Adjunct faculty biographies

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Adjunct Faculty

Staff

- Loren Andrews - Esther Attean - Deidre Boylan -
- Reesa Greenberg - Marjorie Harris - Barbara Hope -
- Carol Ippoliti - Elin Mackinnon - Andrea McGill-O'Rourke -
- Debbie Matson - Tricia Mosher - Diane Noah - Barbara J. Peppey -
- Patricia W. Philiips - Wendy Rappaport - Nancy Webster -
- Shawn Yardley

EMERITUS -
- Cleo S. Berkun - Patty A. Coleman - Donald M. Pilcher

-FACULTY-

The adjunct social work faculty at the University of Maine bring to the classroom a wealth of practice experience from numerious 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
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		Esther Attean, LCSW
top		Esther received her BSW in 1993 and her MSW in 1997 from the University of Maine. She is newly employed by the Muskie School as Site Coordinator for the Maine Youth Opportunities Initiative, a project designed to ease the transition of foster youth into adulthood. Prior to that, she worked for Penobscot Nation DHS providing family support and community program development services. Esther is particularly knowledgeable about the Indian Child Welfare Act and her background is in community organizing and creating social change. Esther has extensive experience in working with youth, especially Native youth and volunteers her time with Native youth through the Wabanaki Youth Alliance and Sukulis, a Penobscot girls drum group. She lives at Penobscot Nation with her husband and five children. Esther is currently facilitating the first year MSW student SWK 595 field seminar.

		Deirdre Boylan, LCSW
top		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 UMO 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.
		Reesa M. Greenberg, PhD M.S.W. University of Wisconsin-Madison Ph.D. Indiana State University
top		Dr. Greenberg received her doctorate in Counseling Psychology. She worked for 19 years in a non-profit mental health outpatient and inpatient settings. For the past six years she has been in private practice as a generalist psychologist. Currently she is teaching the senior B.A.S.W. students in SWK 495 Senior Field Practicum in Social Work.
		Marjorie Harris, LCSW M.S.S.W. Boston University
top		Ms. Harris has practiced social work for over 25 years and has been teaching courses in the MSW program for 10 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. She is currently on staff at the University of Maine Counseling Center and teaches in the areas of field practicum and social work ethics.
		Barbara Hope, LCSW M.S.W. University of Maine
top		Ms. Hope is a clinical social worker at the Harrington Health Center in rural DownEast, Maine. She is the author of Body Scripture (Wyndham Hall Press, 2000) and has been involved in research on older lesbians in DownEast, Maine. She is also involved in an oral history project documenting the reform efforts of Catholic lesbians in the Catholic Church (1970 - present). She teaches in the area of Advanced Social Work Practice in health and mental health.
		Carol Ippoliti, LCSW M.Ed. Bridgewater State College M.S.W. University of Maine
top		Ms. Ippoliti is a therapist for adults, families and children at the Charlotte White Center in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine. She previously directed Penobscot Valley Industries, a division of Amicus, which is a program for adults with mental disabilities and later was Clinical Coordinator at CHCS Children's Services in D-F, at the School of Social Work she teaches Diversity and Pluralism.
		Elin MacKinnon LCSW M.S.W. University of Maine
top		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
top		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
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		Patricia (Tricia) Mosher, MSW,LCSW Adjunct Faculty
top		Tricia has served as adjunct faculty at University of Maine for more than ten years. Her professional career includes work in outpatient community mental health settings, residential settings, and private practice focused on youth and families. Tricia has worked in the training and administration arena in Maine and in Florida. Tricia’s professional focus has been on supervision and direct service to provide assistance to families and children involved in the public child welfare system and juvenile justice system. Her teaching topics include Supervision, Advanced Supervision, Child and Family Policy, and Creating a High Performance Workforce. Tricia has worked on national demonstration grants on workforce development and training in Public Human Services, and facilitates workgroups and meetings across a range of professional social services. Currently a consultant both independently and associated with a professional group out of Alabama, Tricia travels nationally to do coaching, quality review, and training to promote inclusive practice in Child Welfare. Married and the parent of three children, Tricia integrates her passion for working with and for families in her professional and community life.
		Diane Noah, LCSW
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		Barbara J. Peppey LCSW M.A. University of Maine M.S.W. University of Maine
top		M.A. was from Bowling Green University, 1974 MSW from Maine in 1991. Ms Peppey has 30 years professional experience including direct clinical work with children and families, social work administration, and consultation in organizational and community development. She worked for 20 years as program manager and mental health consultant for the Head Start program serving Downeast Maine, and after pursuing her MSW, shifted her focus to community development and policy arenas. Ms Peppey has been an assistant faculty member of the School of Social Work since 1993, teaching "Diversity and Pluralism", "Social Policy" and "Community and Organizational Development". As a practitioner, she has also served as field supervisor for over a dozen BSW and MSW students. Ms Peppey is an alumna of the University of Maine's School of Social Work and was awarded the "Alumna of the Year" award in 2000. Most recently, Ms Peppey has been director of a Healhty Maine Partnership in the Blue Hill Peninsula region. This initiative is one of 31 state-funded,community health programs aimed at grassroots community building to address local health concerns. Her work has included mobilizing local citizens, schools, institutions, and the business community to create "healthy communities" in the region.
		Patricia W. Phillips LCSW M.Ed. University of Maine M.S.W. University of Maine
top		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 M.S.W. Barry College Psy.D. Nova University
top		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
top		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)
top		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.

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Emeritus Faculty

Cleo S. Berkun
M.S.W. University of Pittsburgh
D.S.W. University of California at Berkeley

Patty A. Coleman Patty_Coleman@umit.maine.edu
M.S.S. Bryn Mawr College
Ph.D. Bryn Mawr College

Donald M. Pilcher
M.S.W. University of Kansas
Ph.D. University of California at San Diego