{"id":27,"count":4,"description":"<em><strong>Assistant Professor of Social Work<\/strong><\/em>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<em><strong>The University of Texas - Pan American<\/strong><\/em>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hets.org\/ejournal\/category\/authors\/dr-denise-longoria\/\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-153\" src=\"http:\/\/hets.org\/ejournal\/files\/2014\/07\/denise-longoria.png\" alt=\"Denise Longoria\" width=\"87\" height=\"115\" style=\"padding:0px 5px;\" \/><\/a>Denise A. Longoria is an assistant professor of social work at The University of Texas-Pan American.  She holds an MSSW from The University of Texas at Austin and a Ph.D. in Education from Capella University.  Before joining The University of Texas \u2013 Pan American, she was a faculty member at Texas A & M International University.  She has been a social worker for over twenty years, and an academician for fourteen.   Her areas of interest and expertise include social work practice, family violence issues, and social work education.    In addition to teaching social work courses, Dr. Longoria is responsible for recruitment and advising of Laredo students enrolled in the distance education program.  Dr. Longoria maintains a small private practice where she provides individual and couples\u2019 therapy.  She also serves as a board member of two non-profit agencies in Laredo, Texas.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Contact info:<\/strong> <br \/>\r\nAddress: 1201 W. University Dr., Edinburg, TX 78539<br \/>\r\nPhone: (956) 665-3575<br \/>\r\nFax: (956) 665-3516 <br \/>\r\nEmail: <a href=\"mailto:longoriada@utpa.edu\">longoriada@utpa.edu <\/a> <br \/>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<br \/>","link":"https:\/\/hets.org\/ejournal\/category\/authors\/dr-denise-longoria\/","name":"Dr. Denise Longoria","slug":"dr-denise-longoria","taxonomy":"category","parent":15,"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hets.org\/ejournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hets.org\/ejournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hets.org\/ejournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hets.org\/ejournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/15"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/hets.org\/ejournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}