Dr. J. David Hawkins is the Endowed Professor of Prevention Emeritus and Founding Director of the Social Development Research Group. He received his BA in 1967 from Stanford University and his PhD in Sociology from Northwestern University in 1975. His research focuses on understanding and preventing child and adolescent health and behavior problems. He seeks to identify risk and protective factors for health and behavior problems across multiple domains; to understand how these factors interact in the development of healthy behavior and the prevention of problem behaviors.

Dr. Erosheva is a professor in the Department of Statistics and the School of Social Work, and a core faculty member in the Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences (CSSS). Dr. Erosheva received her PhD in statistics from Carnegie Mellon, and joined the University of Washington in 2002.

Larisa Baturevych has more than 12 years of professional experience working at the University of Washington. She received a bachelor of science degree from Central Washington University in 2000 with majors in accounting and business administration. 

In 2001, Larisa began her UW career and is currently working as a CWTAP manager. Her work consists of managing the program and providing statewide assistance to more than 150 CWTAP students and staff.

Dr. Amelia Gavin received her doctorate in Social Work and Political Science from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, the same institution that granted her an MSW and MPP (Masters in Public Policy). During her graduate program she was awarded the National Institute of Mental Health Dissertation Grant for her research studying depression and birth outcomes among African-American women.

Bonnie Duran, Dr.PH, (mixed race Opelousas/Coushatta descendent) is a professor in the schools of social work and public health at the University of Washington. She is also on the leadership team at the Indigenous Wellness Research Institute. She received her doctor in pubic health degree from UC Berkeley School of Public Health in 1997. Bonnie teaches graduate courses in Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) and mindfulness.

Harper works with the WCPC Social Policy Research Fellows to find and develop their research placements, authors written products including the Poverty Flash Series and the Dialogues on Research and Policy, and helps organize the WCPC Roundtables. Prior to joining the WCPC, Shannon worked in Washington, D.C. and Oakland, California, doing research on the effects of welfare reform at the state and national levels.

Stacey De Fries joined the School of Social Work faculty as a full-time lecturer and field faculty instructor in 2011. She teaches in field education courses and across the MSW curriculum..