Sandra S. Butler

Professor of Social Work

sbutler@maine.edu,
207-581-2382

5770 Social Work Building
Orono, ME 04469

Dr. Butler teaches courses in social welfare policy and macro social work practice. Her research focuses primarily on the health needs and social welfare experiences of low-income women across the life span. Her publications are in the areas of poverty, direct care workers, public assistance, older workers, rural aging, the impact of higher education for low-income mothers, LGBT aging, lesbian health, homelessness, teen parenting and pregnancy, and policy practice.

Education

PhD in Social Welfare from the University of Washington in Seattle; MSW (Masters of Social Work) from Washington University in St. Louis, BA in Human Ecology from Carleton College in Northfield, MN