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Faculty Bio
2004-2005 SOCIAL WORK PROGRAM FACULTY BIOS
Jade
Stanley, Program Director, EdD, LCSW, Associate Professor in the Department of Justice Studies and Social
Work, received her EdD from Northern Illinois University with her dissertation
"Expanding the Small Space: Rastafarians as Knowledge
Producers." She earned her MSW from
Virginia Commonwealth
University and holds a BSW from Virginia Union University. She joined NEIU in 1994 as Director of Field
Work and has taught most of the baccalaureate curriculum courses, including Child/Adolescent Services, Social
Work Practice with Families, Social Work with Groups, Social Work Advocacy,
Issues in Social Service Delivery, Human Behavior and the Social Environment I
& II, Social Work Practice I & II, Women and Social Work, and Social
Work Practice in Community Settings. Additionally, Dr. Stanley serves as faculty
in the College of
Arts and Sciences Women’s
Studies Program and Mexican/Caribbean Studies, contributes as an active member
of the new African and African American Studies Minor and serves as faculty
liaison between the Social Work Program on the north campus and Center for
Inner City Studies (CICS). Her research
interests – alternate ways of knowing, multicultural education, gender issues,
international/global issues in social work and education, and social justice – have
expanded the study abroad programs for students and faculty to South Africa and Jamaica. Currently, Dr. Stanley is completing a
sabbatical semester in Jamaica
addressing the impact of HIV/AIDS on women and access to healthcare in that
country.
Najma M. Adam, PhD, LSW, Assistant Professor in both the College of Arts and Sciences
Social Work Program and Women’s Studies Program, joined NEIU in 2003 and
received her PhD in Social Work from the University of Illinois at Chicago,
Jane Addams College of Social Work and her MA in Social Service Administration
from the University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration. Currently, Dr. Adam teaches Social Welfare Policy I and II and Topics on Women, Social Work and Social
Welfare and serves as a field liaison for the field practicum. She
brings 15 years of clinical and administrative social work experience to the
social work program and has worked with a variety of populations and settings
including families in the Chicago Housing Authority and Department of Children
and Family Services; death row adult male inmates in Cook County;
homeless drug addicted men and women; and female victims of domestic violence. Additionally, Dr. Adam worked as a federal
policy analyst with the Department of Health and Human Services. Her research interests include domestic
violence against women, social policy and human rights issues as they affect
oppressed and vulnerable populations, and cross-cultural practice. She has begun a project on “Muslim Funeral
Practices” as they affect women in that community and has a paper in progress
on cultural competency with Indians and Pakistanis. Her publications to date include: four
reviews of books related to social policy, research, and cross-cultural
issues. Dr. Adam has also published two
articles, two International Social Policy Encyclopedia entries on domestic
violence and social work, and has one manuscript under review. Currently, she is writing a book on domestic
violence. In her spare time, Dr. Adam enjoys spending
time with her family and friends traveling, running, biking, reading
non-fiction and watching documentaries and movies.
Jane Peller, MA, LCSW, ACSW, Professor in the Social Work Program,
joined NEIU’s staff in 1980. She
received her MA from the University of
Chicago, School of Social Service
Administration and holds a 30 year membership
with NASW. She currently teaches Human Behavior and Social Environment I and
Social Practice I and served as
NEIU’s first Field Director. Professor Peller
developed the early model for NEIU’s field practicum and has been instrumental
in the Program accreditation process since 1988. She is one of the pioneers in developing
short-term models in clinical therapy and has published two books in the subject,
Becoming Solution-Focused in Brief
Therapy (1992), which has been translated into German, Korean and
Japanese, and Preferences and
Possibilities: Re-creating Brief Therapy (2000). She has presented internationally on the
subject and also maintains a private clinical practice. Professor Peller’s current interest in the
field of technology to enhance education created the Social Work Program’s extensive
database and she applies the innovative use of technology-enhanced education in
her classroom.
Job Elom Ngwe, PhD, Assistant Professor in both the College of Arts
and Sciences Social Work Program and African and African American Studies,
received his PhD in Public Health from the University
of Illinois at Chicago.
He joined NEIU faculty in 2001 and served as field liaison for three
years. Both his Bachelor’s and Master’s
degrees in education were earned at the University
of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
where he combined a strong emphasis on science with adult education. With
more than 20 years of combined teaching and research experience, including five
years with the Chicago Public
Schools,
Dr. Ngwe currently teaches Research and
Quantitative Applications in Social Work and Research Practicum I and II.
His past research interests focused on prevention of youth violence,
substance abuse and unsafe sexual practices.
Recently, Dr. Ngwe has extended his research interest to
include prevention of bullying, social ostracism and other real life issues in Chicago public schools. Professor Ngwe enjoys traveling and spending
time with his family.
Joe Zefran, MSW, LCSW, has over 30 years of experience as a social worker in the Chicago area and has been teaching Introduction to
Social Work at Northeastern
Illinois University
as Visiting Lecturer since 2001. He studied for the Catholic priesthood at
Sacred Heart Seminary, earned his Bachelors in Psychology from Loyola
University of Chicago and his MSW from the Jane Addams College of Social Work
at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His early career included case management for
both the elderly and foster children at Catholic Charities. He has conducted
research at Juvenile
Court of
Cook County,
worked in various medical and psychiatric hospital settings, and conducted therapy
specializing in men's issues. From 1992-2000, Joe developed the
Chicago office of Social Work prn where he worked with nearly 2,000 social
workers and hundreds of social work settings in the greater Chicagoland area. Currently, he is President of Joyful Spirits Consulting,
Grants Manager for Seguin Services, and current Chair of the NASW-Illinois
Political Action Committee. A passionate husband and father, his special
interests are spirituality in social work, political action and the Chicago
Cubs.
Not to be overlooked:
Kathy Livingston and
Maria Frances serves
as the Staff Secretary for the Department of Justice Studies and Social Work,
manages student enrollment and graduation requirements, and knows how and where
to find just about anything on the NEIU campus.
She holds a Masters Degree in Linguistics and teaches ESL at Chicago
City Colleges.
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