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  Graduate School-New Brunswick 2017 Programs, Faculty, and Courses Social Work 910  

Social Work 910

Degree Program Offered: Doctor of Philosophy

Director of Graduate Program: Professor Allison Zippay, School of Social Work, 536 George Street, College Avenue Campus (848-932-5385)

Website: https://socialwork.rutgers.edu/admissions/doctor-philosophy-social-work-phd

Members of the Graduate Faculty

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

Edward J. Alessi, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., New York
Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) mental health issues; clinical assessment and diagnosis; affirmative psychotherapy with LGB clients

Beth Angell, Associate Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)
Mental health services and severe mental illness

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

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

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

Richard L. Edwards, 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

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

Jerald Floersch, Associate Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Chicago
Youth psychotropic treatment; case management; use of qualitative methods to evaluate practice

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

Anna Haley-Lock, Associate Professor, Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Chicago
Management and organizations; nonprofit and low-wage employment; employment policy

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

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

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

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

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

Michael MacKenzie, Associate Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Michigan
Social and biological transactions in developmental psychopathology; child welfare policy

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

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

Sarah McMahon, Associate Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Rutgers
Violence against women and social work education

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

Lenna Nepomnyaschy, Associate Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Columbia
Child and family health policies; poverty and inequality

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

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

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

Darcy Siebert, Associate Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
Theory and measurement of risky health behavior; alcohol and other drug use; occupational/behavioral issues among helping professionals

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

Allison Zippay, Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Community planning; supported housing planning and development; social networks and resource mobilization among poor and low-income groups; poverty and employment policy

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

Associate Members of the Graduate Faculty

Emily Bosk, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Michigan
Child well-being; child welfare services and policy; integration of social service systems; infant mental health

Laura Cuesta, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)
International child and family policy; poverty and inequality; parental incarceration among disadvantaged families

Jacquelynn Duron, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Houston
Child welfare; juvenile justice; child sexual abuse; legal decision making; trauma and mental health; child and adolescent well-being

Felix Muchomba, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Columbia
Gender inequality; allocation of family resources; social and economic development policy with a focus on developing countries

Emmy Tiderington, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., New York
Housing and mental health services for adults with serious mental illness

 
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