ADJUNCT FACULTY PROFILES

NAME: Ellen Amstutz

DEGREES EARNED: M.S.W., PhD Columbia University

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Social Policy 1: Policy and the Profession  Social Policy II: Analysis, Advocacy and Practice

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Ellen Amstutz has over 25 years of experience in social research, policy analysis and program management. After receiving her MSW she worked for the Community Service Society of New York (CSSNY) for 16 years where she developed a government benefits counseling program and started the Public Benefits Resource Center, an information and training center for social service providers. She moved into policy and advocacy work while at CSSNY and led the agency's work on welfare reform while pursuing a PhD. From 2000-2009 she lived in London, England, and worked as a social research consultant for a UK nonprofit working with local government's children and family service programs. Ellen's most recent work is in child welfare/infant mental health conducting program evaluation, grant writing and community outreach and developing a two generation intervention that works with parents and their young children to improve child welfare outcomes.

NAME: Robert Anderson, LCSW, CASAC, CARC, CRPA

DEGREES EARNED: M.S.W. Fordham University (2006)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Generalist Practice 1  Generalist Practice 2  Generalist 1 and 2 Online

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Robert Anderson currently serves as the Executive and Clinical Director of “The Counseling Center at Yorktown Heights” in Westchester County, New York; which provides integrated Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health services. He oversees the overall administrative and clinical care operations dedicated to the Adolescent, Transitional Age Youth and Adult Outpatient cohorts for this private, nationally based company under the auspices of Praesum Healthcare Services, MSO. Robert also brings a wealth of clinical and training experience and has instructed and developed curriculum both regionally and internationally. He is a NY State licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) and CASAC (Credentialed Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselor). He has used that expertise to advocate for clients, train staff and develop clinical program tracks within a recovery oriented system of care, in addition to running a successful private practice. Mr. Anderson is also a leader in NYS in helping to develop the recovery effort through development and implementation of effective peer based services into the chemical dependence and mental health system framework. He sits on local and State wide recovery committees and is also a Certified Addiction Recovery Coach and trainer, as well as a Certified Recovery Peer Advocate.

Mr. Anderson performed his graduate studies at the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service, where in addition to a clinical theory base Robert also majored in the effective administration and management of non-profit organizations. He has been involved in a number of cross system collaborative efforts focusing on treatment improvement protocols and developing seamless access within the criminal justice, child welfare and adolescent intervention services framework. As part of his previous portfolios, Mr. Anderson has overseen the management of both residential and outpatient programs including project leadership for multiple SAMHSA funded grant initiatives that implemented evidenced based practice services. Robert has effectively collaborated and worked with various large human service systems including NYC ACS, NYS OASAS and the Federal CSAT system. He has previously successfully managed the overall clinical treatment services for multiple large not-for-profit treatment agencies in the NY area. During his eighteen year career, Mr. Anderson has risen to manage on an executive level for well-known pioneer agencies and leaders in the substance use disorder field such as Daytop Village and Odyssey House, where he was responsible for leading out multi-facility management of clinical and operational systems for residential, outpatient, admissions and other ancillary services.

In other professional leadership endeavors, Robert is currently a member of the NY State Provider Association’s (NYS ASAP) 501 (C) 3 Board of Directors and has been involved in many of the planning efforts to professionalize and advance the field of addictions. Robert has provided professional training in a variety of clinical and administrative areas including a statewide dissemination of “Motivational Interviewing” after direct training under DR. William Miller, founder of “MI”. He has integrated multiple evidenced based practices into the OASAS provider system and has presented at varied local, state, national and international conferences. Mr. Anderson is also an adjunct Professor at Fordham University and teaches generalist practice foundation courses to fledgling Masters level social workers. He continues to advocate for both the field as well his community, and is the immediate two time past President of his chapter in the Bronx and Westchester Kiwanis organization; helping children and families throughout the world. In addition to providing service; he is a practicing martial artist/and teacher and involved in many sports related activities. A dedicated and impassioned individual, Mr. Anderson cites his ability to give back as a driving force behind the efforts and time he devotes to his wife and family, his community, the human services field and society overall.

NAME: Claudia Arlo

DEGREES EARNED: MSW, Fordham University, 2005, Medical Degree, University of Buenos Aires, 1991

COURSES TAUGHT at GSS:

 Advanced Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis Part I and Part II  Clinical practice I.  Clinical Practice Seminar  Advanced Placement Integrative Seminar

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Claudia Arlo is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Group Psychotherapist and Addiction specialist. She has received a Medical degree from the University of Buenos Aires. Dr. Arlo has worked in the field of addiction for over seventeen years. She is versed in different modalities including Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Contingency Management, Motivational Interviewing and Psychodynamic and Analytic Group Psychotherapy. She has devoted most of her career to the psychosocial and psychotherapeutic treatment of traditionally considered multiply disordered and difficult to treat clients as well as regular clinical and group therapy practice. She has received intensive training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) at Sheppard Pratt . She has an Integrative and DBT informed private practice in New York. She is on Faculty at Fordham University‘s Graduate School of Social Service, NYU’s Program “Clinical Approaches to the Addictions” and the Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society (EGPS) Training Program. She has presented in numerous national and international conferences. She is a Clinician at Mt Sinai Roosevelt Hosp. Addiction Institute NY, where she developed and coordinates an integrative program for individuals with co-occurring disorders .She is a Board Member of EGPS, and the Joint Board of the American Group Psychotherapy Association. She is in the editorial board of the International journal of Group Psychotherapy.

NAME: Maria Astudillo, LCSWR

DEGREES EARNED: MSW (1990) Yeshiva University

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Generalist Practice 1  Generalist Practice 2  Social Work Practice in Schools

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Ms. Astudillo has over 20 years of professional experience working with children, teens and families as a mental health provider and administrator. She has focused her work in the clinical treatment of children, adolescents, and families affected by trauma, such as foster care, sexual abuse, immigration and terrorism among many others. At the present time she oversees mental health services in schools and in two community clinics at The Children’s Aid Society where she oversees their mental health services. In the past ten years she has obtained funding to provide training to her staff on evidence practices/models such as Motivational Interviewing, TFCBT, SBIRT and CPP. She is a member of the Coalition of Behavioral Health Agencies, The Federation Children’s Committee NYC DOHMH, School Based Mental Health Committee and other agencies/committees that advocate for the provision of mental health services to children in NYC.

