Annual
Report
2010 - 2011
Faculty Awards
Message from the Dean
Dear Alumni and Friends,
I am delighted to present the 2010-2011 Silver School of Social Work
Annual Report to you. The report is a snapshot of School accomplishments over the past year and outlines the School’s development and
transformation. It has been a bittersweet year with the loss of three
long-time faculty members (Eda Goldstein, Gladys González-Ramos,
and Jeffrey Seinfeld), and the expansion of the senior faculty with several preeminent scholars. Funded research has dramatically expanded,
with $10.6 million of new awards to the School in the past year. Deeply
engaged in their work, faculty are recognized as world leaders in social
Dean Lynn Videka
work practice and scholarship. Enrollment remains robust, and we are
working hard to dramatically increase the scholarship funds available
to students and to find the needed foundation and philanthropic funding to support innovation and the future of the Silver School.
Most exciting of all, our faculty is in the final stages of creating
the vision and goals for the next five years in the Silver School of Social
Work Strategic Plan. Focused around five strategic goals that reflect
the priorities of the faculty and New York University, the plan positions
the School for excellence in the dynamic and challenging world of social work practice, education, and research. The goals include:
1. Expand research infrastructure and productivity, positioning
the School to be a leading producer of knowledge for the
social work profession.
2. Continue our commitment to innovative and excellent social
work BS and MSW professional education, and in the PhD
program, educate the professorial leaders for the profession’s next generation.
3. Deepen and enrich the School’s commitment and dedication
to and immersion in issues of diversity and social justice, in
the curriculum and in all aspects of School life.
4. Expand the School’s engagement with the local community
and the world community to be “In and of the City and In
and of the World.”
I invite you to comment on our plan at www.nyu.edu/socialwork/
strategicplan2011.
Sincerely,
Lynn Videka
Dean and Professor
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Academic Programs
The Silver School enrolled a total of approximately 1,365 students in fall 2010.
The MSW program enrolled 556 new students in the fall, up 9 percent from last year. The undergraduate
program enrolled 37 new students, and the doctoral program enrolled 10 new students in fall 2010. Both the
master’s and undergraduate programs received a full 8-year accreditation from the Council on Social Work
Education in October 2010.
Undergraduate Program
Master’s Program
The undergraduate program continues to offer
The master’s program provides students across four
students a broad, social work foundation through
campuses outstanding professional education with
a mentored, small-college experience with the
a focus on clinical practice, empirical research, and
resources and opportunities of the research
social justice. In 2010-11 the program:
university. Highlights from the year include:
• As in past years, the program attracted students
from the larger University for enrollment in social
work courses. In 2010-11, 261 non-social work
included the first class of graduates from the
Westchester County campus.
• Expanded its international study offerings with
students enrolled in social work undergraduate
four MSW courses. Two interdisciplinary social
courses compared with 157 social work students.
work-public health courses were offered in the
• For the second year, in collaboration with NYU’s
Dominican Republic—one course on health and
Alternative Breaks, the program offered a service
social work in the Dominican Republic and one
learning course in Ghana during the winter break
on ethnographic mapping of tourism in the town
on HIV/AIDS education and outreach.
of Sosúa. An intensive Spanish-comparative
• Forty-nine students graduated from the pro-
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• Graduated a total of 547 students, which
social policy course was offered in Costa Rica
gram in 2010-11. The majority of graduates are
exploring social policy issues and effects on
now enrolled in social work master’s programs,
vulnerable populations in Central American de-
with the overwhelming number attending NYU
veloping countries. University Professor Jerome
Silver, Columbia University, and Hunter College.
Wakefield taught a week-long course in Paris in
Two graduates went on to attend law school
which students studied contemporary debates
and two are now attending public health gradu-
and classic controversies in clinical theory from
ate programs.
an international perspective.
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Academic Programs
PhD Program
The doctoral program prepares students for academic
careers through rigorous research training. This year
the program:
• Graduated 13 students during the academic year. Dissertation topics covered a range of areas, including
sociocultural factors related to alcohol use among Asian
Americans; a qualitative study of men who have been
violent towards female partners; and eating disorders in
Ben Henwood, PhD ’11, speaking at the 2011 Silver
School Student Awards
college men. Among the positions graduates have secured
are as adjunct lecturers at the Silver School and as a clinician in the Mobile Crisis Team at Staten Island’s Richmond University Medical Center.
• Students published in a range of journals, including the British Journal of Social Work; Journal of Social
Work Practice in the Addictions; Social Work Education: The International Journal; and Journal of Aging,
Humanities, and the Arts.
• Secured significantly increased student funding starting in fall 2011. All new students will receive Graduate
Assistantships for at least two years.
• Has a new PhD program director as of September 2011. Associate Professor James Martin completed his
five-year term as PhD program director at the end of 2010-11. Professor Vincent Guilamo-Ramos will now
serve as PhD program director.
Lifelong Learning and Professional Development
The Division of Lifelong Learning and Professional Development continues to offer a wide range of courses
and events for professional social workers. Among its initiatives this year, the Division:
• Offered eight post-master’s certificate programs, enrolling 144 students.
• Hosted several lectures, seminars, and conferences throughout the year with a total of 902 attendees. Conferences covered topics, including attachment theory perspective on trauma, loss, and resilience; mental
health recovery; evolution of the palliative and end-of-life care field; and psychopharmacology and complimentary treatments.
• Launched the new post-master’s program Spirituality and Social Work in fall 2010. Disability and Social
Work, co-sponsored by FEGS: Health and Human Services, will begin in spring 2011.
• Professor Deborah Padgett and Associate Professor Michelle Munson offered the First Annual Qualitative Methods Summer Workshop on July 28 and 29 at the Silver School. Twenty-five doctoral students and
junior faculty attended from institutions across the United States and Canada, including the University of
Michigan; University of California, Los Angeles; McGill University; and Washington University in St. Louis.
The workshop provided instruction in writing qualitative methods proposals for funding.
The School continues to build connections—across disciplines and across continents. Padgett was appointed
director of the Global Health concentration of the NYU Master of Public Health program for 2011-12. She is
internationally known for her expertise in qualitative methods as well as her federally funded research on services for homeless persons with serious mental illness.
Over the course of the last year, NYU identified Shanghai as its second portal campus, to be opened in
fall 2013. NYU Shanghai, in partnership with East China Normal University, will be a major initiative that will
anchor the Silver School’s international agenda. The growth of China’s social work profession—expected to
increase tenfold by 2020—underscores the significance of NYU Shanghai with the School. In June 2011, the
School co-sponsored a conference on international social work and social policy in Shanghai. Seven faculty
members attended and participated in panel discussions. Two students also attended, with one presenting
during one of the sessions.
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Academic
Programs
Academic Programs
Undergraduate Program Data
MSW Demographics
Breakdown by region for fall 2010 enrollment
Tri-State Area
(NY, NJ, CT)
Outside Tri-State
Area
International
Breakdown by ethnicity for fall 2010 enrollment
Caucasian
African American
Multi-Ethnic
Asian
Latino/a
Unknown
The undergraduate program continues to attract
students from the rest of NYU to social work courses.
Enrollment Profiles
Demand for the MSW program continues to grow.
The doctoral program has increased its selectivity
of applicants.
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Faculty
Awards
External Funding
Research Funding
Over the past two years, the Silver School has
built a deep and serious research program focused
on families, children, and adolescents; progressive
services for people diagnosed with serious and
persistent mental disorders; and palliative and
end-of-life care. This has brought a major increase
in research funded by federal and foundation
sponsors. Beginning in 2011, total external funding
for research, evaluation, and training projects
will exceed $12.4 million. This includes research
funding for several multi-year projects.
New federal funding for 2010-11 included:
New state funding for 2011-12 includes two grants
• Two new grants to professor Vincent
from the New York State Office of Mental Health.
Guilamo-Ramos—a $2.6 million and a $3.1
McKay is the NYU principal investigator on a
million grant from the National Institute of
second $5 million project at RFMH, the Children’s
Child Health and Human Development.
Technical Assistance Center. She is also the NYU
• A $1.9 million grant from the National Insti-
principal investigator on a $75,000 project—Key
tute of Mental Health to Professor Deborah
Knowledge Empowers You—at the Mental Health
Padgett and Assistant Professor Victoria
Association of New York City.
Stanhope for their study on homeless adults
In foundation and internal New York Uni-
with serious mental illness and substance
versity grants, $579,500 was obtained to support
addiction.
faculty research for 2011 and beyond. This includes
• Two continuing grants to Guilamo-Ramos—
$225,000 from the Robin Hood Foundation to
$433,600 from the National Institute on
McKay for Project Step-Up, focusing on school-
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and $3.8
based mental health services for inner city youth.
million from the Center for Disease Control
and Prevention.
