Current Faculty
 Saul Andron, Associate Professor, Director, Certificate in Jewish Communal Services program. MSW, University of Michigan. PhD, Florence heller Graduate School for Advanced Studies in Social Welfare, Brandeis University. Progressive executive and management experience in the Jewish communal sector in North America and Israel with specific emphasis on philanthropy, financial resource development, community and strategic planning, grant writing, program development, agency governance, board development, and staff supervision.
 Adrienne Asch, Edward and Robin Milstein Professor of Bioethics. MS & PhD, Columbia University. Bioethics, rights of the disabled, ethical problems in the delivery of health care, human rights issues.
 Charles Auerbach, Professor. BA, Brooklyn College; MSW, Adelphi University; PhD, Fordham University. Prevention of homelessness, health care, computer applications for the social services.
 Nancy Beckerman, Professor. BA, Herbert H. Lehman College; MSW, Hunter College; DSW, Yeshiva University. Impact of HIV spectrum illness, health care, ethics and social work practice with couples and family systems.
 Joan Beder, Professor. BA, MSW, Adelphi University; DSW, Yeshiva University. Oncology social work; impact of poverty, medical ethics, and AIDS on social work practice. Episodic volunteering.
 Susan Bendor, Associate Professor. BSC, Bishop’s University, Canada; World University Fellow, Heidelberg University, Germany; MSW, Adelphi University; DSW, City University of New York. Gerontology, mental health and welfare reform runaway and homeless adolescents, pediatric oncology, advocacy.
 Karen Bonuck , Associate Professor. BA, Tufts University; MPA, Columbia University Public Administration; MSW, Columbia University School of Social Work; PhD, Rutgers University. Infant and young child feeding, growth, and development. Sleep disordered breathing in children (SDB), secondary to adenotonsillar hypertrophy, as a potential contributory factor to poor growth.
 Richard Caputo, Professor. BA, Brooklyn College; MA, Iowa State University; MSW, Arizona State University; PhD, University of Chicago. Social welfare policy and analysis, history and philosophy of social welfare, research methods.
 Shantih Clemans, Assistant Professor. BA, Hood College, Maryland. MSW, The Nelson Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy School of Social Welfare; DSW, Hunter College of Social Work. Domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse and vicarious traumatization.
 Jonathan Fast, Associate Professor. BA, Sarah Lawrence College; MSW, Columbia University; PhD, Yeshiva University. Violence in schools, school-based and school-linked services, adolescent development, school rampage shooters.
 Sheldon R. Gelman, Professor and Dorothy and David I. Schachne Dean and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs. BA, MSW, University of Pittsburgh; PhD, Heller School of Brandeis University; MSL, Yale University Law School. Responsibility of nonprofit boards, developmental disabilities, health care rationing, child abuse, liability in social services.
 Carmen Ortiz Hendricks, Associate Dean and Professor. BA Malloy College; MSW, Adelphi; DSW, Yeshiva University. Cultural competency, and culturally competent approaches to social work education, child welfare, substance abuse and family violence.
 Lynn Levy, Instructor, BA, Hofstra University; MSW, Yeshiva University. Premarital education in Reform Judaism, Jewish communal service, continuing education, grant writing.
 Norman Linzer, Professor, Samuel J. and Jean Sable Chair in Jewish Family Social Work. BA, MSW, Yeshiva University; MA, PhD, New School University; Ordination, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. Values, professional ethics, the Jewish family, the Jewish community, the elderly.
 Susan Mason, Professor. BA, City College of New York; MAT, University of Chicago; MS in Health Administration, New York University; MSSW, PhD, Columbia University. Mental health, child welfare, gerontology, research.
 Joanna Mellor, Assistant Professor. BSC, London School of Economics, London; MS, DSW, Columbia University. Gerontology, mental health, social welfare policy.
 Roberta Rees Nassar, Assistant Professor. BA, California State College, Los Angeles; MSSW, MA, DSW, Columbia University. Casework, substance abuse, women’s issues, immigration, international social work.
 Stephen Pimpare, Associate Professor (WSSW & Yeshiva College Dept. of Political Science). BS, Urban Studies and Nonprofit Management, State University of New York; Ph.D. Political Science, City University of New York; Poverty, inequality, social welfare policy, social welfare history.
 Daniel Pollack, Professor. BA, Oberlin College; MSSA, Case Western Reserve University; JD, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. Prison conditions, foster care and child abuse, social work issues pertaining to natural disasters.
