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.

Holly K. Oxhandler, Ph.D., LMSW, Associate 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, Senior Lecturer of Social Work and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs (2009)
B.A., Baylor U.; M.S.W., ibid.

Christen Argueta, M.S.W., LCSW, Senior Lecturer of Social Work and MSW Online Program Director (2016)
B.S., Baylor U.; M.S.W., ibid.

Carrie Arroyo, M.S.W., LCSW, Senior Lecturer of Social Work (2011)
B.S.W., U. of Texas at Austin; M.S.W., U. of Pennsylvania.

Stephanie Boddie, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Church and Community Ministries (2017)
B.A., Johns Hopkins Univ.; M.S.W., U. of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., ibid.

Carolyn Cole, M.S.W., LMSW, Lecturer of Social Work and Associate Director of Field Education (2016)
B.A., Baylor U.; M.S.W., ibid.

Jennifer S. Dickey, Ph.D., M.S.W., LMSW, Senior Lecturer of Social Work and Endowed Chair in Global Leadership (2012)
B.S.W., Baylor U.; M.S.W., 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., University of Texas at Austin

Kerri K. Fisher, M.S.S.W., LCSW, Senior Lecturer of Social Work (2015)
B.A., Howard Payne University; M.S.S.W., Univ. of Texas

M. LeAnn Gardner, M.S.W., M.Div., LISW-CP, Lecturer of Social Work and Associate Field Director-Online (2018)
B.A., Samford Univ.; M.S.W., Baylor U.; M.Div., ibid.

Luci Ramos Hoppe, M.S.W., LMSW, Senior Lecturer of Social Work and BSW Program Director (2016)
B.A., Baylor U.; M.S.W., ibid.

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

Whitney L. Luce, M.S.W., LMSW, Senior Lecturer of Social Work and Director of Field 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., University of Texas

Jocelyn McGee, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Social Work (2018)
B.A., Baylor Univ.; 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 University; M.Div., ibid; M.A., New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary; M.S.W., Univ. of South Carolina; Ph.D., University of Georgia

Dennis R. Myers, Ph.D., Professor of Social Work and Danny & Lenn Prince Endowed Chair for the Residential Care of Older Adults (1981)
B.A., Baylor U.; M.S.S.W., U. of Texas; Ph.D., ibid.

Danielle Parrish, Ph.D., Professor of Social Work. (2018)
B.A., California State University Fresno; M.S.W., ibid.; Ph.D., University of Texas

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 (2017)
B.S., Lee University; M.S.S.W., Univ. of Louisville; D.S.W., University 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, Lecturer of Social Work and MSW Program Director (2017)
B.A., Baylor U.; M.S.W., Temple University

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., Univ. of North Carolina; M.S.W., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; Ph.D., University of Kentucky

Rebecca Bell Scott, Ph.D., M.S.W., LCSW, Senior Lecturer of Social Work (2009)
B.S., Abilene Christian U.; M.S.W., U. of Washington., Ph.D., Baylor U.

Zainab Suntai, M.S.W., L.M.S.W., Assistant Professor of Social Work (2022)
B.S., DeVry U.; M.S.W., N.Y.U.; Ph.D., University of Alabama

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

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., University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., University of Southern California.