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, Senior Lecturer of Social Work 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, 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 for Academic Affairs (2009)
B.A., Baylor U.; M.S.W., ibid.

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

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., U. 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 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, Senior Lecturer of Social Work 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, 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., New York U.; Ph.D., U. of Alabama

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.

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.