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The adjunct social work faculty at the
University of Maine bring to the classroom a wealth of practice
experience from numerous specializations which add to the strength of
the generalist perspective of social work to which the school is
committed. Our adjunct faculty are leaders in every area of social work
practice and bring to the classroom a unique combination of practice and
theoretical wisdom.
Loren Andrews, LCSW
Kathleen Earle Fox,
Ph.D., M.S.W.
Deirdre Boylan, LCSW
Deirdre Finney Boylan, LCSW has been a
psychotherapist and supervisor in outpatient, community mental health
services for 12 years. She received her B.A. with Honors in Theater from
Wesleyan University in 1982, and her MSW from Smith College School for
Social Work in 1992. She worked at Kennebec Valley Mental Health Center
for nearly eight years, and recently left HealthReach Network/New
Directions to be the Weekend MSW Site Coordinator for the University.
For the last four years Deirdre did the majority of her clinical work in
schools through the School-Based Behavioral Health Collaborative: a
shared venture, staffed by clinicians from HealthReach, Kennebec Valley
Mental Health, and Crisis and Counseling that provides direct, clinical
services to students at their schools. A member of the management team
at New Directions for three years, Deirdre supervised clinical staff,
and has been a field instructor for both UMaine and UNE MSW student interns
over the last ten years. She taught Psychopathology and Field Seminar as
an adjunct instructor prior to being hired for the new position in
Belfast. Deirdre looks forward to strengthening the connection between
the Orono program and the Belfast cohort.
Jennie Goldenberg, LCSW
Ph.D.
Bryn Mawr College
M.S.S. Bryn
Mawr College
BA Temple
University
Dr.
Goldenberg has a clinical practice in Bangor, specializing in adult
survivors of traumatic stress. She is Senior Researcher for the
Transcending Trauma Project, a qualitative research study of Holocaust
survivors and the intergenerational transmission of both trauma and
resilience in survivor families. Her current research focuses on
the long-term developmental impacts of genocide and ethnic conflicts on
adolescent survivors, on causal attributions of survivors of childhood
trauma, and on the development of resilience theory and its integration
into clinical practice. Dr. Goldenberg teaches courses in human
behavior, research, and trauma at the School of Social Work.
Marjorie
Harris, LCSW
B.A. Duke University
MSW, Boston University
Ms. Harris has
practiced social work for over 30 years and has been teaching and/or
supervising students in the MSW program for
20 years. She has extensive background in medical social work with
children and adults and formed the first oncology social work program in
Maine, at Eastern Maine Medical Center. Presently, she coordinates the
Hartford Partnership Program for Aging Education at UMaine and is on
staff at the University of Maine Counseling Center where she supervises
our advanced year students. Currently, her primary professional
interests are in the field of gerontology and social work ethics.
Elin MacKinnon, LCSW
M.S.W. University of Maine
Ms. MacKinnon is a clinical social
worker at Care Development in Bangor, Maine. Her areas of interest
include foster care, group work, and horticultural therapy. She teaches
in the area of history, policy and practice.
Andrea
McGill-O'Rourke, LCSW
MSW University of Pennsylvania
Ms. McGill-O'Rourke has over twenty
five years of professional social work practice including teaching,
consulting, management and administration. Her primary focus has been in
health care. She is currently the Director of Ancillary Services at Blue
Hill Memorial Hospital. Additionally, she teaches in the school of
social work on both the undergraduate and graduate level.
Debbie Mattson, LCSW
Patricia W. Phillips, LCSW
M.Ed. University of Maine
MSW. University of Maine
Ms. Phillips' twenty nine years of
social work practice has included twenty years as a social worker with
the Family Support Team at Eastern Maine Medical Center. This is a
hospital-based child protection program in the Department of Pediatrics,
specializing in the identification and management of child abuse and
neglect. She co-instructs a course with Shawn Yardley on issues related
to child welfare, and regularly provides in-service education to the
community.
Wendy
Rapaport, LCSW
MSW. Barry College
Psy.D. Nova University
Dr. Rapaport has been on the staff of
the University of Miami School of Medicine for 22 years as a social
worker and psychologist, specializing in patients with diabetes and
their families. Her book WHEN DIABETES HITS HOME, published by the
American Diabetes Association, along with many articles for lay and
professional audiences on the subject of addressing the emotional
aspects of living with chronic illness, targets health professionals and
families in improving adherence and quality of life for those living
with diabetes. During the summer, she teaches a course in Group
Psychotherapy in Health and Mental Health Settings.
Nancy Webster, LCSW
M.S.W. Simmons College
M.P.A. University of California – Berkeley
Ms. Webster has over 20 years
experience working with children and families. She has specific
expertise in early childhood interventions, forensic evaluations, and
attachment and bonding. She teaches in the human behavior sequence, and
teaches electives related to work with families under stress, young
children, and trauma.
Shawn
Yardley
B.A. University of Maine (Sociology/Social Welfare)
M.S. Husson College (Business)
After 17 years in public child welfare
at the Maine Department of Human Services as a caseworker, supervisor
and regional administrator. Mr. Yardley was Director of Adoption for the
Bangor office of MAPS for 2 years and for the past 3 years he has been
the director of the River Coalition, an organization dedicated to
primary prevention for youth and families focused on drug/alcohol use
prevention, bullying and conflict resolution. He has recently accepted
the position as Director of Health and Welfare for the City of Bangor.
For the past 18 years he has co-taught 2 courses focusing on child
welfare, emphasizing a multi-disciplinary approach and exploring the
ethical issues inherent in this work.