NAME: Roger Ball

DEGREES EARNED: 2015 FORDHAM UNIVERSITY – PhD, Religious Education, May 2015 Graduation 2010 FORDHAM UNIVERSITY - MA ‘10 (RELIGIOUS EDUCATION) 2002 FORDHAM UNIVERSITY - MSW 2001 MERCY COLLEGE, DOBBS FERRY, NY – BSW

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS: Dr. Ball has served as an Adjunct instructor of Psychology at Concordia College in Bronxville, adjunct instructor of Human Diversity for Mercy College's Bronx campus, and an adjunct at Monroe College teaching the Theory and Practice in Counseling and Psycho-therapy, also in the Bronx. He currently teaches in the Graduate School of Social Service at Fordham University’s Westchester campus. Over the last four years he has taught the following courses: Social Work Policy, Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Generalist Practice, as well as Human Rights and Social Justice.

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE: Roger Ball is a Director of Social Work and Counseling Department within the New York City Department of Education and has over 14 years of social work experience. Prior to that he served as Program Director and a Senior Life Coach for the African American Male Initiative division of The Children’s Aide Society of New York. There he provided services to over 40 African- American families in Harlem in an effort to stem incarceration and early drop-out rates for the middle-schoolers in the program. Dr. Ball was previously a Program Director with the Archdiocese of NY managing a program providing psycho-education and intervention services for Elementary school-aged children in over 80 schools in New York City including Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island. He is also a motivational speaker at conferences, retreats and camps and serves as the Senior Pastor of a growing church in NYC.

NAME: Julie Beatrice, L.C.S.W, A.C.S.W, NYS Licensed Psychoanalyst

DEGREES EARNED:

 Master of Social Work - Adelphi University School of Social Work, Garden City, NY  Bachelor of Arts, Psychology - Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY  Certificate in Family Forensics - Washington Square Park Institute, New York, NY  Certificate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy - New York Center for Psychoanalytic Training, New York, NY

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Julie is a highly regarded Psychoanalyst and Clinical Social Worker with over 35 years of experience in the mental health sector. She manages a thriving private practice using customized psychoanalytic and psychotherapy therapy techniques with individuals, groups, couples and families. Concurrently, Julie is a school social worker with the New York City Division of Non- Public Schools – 21st Century Partners in Learning program under Title I Services. Julie counsels children in crisis to help restore behavioral, emotional and mental stability as well as improve academic outcomes. Julie is a certified court-mandated forensic evaluator in Nassau and Suffolk counties. She is a Military Family Life Consultant (MFLC) and has developed psycho- educational presentations for children in Purple Camps during summers. She has also evaluated military service personnel returning from active duty during periods of return surges at Ft. Drum. Julie’s work is not limited to school and private settings. As a past Director of Community Support Services and at the Pederson-Krag clinic she developed a model programs for clients with severe and persistent mental illness. Julie’s volunteer work includes:

 Chair of Columbia University conference: 21st Century School Social Work: Changing the Discussion to Improve Mental Health In Our New York City Schools  Group Leader - National Alliance on Mental Illness, Huntington, NY Chapter  Treasurer and New York City Representative - New York State School Social Workers Association

NAME: Martha C. Bial

DEGREES EARNED: M.S.W. Columbia University (1962), Ph.D. Fordham University (2001)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Social Policy II  Social Work Practice with Older People and Their Families  SIFI (Seminar in Field Instruction)  Policy I  Practice I  Crisis Intervention  Supervision

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Dr. Bial is a Faculty Research Scholar at the Ravazzin Center on Aging at GSS. Her research and teaching interests have included social work in long-term care, use of oral history and reminiscence, workforce development in aging and substance abuse in older adults. Previously she was Associate Director of Field Instruction and Director of the school’s Japanese and American program in Aging. She has had 25 years of experience as a practitioner, supervisor and consultant in the field of aging mostly in hospitals and long-term care facilities. She has worked on several projects with the Westchester Department of Senior Programs and Services. She has also served as Policy committee chair of the State Society on Aging of New York and is currently a representative to the United Nations from the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics.

NAME: Susan Bliss, Ph.D., L.C.S.W.

DEGREES EARNED: Ph.D. and M.S.W. from Smith College School for Social Work in Northampton, M.A., and a B.A. in Psychology from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, P.A.

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Generalist Practice I and II  Advanced Clinical Practice I  Advanced Clinical Practice with Adults  Advanced Clinical Practice with Children, Youth and Families

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Dr. Bliss has nearly 30 years of practice experience working with children, youth, families and adults. She has worked as a Director of Counseling at a residential school for adolescents with emotional difficulties, the Supervisor of Child and Adolescent Services at a Jewish Social Service Agency, and worked with adolescents and their families in the National Health Service in London, England. She completed a training program in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy from 1987-1989. She currently maintains a small private practice working with adults and families and teaches full time at Molloy College in the Social Work Department.

NAME: Roxia B. Bullock PhD, LCSW, RPT

DEGREES EARNED: MSW (Fordham University 1987), PhD (Fordham University 2002)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Clinical Practice I and II  Clinical Practice Seminar  Social Work with Children  Crisis Intervention  Child Abuse and Family Violence  Assessment and Diagnosis

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

I have worked at the New York City Board of Education as a high school teacher and in a clinical capacity in a special Non-Public School Program as a guidance counselor /social worker. This NPS Program serviced grades K-12 in a Title I program. This program afforded me the opportunity to do individual, group, and family work in a school setting. I also have agency experience working with a variety of clients including; depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and children and adolescents. I received a certificate for completion of a course of study in psychoanalytic psychotherapy training. I now have a private practice in Westchester working with children and adults. I work with children under twelve. I am a Registered Play Therapist (RPT), and apply Play Therapy when appropriate in my practice.

NAME: Diaon M. Clarke, LCSW

DEGREES EARNED: Clinical Social Work Fordham University (PhD); M.S.W. Fordham University (2009); M.S., Fairfield University (2004); B.S. Psychology (2001), Syracuse University

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Clinical Practice II  Clinical Practice I

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Diaon M. Clarke, LCSW is a highly trained psychotherapist with expertise in trauma and related experience in the field of child welfare and prevention services. She is a Clinic Manager for the Mental Health Division of ANDRUS a leading provider of trauma informed services for children and families throughout Westchester County and the tristate area. In addition, Diaon has a private practice serving children, adolescents and adults. Diaon’s areas of specialty include: depression, anxiety, physical and sexual assault, childhood trauma, job related stress and transitional life issues. Diaon’s leadership in the field of mental health has increased awareness and understanding about the complexities faced by many families to secure social capital; social- emotional well-being, healthy living, access to quality health care, housing, education and appropriate community supports.

