Institute Partnerships

The Covenant House Institute is proud to partner with other dynamic organizations and researchers, including the following:

Alaska
University of Alaska Anchorage

• Dr. Stephanie Martin, Associate Professor of Economic and Public Policy at the Institute of Social and Economic Research
• Dr. Sue Pope, Program Manager for the Social Work Evaluation Program

California
University of Southern California

• Dr. Kristin Ferguson, Associate Professor at the School of Social Work

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

• Arlene Schneir, MPH, Division of Adolescent Medicine

Florida
University of South Florida

• Dr. Junius Gonzales, Dean at the Louis de la Parte Mental Health Institute

Georgia
Georgia State University

• Amy Glass, Associate Director at the Center for Collaborative Social Work, School of Social Work

Honduras
National Autonomous University of Honduras

• Ajax Irias, Director of University Relations with the Civil Society
• Edmundo Rosales, Coordinator of Nonformal Education

Italian Federation for Therapeutic Communities

• Vincenzo Castelli, Coordinator of Initiatives

Mexico
National Autonomous University of Mexico

• Nelia Tello, Professor and Former Director of the School of Social Work
• Leticia Echeveria, Professor of Psychology

Michigan
Wayne State University

• Dr. Debra Hernandez Jozefowicz Simbeni, Professor of Social Work and Associate Director of the Research Group on Homelessness and Poverty

National Coalition
University of Alabama (Coordinator)

• Dr. David Pollio, Hill Crest Endowed Chair in Mental Health Research at the School of Social Work

New York
Columbia University

• Dr. Carol Caton, Professor of Clinical Sociomedical Sciences (Psychiatry) and Director of the Center for Homelessness Prevention Studies
• Dr. Ron Thompson, Assistant Professor of Social Work

Fordham University

• Dr. Anita Lightburn, Director of the Bertram M. Beck Institute on Religion and Poverty
• Dr. Judy Smith, Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Social Services

Nicaragua
Italian Federation for Therapeutic Communities

National Autonomous University of Nicaragua-Managua

• Vincenzo Castelli, Coordinator of Initiatives

Polytechnic University of Nicaragua (in Spanish)

• Dr. Jerjes Ruiz Castro, Professor at the Institute for Humanistic Development
• Rina Rodas, Professor at the Institute for Humanistic Development

Texas
Baylor College of Medicine

• Dr. Al Hergenroeder, Physician and Professor at the Baylor School of Medicine

Toronto
University of British Columbia

• Dr. Elizabeth Saewyc, Associate Professor at the School of Nursing and Research Director at the McCreary Centre Society

Vancouver
University of British Columbia

• Dr. Steve Mathias, Professor of Psychiatry

Washington, D.C.
The Catholic University

• Dr. Linda Plitt Donaldson, National Catholic School of Social Service
• Dr. Mary Jeanne Verdieck, National Catholic School of Social Service