SPECIAL REPORT: CSSW and U.S. Politics & Government
In honor of Inauguration week in the United States, we have launched a Special Report celebrating those members of the CSSW community who have attained elective office, served in appointed office, or have paved the way for a broader range of candidates to succeed in American politics. Several of them have achieved important firsts. CLICK HERE for the landing page to the Special Report. Alternatively, you can click out to the pages for particular individuals by perusing the list below:
- Jared Bernstein, Appointee to President Biden’s Council of Economic Advisors
- Daniella Levine Cava, Mayor of Miami Dade County, Florida
- Ada Deer, U.S. Secretary for Indian Affairs (1993–1997)
- Jaime Estades, Founder of the Latino Research Institute
- Mathylde Frontus, New York State Assemblymember, Brooklyn’s 46th District
- Emily Jabbour, City Council Member, Hoboken, New Jersey
- Charles E. Lewis, Founder of the Congressional Social Work Caucus
- Dianne Morales, NYC Mayoral Candidate
- Sheila Oliver, New Jersey Lieutenant Governor
- Frances Perkins, U.S. Secretary of Labor (1933–1945)
- Jeanette Rankin, First Woman Elected to the U.S. Congress (in 1917)
- Jeanette Takamura, Assistant Secretary for Aging, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (1997–2001)
Know of anyone else who should be included in the Special Report? Please email swcommunications@columbia.edu. We look forward to updating this list as more of our alumni, instructors, and other community members are called to serve in government and/or assume elected office.