Garland School of Social Work Full-Time Faculty

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

Kerri K. Fisher, M.S.S.W., LCSW, Clinical Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Community & Action (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, Ed.D., M.S.W., LMSW, Clinical Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (2009) B.A., Baylor U.; M.S.W., ibid; Ed.D., Abilene Christian University

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

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.

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, 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., 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., LCSW, Senior 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 Director of Graduate Programs  (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.

Jon E. Singletary, Ph.D., 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.

Emma K. Taylor, M.S.W., LCSW, Clinical Associate Professor of Social Work and Associate Director of Practicum Education-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.

Kerry-Ann Zamore-Byrd, D.S.W., LCSW-S, Clinical Assistant Professor and Interim BSW Program Director (2025) B.S., U. of Maryland; M.S.W., U. of Southern California; D.S.W., ibid.

Qianwei Zhao, Ph.D., M.S.W., Associate 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.