The School’s palliative and end-of-life care program secured four foundation awards for 2010-11:
New federal funding for 2011-12 will include a $3.3
million grant from the National Institute on Alcohol
• $50,000 from the Jewish Foundation
for Education of Women.
Abuse and Alcoholism to Professor James Jaccard
• $25,000 from the Carpenter Foundation.
for his study on underage drinking in Latino youth.
• $25,000 from the Lucius N. Littauer
Professor Mary McKay is the NYU principal investigator for the Advanced Center on Efficiency in
Evidence-Based Practice Implementation for Chil-
Foundation.
• $19,100 from the UJA-Federation of
New York.
dren in State Systems. The project is housed at the
New York State Research Foundation for Mental
The program received two multi-year $100,000
Hygiene (RFMH), which received a $5 million grant
grants from the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels
from the National Institute of Mental Health.
Foundation starting in 2011. One of the grants will
fund the new Leadership Fellowship in Palliative
and End-of-Life Care, which aims to create the
future generations of social work leaders in this
growing area of social work practice.
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External Funding
Philanthropy
Total fundraising for the 2010-11 fiscal year raised $1.84 million, with 1,176 donors. The School’s 50th Anniversary scholarship
campaign raised $400,000, which will create two 1960 Scholarships in perpetuity. Student scholarships continue to be the
School’s top fundraising priority.
This honor roll acknowledges NYU Silver’s loyal givers and recognizes contributions made by generous donors. Your
investment helps make it possible for Silver School students to earn a quality education that allows them to make a positive
difference in the world. Thank you for supporting NYU Silver, and we hope we can continue to count on your gifts in 2011-12.
Dean’s Circle
Benefactors:
$5,000 Plus
Howard J. Aibel
Anonymous
Phyllis Putter Barasch
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Bernstein
Jane Eisner and William B. Bram
Estate of Jayne Keith Campbell
E. Rhodes & Leona B. Carpenter Foundation
Nancy H. Edelman
Mary Edlow, PhD
The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc.
The Gerontological Society
of America
Estate of Helen Jacobs
Jewish Foundation for Education of Women
Henry & Elaine Kaufman Foundation Inc.
LCU Foundation
Lucius N. Littauer
Foundation, Inc.
Margaret Munzer Loeb
Ernesto Loperena
Nancy L. Nebeker
The New York Academy
Of Medicine
Claudia M. Oberweger Frank
Gloria Rose
Paul Stanford
Elinor A. Seevak
Constance and Martin Silver
Lynn Videka
Estate of Dorothea D. Waldron
Nancy L. Wender
Dean’s Circle Members:
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The Arnold F. Baggins
Foundation Inc.
Claudia Glenn Barasch
Marilyn & Marshall Butler Foundation
Calvin R. Carver, Jr.
Elaine V. Cohen
Philip Coltoff
William A. Cook
Harvey P. Dale
Anne DeLaney
Dublin Fund, Inc.
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German Society of the City
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Jane E. Gural-Senders
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Elizabeth Hemmerdinger
Sheldon Ira Hirshon, Esq.
Inserra Supermarkets
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Jewish Communal Fund
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Doris C. Kempner
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Mr. and Mrs. Lee Korbin
Stacy S. Kuhn
Debra A. LaMorte, Esq.
Barbara Landau
Judith K. Lauterstein
David W. and Lois G. Leeds
Joseph & Juanita Leff Charitable Trust
Marvin Leffler
Lois Jaffin Levine
Holly Speyer Lipton
Martin Lipton, Esq.
Ira London
Yuhwa Eva Lu
Thomas M. Meenaghan
Alice K. and Rodman W. Moorhead, III
Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Musumeci
Kachina Myers Spyros
NASW Foundation
Young Nam
New York Community Trust
The Howard & Maryam Newman Family Foundation
Maryellen Noonan
Henry C. Phillips
Meris Powell
Puerto Rican Family Institute
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Mr. and Mrs. Bob Richter
Robert and Dale Rosen Charitable Foundation
Dina Rosenfeld
Amanda R. Salzhauer
Vincent N. Schiraldi
Lorna G. Schofield, Esq.
Jack A. Shaffer Scholarship Fund
Kelly Shaffer
Kathryn Smerling
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Taylor and Francis Group, LLC
Helle Thorning, PhD
Jessica L. Tibbetts
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John and Sarah Porter Waterbury
Anthony and Beatrice W. Welters
Sponsors: $500-$999
Joy Abbott
Darren P. Arthur, LMSW
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin J. Burke
Constance L. Christensen, Esq.
Sally D. Clement Revocable Trust
Howard Coron, MD
Abigail E. Disney
The Honorable Betty Weinberg Ellerin
Mr. and Mrs. Majed W. Farha
Sharif M. Farha
Helen Feinstein
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Howard and Margaret Fluhr
Hal Foster
Devyn A. Gehret
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Andrew M. Greenberg, Esq.
Ricelle Grossinger
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Gary Holden
Jewish Communal Fund
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John S. Kraus
William J. Lavelle
Howard D. Leifman, PhD
Joel M. Levy
Matthew J. Loscalzo
Lynford Family Charitable Trust
Johanna E. Maiorano
John Bertram McDonald
Jane Okon and Susan Andrews
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel I. Paul
Patricia M. Paz
Helen Rehr
Daniel S. Rocker
Sheldon J. Schlesinger
Debra Katz Shapiro
Gabriela Shaw
Ann Rose Simon
Rita C. Smith, PhD
Lynn I. Stoller
Stephen F. Tobias
Town Hall Foundation, Inc
Ferne Traeger
Kate R. Whitney
Silkaly Moskowitz Wolchok
A. Robert Zeff
Associates: $100-$499
Amy J. Adler
Kimberly C. Agresta
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Theresa Ann Altilio
Jeane W. Anastas
Emily Butler Anderson
Lisa S. Hertz Apkon
Florence Applebaum
Robin H. Aronow
Eugene Aronowitz
Linda Avery
Ellen Avvento-McGuinness
Samuel R. Aymer, PhD
Mary Lou Baiocco
Caryl Lee Bank
Christina C. Banks
Dolores Banks
Jack D. Barchas, MD
Marilyn J. Baron
Meredith A. Barton
Deborah Reider Bazes
Ellie Becker
Susan S. Benedict
Bereavement & Life Transitions
Barbara Berger
Robin Bernstein
Ann Durney Berntsen
Julia D. Berwick
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Carol W. Blann
Blue Sky Consulting, LLC
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Lee Caspler
Jane Monell Chase, PhD
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Young Choi
Elisa Chow, PhD
Marlienne Christian
City of Stamford Health & Social Services
Jeffrey J. Clarke
Roger L. Clinton
Carmen M. Collado
Michael A. Colton, Esq.
Antonieta Contreras
Kira B. Copperman
Jason W. Costa
Robert N. Covell, Esq.
Charles H. Critchlow
Stephen L. Crohn
Edmund Cyvas
Earl S. Davis
Cambao De Duong
The Silver School gratefully
acknowledges the continuing support
of Connie and Martin Silver.
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External Funding
Providencia De Jesus-Colon
Peter Deluca
Bernard Di Lullo, Jr.
Robyn G. Dietz
Rose Dobrof, DSW
Kathryn Donaldson
Norman Dorsen
Jessica A. Dorzek
Richard Dow
Carol A. Dupree
William L. Edelman
Susan B. Egert
Electrical Voice & Data Solutions Inc.
Cort Engelken
Suzanne E. England
Valerie L. Failing
Ted B. Farber
Ann J. Feder-Pomerantz
Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Feldman
Paula Y. Fendall
Amy G. Fleishman
David R. Flint
Joelyn Flomenhaft
Andrea S. Forbes
Mary L. Francis
Mr. and Mrs. Allen M. Fredrickson
Geraldine M. French
Andrea S. Freshman
Carole Friedler
Allison L. Frost
Gail Furman
Marlene E. Furtick
Martha A. Gabriel
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Galub
Daniel S. Gardner
Nancy C. Gennet
Judie Gerstein
Edith Gladstone
Sheri B. Gold
Sue M. Goldman
Nancy Golob-Schlessel
Marilyn R. Goulbourne
Jennifer E. Grasso
Carol C. Greenberg
Mary Pender Greene, LCSW-R
Rosemarie G. Greene
Michela A. Griffo
Diane Grodney
Lorraine Gross
Elias J. Guerrero, Jr.
