Faculty & Staff
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Emeritus
Cleo S. Berkun
MSW. University of Pittsburgh
DSW. University of California at Berkeley
Donald M. Pilcher
MSW. University of Kansas
Ph.D. University of California at San Diego
Diane
C. Haslett Associate Professor
MSW. Jane Adams School of Social Work University of Illinois
Ph.D. Jane Adams School of Social Work University of Illinois
Dr. Haslett is
Coordinator of the BASW Program and teaches in the areas of social work
practice, human behavior and the social environment, and group work.
Recently she developed a joint summer program on Comparative
Social Welfare Policy and Practice with the University of Bristol in
England and continues to link students with opportunities for
international study. Her research interests and journal publications
include historical social work research, group work, cultural diversity,
and women's issues. Her most recent work is Group Work Activities in
Generalist Practice published in 2005 by Thomson Brooks/Cole.
Dr. Haslett is a member of the
Association for the Advancement of Social Work (AASWG), has served as a
regional coordinator for the Joint Project on Group Work Education
sponsored by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) and AASWG, and
has been a member of the international board of AASWG. Locally, she is a
member of NASW and was elected as a board member of the Maine Chapter of
NASW from 2000-2002. On campus, Dr. Haslett is active as a member of the
Advisory Committee of Women in the Curriculum/Women's Studies, the
University's Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, as well as several
committees within the School of Social Work. Together with Dr. Gail
Werrbach she is Co-PI on the Indian Child Welfare Training Grant, Social
Work Education for Native American Students. She is also a member of the
interdisciplinary study group led by Dr. Susan Pinette, Director of
Franco-American Studies and funded by a grant from the National
Endowment for the Humanities on infusing Franco-American Studies content
across the curriculum.
haslett@umit.maine.edu
Jay
Peters Assistant Professor, Child Welfare Specialist
MSW. Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Yeshiva University
PhD University of Maine
Dr. Peters is Lecturer and Child
Welfare Specialist. This position has dual responsibilities - teaching
at the School of Social Work and consulting for the Maine Department of
Human Services Bureau of Child and Family
Services. At the school, he
teaches in the areas of human behavior, psychopathology, research, and
psychological trauma. His research interests center on the impact of
trauma in childhood and adulthood, including the impact of domestic
violence myth endorsement, the nature of self in dissociative disorders,
child abuse history among college athletes, and the reactivation of
trauma symptoms in elderly child sexual abuse survivors in institutional
settings. In addition, Dr. Peters is conducting research in the area of
child welfare workers’ attitudes, beliefs, and actions related to
kinship care, strengths based approaches, motivational interviewing, and
family team meetings.
Dr. Peters has 8 years of clinical
experience in outpatient mental health, including 4 years working
exclusively with trauma survivors at Victim's Services in the Bronx, New
York.
jpeters@maine.edu
