Dual Pandemics

Mo Yee Lee is Professor and PhD Program Director, College of Social Work, The Ohio State University. She is editor of the Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work since 2007 and president of The Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education in Social Work from 2019-2021.

Monit Cheung is Professor of Social Work, Mary R. Lewis Endowed Professor in Children & Youth, Principal Investigator of Child Welfare Education Project, and Director of Child & Family Center for Innovative Research at the Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston, Houston, Texas.

Michael A. Robinson is Professor at the University of Georgia School of Social Work. He is the author of over 40 articles and book chapters. Two of his articles have received national awards. He has focused his research on the unjust killings of African American males by police and continues to publish in this area.

Michele Rountree is Associate Professor and Academy of Distinguished Teacher with the Steve Hicks School of Social Work at the University of Texas at Austin. She founded Black Mamas ATX, providing culturally aligned, client centered and mental health services that support Black women through pregnancy and postpartum period.

Mike Spencer (Kanaka Maoli) is Presidential Term Professor at the University of Washington School of Social Work and Director of Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and Oceania Affairs, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute. He is Grand Challenges for Social Work Executive Committee Member and Co-lead for the Close the Health Gap and Eliminate Racism Grand Challenges.

Martell L. Teasley is Interim Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs and Provost. Appointed dean of the College of Social Work in 2017, Martell is in his second terms as president of the National Association of Deans and Directors of Social Work. As the lead investigator on the Social Work profession's Grand Challenge to Eliminate Racism, his major areas of research interests are African American adolescent development, school social work practice, and diversity in social work education.