Vincent M. Guilamo-Ramos
Bernard Gutin
Julie Ann Hall
Talia C. Halperin
Jo R. Hariton
Mary Ellen Hass
James L. Hatcher
Sharon L. Hawkins
Carol L. Hawkins-Bowers
Gunter Hecht
Kenneth A. Hechter
Karen G. Helf
Marjorie C. Hertz
Hess Corporation
Dalma V. Heyn
Mr. and Mrs. Eric H. Higgins
Patricia A. Hopkins-Glatthaar
Cheryl L. Hurst
Beverly Hyman, PhD
Inwood House
Ronald Jackson
Iris R. Jacoby
Kenneth B. Jedding
Jewish Board of Family & Children
Mary Ann Jones
Mathew Jung
Katherine S. and Richard A. Kahan
Marisol E. Kaminski
Devra K. and Kenneth J. Kanter
Lauren A. Kaskel
Jesse E. Kasowitz, Esq.
Robert A. Kavesh
Steven Kelban
Judith Kellner
Rugena King
Juliette Kleinman
Miriam Klevan
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Kollmer
Jess J. Korman
David G. and Susan L. Korn
Lynn W. Kramer
Catherine La Chapelle
Christina M. LaGreca
Gerald Landsberg
Thomas S. Larson
Nora-Ann Lawrence
Grace E. Lee
Sylvia B. Lee
John F. Leis
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Leiseroff
Christopher J. Leonard
Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell R. Levites
George G. Lewert
Mr. and Mrs. William Lin
Henry M. Lipscomb
Emily Loft-Wagshal
Virgen T. Luce
MB Clinicians
Lois A. Macri
Delores Malloy
Karen L. Manasse
Noreen Mandell Hochberger
Colonel Leon F. Mangin
Cynthia A. Manson
James I. Martin
Sasha Martone
Zoe Elizabeth Mavridis
Melissa Beth Mayer
James J. Mc Creath
Isalean McClary
Mr. and Mrs. Wilkes McClave, III
Susan McCormick
McDonald Family
Kathy McErlean
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Gwendolyn H. McKenzie
Darcey Merritt
Linda A. Messina
Christopher S. Michaels
Vera Michaels, PhD
Muriel F. and Ronald Millman
Minerals Technologies Inc.
Diane Mirabito
Angela Misthal
Moody’s Foundation
Ann Marie Moreno
Kenneth Morgan
Iman S. Morisset
Linda L. Morley
Peggy A. Morton
Emil G. Moxey
Jerry A. Moye
Michelle R. Munson
Muskingum County
Community Foundation
Cheryl A. Nastasio
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Asuncion Neri-Candelaria
Danielle Nisivoccia
Northwestern Mutual Foundation
Megan J. O’Neill
James M. Oher
Olatunde Olusesi, PhD
Trudy Owett, ACSW
Deborah K. Padgett
Louise Parente
Hansell E. Patterson, PhD
David R. and Nancy A. Payne
Kristina M. Petersen
Lori F. Pitkowsky
Provision Consulting, Inc.
Kelly Quirk
Fumi Matsuki Raith
Mr. and Mrs. Octavio Raposo
Judith J. Rappaport
Lacy Ray, Jr.
Sara Reeves
Andrea Reiter
Alice Higgins Rice
The Genie & Donald Rice Charitable Trust
Marjorie A. Rice
Susan Richman
Maurice L. Richter
Natalia Gamit Ritter
Elinor E. Roberts
Linda H. Robinson
Christine Rollet
Joyce Rose Romm
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar H. Rosenfeld
Susan Rothenberg Golub
Laurie G. Rudey
Marilyn Joy and Walter R. Samuels
Ellen Schall
Douglas J. Schindewolf
Marinus C. W. Schippers, Jr.
Ann Girson Schorr
William H. Schrag
Maria T. Schreiber
Kathie G. Schreibman
Robert V. Schwalbe, PhD
Marci A. Schwartz, PhD
Samuel H. Schwimmer
Diane W. Seessel
Mark R. Sehl
Jeffrey S. Seinfeld
Constance M. Seligman
Burt Shachter
Weijing Shi
Tazuko Shibusawa
Marlene L. Shufro
Barbara Sicherman
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Siebert
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Siegel
Judith P. Siegel
Elionora W. Silbersack
Denise Silverstein LCSW, LLC
Rita Simmons
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Millicent Singer
Gary I. and Ellen Wolf Slater
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Amy K. Sommer
Richard M. Sommer, MD
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David W. Thurston
Patricia R. Tidwell
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United Solutions Group Inc.
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Diana Weir
Tina Wertenteil-Rotstein
Lassus Wherley
Judith C. White
Guydon E. Wiegand
Diane Wildowsky
Kathleen D. Williams
Mary R. Windt
Sola Winley
Wendy Winograd
Carole Anne Winston, PhD
Alice Wolson
Denise E. Young
Shelley Okun Zlotkin
Alice Rymer Zung
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Linda Apsel Faraci, PhD
Mr. and Mrs. Steven E. Arnold
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External Funding
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Sheila Davidson
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Dawn M. DiNardo-Lippi
Patricia J. Doherty
Jean E. Doyle
Rodica Draghici
Inez Phillips Durham
Howard Dwinsky
Nancy Dykstra-Powers
Joseph and Vera Eden
Hyman Efron
Gregory B. Eley
Dannet Ellis
Alissa Engel
Raymond Stuart Ennis
Joan Erdheim
Deborah J. Erickson
Joyce O. Ericson
Reuven D. Escott
Mark Evans
Elizabeth Falco
Judith Farnell-Sears
William F. Farrell
Malina Feder
David M. Feldstein
Frank J. Ferrara
Guadalupe Ferreiro
Virginia L. Fletcher
Sebastian J. Florio
Patricia R. Flynn
Victoria B. Forster
Veronica Foldes Frame
Alma S. Frank
Wendy A. Frank
Marie W. Freeman
Sandra Alicia Freire-Young
Donna Demetri Friedman, PhD
Linda B. Friend
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Fritz
Jennifer L. Fuhr
Dr. and Mrs. James Y. Gaines
Sydelle Denmark Gaines
Rosemary Galletti
Carolyn Giambusso
Linda D. Giancaterino
Laurie D. Gilkes
Sharon E. Gingola
Jan S. Girgan
Avram M. Gleitsman
Edward A. Glickman
Nora Reiner Gluck
Daniel A. Goldstein
David A. Gomez
Elizabeth Gong
Jessica Kaufman Goodman
Gail J. Gozza
Kimberly B. Greene
Caroline M. Grossmann, PhD
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Lissa A. Grossman
Mr. and Mrs. Lou Grotta
Angela D. Guida
Tracey D. Gundel
Sylvia M. Gunn
Greta H. Gustafson
Ariella Bat-Tzion Gutin
Susan E. Haberman-Cooke
Tana Hacken
Charlotte L. Hale
Christine E. Hamm
Victoria Haywood
Catherine Healey
Lesley A. Heffel
Janis G. Heller
Cindy K. Herda
Marc B. Hertz
Maryann E. Higgins
Avalon J. Hills
Lois Hinds-Bowman
Gretchel Y. Hinton-Temba
Vinh Q. Ho
Rolanda D. Hobson-Carter
Dennis Holly
Ilona A. Hress
Sandra D. Hudson
Nancy McMaster Hughes
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Hurwitz
Annemarie Infosino
Milda Isenberg
Ann N. Jackson
Joann Jackson
Elvira Jacob
Amy E. Jacobs
Andrew E. Jacobs
Michelle Claster Jacobson
Judith Jaffe
Allen F. Johnson
Gloria A. Johnson
Shirley Joan Jones
Carter S. Kahle
Wendy Kallman LCSW, Inc.
Patricia A. Kalnberg
Bonnie B. Kamen
Deborah Kaplan
Elinor Leah Kass
Ayelet C. Katz
Jeanette Y. Katz
Robert Kaye
Kathleen P. Keane
Diana P. Keat-Glickman
Diane J. Keller
Beth M. Kelley
Fern J. Khan
Eliot Kieval, Esq.