NAME: Valerie Cursio

DEGREES EARNED: J.D. Fordham School of Law (1995), M.S.W. Fordham University (2010)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Social Policy I  Human Behavior and the Social Environment I & II  Human Rights and Social Justice  Research I

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Valerie began her social work career with JCY-Westchester Community Partners, where she served as the director of volunteers. She has worked in the field of aging at all levels of social work (micro, mezzo & macro) during her tenure as Livable Communities Coordinator for Westchester County’s Department of Senior Programs and Services. Currently, she serves as the director of afterschool programs at Family Service Society of Yonkers. Prior to becoming a social worker, Valerie was a corporate attorney at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, where she was fortunate to work on a variety of pro bono matters involving startup nonprofits, as well as issues relating to healthcare and social security.

NAME: Ralph Depalo

DEGREES EARNED: Ph.D. New York University (1997). Clinical Social Work; MSW Fordham University (1983). Casework; BA Iona College (1981). Gerontology Certificate in analytic training in psychotherapy at The Alfred Adler Institute (1987).

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Cognitive/Behavioral Brief Treatment with Children and Adults

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Ralph De Palo, PhD., LCSW is currently the Director of Congregate Care for Religious Orders @ Archcare Senior Life PACE program. He has over 30 years of clinical experience in both mental health and health care. He is on the scientific advisory boards of Global Stress Initiative and Stand for the Troops. He is an adjunct professor teaching in clinical practice and human behavior areas. His clinical expertise, research and areas of interest are in trauma, PTSD, neuroscience, transdisciplinary care, and palliative care.

NAME: Amanda de Jesús, LCSW-R

DEGREES EARNED:

MSW- Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College (2004)

Doctoral Candidate- Fordham University

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:

 Seminar in Clinical Social Work Practice

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Amanda is a psychotherapist at a Bronx community health center. She is also the social work consultant for the Foster Care Film and Community Engagement Project, a series of short films profiling individual’s journeys through the U.S. foster care system. Her practice experience includes: preventive services, community mental health, crisis intervention, supervision with social work interns, and psychotherapy with children, adolescents and adults.

Her areas of interest are social work practice with immigrants and refugees, human and labor trafficking, mental health, and individuals who were previously in foster care.

NAME: Kelly Sullivan Dennis

DEGREES EARNED: M.S.W. Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service (1995) Currently a PhD Candidate FUGSSS

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  HBSE I  HBSE II  HBSE I Online  Clinical Practice I  Clinical Practice II CYF  Advanced Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis I

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

I have been practicing social work for over 20 years after graduating from FUGSSS in 1995. With my L.C.S.W., my clinical practice has been primarily focused on working with children and families in a variety of settings. My specializations include crisis intervention, play therapy, bereavement and trauma. In 2007, I joined the Doctoral Program at GSSS to expand my work into research and academia. My research interests include working with children and families, the changing dynamics of older adults, clinical social work, and connecting technology with social work. I have had the pleasure of teaching in all four of the Fordham GSSS campuses (LC, WC, Molloy, and Online). I thoroughly enjoy the experience of developing and sharing the knowledge of social work on clinical, policy and research levels. I look forward to all of the experiences to come!

NAME: Ivan Diller, LCSW

DEGREES EARNED: B.A. Hunter College of the City University of New York (1989), M.S.W. Fordham University (2007)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Clinical Practice I  Clinical Practice II with Adults and Families  Seminar in Clinical Social Work, Faculty Advisor

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Ivan Diller is a licensed clinical social worker providing individual, couple, family, and group therapy in White Plains, New York. Areas of specialization include sexual orientation and gender identity (LGBTQ) issues, mixed-orientation marriage, sexual abuse and other trauma, depression, anxiety, parenting, bullying, divorce, grief and loss, high-school-to-college transition and adjustment, mid-life, career, and chronic illness including HIV/AIDS.

NAME: Sebastian Douglas

DEGREES EARNED: M.S.W., Fordham, GSS (1994)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Research I & II  Human Rights and Social Justice (campus & on-line program)

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Over 20 years’ experience working with homeless, and persons living with HIV/AIDS. Currently, serve as Program Director of a transitional housing program (58 bed- single room occupancy) in the Bronx serving over 450 homeless adults living with HIV/AIDS per year, and multiple contracts including HIV/AIDS Services Administration and Ryan White Part A. The program, which was established in 1994, is recognized as the first of its kind located in Bronx, New York. Services on site include emergency housing, meals, nutrition, case management, recreation, harm reduction services and housing placement assistance. Participated on a number of panels on topics surrounding homelessness and wellness, substance abuse/mental health, and human rights and social justice related to poverty, education and mass incarceration. Successful grant writer with over 15 years experiences in writing grants. Specific interest in the area of research is homelessness, poverty and the integration of a human rights and social justice paradigm in a social work/community base agency. Additionally, taught research in a Master’s of Public Administration Program for over six years, and focused on theories of leadership, research and ethics. Over 15 years’ experience as a research consultant for independent and community based research.

NAME: C. Susan Feuerwerger

DEGREES EARNED: M.S.W., Hunter College School of Social Work (1980)

Other Education: Post Graduate Certificate in Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy, Fordham University (2008)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Advanced Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

I have had 30 years of experience providing clinical and social work services for high school students in special education programs both in groups and individually. I coordinated with parents and caregivers as well as to community based health and mental health providers. We focused on school success, improved social behaviors, problem solving. I ran groups for bereavement, adoption and foster care, social skills. I also served on a borough-wide and school- based crisis intervention teams. Before working in the school system I was a medical social worker in a hospital where I did casework and psychotherapy in Pediatrics, Pediatric Oncology, Orthopedics, Rehabilitation Medicine, Pain Management and Emergency Room services. I helped families cope with the emotions of having a child going through cancer therapy as well as helping them with their other children. As a social worker I collaborated with medical, nursing and paraprofessional staff as well as administrative personnel insurance providers. I utilized hypnotherapy and stress management for pain management and habit modification.

Besides being trained in Ericksonian Hypnotherapy, I have completed EMDR training and use it in the treatment of trauma.