 Gertrude Rutkove Sanders, Associate Professor. BA, New York University; MSSW, DSW, Columbia University. Alcoholism/substance abuse, women’s issues, the elderly.
 David J. Schnall, Professor, Herbert H. Schiff Chair in Management and Administration. (Dean, Azreli: Graduate School of Jewish Education). BA, MS, Yeshiva University; MA, PhD, Fordham University; Ordination, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. Human resources and development; professional ethics; training for health, mental health, and social service organizations; public policy; Jewish communal values.
 Gary L. Stein, Associate Professor. BA, Rutgers College; MSW, Rutgers University; JD, New York Law School. Bioethics, End-of-Life and Palliative Care, Health Care Decision-Making, Disability Issues (particularly Intellectual Disabilities), Gay/Lesbian Community Concerns, Cultural Diversity; HIV/AIDS, health care policy.
 Frederick J. Streets,Professor. Bennet Chair. MDiv, Yale University; MSW, Wurzweiler; DSW, Wurzweiler. Former chaplain, Yale University and senior pastor, Yale University Church. Psychiatric and pastoral care in sites of international conflict and trauma.
 Jessica Strolin-Goltzman, Assistant Professor. BA, Prescott College, MSW, University at Albany, SUNY; PhD, University at Albany, SUNY. Organizational interventions with social service systems, Latino adolescent substance abuse treatment intervention research, bridging research and front line social work practice.
 David Strug, Professor. BA, Temple University; MPH, University of California, Berkeley; MSW, Hunter College; PhD, Columbia University. HIV/AIDS, pediatrics, health issues, cultural diversity (anthropological approach), cross-cultural approaches to mental health, the supervision process, substance abuse, Hispanic culture.
 Jay S. Sweifach, Associate Professor. BS, Montclair State University; MSW, Yeshiva University. DSW, Yeshiva University. Jewish communal service, group work, adolescents.
 Charles H. Trent, Associate Professor. BA, Pace University; MSW, New York University; PhD, Fordham University. Child welfare, health, aging, management and organization, policy studies, decision making.
 Rozetta Wilmore-Schaeffer , Assistant Professor. BA, Trenton State College; MSW, Smith College; MA, PhD, Seton Hall University. Women’s issues, disordered eating, practice issues and diversity, child abuse, impact of pediatric AIDS on family development and functioning.
Administration
Ruth Bigman, Director of Admissions. BA, Queens College; MSW, Adelphi University; Post Masters Certificate in Clinical Practice, Adelphi University. Children and families, child abuse, clinical practice, social work education.
Marc Raco, Office Manager. BS, Rochester Institute of Technology. LUTCF, The American College.
Jade C. Docherty, Assistant Dean. BEd, Moray House Institute of Education, Herriot-Watt University; MHSA, Antioch University; MSW, Yeshiva University; PhD, Yeshiva University. Student affairs, administration and management.
Urania Glassman, Director of Field Instruction. BA, Hunter College; MA, Teachers College, Columbia University; MSW, Adelphi University. DSW, Adelphi University. Group work, fieldwork education, clinical practice.
Raesa Kaiteris, Assistant Director of Field Instruction. BA, Brooklyn College; MSW, Columbia University. Clinical practice, geriatrics, and family services.
Joel Karpp, Assistant Director of Admissions/Career Development Coordinator, BA, City University of New York; MSW, Adelphi University. Jewish Community Center professional, Visiting Nurse Service of NY Community Services, Division Red Cross Recovery Program.
C. Mark Miller, Director of Alumni Relations, BFA, Denison University; MSW, Wurzweiler School of Social Work.
Dolly Sacristan, Assistant Director of Field Instruction, BA, Hunter College, MSW, Rutgers University. Education and minorities, women's issues, domestic violence.
Faculty Emeriti
Aaron H. Beckerman, MSW, DSW
Martin L. Birnbaum, MSS, PhD
Samuel Goldstein, MSW, DSW
Solomon H. Green, MSSA, DSW
Louis Levitt, MSSW, DPA
Joel G. Sacks, MSW, DSW
Elsbeth H. Couch, MS, MA
Irving N. Levitz, MHL, PhD
Eli Levy, MSSS, PhD
Anita Rotman, MSSA, PhD
Frances A. Sosnoff, MSW
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