Arnold V. Kim
Robert R. Kirk
Rosemary Kirk
Donna M. Klipper, MSW
Cally Kontos
Dorothy Kresz
Eleanor Barrett Krolian
Adam E. and Kathryn Michael Krupp
Dorothy P. Kurzweil
Fran Lacas
Sarah A. Lamport
Thomas J. Laudadio
Tina R. Lawrence
Ruth Lehrer
Lisa S. Lehrman
Naomi Leiseroff
LoriAnn Lettera
Carla M. Levant
Carolyn A. Levine
Fred Levitan
Harold L. Light
Rosemarie Lobretto
Victoria H. Ly, LMSW
James J. Lynch
Bernadette M. Lynch-Gupta
Nino Makharadze
Stefani Malkin-Cohen
Anlee Marcus
Megan M. Marino
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mark
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Marsh
Hilary Marshak
Donna L. Marshall
Jo Taylor Marshall
Marilynn A. Mastrella
Hildegarde Matloff
Catherine A. McBride
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. McBride
Elizabeth J. McCloskey
Melissa R. Mcdermott
Matthew Mckay
Sara M. McKay
Patricia McVeigh-O’Dell
Diana A. Melendez
Jed W. Metzger
Allison W. Meyer
Annette Miller
Naomi Miller
Valerie Jean Miller
Vivian I. Miller-Nusbaum
Radmila Moacanin
Allan S. Mohl
June E. Moore
Sacha Evalena Moore
Esty Kleinman Moradi
Mr. and Mrs. Murray Morowitz
Helen N. Morris
Chana Moses
Rosemary T. Moynihan
Ann L. Muder
Charlotte A. Murphy
Yumi K. Nam
Helen Piccinini Nester
Arlene Newman
Kelly B. O’Brien, LMSW
Laura M. O’Loughlin
Courtney O’Mealley
John D. Oddo
Magda A. Ortiz
Danielle S. Ostek
James R. Pagett
Lindsay M. Pankok
Erin B. Parks
Sandra Parness, LCSW
Melodie Paterson
Toni Peacock
Lauren N. Perez
The Pfizer Foundation
Lori A. Phelan
Barbara B. Phillips
Benedict E. Pierce
Wendy P. Pierson
Sharon G. Pinsker
Cacilda Pinto
Brenda C. Piskin and Andrew
DiFiore, Jr.
Frances Plotkin
Mayda Pasternack Podell
Mark S. Pollack
Jean Neuenhaus Preis
William R. Preston
Judith L. Price
Phyllis M. Prosnitz
Gary M. Prottas
Sandra L. Quiros
Richard M. Rabin
Sharon Rachelson
Jennifer Raiten
Rai Camille Rance
Johanna Rayman
Sharon Rebell
Alicia K. Reinhardt
Amy M. Reinstein-Augenstein
Karen Horowitz Reis
Claire Gross Reisman
Nora Reissig-Lazzaro
Linda E. Reiter
Mary Restivo
Keitha A. Rhoden
Clara Rivera-Keita
Juanita M. Roberts
Judy Rogers
Bethany R. Rogosin
Bertha M. Romero
Joan L. Rosenbaum
Paul Alan and Maxine B. Rosenberg
Laura B. Thalheimer Rosenblatt, Esq.
Alice Rosenman
Rachel I. Rosenthal
Julia S. Roth
Janet S. Roth-Philbin
Susan A. Rothlauf
Elisa Rotman
Emily A. Rozkuszka
Augustina Rueda
Sharon J. Sakai
Jack Salzman
Philippa B. Sanders
Julie C. Sandoval
Olive Sauer
Frances V. Saxenberg
Morris Schajer
Yael D. Schlenger
Michael Schmidt
Lorin Schneider
Melvin D. Schnur
Miriam M. Scholl
Brittney N. Schwab
Jeremy D. Schwartz
Carole Sclar
Roslyn Scott
Jeremy M. Seaver
Rita B. Seclow, MSW
Kimberly Seelbrede
Julie E. Sepkowitz
Anthony Serio
Efrat Shaked
Elaine Shames
Jeffrey A. Shames
Benjamin Shapiro
Michele S. Shapiro
Gina L. Sharpe
Elizabeth Shaw
Kate M. Sherman
Sara L. Sherwood
Ellen M. Silliman
Janet M. Silverstein
Shirley Skoler
Karrie A. Smith
Donna Raucher Snyder
Linda Gayle Snyder
Suellen Snyder
Jerome and Joyce Solovay
Lorraine T. Soltis
Claire Sommers
Haein Son
Stefanie Lee Sorrentino
Marlene S. Spielman
Elaine Ravel Spiro
Iris J. Spruill
Treasa A. Stanley
Franca T. Starvaggi
Laura Stemmler
Judith T. Stone
Gwenelle Styles O’Neal
Alan S. Sunshine
Thomas Scott Taylor, PhD
Mr. and Mrs. William Thomas Taylor
Brenda P. Tenner
Dionne K. Thompson
David H. Thurn
Lily M. Tom
Margarette D. Tropnas, LNSW
Patricia J. Tucker
G. Christopher Turner
Jeanette Tyson
Gina M. Unger
Sarah Urech
Romina C. Ursu
Ida G. Uscher
Annette M. Vaccaro
Rosa I. Vargas-Thomas
Lisa A. Veglia
Ruth E. Veit
Christina Villalon-Kartheiser
Gary Wakefield and Lisa Gomien
Dolores D. Walker
Keith C. Walker
Lynne Beers Walters
Craig B. Warn
Elinor R. Weidenfeld
Lori Weiner
Debora Frauwirth Weisman
Royanne Weiss
Tracy Wells
Andrew J. Wertheimer
Sarah Whitney-Peet
Olivia Wilks-Duerr
Bettie J. Williams
Kristen Williams
Chaya Winkler
Heidi Wiste
Natalie J. Woodman
Matthew M. Wright
Bonnie B. Yoo
Laura R. Young
Richard L. Zaslow
Diane Zeitlin
Elaine T. Ziegler
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur S. Zuckerman
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Research and Scholarship
The School’s
faculty is in
the midst of a
transformation,
becoming a
research-intensive
school that is a
leader in research
related to poverty
and analysis that
informs social
work practice.
on families in poverty
and positive youth
development. Professor James Jaccard—whose research
examines adolescent
problem behaviors
related to unintended
pregnancy and substance use—was hired
as the first associate
dean for research, re-
Seven new research
faculty have been
hired in 2010 and
2011, focusing in areas
sponsible for building
Helle Thorning, assistant dean of field learning and
community partnerships, speaks to students at Professional
Development Day.
including teen sexual risk behavior, young
adults aging out of foster care, and families
living in poverty. In the past two years the
Silver School has seen a major increase in
research funded by federal and foundation
sponsors.
Professor Vincent Guilamo-Ramos has
expertise in the role of families in promoting
adolescent health, with a special focus on preventing HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted infections, and unintended pregnancies. Associate
Professor Michelle Munson’s research focuses
on mental health services, interventions, and
supportive relationships for vulnerable populations of youth and young adults. Assistant Professor Darcey Merritt studies the public child
welfare system, addressing issues ranging from
child abuse and neglect to domestic violence.
All three began at the School in fall 2010.
Faculty starting in 2011 are Professor
Liliana Goldín, who focuses on global poverty, and Professor Wen-Jui Han, who studies poverty and immigration policy and their
effects on child development. Professor Mary
McKay is an internationally acclaimed expert
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research infrastructure at the School.
Two centers provide a focus for the
School’s research agenda. The McSilver
Institute for Poverty Policy and Research
was established in 2009 with the transformative gift of Connie and Marty Silver. The
School has appointed McKay as the McSilver
Institute’s inaugural director. During 2010-11,
Visiting Professor and Executive-in-Residence
Phil Coltoff and Dean Lynn Videka served as
Institute co-directors. The School is pleased to
announce the creation of the Center for Latino
Adolescent and Family Health with GuilamoRamos and Jaccard as co-directors. CLAFH
investigates the role of the Latino family in
shaping the development and well-being of
Latino adolescents. Based
in New York City with an
office in the Dominican
Republic, the Center’s
research addresses key
issues that affect Latino
families and the needs of
New York’s diverse Latino
community in national
and global contexts.
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Published works by faculty:
• Associate Professor Theresa Aiello, “‘Beauty and Ter-
• Browning, D. and Clinical Associate Professor
Susan Gerbino. “Navigating in Swampy Lowlands: A
Relational Approach to Practice-Based Learning in
ror, Just Keep on Going’ (Rilke): SI-Trauma and 9/11/
Palliative Care” in Oxford Textbook of Palliative Social
NYU.” Traumatology published online March 2011. DOI
Work. Eds T. Altilio and S. Otis-Green (New York: Ox-
10.1177/1534765610395628
ford University Press, 2011).
• Lushin, V., and Professor Jeane W. Anastas. (2011).
• Clinical Associate Professor Diane Grodney. (2011).
“Harm reduction in substance abuse treatment: Prag-
‘Building Bridges’: A (roleplayed) Group for Young
matism as an epistemology for social work practice.”
Adults Aging Out of Foster Care. Video presented to
Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions 11,
NYU SSSW Community, 2011.
no. 1: 96-100.
