Cheryl Kreykes Brandsen

Ph.D. (Michigan State University), M.S.W. (University of Michigan); worked for several years in child welfare doing counseling, training, and administration; current research interests are in gerontology, particularly long-term care and end-of-life care; teaches Social Gerontology, Sociology of Death and Dying, The Family, Human Behavior and the Social Environment, and the Integrative Capstone.

Jennifer Renkema

Teaches Social Work Practicum through the Washington D.C. (Social Work) Semester.

Nancy Triezenberg Fox

M.S.W. (University of Michigan); has experience in community organization, teaches Social Work Practicum through the Chicago Semester; directs the Chicago (Social Work) Semester.

Beryl Hugen

Ph.D. (University of Kansas), M.S.W. (Western Michigan University): has experience as a psychiatric social worker; previously directed the B.S.W. program at Dordt College; current scholarship investigates the influence of faith in human service delivery; teaches Vulnerable Populations: Programs, Policy, and Practice and the Helping Interview; and is the Director of the Social Work program; works part-time in the Social Work Program at the Russian American Christian University (Moscow).

Michelle Loyd-Paige

Ph.D. (Purdue University); has research experience in gerontology and teaching experience in social problems; current research interests focus on Black clergywomen; teaches Diversity and Inequality in North American Society and is the Dean for Multicultural Affairs.

Mark Mulder

Ph. D. (University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee), M.A. (University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee); has scholarly interests in urban studies, race and ethnicity, and Native American populations; teaches Diversity and Inequality in North America and Urban Sociology.

Lissa Schwander

M.S.W. (Rutgers University); education and professional experiences in the area of social welfare policy and administration, particularly in housing and homelessness; teaches Introduction to Social Work, Social Welfare Policy Analysis, and is the Social Work Practicum Coordinator.