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Meet Our Faculty
The Department of Social Work is proud to be guided by a dedicated team of educators, scholars, and practitioners who bring a wealth of experience, compassion, and academic rigor to the classroom.Their commitment to student success and to advancing the field of social work is at the heart of our program. Please see below for faculty of both our Master of Social Work and Bachelor of Social Work programs:
MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK PROGRAM FACULTY
MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK PROGRAM FACULTY
Kimberly Setterlund, MSW, LCSW, is responsible for the direction and administration of graduate programming in the Department of Social Work, including the creation, implementation, and quality of the MSW curriculum. Her academic experience includes directing the field education program at APU and coordinating the Mental Health Stipend Program at the School of Social Work at California State University, San Bernardino. She possesses social work practice expertise in medical and behavioral health settings, and has worked on interprofessional teams, including at City of Hope National Medical Center, as well as in wraparound services for high-risk youth. She also directed a psychosocial rehabilitation program for adults with chronic mental health conditions and co-occurring disorders. Setterlund’s scholarship interests include faculty thriving, inter-professional education in higher education, interprofessional collaborative practice in healthcare settings, perinatal mental health issues, clergy/mental health collaboration, and clergy thriving in ministry. She also maintains a private clinical practice.
Mary Rawlings, PhD, LCSW, is interested in competency-based education, student development of clinical skills necessary for entry-level practice, assessing outcomes of social work education, and experiential learning models (such as simulation and service-learning) that can enhance student education outcomes. She is a licensed clinical social worker with more than 10 years of practice experience, and her practice interests are in women’s issues, child welfare, and chronic and persistent mental illness. She conducts research in developing observed structured clinical exams for evaluation of social work skills and integrating SBIRT training into professional curriculum.
Regina Chow Trammel, PhD, LCSW, is professor of the Master of Social Work program at Azusa Pacific University. She has spent more than a decade in private practice and has years of experience in psychiatric and medical social work settings. She is an avid mindfulness practitioner, has academic research publications on Christian mindfulness, a popular TEDx talk on mindfulness, and co-wrote, A Counselor's Guide to Christian Mindfulness: Engaging the Mind, Body, and Soul in Biblical Practices and Therapies, published by Zondervan/Harper Collins Christian.
Jean Un, PhD, LCSW has more than 25 years of clinical social work experience, providing bilingual mental health services to Asian individuals and families in public and private sectors, including faith-based settings. She also volunteered in the community for more than 10 years mobilizing leaders and volunteers in program and fundraising/resource development. As the director of practicum education and a clinical supervisor, she has been passionate about developing the next generation of social workers and clinicians. Un’s research interests include best practices in practicum education, mental health awareness and education in Asian churches, and the psychological well-being of bicultural Asian American students in higher education. She also shares her expertise in couples work and mental health as a consultant and educator with local Asian churches. She maintains a private counseling practice specializing in Asian American mental health, couples and families, intergenerational/cultural issues, and spiritual integration.
Regina C. Trammel Ph.D., LCSW, is an assistant professor in the Master of Social Work program and is passionate about mentoring students so they can improve the lives of others as social workers. Her background is in clinical social work practice, which includes more than a decade in private practice in the Chicago area, as well as experience in psychiatric and medical social work settings.
Margaret Lee, PhD, MSW, is an assistant professor in the MSW program at Azusa Pacific University. As a macro social worker, she has worked in local government and nonprofit sectors, with expertise in policy analysis and implementation, strategic planning and nonprofit development, and program management. She is an advisor to local nonprofits and is a project manager with Making Housing and Community Happen, a faith-based housing justice organization. Her research interests include mental health policy, housing policy, and faith-based strategies for social and racial justice. As an educator, she has taught a variety of courses in BSW and MSW programs, and is the course lead for diversity and social justice, social welfare policy and policy practice, and organizational behavior and management. She is the cofounder and cochair of the National Association of Social Workers California Chapter’s Policy Consortium.
Evelyn Castro-Guillen, PhD, LCSW, has more than 30 years of social work experience in private, nonprofit, community-based mental health agencies, having worked with adults, families, and children in underserved, culturally diverse communities in southeast Los Angeles County and the San Gabriel Valley. She has extensive experience working with large county systems such as the departments of mental health, children and family services, and public health, as well as First 5 LA and various private foundations. Guillen has developed and implemented programs in the areas of school-based mental health and birth-to-five home visitation, and has served on several community advisory boards. Throughout her career, she has held a variety of positions within agencies, from clinician to executive level. Her research interests include the relationship between mental health and academic achievement in school settings, and the use of reflective supervision as an agency-wide model in social work agencies.
Virginia Olivas, MSW, is in her ninth year as a member of the Azusa Pacific University field practicum faculty in the MSW program. She serves as the program coordinator of the LA DCFS Child Welfare Program. Olivas teaches practicum classes for the full-time generalist foundation year cohort as well as the generalist foundation year child welfare supplemental seminar class. As a bilingual and bicultural social worker, Olivas has over twenty-five years of experience in child welfare, with a specialization in adoptions and working with the Latino community. For twelve years, she supervised MSW students from various local universities. Olivas has a background as a program manager for a nonprofit resource family agency, as well as working as a permanency-planning mediator, where she mediated post-adoption contact agreements to honor connections for adoptees with their birth families. Olivas is passionate about child welfare both as a professional and an adoptive parent.
