Dr. Irene Queiro-Tajalli received her B.S.W. from Argentina, her M.S.W. from Iran, and her Ph.D. in Social Work from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her areas of practice and teaching are generalist social work practice with a focus on community practice. Since 2001 she has developed and taught online courses. She has extensive experience in working with clients from diverse backgrounds including Latinos, Native Americans, and Iranians. Her volunteer positions have been at the local, state, and national levels. Dr. Queiro-Tajalli serves as the Chair of the Latino Social Worker/Human Services Providers Network of Indiana. She is the President of the DANESH Institute; a certified site visitor for the Commission on Accreditation; member of the Editorial Board of ACOSA, and member of the Committee on Racial and Ethnic Diversity, NASW Indiana Chapter. Her current presentations and writings focus on community organizing, aging, online teaching, and Latino issues.

Dr. Walker has been with the IUPUI School of Social Work in the Labor Studies Program since August, 2008 and is responsible for teaching and coordination of credit and training classes within the Labor Studies Program. Dr. Walker holds a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis from the University of Missouri -- Columbia, an MA in Public Affairs from the Harry Truman School of Public Affairs, University of Missouri, Columbia , an MA in English from Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield , Missouri , and a BS in English from Drury University in Springfield , Missouri . Dr. Walker’s research interests lie in issues involving state and federal policies concerning workers and workers' education, social stratification, poverty, and e-learning in a distributed learning environment.