• Professor Jeane W. Anastas. (2011). “Social work
• Padilla, M. B., Professor Vincent Guilamo-Ramos,
and Godbole, R. (In press). “A syndemic analysis of
research ethics” in Oxford On-Line Bibliography in
alcohol use and sexual risk behavior among tourism
Social Work. Ed. E. Mullen.
employees in Sosúa, Dominican Republic.” Qualita-
• Associate Professor Alma Carten. (In press) “African
Americans, Racism and Community Mental Health”
tive Health Research.
• Professor Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, Professor James
in Community Mental Health: Challenges for the 21st
Jaccard, and Dittus, P., eds. Parental Monitoring of Ad-
Century. Eds. J. Rosenberg and S. Rosenberg. New
olescents. New York: Columbia University Press, 2010.
York: Routledge Press (2nd edition).
• Rothenberg, J., and Assistant Professor Daniel Gard-
• Professor Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, Bouris, A., Professor James Jaccard, Gonzalez, B., McCoy, W., and
ner. (2011). “Protecting older workers: The failure of
Aranda, D. (2011). “A parent-based intervention to re-
the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967.”
duce sexual risk behavior in early adolescence: Building
Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare 38, no. 1: 9-30.
alliances between physicians, social workers, and par-
• Assistant Professor Daniel Gardner and Assistant
Professor Allison Werner-Lin. (In press). “Oncology
ents.” Journal of Adolescent Health 48, no. 2: 159-163.
• Bouris, A., Professor Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, Pick-
social work” in Handbook of Health Social Work (2nd
ard, A., Dittus, P., Loosier, P. S., Gloppen, K., and Wald-
ed.). Eds. S. Gehlert and T. Browne (Hoboken, NJ:
miller, M. (2010). “Parental influences on the health
John Wiley & Sons).
and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgen-
• Assistant Professor Daniel Gardner. “Palliative social
work with older adults and their families” in Oxford
Textbook of Palliative Social Work. Eds. S. Otis-
der youth: A systematic review of the literature.” The
Journal of Primary Prevention 31, no. 5-6: 273-309.
• Bouris, A., Professor Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, Profes-
Greene and T. Altilio (New York, NY: Oxford Univer-
sor James Jaccard, McCoy, W., Aranda, D., Pickard,
sity Press, 2011).
A., and Boyer, C. (2010). “The feasibility of a clinic-
• Clinical Associate Professor Susan Gerbino and
Raymer, M. “Holding On and Letting Go: The Red
Thread of Adult Bereavement” in the Oxford Textbook
of Palliative Social Work. Eds. T. Altilio and S. OtisGreen (New York: Oxford University Press, 2011).
based parent intervention to prevent HIV, STDs, and
unintended pregnancies among Latino and African
American adolescents.” AIDS Patient Care and STDs
24, no. 6: 381-387.
• Professor Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, Professor James
Jaccard, Dittus, P., Gonzalez, B., Bouris, A., and Banspach, S. (2010). “The Linking Lives Health Education
Program: A randomized clinical trial of a parent-based
tobacco use prevention program for Latino and
African American youth.” American Journal of Public
Health 100, no. 9: 1641-1647.
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• Professor Vincent Guilamo-Ramos. (2010). “Dominican
• Kuppens, S., Professor Gary Holden, Barker, K., and
and Puerto Rican mother-adolescent communication:
Rosenberg, G. (In press). “A Kappa related decision: K,
Maternal self-disclosure and youth risk intentions.” His-
Y, G or AC1.” Social Work Research.
panic Journal of Behavioral Science 32, no. 2: 197-215.
• Professor James Jaccard, Professor Vincent Guilamo-
• Professor Gary Holden, Barker, K., Rosenberg, G. Kuppens, S. and Ferrell, L. W. (2011). “The signature peda-
Ramos, Bouris, A., and Dittus, P. “A three process
gogy of social work? An investigation of the evidence.”
system of parental monitoring” in Parental Monitoring
Research on Social Work Practice 21, no. 3: 363-72.
of Adolescents. Eds V. Guilamo-Ramos, J. Jaccard, and
P. Dittus (New York: Columbia University Press, 2010).
• Professor Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, Bouris, A., and
• Associate Professor Yuhwa Eva Lu, Ain, E., Chamorro,
C., Chang, C. Y., Feng, J. Y. Fong, R., Garcia, B., Assistant Professor Robert L. Hawkins, Yu, M. (2011). “A
Gallego, S. “Latinos and HIV: A framework to develop
new methodology for assessing social work practice:
evidence-based strategies” in Social Services and
The adaptation of the Objective Structured Clinical
Social Action in the HIV Pandemic: Principles, Method,
Evaluation (SW-OSCE).” Social Work Education: The
and Populations. Ed. C. C. Poindexter (Hoboken, NJ:
International Journal 30, no. 2: 170 – 185.
John Wiley & Sons, 2010).
• Bouris, A., and Professor Vincent Guilamo-Ramos.
• Associate Professor Yuhwa Eva Lu, et al. (2011). “The
Adaptation of the Objective Standardized Clinical
(In press). “Writing strategies for school-based social
Evaluation (OSCE) for Social Work Education.” British
workers” in Columbia Guide to Social Work Writing
Journal of Social Work Education.
in the 21st Century. Eds. B. Simon and W. Green. New
York: Columbia University Press.
• Kranke, D., Floersch, J. E., Kranke, B., and Associate
Professor Michelle R. Munson. (In press). “A Qualita-
• Assistant Professor Robert L. Hawkins and Maurer,
tive Investigation of Self-stigma Among Adolescents
K. (In press). “Waiting for the white man to change
Taking Psychiatric Medications.” Psychiatric Services.
things: Rebuilding Black Poverty in New Orleans.”
Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare.
• Assistant Professor Robert L. Hawkins, Vashchenko,
• Scott, L. D. Jr., McCoy, H., Associate Professor
Michelle R. Munson, Snowden, L., and McMillen, J.
C. (2011). “Cultural mistrust of mental health pro-
M. V., and Davis, C. (In press). “Social capital and
fessionals among Black males transitioning from
juvenile justice: Can we use it and how?” in Health
foster care.” Journal of Child and Family Studies. DOI
and Well Being in the Juvenile Justice System. Eds. F.
10.1007/s10826-010-9434-z.
Sherman and F. Jacobs. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
• Assistant Professor Robert L. Hawkins and Maurer, K.
• Associate Professor Michelle R. Munson, Narendorf,
S. C., and McMillen, J. C. (2011). “Knowledge of and
(2011). “Unravelling social capital: Disentangling a con-
Attitudes towards Behavioral Health Services among
cept for social work.” British Journal of Social Work.
Older Youth in the Foster Care System.” Child and
DOI 10.1093/bjsw/bcr056.
Adolescent Social Work Journal 28, no. 2: 97-112.
• Assistant Professor Robert L. Hawkins, and Kim, E.
• Hanahan, M. A., Weirich, S. A., Tomsik, P., Reichsman,
J. (2011). “The Socio-economic Empowerment As-
A., Navracruz, L., Cella, P., Clemons-Clark, T., Terchek,
sessment: Addressing poverty and economic distress
J., Associate Professor Michelle R. Munson, and
in clients.” Clinical Social Work Journal. DOI 10.1007/
Werner, J. (2011). “Keys to successful diabetes self-
s10615-011-0335-4.
management for uninsured patients: Social support,
• Professor Gary Holden, Barker, K., Rosenberg, G., and
Cohen, J. (In press). “Information for clinical social
observational learning, and turning points.” Journal of
the National Medical Association 113, no. 3: 257-264.
work practice: A potential solution.” Clinical Social
Work Journal.
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Research and Scholarship
lished works by faculty
• Associate Professor Michelle R. Munson and McMil-
• Professor Shulamith Lala Straussner. “Children of
len, J. C. (2010). “Trajectories of depression symptoms
Substance Abusing Parents: An Overview” in Children
among older youth exiting foster care.” Social Work
of Substance Abusing Parents: Treatment Issues and
Research, 34, no. 4: 235-249.
Interventions. Eds. S. L. A. Straussner and C. H. Fewell
• Associate Professor Michelle R. Munson, Floersch,
J. E., and Townsend, L. (2010). “Are health beliefs
(New York: Springer Press, 2011).
• Isralowitz, R., Reznik, A. and Professor Shulamith
related to adherence among adolescents living with
Lala Straussner. (2011). “Prescription drug use trends
mood disorders?” Administration and Policy in Men-
among Israeli school dropouts: An analysis of gender
tal Health and Mental Health Services Research 37,
and country of origin.” Journal of Social Work Prac-
no. 5: 408-416.
tice in the Addictions 11, no. 1: 75-86.
