Faculty

Dr. R. Wamsley, Chair. Graduate WV Wesleyan College, WVU (M.S.W.), Case Western Reserve University (Ph.D.). WV Board Certified Licensed Social Worker. Member/Academy of Certified Social Workers. Certificates as Alzheimer Family Resource Specialist, Practitioner in Gerontology. Published in “The Gerontologist” and “The Journal of Rural Health.” Areas of Instruction: Gerontology, Social Policy, Practice Methods, Current Issues and Introduction to Social Work.

Email: wamsleyb@wvstateu.edu

Ruth Cisco, Administrative Secretary. Employed for more than 20 years in higher education (15 years at WVSU). Served as an Admissions and Records Officer until her appointment as departmental Administrative Secretary. Ruth earned her associate degree from the College of West Virginia in 2002.

Email: ciscorp@wvstateu.edu

Raphael M. Mutepa, Ph.D. Assistant Professor. Graduate Institut Superieur de Bukavu (B.A. Education), Franciscan University (M.A. Counseling), Virginia Commonwealth University (Ph.D. Dissertation: “A Constructivist Inquiry into the Meaning of Pregnancy for African American Women Infected with HIV.”) Areas of Instruction: Introduction to Social Work, Human Behavior in the Social Environment, Children and Family Services, Theories of Poverty, Research Methods.

Email: musondam@wvstateu.edu

Rita Brown, M.A., Assistant Professor. Graduate West Virginia State University (B.S.W.), Marshall University (M.A. Secondary Education). West Virginia University (M.S.W.). Licensed Social Worker (West Virginia). Member: National Association of Social Workers, Alpha Delta Mu Honorary Society, Faculty Sponsor ADM, Member of the West Virginia Board of Social Work Examiners. Published in: “Gerontology and Geriatrics Journal” and “WV Social Work Education Consortium.” Coordinator for the WVDHHR Region II Child Welfare Title IV-E grants. Areas of Instruction: Social Work Practice I, II, III, Field Practice, Ethics, Special Topics, Introduction to Social Work.

Email: brownri@wvstateu.edu