Faculty Spotlight

Leon Banks knows his path to becoming an assistant professor has been a bit unconventional. He also knows that it reflects a career of hard work for the communities he’s served. Banks, the former BSW Program Director, has been a member of the University of Georgia School of Social Work for more than 15 years, […]

Javier Boyas is an associate professor of social work who conducts research that seeks to eliminate health disparities, particularly those affecting the Latinx community. Where did you earn degrees and what are your current responsibilities at UGA? I received my baccalaureate degree in sociology and Spanish from Western Illinois University, my Master of Social Work […]

Like many people practicing social distancing during the pandemic, Lisa Anger and her fiancé, percussionist Eddie Glikin, have been spending more time in the kitchen. Anger, a licensed clinical social worker, runs a private holistic psychotherapy practice and teaches family therapy and other courses at the School of Social Work. When she noticed that out-of-work […]

Rebecca Wells is committed to helping students find their way forward. As a first-generation student who took a gap year before graduate school, then went directly into a doctoral degree, she knows the importance of guidance in the sometimes-overwhelming world of academia. And she knows that every student’s journey looks different.

One University of Georgia School of Social Work faculty member is utilizing a groundbreaking program to advance the traditional scope of social work. Zoe Minor Johnson, Clinical Associate Professor for the School, is one of seven inaugural members of the UGA Innovation District’s Faculty Innovation Fellows (FIF) program.

Philip Hong, Dean and Professor of the School of Social Work, is one of four University of Georgia faculty to be named Fellows of the 2025-2026 Southeastern Conference Academic Leadership Development Program. The program, which launched in 2007, seeks to prepare campus leaders for executive careers in higher education. Fellows are selected through a competitive process and come from a wide variety of backgrounds in leadership and academic interests.