K. Rogers, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Social Work and Co-Director of the Ph.D. Program (2001) B.A., Baylor U.; M.R.E., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; M.S.S.W., U. of Louisville; Ph.D., U. of Pittsburgh.

T. Laine Scales, Ph.D., Professor of Social Work and Co-Director of the Ph.D. Program, Master Teacher (1999) B.A., U. of North Carolina; M.S.W., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; Ph.D., U. of Kentucky

Rebecca Bell Scott, Ph.D., M.S.W., LCSW, Clinical Professor (2009) B.S., Abilene Christian U.; M.S.W., U. of Washington., Ph.D., Baylor U.

Emma K. Taylor, M.S.W., LCSW, Lecturer of Social Work and Associate Director of Practicum Education-Online (2019) B.S.W., Baylor U.; M.S.W., ibid.

Allison Tomlinson, Ph.D., LCSW, Clinical Assistant Professor (2025) B.S., Texas Christian U.; M.S.W., Howard U., Ph.D., Texas Women's U. 

Gaynor I. Yancey, D.S.W., Professor of Social Work, Master Teacher, Director of the Center for Church and Community Impact, and Lake Family Endowed Chair in Congregational and Community Health. (1999) B.A., East Texas Baptist U.; M.R.E., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; M.S.W., Temple U.; D.S.W., U. of Pennsylvania.

Qianwei Zhao, Ph.D., M.S.W., Assistant Professor of Social Work (2020) B.S. Law, Shangdong University of Finance and Economics; M.S.W., U. of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., U. of Southern California.