CarolAnn Daniel

Dr. Daniel's scholarship focuses on health equity, with an emphasis on gender and race. Drawing on critical, decolonial, and Indigenous theory and research methodologies, she examines how culture, race, class, and gender shape social identities and reproduce disparities, racialized exclusion, and inequality for marginalized groups. Specifically, her work examines how social and structural forces including poverty, place, gender inequality, discrimination, and access influence health outcomes, lived experience, and wellbeing. She is committed to critical, community-engaged research and is co-editor of a forthcoming book on critical quantitative research.

Prior to joining Columbia's School of Social Work, she was Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and MSW Program Director at Adelphi University School of Social Work, where she led academic and faculty affairs for the residential MSW and Online MSW programs across multiple sites. As a scholar-practitioner, her approach to academic leadership is grounded in collaborating with faculty to cultivate an environment where innovative teaching can flourish.

Dr. Daniel was named the Council on Social Work Education's Carl A. Scott Memorial Lecturer in recognition of her contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion in social work education. She holds an MSW from Hunter College and a PhD from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.