Currently I have a private practice in Stamford, Connecticut.

NAME: Pearl Fisk

DEGREES EARNED: MSW Fordham University GSSS 1977; MA Columbia University- Teacher's College 1977 other degrees in Education; EdD Fordham University GSSS 1995

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Generalist SW Practice I  Generalist SW Practice II

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Adjunct faculty almost 20 years….. 1997 (Generalist Practice, SW in Schools, Human Behavior)

Primarily experience in

Director of Social Work NYC and Calif Hospitals

Supervisor Social Workers NYCDOE

School Social Worker

Hospital SW

NAME: Tracyavon S. Ford

DEGREES EARNED: M.S.W. Adelphi University 1997 Certificate of Advanced Study (Educational Leadership) College of St. Rose 2015

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Writing for the Helping Professionals  Social Work and Social Change  Foundations in Social Work Practice  Comparative Social Work  Domestic Violence  Social Work In Schools  Integrative Seminar  Field Instruction I  Field Instruction II  Field Instruction II Extended  Field Instruction IV Portfolio  Field Instruction IV Extended  Field Instruction V (OYR)

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

17 years’ experience as a School Social Worker (direct practice, clinical, supervisory and administration- Pre-K to High School. Developed curriculums for regionally accredited BASW program in a regionally accredited university. Nationally Certified Adult and Youth Mental First Aid Instructor. Member of National Association of Social Workers, Clinical Social Work Association and New York State School Social Worker Association.

NAME: Jessica Glass, LCSW

DEGREES EARNED: BA Hunter College (1999) MSW New York University (2002)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  SWGS6413, Clinical Social Work Practice I

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Jessica Glass, LCSW is a seasoned clinician with over 10 years of managerial experience working in outpatient clinic settings serving disadvantaged populations. Ms. Glass currently works in the capacity as Clinical Director at Fortune Society; an agency dedicated serving those with histories of incarceration or as an alternative to incarceration. Her personal social work philosophy directly correlates to serving those with histories of incarceration believing in the possibility for clients to reach their potential and reintegrate and participate in their community. She works with clients that have complex trauma to develop having their basic concrete needs met and then using cognitive behavioral treatment to process trauma developing effective coping strategies and effective relational patterns and support systems. She is dedicated to collaborative treatment with consumers acting as active participants and in helping individuals rediscover themselves by providing assistance in empowerment. Ms. Glass helps clients rediscover their potential, experience integration in their communities, and work toward recovery. In addition to strong clinical skills, she specializes in improving productivity, knowledge of OMH regulations, and fiscal budgeting. Through her experience managing staff including psychiatrists, clinical supervisors, direct social work staff and an administrative team, Ms. Glass notes that she has learned the impact that policies and administration have on providing client centered quality services. Through participation in numerous city and state funded projects, she has also learned that the connection of evidenced practice has the greatest effect in formulating and establishing sound policies which benefit clientele.

NAME: Denise E. Gosselin

DEGREES EARNED: B.A. Fairleigh Dickenson University (2001), M.A. New School University (2009)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Social Policy I: Policy and the Profession  Social Policy II: Human Rights Policy Analysis, Advocacy and Practice

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Denise has worked as an educator since 2001. She has worked in elementary, high school and higher education. She has taught history and social welfare policy at the college level since 2012. She has also worked for AARP Office of International Affairs, and the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs where she wrote the General Assembly Resolution 64/132 of December 2009. As a doctoral student, Denise has worked as a Research Assistant for Dr. Pardasani and Dr. Berkman in the Innovative Senior Center Study and Dr. Perez in the Loss of Homeland Study. As a Teacher Assistant, she has assisted Dr. Allyne-Green in Generalist Social Work Practice I and II and Child Abuse and Family Violence course. She is currently serves as an Executive Board Member of the Catholic Charities Junior Board of NYC and is a member of the NGO Committee on Aging at the UN and the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA). Her academic and research interest include older immigrants, health disparities, structural inequalities and poverty.

NAME: Ralph A. Gregory, LMSW

DEGREE EARNED: MSSA, Case Westchester Reserve University (1969)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Policy I & II

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Mr. Gregory’s entire career has been in the not-for-profit human services sector. During his over 27 year tenure as the chief executive officer of the United Way of Westchester and Putnam, he brought the public, private and not-for-profit sectors together to establish Hudson Valley 2-1-1, the Westchester Not-For-Profit Leadership Summit, a community schools initiative, a range of intergenerational programs as well as homeless and affordable housing projects. Prior to joining United Way, he served as chief executive officer of two major direct service agencies in the Midwest – a residential treatment center for neglected and dependent adolescent youth and a multi-site senior center organization. In addition to his teaching responsibilities at GSS, he currently serves as a member of the Children FIRST research team that is collaborating with the Westchester County Department of Social Services on a federally-funded initiative that is focusing on foster care youth who are at high risk of becoming homeless as they age out of the system. He also provides consultation/coaching services to not-for-profit professionals and organizations. In the past, he taught graduate level social policy and systems theory and change courses at Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland State University.

NAME: Lisa Henshaw, LCSW

DEGREES EARNED: MSW, Doctoral Candidate (’16).

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Clinical Practice Seminar  Human Behavior in the Social Environment II (in class and online)  Social Justice and Human Rights (In Class and Online)

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Lisa Henshaw, LCSW currently serves as the Coordinator for Licensing and Special Projects at Adelphi University. She began her social work career working with the homeless population, which led to her interest and passion in working with individuals challenged by mental health and substance abuse difficulties. Lisa has experience in clinical practice and the community mental health setting, working with those struggling with mental health and substance abuse and their families. She also served in supervisory and administrative positions. Lisa maintains a small private practice while she pursues her doctoral studies and continues her passion of teaching. The focus of her scholarly and practice interests is on issues related to trauma, misdiagnosis and military social work.

PUBLICATIONS:

Berger, R., Paul, M.S., & Henshaw, L.A. (2013). Women’s Experience of Infertility: A Multi- Systemic Perspective. Journal of International Women’s Studies, 14(1), 54-68

NAME: Roberta Herche, LCSW

DEGREES EARNED: MSW, Yeshiva University, Wurzweiler School of Social Work (1976)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Leadership and Macro Practice (Fall 2015)  Supervision and Staff Development (Fall 2015)  Client Centered Management  Administration; Human Service Organizations  Social Policy Analysis, Advocacy and Practice  Policy and the Profession  Human Rights and Social Justice  Human Behavior and the Social Environment  Clinical Practice; Methods of Group Practice  Clinical Seminar.

