Degree Program Offered: Doctor of Philosophy

Director of Graduate Program: Allison Zippay, School of Social Work, 536 George Street, College Avenue Campus (732-932-6967)

Email: zippay@rci.rutgers.edu 

Members of the Graduate Faculty

Judith Baer, Associate Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Houston
Life-span development; adolescent development

Stephen Crystal, Research Professor of Social Work and Sociology, SSW/IHHCPAR; Ph.D., Harvard
AIDS; long-term care; homelessness; longitudinal data analysis

Donald T. Dickson, Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Michigan
Law; child welfare; mental health; administration

Richard L. Edwards, Dean and Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., SUNY (Albany)
Nonprofit and public management; international social work; social work education

Antoinette Farmer, Associate Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Pittsburgh
Parenting behavior; kinship care; AIDS knowledge and prevention; evaluation of social work practice

Chien-Chung Huang, Associate Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Columbia
Social assistance; poverty and income redistribution

Michael C. LaSala, Associate Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., SUNY (Albany)
Clinical social work; gay and lesbian issues; marriage and family therapy

Raymond Sánchez Mayers, Associate Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Brandeis
Financial management in nonprofits; administrative issues; Hispanic issues

David Mechanic, University Professor and René Dubos Professor of Behavioral Sciences, SSW/IHHCPAR; Ph.D., Stanford
Medical sociology; evaluation research and social policy

Shari Munch, Associate Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Michigan State
Health care; women's health care; perinatal ethics and bereavement

Lia Nower, Associate Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Washington (St. Louis)
Pathological gambling; substance abuse; addictions; forensic issues in mental health

N. Andrew Peterson, Associate Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Missouri (Kansas City)
Community organizing; empowerment theory; program evaluation; substance abuse prevention

Kathleen J. Pottick, Associate Professor of Social Work, SSW/IHHCPAR; Ph.D., Michigan
Child and adolescent mental health and psychiatric service delivery system

Allison Zippay, Associate Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Poverty and employment policy; community development; social networks

Associate Members of the Graduate Faculty

Ayse Akincigil, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW/IHHCPAR; Ph.D., Rutgers;
Aging; mental health; economics; HIV/AIDS

Laura Curran, Associate Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Family and child policy and practice; welfare policy; social welfare history/theory; gender and sexuality

Patricia Findley, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Illinois (Chicago)
Disability; rehabilitation; chronic illness

Emmett Gill, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Maryland
Student-athlete identity; substance abuse in collegiate athletics; collegiate sports policy; race and gender in sports

Emily A. Greenfield, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)
Aging; life course development; health

Yvonne M. Johnson, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Columbia
End of life decisions; advance directives; history and philosophy of social work

Myungkook Joo, Assistant Research Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Washington
Early childhood development; effects of poverty and economic inequality on child outcomes

Jeounghee Kim, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Washington
Poverty; economic inequality; low-wage labor markets; welfare policies; health disparity

Jeffrey Longhofer, Associate Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Kansas
Case management and dynamics of psychological stigma in mental health patients

Judith McCoyd, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Bryn Mawr College
Medical decision making; bereavement and "feeling rules" in medical technologies

Darcey Merritt, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
Child welfare; poverty; neighborhood structural impacts on parenting; family violence 

Judy Postmus, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., SUNY (Albany)
Violence against women; impact of policies on abuse survivors; interagency collaboration

Jonathan Prince, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Child welfare and mental health services; history of adult mental health care

Cassandra Simmel, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Child welfare programs and services; child and youth mental health

Jill W. Sinha, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Faith-based organizations; high-risk adolescents; international social work

Karen Gainer Sirota, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
Cross-cultural aspects of health and mental health; development disabilities; life course

Lisa Townsend, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve
Mental health services for families and adolescents; child welfare

Karen Zurlo, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Life course development, aging, health, poverty, and social policy