She spent a year and a half (2002-2003) in Indonesia as a Fulbright senior scholar, teaching social work and consulting on social work education. Her specialty area is clinical social work education. On the day the tsunami hit, Prof. Haffey was returning to Jakarta for the second time since her Fulbright to teach a course. In addition to her teaching commitment, she was involved in the social work response to the tsunami. Prof. Haffey is continuing to work with the social work organization in developing a social work resource center for post-disaster management.