Fordham Center for Non-Profit Leaders, Capstone Course: Creating a Charitable Organization

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Roberta Herche, LCSW, has nearly 40 years of social work experience as both a clinician and an agency administrator. With a specialty in psychiatric social work, she began her career as a therapist and then clinical supervisor. As an agency administrator for 25 years on the senior or executive level her practice has included all aspects of nonprofit management and leadership in programs and agencies in the fields of psychiatric rehabilitation, national refugee resettlement and immigration policy and advocacy, and comprehensive social services to immigrants including immigration-focused legal services, economic development, domestic violence, substance abuse and mental health services. For the past 10 years she has maintained a comprehensive human services practice that includes psychotherapy, coaching and teaching. She is also an adjunct instructor at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work and at Lehman College, City University of New York in the Social Work Department.

NAME: Debra Hertz

DEGREES EARNED: B.A., International Relations & Latin American Studies, American University, Washington, DC M.S.W & Ph.D. Fordham University

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Practice with Task Group  Client Centered Management  Leadership & Macro Practice I & II  Supervision & Staff Development

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Debra Hertz is Managing Director of The Strategy Group, a strategic advisory firm that works to help strengthen the impact of non-profits and private foundations. The firm works with organizations on issues related to planning, leadership training, merger negotiations and integration, and organizational effectiveness. Prior to opening The Strategy Group, Debra served as Executive Director of the William Pitt Foundation, a private foundation that focuses on education for low-income youth. Previously she served in several executive positions at a non- profit agency in Stamford, CT serving families and women who are homeless, persons with HIV/AIDS, and individuals with mental illness. Debra also brings extensive work serving on and chairing boards. Most recently, she served as Chair of the Board of Liberation Programs, Inc., a substance abuse treatment agency serving Fairfield County. Her other current volunteer work includes serving as chair of the Darien Human Services Commission and on the Board of Directors of Achievement First Bridgeport Academy.

NAME: Kirk Anthony James

DEGREES EARNED:

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Social Policy II: Policy Practice and Human Rights Advocacy

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Dr. Kirk Anthony James is an alumnus of the school of Social Policy and Practice at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn). He completed his doctorate in May 2013. His dissertation titled: “The Invisible Epidemic In Social Work Academia”, examined the complex phenomena of mass incarceration utilizing a historical and contemporary analysis. He concluded by developing curricula for Master level students to increase awareness, activism and holistic practice in lieu of mass incarceration. Courses developed from his dissertation have currently been implemented at City College, Columbia University, Temple University, and the University of Pennsylvania. During his doctoral studies at the Penn, Dr. James developed and led the Goldring Reentry Initiative (GRI). The primary goal of the GRI is to reduce recidivism for individuals transitioning from Philadelphia jails. The program trains clinical and macro level social work student interns to work with incarcerated individuals (pre and post release) while simultaneously illuminating (and challenging) macro challenges to successful reentry.

Dr. James has over a decade of leadership experience in various social service fields. He is a well-respected speaker on issues pertaining to social justice and human rights. His primary research focuses on deconstructing issues of mass incarceration – Specifically as it pertains to trauma, cognitive development, culpability, and the examination of systems that perpetuate arrest and recidivism. Dr. James also founded and co-leads EVOLVE –– A multifaceted human rights intervention dedicated to ending mass incarceration through the utilization of transformative education.

NAME: Suzanne W. Janczewski, LCSW, LMSW

DEGREES EARNED: PhD Candidate, Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service (Expected May 2016) Master of Social Work, Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service (May 2011) Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Lafayette College (May 2009)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Social Policy II: Analysis, Advocacy and Practice (Taught since Spring 2015)

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Mrs. Janczewski has professional practice experience as a hospital clinical social worker. Since July 2011, Mrs. Janczewski has worked at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport, CT. She provides counseling services and biopsychosocial assessments for patients and their families in the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit and medical floors. From 2012-2013, Mrs. Janczewski also worked on St. Vincent’s Medical Center’s inpatient psychiatric unit, assisting patients in discharge planning and coordinating referral services to community resources for continued care. Mrs. Janczewski developed the orientation curriculum on recognizing abuse and neglect in vulnerable populations, which is presented to all new employees.

Since September 2010, Mrs. Janczewski has worked as a social worker at Silver Hill Hospital, which specializes in the treatment of psychiatric and addictive disorders for adolescent and adult patients. Mrs. Janczewski facilitates group therapy in both the inpatient and extended on-site transitional living programs. Mrs. Janczewski has a commitment to community service. She is currently a reading enrichment volunteer for the School Volunteer Association in Bridgeport, CT. In 2009, Mrs. Janczewski participated in a mission trip to Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic where she worked with Orphanage Outreach to help teach English to at-risk youths. Mrs. Jancewski’s research interests include aging and older adults and social work within healthcare.

NAME: Alicia Joel, LCSW

DEGREES EARNED: M.S.W. Fordham University (2000)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:

 Spring, 2016 Clinical Social Work Practice 2 with Children, Youth and Families.

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Currently a Part Time Lecturer at Rutgers University with experience teaching Diversity and Oppression, Clinical Social Work 2 and Clinical Social Work with Adolescents at the Graduate Level. Other current experience includes consulting for a state program in NJ working with the criminal justice population. Some responsibilities include conducting evaluations, facilitating anger management services, couples counseling and individual and group counseling. Past work includes working with domestic violence victims, individual and family work at a mental health agency and experience in school systems. Also experienced working with the psychiatric population as well as within various correctional capacities. Professional credentials include NJ Certified School Social Worker, Play Therapy Certificate, Clinical Social Work Supervision Certificate, and SIFI certificate.

NAME: Mary Ann Johnson, LMSW

DEGREES EARNED: MSW

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:

 Social Work Practice in the Schools  Practice with Abusers of Alcohol and Other Substances

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Mary Ann Johnson joined the Fordham GSSS faculty as an adjunct professor in 2012, teaching Social Work Practice in the Schools and Practice with Abusers of Alcohol and Other Substances.