Claudia Rivera is a licensed clinical social worker with over twenty years of experience working with children, youth, and families. As a bilingual social worker in public child welfare, she specialized in working with families with special medical needs, substance abuse–related issues, and/or sexual abuse trauma in the areas of emergency response, court investigation, and resource parent training. Rivera also has experience in school social work and medical social work, with a focus on early childhood development, and has provided supervision for undergraduate and graduate social work students as a practicum instructor throughout her career. Since 2018, she has taught field practicum seminar classes as an adjunct professor at Azusa Pacific University to MSW generalist foundation year and clinical specialization year students. She currently holds a half-time assistant professor position, teaching the MSW specialization year child welfare field practicum seminar class.
Claudia Rivera is a licensed clinical social worker with over twenty years of experience working with children, youth, and families. As a bilingual social worker in public child welfare, she specialized in working with families with special medical needs, substance abuse–related issues, and/or sexual abuse trauma in the areas of emergency response, court investigation, and resource parent training. Rivera also has experience in school social work and medical social work, with a focus on early childhood development, and has provided supervision for undergraduate and graduate social work students as a practicum instructor throughout her career. Since 2018, she has taught field practicum seminar classes as an adjunct professor at Azusa Pacific University to MSW generalist foundation year and clinical specialization year students. She currently holds a half-time assistant professor position, teaching the MSW specialization year child welfare field practicum seminar class.
BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK PROGRAM FACULTY
BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK PROGRAM FACULTY
Shelly-Ann Dewsbury, MSW, is a social work educator committed to teaching, mentoring, and impacting the next generation of social workers to be culturally humble and maintain a diverse approach to practice. She is committed to training students and professionals to embrace an understanding of culture and its impact on social work practice, and wants to empower people to use their skills and abilities to advance the plight of marginalized and disadvantaged populations. With 5 years in social work education, she is experienced at developing and managing courses and providing mentoring support to students. Dewsbury designs and presents various trainings and workshops that cover many areas of cultural humility and awareness and social work practice. Her training as a macro-practice social worker enables her to be a “big picture” thinker and come up with creative solutions to address programmatic challenges and develop strategic plans. Her multiple work experiences have given her a varied lens on working in different environments and with different populations.
Shelly-Ann Dewsbury, MSW, is a social work educator committed to teaching, mentoring, and impacting the next generation of social workers to be culturally humble and maintain a diverse approach to practice. She is committed to training students and professionals to embrace an understanding of culture and its impact on social work practice, and wants to empower people to use their skills and abilities to advance the plight of marginalized and disadvantaged populations. With 5 years in social work education, she is experienced at developing and managing courses and providing mentoring support to students. Dewsbury designs and presents various trainings and workshops that cover many areas of cultural humility and awareness and social work practice. Her training as a macro-practice social worker enables her to be a “big picture” thinker and come up with creative solutions to address programmatic challenges and develop strategic plans. Her multiple work experiences have given her a varied lens on working in different environments and with different populations.
Daniel Guzman, LCSW, MBA, is an assistant professor and field education coordinator in the Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) program at Azusa Pacific University. He earned a Master of Social Work (MSW) degree from California State University of Los Angeles and was licensed as a clinical social worker in 2012. As a clinician and clinical supervisor, his work focused on low-income youth, families, and adults with severe mental health conditions. As a manager and administrator, Guzman has directed a youth and family mental health clinic servicing 350 clients, an adult clinic servicing more than 700 clients, and in 2017 he earned a Master of Business Administration from the Keller Graduate School of Management. As an educator, he is a field liaison for the MSW specialization-year cohort and is the field education coordinator for the BSW program. His professional interests include managerial leadership strategy, performance coaching, and professional faith integration.
Daniel Guzman, LCSW, MBA, is an assistant professor and field education coordinator in the Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) program at Azusa Pacific University. He earned a Master of Social Work (MSW) degree from California State University of Los Angeles and was licensed as a clinical social worker in 2012. As a clinician and clinical supervisor, his work focused on low-income youth, families, and adults with severe mental health conditions. As a manager and administrator, Guzman has directed a youth and family mental health clinic servicing 350 clients, an adult clinic servicing more than 700 clients, and in 2017 he earned a Master of Business Administration from the Keller Graduate School of Management. As an educator, he is a field liaison for the MSW specialization-year cohort and is the field education coordinator for the BSW program. His professional interests include managerial leadership strategy, performance coaching, and professional faith integration.
Alina Bond Chan, a licensed clinical social worker. She has experience working with children, adolescents, and families in various settings, including community mental health and school-based social work. She has provided clinical supervision, education, and training to students, interns, and mental health staff. Alina has worked with organizations throughout Los Angeles and Orange County, delivering training on motivational interviewing, trauma-informed care, and evidence-based interventions for co-occurring disorders in mental health, substance use, and trauma. She holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Southern California. She is pursuing a PhD at Baylor University's Garland School of Social Work, focusing her research on trauma-informed education and strategies for teaching trauma-related content. Over the last ten years, she has taught in UCLA Extension’s Drug and Alcohol Counseling program and has been an adjunct professor in the MSW program at Azusa Pacific University, where she currently holds a full-time faculty position in the Department of Social Work.
Alina Bond Chan, a licensed clinical social worker. She has experience working with children, adolescents, and families in various settings, including community mental health and school-based social work. She has provided clinical supervision, education, and training to students, interns, and mental health staff. Alina has worked with organizations throughout Los Angeles and Orange County, delivering training on motivational interviewing, trauma-informed care, and evidence-based interventions for co-occurring disorders in mental health, substance use, and trauma. She holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Southern California. She is pursuing a PhD at Baylor University's Garland School of Social Work, focusing her research on trauma-informed education and strategies for teaching trauma-related content. Over the last ten years, she has taught in UCLA Extension’s Drug and Alcohol Counseling program and has been an adjunct professor in the MSW program at Azusa Pacific University, where she currently holds a full-time faculty position in the Department of Social Work.
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