Faculty

• Vimala Pillari, Dean and Professor
  Telephone: (404) 880-8549
  E-mail: vpillari@cau.edu
  M.S.W. Madras University
  D.S.W. Columbia University, NYU
  Research Interests: Families and Children, Elderly

• Richard Lyle, Associate Professor
  Telephone: (404) 880-8006
  E-mail: rlyle@cau.edu
  M.S.W. Atlanta University
  Ph.D. Brandeis University
  Research Interests: Housing for the Elderly and DFCS Recipients
   
• Curtis Ashong, Assistant Professor
  Telephone: (404) 880-8861
  E-mail: aashong@cau.edu
  M.S.W. New York University
  Research Interests: Child Welfare, Foster Care, Adoption, Abuse, and Neglect, and Adolescent Sex Offenders
  
  
• Margaret S. E. Counts-Spriggs, Associate Professor and Director of BSW Program
  Telephone: (404) 880-8863
  E-mail: mspriggs@cau.edu
  M.S.W. Atlanta University
  Ph.D. Clark-Atlanta University
  Research Interests: Aging, Women and Health Care.
  
  
• Joyce G. Dickerson, Visiting Professor and Interim Director of MSW Program
  Telephone: (404) 880-8529
  E-mail: jdickerson@cau.edu
  M.S.W. University of Alabama
  Ph.D. University of Alabama
  Research Interests: Domestic Violence
  
  
• Sandra J. Foster, Associate Professor
  Telephone: (404) 880-8774
  E-mail: sfoster@cau.edu
  M.S.W. Central State University
  Ph.D. University of Wisconsin - Madison
  Research Interests: Healing Properties of Artistic Expression, Informal Adoptions, Program Evaluation, Needs Assessment, and Diversity
  
  
• Roslyn A. Harper-Arnold, Instructor
  Telephone: (404) 880-8088
  E-mail: rharper@cau.edu
  M.S.W. Atlanta University
  Ph.D. Clark Atlanta University
  Research Interests: Juvenile Forensics and Child Welfare Policy
  
  
• Susan N. Kossak, Associate Professor
  Telephone: (404) 880-8531
  E-mail: skossak@cau.edu
  M.S.W. Barry University
  Ph.D. University of South Carolina
  Research Interests: Diversity, Culturally Competent Practice and Curriculum Development
  
  
• Hattie M. Mitchell, Assistant Professor
  Telephone: (404) 880-6616
  E-mail: hmitchell@cau.edu
  M.S.W. Wayne State University
  Research Interests: HIV/AIDS, and African-American Families
  
  
• Robert W. Waymer, Instructor
  Telephone: (404) 880-8561
  E-mail: rwaymer@cau.edu
  M.S.W. Atlanta University
  Ph.D. Clark Atlanta University
  Research Interests: Work Autonomy and Job Satisfaction

Staff

• Sarah F. Hall, MBA, Director of Student Affairs for Recruitment, Admissions and Retention
  Telephone: (404) 880-8555
  E-mail: shall@cau.edu
  
  
• Darrin E. Wright, LMSW, Director of Field Instruction/Practicum Placement Activities
  Telephone: (404) 880-8553
  E-mail: dwright@cau.edu
  
  
• Hermelda Nedrick, Program Administrative Support
  Telephone: (404) 880-6017
  E-mail: hnedrick@cau.edu
  
  
• Claudette Rivers-King, Program Administrative Support
  Telephone: (404) 880-8578
  E-mail: crking@cau.edu