• Assistant Professor Duy Nguyen. (2011). “Accultura-
• Professor Shulamith Lala Straussner and Lee, D.
tion and perceived mental health need among older
(2011). “Identifying and treating employees with
Asian immigrants.” Journal of Behavioral Health Ser-
personality disorders.” Journal of Employee Assis-
vices & Research 38, no. 4: 526-533.
tance 41(1).
• Assistant Professor Duy Nguyen, Ho, K., and Wil-
• Professor Shulamith Lala Straussner and Straussner,
liams, J. H. (2011). “Social determinants and health
S.B. (In press). “Alcohol Dependence.” Oxford Bibli-
service use among racial and ethnic minorities:
ographies Online (OBO): Social Work.
Findings from a community sample.” Social Work in
Health Care 50, no. 5: 390.
• Assistant Professor Duy Nguyen. (2010). “Physician
contact by older Asian Americans: The effects of perceived mental health need.” Clinical Interventions in
Aging 5, no. 5: 333–336.
• Professor Deborah K. Padgett, and Assistant Professor Victoria Stanhope, Henwood, B. F. and Stefancic,
A. (2011). “Substance use outcomes in ‘housing first’
and ‘treatment first’ consumers after one year.” Community Mental Health Journal 47, no. 2: 227-232.
• Henwood, B. F., Assistant Professor Victoria Stanhope, and Professor Deborah K. Padgett. (2010). “The
role of housing: A comparison of front-line provider
views in Housing First and traditional programs.” Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental
Health Services Research 38, no. 2: 77-85.
• Engstrom, M., Associate Professor Tazuko Shibusawa, El-Bassel, N., and Gilbert, L. (2011). “Age and HIV
sexual risk among women in methadone treatment
programs.” AIDS & Behavior 15, no. 1: 103-113.
• Professor Shulamith Lala Straussner and Fewell, C. H.,
• Quinn, G. and Shulamith Lala Straussner. (2011).
“Licensure and continuing education requirements for
substance abuse training in social work.” Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions 10, no. 4: 433-437.
• Lukens, E., Clinical Professor Helle Thorning. “Siblings
in families with mental illness” in Sibling Relationships
in Practice: Cultural and Environmental Influences.
Ed. J. Caspi (New York: Oxford University Press, 2010).
• Lukens, E., Clinical Professor Helle Thorning. “Psychoeducational family interventions” in Psychosocial
Treatment of Schizophrenia. Eds. A. Rubin and D. W.
Springer (Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2010).
• Associate Professor Carol Tosone, Bettmann, J.,
Minami, T. and Jasperson, R. (2010). “New York City
social workers after 9/11: Their attachment, resiliency,
and compassion fatigue.” International Journal of
Emergency Mental Health 12, no. 2: 103-116.
• Bauwens, J. and Associate Professor Carol Tosone.
(2010). “Professional posttraumatic growth after a
shared traumatic experience: Manhattan clinicians’
perspectives on post 9/11 practice.” Journal of Loss
and Trauma 15, no. 6: 498-517.
eds. Children of Substance Abusing Parents: Treatment Issues and Interventions. New York: Springer
Press, 2011.
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• Associate Professor Ellen Tuchman and Sarasohn,
• Horwitz, A. V. and Professor Jerome C. Wakefield.
M. K. (2011). “Implementation of an evidence-based
(2011). “The expansion of post-traumatic stress disor-
modified therapeutic community: Staff and resident
der: Some issues regarding diagnosis and treatment.”
perspectives.” Evaluation and Program Planning 34,
MD Advisor 4, no. 1: 6-10.
no. 2: 105-112.
• Associate Professor Ellen Tuchman. “Women and
substance abuse: The importance of gender issues
in drug addiction research” in Women, Children, and
Addiction. Eds. L. Finnegan and S. Kendall (New York:
Taylor & Francis, 2011).
• Corrigan, M. J., Newman, L. J., Dean Lynn Videka,
• First, M. B. and Professor Jerome C. Wakefield.
(2010). “Defining ‘mental disorder’ in DSM-V.” Psychological Medicine 40, no. 11: 1779-1782.
• Professor Jerome C. Wakefield. (trans. Paolo Migone).
(2010). “Patologizzare la normalità: L’incapacità della
psichiatria di individuare i falsi positivi nelle diagnosi dei disturbi mentali (Pathologizing the normal:
Loneck, B., and Rajendran, K. (2011). “Characteristics
Psychiatry’s failure to identify false positive diagnoses
of Students and Services in New York State Student
of mental disorder).” Psicoterapia e Scienze Umane
Assistance and Prevention Counseling Programs.”
XLIV, no. 3: 295-314.
Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse
20(2): 155-165.
• Professor Jerome C. Wakefield. (2011). “Mapping
• Professor Jerome C. Wakefield, Schmitz, M. F., and
Baer, J. C. (2010). “Reply to Stotland Letter: False
Positives and False Negatives, Two Complementary
melancholia: The continuing typological challenge for
Challenges (Letter).” American Journal of Psychiatry
major depression.” Journal of Affective Disorders. DOI
167, no. 7: 867.
10.1016/j.jad.2011.02.013.
• Professor Jerome C. Wakefield, Schmitz, M. F., and
• Professor Jerome C. Wakefield. “Darwin, functional
Baer, J. C. (2010). “Reply to Baumeister Letter: DSM-V
explanation, and the philosophy of psychiatry” in
Subsyndromal Depression Diagnostic Criteria Require
Maladapting Minds: Philosophy, Psychiatry, and Evo-
a High-Threshold Clinical Significance Criterion and
lutionary Theory. Eds. P. R. Adriaens and A. De Block
Reference to Context (Letter).” American Journal of
(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011).
Psychiatry 167, no. 7: 866-867.
• Professor Jerome C. Wakefield. (2011). “Should
• Professor Jerome C. Wakefield, Baer, J. C., and
uncomplicated bereavement-related depression
Schmitz, M. F. (2010). “Differential Diagnosis of De-
be reclassified as a disorder in DSM-5?: Response
pressive Illness Versus Intense Normal Sadness: How
to Kenneth S. Kendler’s statement on the DSM-5
Significant is the ‘Clinical Significance Criterion’ for
website defending the proposal to eliminate the be-
Major Depression? (Editorial).” Expert Review of Neu-
reavement exclusion.” Journal of Nervous and Mental
rotherapeutics 10, no. 7: 1015-1018.
Disease 199, no. 3: 203-208.
• Professor Jerome C. Wakefield, Schmitz, M. F., and
• Biank, N. M. and Assistant Professor Allison WernerLin. (2011). “Growing up with grief: Revisiting the
Baer, J. C. (2011). “Did narrowing the major depres-
death of a parent over the life course.” OMEGA: Jour-
sion bereavement exclusion from DSM-III-R to DSM-IV
nal of Death and Dying 63, no. 3: 271-290.
increase validity?: Evidence from the NCS.” Journal of
Nervous and Mental Disease 199, no. 2: 66-73.
• Professor Jerome C. Wakefield and Schmitz, M. F.
• Ainbinder, A., Pryce, J., Assistant Professor Allison
Werner-Lin, Brown, T. A., and Smithgall, C. (2011).
“Teaching future teachers: A model workshop for doc-
“The challenge of measurement of mental disorder in
toral education in social work.” Journal of Teaching in
community surveys” in The Sage Handbook of Mental
Social Work 30, no 4: 457-469.
Health and Illness. Eds. D. Pilgrim, A. Rogers, and B.
Pescosolido (New York: Sage, 2011).
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Student Achievements
The work of students—both academic and service to the community—was
recognized this year with an array of awards from the Silver School, New
York University, and the larger community.
Among the achievements:
The 2011 NYU President’s Service Award was given to Gina Braham, BS ’12; Shatikwa Brown,
MSW ’11; and Jeremy Schwartz, MSW ’11. The Award recognizes the promotion of learning,
leadership, and quality of student life at the University.
The student group Pride in Practice was honored with the Moving Up Day Award from the
NYU LGBTQ Student Center.
Members of the Silver Racial Diversity Coalition with Dean Lynn Videka and Professor Jeane Anastas at the 2011
Silver School Student Awards.
At the third annual Silver School Student Awards, six awards were given to students in all
three academic programs:
• The Outstanding Student Program Award to the Undergraduate Student Government
Association for “What’s Your Dream?”