Mrs. Johnson provided school social work services for 29 years in public schools in Westchester County, New York. During that time, she also maintained a private practice with adolescents and their families. Over the years as she worked with students in the school setting, Mrs. Johnson became interested in the disease of addiction and its impact on adolescents and their recovery. She studied addiction at New York University School of Social Work where she earned an Advanced Certificate in the Treatment of Alcohol and Drug-Abusing Clients. Additionally, she studied with Nancy Boyd-Webb, Ph.D., in Fordham’s Post- Masters Certificate Program in Child and Adolescent Therapy.

Besides her teaching at Fordham, Mrs. Johnson currently maintains a private practice for addicted women in recovery in Madison, CT.

NAME: Pamela Jones-Brice

DEGREES EARNED: M.S.W. Syracuse University (1976)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:

 Human Behavior and the Social Environment I and II  Generalist Practice with Individuals, Families, Groups and Communities I and II  Crisis Intervention and Trauma Treatment  Social Work with Adolescents

A member of the adjunct faculty since 2003

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE: Ms. Jones-Brice’s professional experience includes practice in the following areas: Residential Treatment with adolescent males Onondaga County (Syracuse) Psychiatric and Forensic Social Worker I and II Onondaga County (Syracuse) Supervisor of Substance Abuse / Forensic Services / Pre Admission Screening School social worker in middle school substance abuse prevention programs and clinician in outpatient substance abuse programs Director of the Employee Assistance Program for Verizon (New York Telephone / NYNEX / Bell Atlantic) Director of the Social Work Department for the Criminal Defense Division of the Legal Aid Society Currently the Director of the Westchester County Employee Assistance Program Professional Trainer Private Practice Clinician for more than twenty (20) years

NAME: Karen Joseph

DEGREES EARNED: Masters of Social work, Masters of Business Administration

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Leadership and Macro Practice II

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Social Services and Child Welfare.

NAME: Jeffrey W. Karaban, LCSW DEGREES EARNED:

Certification in Psychoanalysis, Training and Research Institute for Self Psychology 2006

Certification in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy 2003

MSW, Fordham University School of Social Service 1995 Seminar in Field Instruction Fordham University School of Social Service 1995

LCSW 2005

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:

 Clinical Social Work Practice II with Adults and Families  Individual Oriented Treatment  Advanced Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis I  Advanced Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis II  Relational Practice with Children, Adolescents and Adults  Modes and Methods of Clinical Supervision (Fordham at China Youth University, Beijing, China

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Jeffrey Karaban, LCSW is a graduate of Fordham University School of Social Service and the Training and Research Institute for Self Psychology. He is a psychoanalyst and psychotherapist in private practice in Columbus Circle. In a practice spanning over twenty years he has developed specialties in working with individuals struggling with sexual and gender identity, compulsive behavior and work with visual and performing artists. He also works with people with addictions and eating disorders and with couples. He is an adjunct professor at Fordham University, School of Social Service, as well as at the Columbia University Graduate School of Social Work, specializing in clinical courses. He is a founding member of Mosaic, an organization devoted to the study of theoretical psychological orientations into a post-modern integrative sensibility. He worked for 16 years at the New York

NAME: Margaret Knapp

DEGREES EARNED: B.A. Sociology, University of California, Santa Cruz (2004), M.S.W. Fordham University (2014)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Human Rights and Social Justice

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Margaret Knapp, LMSW, worked with Easter Seals of Monterey Bay as an Applied Behavioral Analysis Technician with children with autism for seven years. In addition, she served as the Executive Director of Siena House in Santa Cruz, California. Siena House is a residence for women who are pregnant and working to overcome issues of poverty, homelessness, drug addiction, mental illness and/or involvement in the criminal justice system. Currently Margaret works at Queens Community House, Eviction Prevention Unit in Jamaica, where she assists families facing eviction or in the NYC Shelter System, to acquire permanent housing.

NAME: Rochelle Leiber-Miller

DEGREES EARNED: MS, Hunter College; MSW, Fordham University

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  HBSE, Clinical 1  School Social Work Practice  Generalist I (Since Fall, 2012)  School-based Practice  Youth and Families  Teen Mental Health  Community Support Systems

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Ms. Leiber-Miller has extensive school-based practice, having served in public schools as a teacher, special educator, and school social worker. She was President of the School Social Work Association of America from 2009-2012 and has been a board member of the New York State School Social Workers Association, NASW, and GLSEN Hudson Valley.

Ms. Leiber-Miller published Families as Partners: Making the Connection, in 2012. She has been a presenter at regional and national social work conferences; served on the Oxford University Press Advisory Board from 2009-2012; and served as a participant in the President’s Task Force, a symposium on Restriction and Seclusion in Public Schools, in 2009, at the White House in Washington DC as well as the National Summit on Recovery for Youth with Substance Abuse.

NAME: Daniel Linhares

DEGREES EARNED: Psychiatry Board Certification–American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (2014) M.D. - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2009)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:

 SWGS 6431: Advanced Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis II  SWGS 6422: Individual Oriented Treatment

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Daniel Linhares, MD is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai. He completed his medical training at the Federal University of Rio De Janeiro in Brazil. Daniel subsequently moved to New York City and completed his Residency in Psychiatry at New York Medical College, where he was Chief Resident. While in residency, he received the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Resident Recognition Award and the New York Medical College Award for Clinical Excellence. He also completed a 2-year course in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy at New York Medical College Psychoanalytic Institute. Following residency, Daniel completed a Psychosomatic Medicine Fellowship at Mount Sinai St. Luke's and Roosevelt. During his fellowship, he participated in a research project screening for psychiatric illness in patients admitted to the Mount Sinai St. Luke's CCU and presented the findings in a poster at the 2014 Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine (APM) Annual Meeting. Daniel organized and presented another poster at the 2015 American Psychiatric Association (APA) Annual Meeting regarding the screening for post-partum depression at Mount Sinai Roosevelt. Daniel has a strong interest in psychosomatic medicine and working within the integrated care model.

NAME: Antoine Lovell, L.M.S.W, M.P.A

DEGREES EARNED: M.S.W. New York University (2014) M.P.A. Long Island University (2006) B.A. Hunter College, City University of New York (2001)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  SWGS 6006 Social Policy I: Policy and the Profession  SWGS 6050, Human Rights and Social Justice, Foundation

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Antoine Lovell, L.M.S.W, M.P.A has experience in the fields of housing, homelessness, organizational management and leadership, workforce development and policy. He has dedicated his practice career in these areas by working with marginalized populations in social service and governmental organizations. Throughout his career, Antoine has successfully housed diverse populations, and drafted economic development legislation for a state legislature. Most recently, Antoine was the Director of a supportive housing division for a large child welfare organization that served runaway homeless youth, along with youth in foster care. Antoine’s primary research interest will focus on diversity and inclusion within the field of social work, youth, race and racism, poverty, along with social/public policy and their impact on people of African descent.

