Faculty & Staff in the Department of Social Work

Sara DeVos

Interim Department Chair
Associate Professor
Ph.D. 2010, University of North Dakota
M.S. 2002, University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.S. 2001, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Areas of expertise: Racial disparities, LGBT people of color, religious identities and spirituality, and intersectionality.

Professor Emeriti
Ph.D 2007, University of Minnesota
M.S.W. 1989, University of Washington
B.A. 1981, Concordia Teachers College
Areas of practice and teaching interests: Child welfare (child protection, foster care, and adoption), social welfare policy, social work ethics, and self-care in professional practice.

Assistant Professor
Ph.D. 2018, University of Washington
M.S.W. 2008, Columbia University
B.S. 2003, Linfield College
Specific commitments and interests: feminist, critical race, and queer theories; gender and sexuality; intersectional approaches to identity development and health disparities; somatic approaches to individual and collective trauma, healing, and liberation; community-based participatory research; creative and somatic research methods; communication and translation of research to policy and practice.

Associate Professor
BSW Program Director
Title IV-E Child Welfare Program Director
Ph.D. 2011, University of Texas at Arlington
M.S.S.W. 2008, University of Texas at Arlington
B.S. 1997, Bayero University
Teaching interests: Diversity and marginalized populations, behavior in the social environment and research methods. Areas of expertise: Women's reproductive health, displaced persons and immigration issues.

Professor
Ph.D. 2006, University of Minnesota
M.S.W. 1999, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
B.S.W. 1999, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Originally from Ghana, Dr. Togo-Malm is a Professor in the Social Work Department with over 15 years of teaching experience. She received both her B.S.W. and M.S.W. from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada and her Ph.D. in Social Work at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Togo-Malm enlists an anti-racist and anti-oppressive pedagogy in her classroom and has over 20 years of experience working in domestic violence prevention, child welfare, and curriculum development and training.

She has both global and domestic experience working with underserved populations in Japan, China, Ghana, Canada, and the United States. Her research interest includes anti-racist social work practice, multicultural education, community organizing, immigrant and refugee women’s health.

Interim MSW Program Director
Professor
Ph.D. 2013, University of South Carolina
M.A.S. 2012, University of South Carolina
M.S.W. 2005, University of South Carolina
Areas of expertise: Disparities in health and healthcare, health of immigrants, women's health, rural health, e-health and gerontological social work. Research interests: Welfare reform and elderly immigrants, health disparities among racial/ethnic groups, health-information technology use among marginalized populations.