• Social Justice Award to the Silver Racial Diversity Coalition
• Silver Spirit Award to Rachel Reese, BS ’11 and Pandora Yee, MSW ’11
• Dean’s Award for Innovation in Social Work Practice to Jessica Disbrow, MSW ’11;
Jasmin Phillips, BS ’11; and Amanda Raposo, BS ’11
• Diane S. Greenstein Memorial Fellowship to PhD candidate Christine Greer
• Robert Moore Award for Excellence in Scholarship to Ben Henwood, PhD ’11
Christine Speck, MSW ’11 received the Association of Oncology Social Work Palliative and
End-of-Life Care Scholarship.
Maryam Toloui, MSW ’11 was honored with the NASW-NYC Student of the Year Award.
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Faculty Awards and Honors
Faculty members have had a productive year, demonstrated in part through the awards and
honors bestowed on faculty in 2010-11.
Accomplishments were recognized by awards from the Silver School and New York University, as well as with national honors.
Professor Deborah Padgett was elected to
Clinical Assistant Professor Alison Aldrich was honored
the American Academy of Social Work and
with the Dedication to Education Award by the NYU LGBTQ
Social Welfare, which recognizes the lead-
Student Center at the 2011 Moving Up Day Awards. The
ing scholars in social work.
award recognizes her dedication to education, outreach, and
advocacy concerning the LGBTQ community.
The Council of Social Work Education announced that Professor Trudy Festinger
Clinical Associate Professor Peggy Morton
would receive the 2011 Significant Lifetime
received the Faculty Nia Award from the NYU
Achievement in Social Work Education Award
Center for Multicultural Education and Pro-
for her four decades of research, which has
grams, honoring her support of NYU students’
helped transform American child welfare policy and services.
co-curricular endeavors around diversity and
social justice.
Professor Jeane Anastas received the 2010-11 NYU Distinguished Teaching Award, recognizing outstanding teaching
University Professor Jerome Wakefield was awarded
over a sustained period of service.
an NYU Humanities Initiative Fellowship for 2010-11. The
Humanities Initiative draws on the talents and energies of
Professor Vincent Guilamo-Ramos received the 2011 Doro-
faculty and students across the University and provides a
thy Height Award from the NYU Silver School of Social Work
forum for cross-disciplinary discussion and collaboration in
Students of Color Collective, in recognition of outstanding
the humanities and arts.
service and commitment to social justice and the advancement of the School’s diversity agenda.
Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow Myra Jones-Taylor has
been named an honorary faculty research fellow for 2011-12
Information for Practice (IP), created and
as part of NYU’s Humanities Initiative.
maintained by Professor Gary Holden, was
selected as a recommended social sci-
Smith College School for Social Work honored Associate
ence site of the week by the Association
Professor Martha Gabriel with the 2011 Day-Garrett Award,
of Librarians and Information Professionals
given to members of the Smith community who have made
in the Social Sciences on Sage’s socialsciencespace. IP was
outstanding contributions to the social work profession or
also named a featured resource by the Simmons College
who have been significant members of the Smith College
Social Work Library.
School for Social Work educational community.
Associate Professor Theresa Aiello was inducted into the
Clinical Assistant Professor Virge Luce was recognized as a
Social Work Academy of the National Academies of Practice
2011 Distinguished Honoree by the Latino Social Work Task
in Healthcare as a distinguished practitioner in March.
Force in March for her social work leadership on behalf of
the Latino community.
Assistant Professor Allison Werner-Lin received the Silver
School’s Great Teacher Award. The award honors full-time
Associate Professor Michelle Munson was
faculty with less than 10 years of service who demonstrate
invited to participate in the Summer Insti-
excellence in teaching, an exceptional ability to inspire stu-
tute on Youth Mentoring at Portland State
dents, and significant contributions to the intellectual life of
University as a research fellow. She led two
the School community through their pedagogy.
seminars at the Institute, held for one week
in July.
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Service
The NYU Silver School of Social Work provides service to
the community through both students and faculty.
In 2010-11, the Office of Field Learning and Community Partnerships matched
and placed 1,090 MSW and undergraduate students in agencies throughout
the New York metropolitan area. Agencies focusing on the following areas of
social work had the highest number of student placements: community adult
mental health, children and adult contemporary issues, contemporary adult
social issues, and school social work.
Every year the undergraduate program offers service-learning courses, attracting students from across the University. Through these courses students:
• Tutored middle school students at University Settlement’s
after-school STRIDE program.
• Volunteered with Holocaust survivors through a partnership with
SelfHelp to identify homebound elderly.
• Provided academic coaching and mentoring for refugee adolescents. This course started in fall 2010 in partnership with the
International Rescue Committee.
• Taught secondary students about HIV/AIDS prevention and
conducted community outreach in Cape Coast, Ghana. This mini-
Students in Ghana for a service-learning course
in January 2011.
course is offered in collaboration with NYU’s Alternative Breaks.
The Silver School faculty offered two other mini-courses through NYU’s Alternative Breaks. LGBTQ Movements and Advocacy in the Dominican Republic examines gender and sexuality-based social justice movements, non-governmental organizations, and queer cultures in the Dominican Republic. In the course Global Service Learning in the Dominican Republic,
NYU students learn about a multidimensional approach to working with youth and teach English at a local grade school.
Besides their work in the classroom and serving as mentors to their students, the Silver School hold leadership
roles at the School, University, and larger social work community. Among the service faculty members provide:
• Professor Jeane Anastas assumed the role of president of the National Association of Social Workers on July 1,
2011. She will hold the position through June 30, 2014.
• Associate Professor Yuhwa Eva Lu serves as the president of the Council on Social Work Education’s Asian
Pacific Islander Social Work Educators Association.
• Professor Vincent Guilamo-Ramos is the vice-chair of the Latino Initiative Advisory Group of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy.
• Associate Professor Carol Tosone is the editor-in-chief of the Clinical Social Work Journal, which publishes four
issues each year.
• Professor Shulamith Lala Straussner is the founding editor of the Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, which publishes four issues per year. She is also a member of the NYU Student Health Advisory Committee.
• Associate Professor Alma Carten represents the Silver School on the New York City Social Work Education
Consortium.
• Clinical Assistant Professor Alison Aldrich is a member of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community
Center’s Gender Identity Project Work Group.
• Dean Lynn Videka is on the executive committee of the St. Louis Group, a membership group of researchintensive social work programs located in Carnegie Research universities.
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Mission Statement
The mission of The Silver School of Social Work at New
York University is to educate professionals for social
work practice with individuals, families, groups, and
communities and to provide leadership in the development of knowledge relevant to social work practice in a
complex urban environment.
The School seeks to fulfill its mission by building
and transmitting knowledge that will help to alleviate
human suffering, enhance the vitality and caring capacity of communities, and promote the ideals of a humane and just world.
The School is committed to the core social work values of: belief in the dignity and worth of all individuals; the
centrality and power of caring human relationships; a commitment to social and economic justice that includes freedom from all forms of oppression and access to social goods; and a dedication to practicing with integrity and the
highest level of competence.
50th Anniversary:
Celebrating Excellence, Embracing the Future
2010 marked the 50th Anniversary of the NYU Silver School of Social Work. In honor of this milestone, the School held
a year-long series of events starting in early 2010. Last fall brought the Dean’s Lecture Series and the Faculty Lecture
Series; Alumni Day with the Dean’s Luncheon and second annual Alumni Awards; a reception in support of the Lucretia
J. Phillips Fellowship; and the capstone event—the 50th Anniversary Benefit Celebration on November 10.
The evening started with a panel discussion on social
identity with NYU President John Sexton; Henry Louis
Gates Jr., host of the PBS series “Faces of America;” and
Carol Gilligan, author of In a Different Voice. Dean Lynn
Videka moderated the conversation, which touched on
issues of identity formation in American society, including
race, gender, and religion.
Afterwards, over 250 dinner guests attended a dinner celebrating the School’s history and honoring Eleanore
Z. Korman, former administrator, faculty member, and
acting dean; longtime School fundraiser Judy Tobias Davis;
and friend Martin Silver. Harry Smith, former co-anchor
of the CBS Early Show, served as the dinner emcee. The
evening raised $400,000 for the School’s 50th Anniversary
NYU President John Sexton, Dean Lynn Videka, Carol Gilligan, and
Henry Louis Gates Jr. at the 50th Anniversary Benefit Celebration.
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Scholarship Fund.
