Faculty
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Carmela Alcántara
Associate Professor of Social Work; Associate Dean for Doctoral Education
Social and cultural determinants of health
Heidi L. Allen
Associate Dean for Research; Associate Professor of Social Work
Low-income uninsured Americans
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Melissa Begg
Dean; Professor of Social Work & Biostatistics
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Courtney D. Cogburn
Associate Professor of Social Work
Using media and technology to eradicate racism
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Alissa Davis
Assistant Professor of Social Work
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Nabila El-Bassel
University Professor and Willma and Albert Musher Professor of Social Work
Global health research including gender-based violence, HIV, substance use, and opioid disorders with marginalized communities
Rob Eschmann
Associate Professor of Social Work
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Ronald A. Feldman
Ruth Harris Ottman Centennial Professor for the Advancement of Social Work Education and Dean Emeritus
Adolescent mental health, professional education
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Qin Gao
Professor of Social Policy and Social Work; Director, China Center for Social Policy
Chinese welfare state, poverty and social assistance
Irwin Garfinkel
Mitchell I. Ginsberg Professor of Contemporary Urban Problems
Poverty and the welfare state
Louisa Gilbert
Associate Professor of Social Work
Gender-based violence in vulnerable female communities
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Andrew Hamid
Lecturer
International health and social development
Richard Hara
Assistant Dean for Evaluation and Assessment; Lecturer
Robert Paul Hartley
Assistant Professor of Social Work
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Neeraj Kaushal
Professor of Social Policy; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research; and Research Fellow, IZA
Low-income immigrant families and children
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Ellen Lukens
Sylvia D. and Mose J. Firestone Centennial Professor of Professional Practice
Impact of trauma and mental illness
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Yamile M. Martí Haidar
Associate Professor of Professional Practice
Positive mental health in children and women
Ronald B. Mincy
Maurice V. Russell Professor of Social Policy and Social Work Practice
Economically vulnerable fathers
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Desmond Upton Patton
Associate Professor of Social Work; Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Curriculum Innovation; Courtesy Appointment in Department of Sociology
Youth and online violence
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Jane Waldfogel
Compton Foundation Centennial Professor of Social Work for the Prevention of Children’s and Youth Problems
How public policy affects child and family well-being
Susan S. Witte
Professor of Social Work
HIV/STI intervention research, community-engaged research, microfinance
Elwin Wu
Professor of Social Work
Social justice as a mechanism to improve health; Addressing intersectionality among sexual/gender diverse and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) communities
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Allen Zweben
Professor of Social Work; Research Fellow, NY Academy of Medicine
Motivational interviewing in substance abuse treatment
