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Angela Goins, Assistant Professor, DSW, LMSW
Phone: 713-221-8109
Email: goinsa@uhd.edu
Angela M. Goins
Director, Service Teaching Aging and Research Lab (STAR)
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Office: C-345
713-221-8109
goinsa@uhd.edu
Angela M. Goins, DSW, LMSW, is an Assistant Professor of Social Work in the Social
Work Program at the University of Houston-Downtown. Dr. Goins is currently the Director
and Founder of the Service, Teaching, Aging, and Research Lab (STAR) under the College
of Public Service. She has been a Licensed Master Social Worker since 1996.
Dr. Goins' past work experience includes over 19 years direct frontline experience
as a supervisor and investigator under the Texas Department of Family and Protective
Services with Adult Protective Services. She was a case manager with the Community
Attendant Services (provider care) program under the Department of Aging and Disability
Services for 2 ½ years. In addition to her teaching duties, Dr. Goins continues her
community work. She works part-time as a medical social worker with Home Health Care
Network and part-time as a clinician doing therapy with clients at Shaunty Healing
Center. She is an active member of the Texas Elder Mistreatment and Abuse Institute
(TEAM) and the Houston Financial Abuse Team (H-FAST). Dr. Goins is a director with
the Alumni Association Board with the Graduate College of Social Work at the University
of Houston – Central Campus and she is on the Region 6 Adult Protective Services Board
(Houston District).