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2011-12 Full-Time Faculty
Theresa Aiello, Associate Professor of Social Work
Alison Aldrich, Clinical Assistant Professor of Social Work
Jeane W. Anastas, Professor of Social Work; Director, Strategic
Planning and New Initiatives
Alma J. Carten, Associate Professor of Social Work
Phil Coltoff, Katherine W. and Howard Aibel Visiting Professor and
Executive-in-Residence
Linda G. Mills, Senior Vice Provost for Undergraduates in the
Global Network University; Associate Vice Chancellor for Admissions
and Financial Support for NYU Abu Dhabi; Professor of Social Work,
Public Policy and Law
Diane Mirabito, Clinical Associate Professor of Social Work
Peggy Morton, Clinical Associate Professor of Social Work;
Coordinator, Undergraduate Field and Service Learning
Michelle Munson, Associate Professor of Social Work
Suzanne England, Professor of Social Work
Duy Nguyen, Assistant Professor of Social Work
Trudy B. Festinger, Professor of Social Work
Evelyn J. Nieves, Clinical Assistant Professor of Social Work;
Coordinator, Rockland County Branch Campus
Martha A. Gabriel, Associate Professor of Social Work
Daniel S. Gardner, Assistant Professor of Social Work
Maryellen Noonan, Associate Professor of Social Work; Associate
Dean, Academic Programs; Director, MSW Program
Susan B. Gerbino, Clinical Associate Professor of Social Work;
Coordinator, Sarah Lawrence College Program
Deborah K. Padgett, Professor of Social Work
Liliana Goldín, Professor of Social Work; Faculty Fellow, McSilver
Institute for Poverty Policy and Research; Faculty Fellow, Center for
Latino Adolescent and Family Health
Geetha Gopalan, Faculty Fellow, McSilver Institute for Poverty
Policy and Research
Dina J. Rosenfeld, Clinical Associate Professor of Social Work;
Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Programs; Director, BS Program
Tazuko Shibusawa, Associate Professor of Social Work; Interim
Associate Dean, Academic Programs; Director, MSW Program
Judith Siegel, Associate Professor of Social Work
Diane Grodney, Clinical Associate Professor of Social Work
Roberta Solomon, Clinical Instructor
Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, Professor of Social Work; Director, PhD
Program; Co-director, Center for Latino Adolescent and Family Health
Sandy Speier, Clinical Associate Professor of Social Work
Wen-Jui Han, Professor of Social Work
Robert Leibson Hawkins, Assistant Professor of Social Work;
McSilver Assistant Professor in Poverty Studies
Gary Holden, Professor of Social Work
James Jaccard, Professor of Social Work; Associate Dean for
Research; Co-director, Center for Latino Adolescent and Family Health
Victoria Stanhope, Assistant Professor of Social Work
Shulamith Lala Straussner, Professor of Social Work
Helle Thorning, Clinical Professor and Assistant Dean of Field
Learning and Community Partnerships
Carol Tosone, Associate Professor of Social Work
Ellen Tuchman, Associate Professor of Social Work
Mary Ann Jones, Associate Professor of Social Work
Lynn Videka, Professor of Social Work; Dean
Myra Jones-Taylor, Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow
Catherine M. Vu, Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow
Gerald Landsberg, Professor of Social Work
Jerome C. Wakefield, University Professor; Professor of Social
Work; Professor of the Conceptual Foundations of Psychiatry, NYU
School of Medicine; Director, Project on Biometrics, Clinical
Judgment, and Validity of Diagnostic Criteria, InSPIRES (Institute
for Social and Psychiatric Initiatives: Research, Education and
Service), Department of Psychiatry, NYU School of Medicine; Affiliate
Faculty, NYU Bioethics Program; Affiliate Faculty, NYU Center for
Ancient Studies
Yuhwa Eva Lu, Associate Professor of Social Work
Virgen Luce, Clinical Assistant Professor of Social Work
James I. Martin, Associate Professor of Social Work
Mary McKay, McSilver Professor of Poverty Studies; Director,
McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research
Thomas M. Meenaghan, Professor Emeritus of Social Work
Darcey Merritt, Assistant Professor of Social Work
Allison Werner-Lin, Assistant Professor of Social Work
Alice K. Wolson, Clinical Associate Professor of Social Work
Robert Yaffee, Research Professor
Robin Miller, Clinical Assistant Professor of Social Work
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2011-12 Administration
Office of the Dean
Curriculum Areas - Chairs
Communications
Dr. Lynn Videka, Dean
Human Behavior
Dr. Diane Grodney, Chairperson
Elizabeth Jenkins, Associate Director,
Communications
Practice
Dr. Marti Gabriel, Chairperson
Kate Hogan, Graphic Designer
Clara Rivera-Keita, Administrative Aide II
MSW Program Services
Research
Dr. Gary Holden, Chairperson
Lifelong Learning and
Professional Development
Dr. Tazuko Shibusawa, Interim Associate
Dean for Academic Programs; Director,
MSW Program
Social Welfare Programs
and Policies (SWPP)
Dr. Gerald Landsberg, Chairperson
Dr. Eileen Wolkstein, Director
Takako Kono, Interim Assistant Director,
Program Services
Metro Area Campuses
Research Development & Support
Rockland Campus at St. Thomas
Aquinas College
Dr. James Jaccard, Associate Dean, Research
Andrew Davis, Chief of Staff, Dean’s Office
Anita Dwyer, Executive Assistant to the Dean
Susan Egert, Coordinator, MIP & OYR Programs
Jeffrey McDonnell, Program Administrator/
Administrative Aide II
Henry Samelson, Training Manager
Stephanie Kaplan, Conference Coordinator
Dr. Evelyn J. Nieves, Coordinator
Kathleen Miller, Administrative Aide II
Andrew Davis, Director, Research Development
& Planning
Ann Marie Moreno, Faculty Advisor
Cassandra Coste, Administrative Aide I
Bruss Del Valle, Administrative Aide I
Roberta Schiffer, Faculty Advisor
Christina Falcon, Administrative Aide I
Dr. Michele Weisman, Faculty Advisor
Student and Alumni Affairs
Loriana Aviles, Administrative Aide I
Courtney O’Mealley, Assistant Dean, Student
& Alumni Affairs
Undergraduate Program
Dr. Dina Rosenfeld, Assistant Dean
for Undergraduate Programs; Director,
BS Program
NYU at Sarah Lawrence College
Dr. Susan Gerbino, Coordinator
Lesley Heffel, Program Administrator/
Administrative Aide II
Dr. Robin Miller, Assistant Coordinator
Dr. Peggy Morton, Coordinator, Undergraduate
Field & Service Learning
Nancy Rentel, Administrative Aide I
Research and Training Initiatives:
Juan Iturralde, Administrative Aide II
NYU at the College of Staten Island
Center for Latino Adolescent
and Family Health
Estelle Lumer, Faculty Advisor
Doctoral Program
Dr. Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, Director Mike McCaw, Assistant Director
Field Learning and
Community Partnerships
Dr. Helle Thorning, Assistant Dean,
Field Learning & Community Partnerships
Deborah Manning, Assistant Director of
Operations, Field Learning
Sandy Speier, Clinical Associate Professor
Alison Aldrich, Clinical Assistant Professor
Virgen Luce, Clinical Assistant Professor
Roberta Solomon, Clinical Instructor
Elena Brown, Administrative Aide II
Janet Silverstein, Administrative Aide I
Theresa Urcinoli, Office Administrator/
Administrative Aide II
Administrative Services
Mark Callahan, Associate Dean, Finance
& Administration
Maria Di Pompo, Director, Finance &
Administration
Timothy Chan, Administrative Aide II
Amanda Lorencz, Administrative Secretary
Admissions and Enrollment Services
Robert Sommo, Assistant Dean,
Enrollment Services
Sheryl Goldfarb, Director, Enrollment Services
Dr. Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, Co-Director
Dr. James Jaccard, Co-Director
Bernardo Gonzalez, Senior Research Scientist
Katharine McCarthy, Research Scientist
Jane Lee, Research Scientist Nicole Levitz, Research Scientist
Victor Lushin, Research Scientist
Ailin Rodriguez, Research Scientist
McSilver Institute For Poverty
Policy and Research
Dr. Mary McKay, Director
Phil Coltoff, Visiting Professor
Gary Parker, Deputy Director
Dr. Anthony Salerno, Senior Research Scientist
Dr. Geetha Gopalan, Associate Research Scientist
Dominick Usher, Assistant Director,
Enrollment Services
Hadiza Osuji, Junior Research Scientist
Shakera Jones, Supervisor,
Admissions Operations
Kassia Ringell, Junior Research Scientist
Fatema Ali, Reporting Analyst
Byron Cortes, Financial Aid Assistant
Olga Rivera, Office Administrator/
Administrative Aide II
Giselle Pardo, Junior Research Scientist
Kelly Conover, Junior Research Scientist
New York Recovery Center
Dr. Deborah Padgett, Director
Ben Henwood, Research Scientist
Bikki Smith, Research Scientist
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New York, NY 10003-6654
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