NAME: Suzanne Marmo

DEGREES EARNED: MSW, Stony Brook University 1995 Doctoral Candidate Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Social Work Practice in Research I, Social Work Practice in Research II

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Suzanne Marmo, LCSW is a doctoral candidate and adjunct professor at the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service. Her research and scholarly interests are in aging, palliative care, hospice use by terminally ill cancer patients and the sustainability of social work in hospice organizations. She is a practicing clinical social worker who specializes in oncology social work and working with older adults.

NAME: Mary C. McCluskey, DSW, LCSW

DEGREES EARNED:

M.S.W. Columbia School of Social Work (2005), D.S.W. University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice (2015)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Dr. McCluskey is an adjunct lecturer at The University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice and currently teaches Human Behavior in the Social Environment and has also taught Mental Health Diagnostics. In addition, she teaches Human Behavior in the Social Environment III at New York University Silver School of Social Work.

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Dr. McCluskey currently works in private practice in New York City. She provides psychotherapy and psychoanalysis for adolescents and adults. She has extensive experience in the treatment of adult survivors of childhood abuse. She received a certification in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy from the American Institute of Psychoanalysis in 2007, and is currently a candidate in psychoanalytic training at AIP. She worked for 6 years at the Karen Horney Trauma Treatment Center, as well as in various Employee Assistance Program settings. She began her career in social work as a child protection coordinator at North Central Bronx Hospital and remains invested and passionate about the prevention of child maltreatment. She is currently doing research in this area.

NAME: Vera Mehta

DEGREES EARNED: MS. Boston University (1966), Ph.D. Technische Universität Berlin (1986)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Human Behavior in the Social Environment, and currently  Human Rights and Social Justice

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

A dual career as full time social work educator, now as an Adjunct, and with the United Nations in various capacities. As Secretary of Association for Asian and Pacific Social Work Education and Schools of Social Work globally, with outreach to 130 countries, provided programmatic leadership for new and relevant social work curricular innovations to respond to emerging issues. Specialized and generalist practice in multi-service centers, in counseling, administrative and policy making positions. Utilization of public-private, civil society and media partnerships, creative communications and resource mobilization to develop individual services and macro approaches.

Assistance to governments and non-profit agencies of emerging and transition countries to shape policy directives, plan and implement effective service delivery with relevant staff training, evaluation and monitoring. Preparation of UN training materials on development strategies, poverty eradication, health, peace education, conflict prevention and resolution, human rights, and empowerment of women, children, youth, refugees, and AIDS for political and social activism. Extensive writings on political, economic, social, human rights, sustainable development and arms control issues.

Direct work for ten years on the front lines of the Balkan war, witnessing destruction and torture, was a life changing experience, culminating in strong commitment to reverence for life, human dignity and human rights. Currently, close liaison with Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, ACLU and other groups for the marginalized, homeless, politically disenfranchised, immigrants, ethnic minorities, victims of torture, sexual violence and human trafficking, LGBT and indigenous groups. These cumulative experiences provide a unique background for transformative teaching to which I am deeply committed.

NAME: Megan Melamed, LCSW

DEGREES EARNED: MSW Columbia University (2006)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Clinical Practice 1

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE: Megan is a clinically trained social worker with experience developing, implementing and administering trauma-informed, person-centered programs for children, teens and adults. She is dedicated to development and integration on all levels: personal, organizational, and societal. Megan has worked with a variety of clients in a variety of settings including: ACT teams, homeless services agencies, schools, and jails. Megan specializes in working with individuals who are particularly marginalized including homeless individuals with serious mental illness, individuals with histories of justice involvement, and communities affected by the intersection of poverty and trauma. In 2011 she was one of 18 professionals in the state of Connecticut selected to participate in an intensive educational experience aimed at developing and building on the strengths of emerging leaders statewide. She is also a registered yoga teacher who believes strongly in the connection of body and mind and regularly utilizes yogic techniques in her work with clients and staff. Megan currently works as the Director of Reentry for the Manhattan Link program at CASES.

NAME: Hans Menos

DEGREES EARNED: M.S.W. Fordham University (2008)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Social Policy II

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Hans is the Director of Youth Services at The Center for Community Alternatives (CCA) in New York City. He oversees CCA’s Youth Services Division, which advocates for policy change within city and state government and provides alternative to detention programs for more than 400 court-involved young people each year. Prior to joining CCA, he was a forensic social worker working with Manhattan, Bronx and Brooklyn Family courts.

NAME: Gwenith M. Mitchell

DEGREES EARNED: M.S.W. Fordham University, NY (1998),

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Human Rights and Social Justice  Clinical Practice I  Supervision and Staff Development  Clinical Practice Seminar  Human Behavior and the Social Environment 1 and 2

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE

Gwenith M. Mitchell is an Adjunct Professor and a Faculty Advisor at Fordham’s Graduate School of Social Service. Ms. Mitchell graduated from Fordham Class of 1998 with her MSW and has over 20 years of extensive and diversified experience working in human services. Ms. Mitchell is presently the Director of Training that covers three residential locations in Westchester County. She also does training and staff development as a consultant to four schools. Ms. Mitchell is an instructor for both Adult and Youth Mental Health First Aid through the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare. She has trained about 500 heath care providers in many social service agencies throughout New York State. Mental Health First Aid is designed to help healthcare and non-health care professionals recognize signs and symptoms of people experiencing a mental health crisis. Ms. Mitchell teaches many of the clinical and advanced classes to the students at Fordham. Those courses include: Human Rights and Social Justice, Clinical Practice 1, Supervision and Staff Development, Clinical Practice Seminar and Human Behavior and the Social Environment 1 and 2.

