THE SOCIAL WORK DEPARTMENT WAS THE RECEIPIENT OF A $350, 000 GRANT IN 2007 TO COLLABORATE WITH THE STATE OF TN DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES TO PROVIDE TRAINING FOR FOSTER PARENTS. THE CHILD WELFARE TRAINING STAFF INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND BY CLICKING HERE.
FULL-TIME FACULTY AND STAFF (click pictures to go to individual faculty pages)
Valerie L. Radu, Ph.D., LCSW is the Social Work Department Head and Coordinator of the BSW Program. OFFICE: 425-4307 EMAIL: valerie-radu@utc.edu
Kathy Purnell, MSW is the Field Education Coordinator for the Social Work Program. OFFICE: 425-4214 EMAIL: kathy-purnell@utc.edu
Dorothy Williams, Ph.D is an Associate Professor in the Social Work Program. OFFICE: 425-4514 EMAIL: dorothy-williams@utc.edu
Amy Doolittle, is an Assistant Professor in the Social Work Department and the Project Director for the Child Welfare Grant, OFFICE: 425-5563 EMAIL: amy-doolittlel@utc.edu
DEPARTMENT SUPPORT STAFF
Kellie Karaky is the Administrative Assistant for the Social Work Program. OFFICE: 425-4266 EMAIL: kellie-karaky@utc.edu FAX: 425-5564
Kellie moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee five years ago from State College, Pennsylvania where she was born and raised. For the past five years she has worked for a local staffing firm as a staff coordinator and office manager. Before moving to Chattanooga, she was employed for over a decade at Penn State University the University Park Campus. While employed at Penn State she was the graduate and undergraduate student secretary for the Department of Statistics. She was the graduate liaison and undergraduate secretary for the Women’s Studies Program. She was also employed as an administrative assistant for seven researchers in the University’s Development office and I ran the computer helpdesk for Alumni and Development.
She lives in Hixson where she and her fiancée, George, are restoring an old row house. Kellie enjoys scuba diving, quilting, cross-stitching, and getting a room in the house done. She has three teenaged daughters: one is enrolled at Penn State, one is home-schooled and taking classes at Penn State, and the youngest is home-schooled.
