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MSU Denver Experts Guide
Human Services
Brian Bagwell
Department: Human Services and Counseling
Title: Professor
Expertise: Workplace violence, critical incident stress management, trauma, treating claustrophobic firefighters, and perception of threat and deescalation of violence strategies for first responders, employers and mental health clinicians.
Andrea Borrego
Department: Criminal Justice and Criminology
Title: Associate Professor
Expertise: Fatal police-citizen encounters, Policing, Tasers/CEDs, Incarceration, Prisons/jails, Body worn cameras, Intimate partner violence/domestic violence
Annie Butler
Department: Human Services and Counseling
Title: Chair and Professor, Director of the Center for High Risk Youth Studies
Expertise: Ethics, LGBTQ issues, High-risk adolescents and youth, Gang issues, Addictions and recovery, Drugs and school districts, Underage drinking, Addictions (Substance abuse and behavioral addictions such as gambling and sex), Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (a trauma therapy), Grief, Domestic violence, Dating violence, Multicultural
Larry Curry
Department: Social Work
Title: Retired Faculty
Expertise: Child and family preservation, Addictive behaviors, Child welfare
Anne Hatcher
Department: Human Services and Counseling
Title: Professor Emerita
Expertise: Alcohol and drug addiction, Counseling substance abusers, Nutrition and addiction, Pharmacology of drugs and alcohol, Ethics in addiction counseling
Scott Heiss
Department: Human Services and Counseling
Title: Affiliate Faculty – Fire and Emergency Response Administration
Expertise: Fire department administration, Structural firefighting, Incident command, Fire department physical and mental wellness
Tricia Hudson-Matthew
Department: Human Services and Counseling
Title: Associate Professor and Director, Center for Addiction Studies
Expertise: Mental health, domestic violence, self-esteem, addiction and substance abuse, motivational interviewing techniques and grief and loss, couples counseling
Darlene Sampson
Department: Social Work
Title: Clinical Field Faculty and Equity Specialist Coordinator, WEEAC
Expertise: Trauma, Issues related to children of color, Police and community interactions, Educational challenges, pedagogy and curriculum, Over suspension of children of color, School/community consultation-particularly with black/brown communities, Racial bullying, Diversity/equity/inclusivity, Mental Health, General social work
Mark Stephenson
Department: Human Services and Counseling
Title: Affiliate Professor - Fire and Emergency Response Administration
Expertise: Incident command, Fire, Hazardous materials, Tabletop exercises, Interfacing with state and federal agencies
Shawn Worthy
Department: Human Services and Counseling
Title: Professor
Expertise: Gender differences in extreme sports, Psychology and performance of high-risk/extreme sports athletes, Sports training and fear, Youth adventure therapy, Crisis intervention, Family dynamics, Family systems, High-risk youth, Teen suicide, Parenting, Workplace stress, Job-family balance