NAME: Abigail Nathanson

DEGREES EARNED:

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Advanced Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis I

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Abigail Nathanson, LCSW is the Manager of Support Groups at the Alzheimer's Association of New York. Prior to this position, she worked as a Social Work Supervisor at Metropolitan Jewish Hospice, developing and running a clinical training and supervision program, and as part of a research team through the Beth Israel Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care working to identify and address educational and training needs of community geriatric social workers. Her past experience includes work in multiple healthcare sectors including acute hospital, nursing home, homecare, outpatient mental health and hospice settings. Ms. Nathanson holds advanced post-graduate certificates in Clinical Supervision and in Palliative and End-of- Life care from NYU.

NAME: Anne Marie Norberto

DEGREES EARNED: LCSW-New York University 2000. Doctoral student Fordham University 2011-present.

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  HBSE1

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

My practice expertise is in working with children with special needs and their families. Particular to children with autism spectrum disorder. I specialized in working with this population for over the past 15 years. My doctoral studies have allowed me further opportunity to research, present and enhance my knowledge base in order to better support my work with this population

NAME: Tanzilya Oren

DEGREES EARNED: M.A. Samarkand University (Uzbekistan, 1997), M.S. in Social Work Columbia University (2007)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Social Policy II: Human Rights Policy Analysis, Advocacy and Practice

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Tanzilya Oren, LMSW, manages the New Immigrant Center at the English-Speaking Union of the United States. The Center provides a welcoming space for recent immigrants and refugees where they get to meet long-term Americans, received information on various resources attend workshops on everyday issues of settling in the U.S., free English classes and one-to-one conversation sessions with tutors. Previously, she worked at the NYS Department of Labor as an Immigrant Workforce Counselor, a new position at the agency. In 2007-2009 she was in South Africa at CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation working in advocacy projects on protection of civil society and citizen participation in Eurasia and internationally. In her native Uzbekistan Tanzilya coordinated the first domestic violence and rehabilitation center for victims of self-immolation and human trafficking, and later led a National Community Development Network there.

NAME: Anna Ortega-Williams

DEGREES EARNED: PhD Candidate (2011-present) Fordham University MSW (2001) Stony Brook University BS Psychology (1999) Hunter College

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:

 SWGS 6605 Community Organization and Community Capacity Building (Adjunct)  SWGS 6321 Generalist Social Work Practice with Individuals, Families, and Groups (Teaching Assistant)

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Anna Ortega-Williams, LMSW is the Director of Training and Evaluation at the Red Hook Initiative (RHI). She is currently pursuing her PhD in Social Work from Fordham University’s Graduate School of Social Service. Her research is exploring the meaning of organizing among Black youth and the impact it has upon historical trauma. Ms. Ortega-Williams is a licensed social worker and has provided individual, group and family counseling since 2002. Ms. Ortega- Williams leads evaluation and research efforts in her organization, as well as enhances staff capacity through professional development and training. She has presented at local, citywide, national, and international conferences to strengthen the visibility and influence of social justice- based, community-informed social work. She has served on several professional boards, associations, and organizations that focused on group work, human rights, and community empowerment. Ms, Ortega-Williams, born and raised in public housing in the Bronx, is a long time organizer and activist. She connects her daily work and existence to her passion to create a world where there is racial and economic justice, dignity for all people, and joy.

NAME: Victoria A. Osborne

DEGREES EARNED: Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis, (2008); MSW, Washington University in St. Louis (1998)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Research I; Clinical Seminar

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Dr. Osborne received her PhD in social work from Washington University in 2008. Since that time, she was Assistant Research Professor at Saint Louis University School of Medicine, and Assistant Professor in Social Work and Public Health at the University of Missouri. Her research has been focused on Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) for alcohol misuse. She is particularly interested in training health professionals and students in the SBIRT, studying effectiveness of implementing and maintaining SBIRT in primary care practices, understanding marijuana use for pain in older adults, and developing substance use patient education and health promotion campaigns.

NAME: Gerard Perna, LCSW

DEGREES EARNED: M.S.W. New York University (1977)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Clinical Practice I & II  Clinical Seminar,  Individual Oriented Treatment, Assessment and Diagnosis  Generalist SW Practice I.

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Upon graduation from social work school, I worked with adolescents who lived in group homes run by Covenant House and then later with runaways in Covenant Houses’s Under 21 program. While pursuing and completing training in psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy, I was working at a mental health clinic located in East New York. Initially I was hired and worked as a staff therapist and eventually I became the clinical director. I was there for eight years during the time when both the AIDS epidemic and the use of crack began to impact life in New York.

Currently I am in full-time private practice. I treat adolescents and adults and do individual and couples work. In addition to my practice and teaching, I have performed consulting work and supervision for CASA at Manhattan Family Court and IHI, a mental health agency servicing the LGBT community.

NAME: Colette Phipps

DEGREES EARNED: M.S.W. New York University (2004), Licensed (2006) For instance…… M.S.W. New York University (2008), Ph.D. Fordham University (2014)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Human Rights and Social Justice

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Colette Phipps has been an active force in the geriatric social work field for over 15 years. Her specializations include working with, advocacy and program development for older adults, caregivers, and telehealth often with an intergenerational focus. Ms. Phipps is a Research Analyst at the Westchester County Department of Senior Programs and Services. As such, she analyzes demographics, recognizes trends and helps to shape policy for Westchester’s seniors. Ms. Phipps is a SIFI certified field instructor and has participated in the 2005 and 2015 White House Conferences on Aging. Other experience includes grant writing, public speaking, event planning, supervision, and administration.

NAME: Fr. Francis Pizzarelli, SMM, LCSW-R, ACSW, DCSW

DEGREES EARNED: M.S.W. Fordham University, NY (1992), Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, St. Michael’s College, VT (1990)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  SWGS6321 Generalist SW practice I (Molloy Campus)  SWGS6322 Generalist SW practice II (Molloy Campus)  SWGS 6109 Meeting the Challenges of Poverty: Capacity Building with Faith Communities  SWGS6417 Practice with Abusers of Alcohol and Other Substances  SWGS6050 Human Rights and Social Justice  SWGS6014 Women, Work and Poverty  SWGS6007 Social Policy II: Policy Practice and Human Rights Advocacy (PRESENTLY)

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

In April 1980 I founded Hope House Ministries, a multifaceted human services agency that reaches out to the poor, broken and wounded among us. In 1993 founded Hope Academy, a long-term residential nontraditional treatment program for addictions. In 2000 founded the St. Maximilian Kolbe Outpatient Treatment Center for Addictions. The focus of my social work practice has been focused on the homeless and undocumented as well as with people battling addiction. I have lobbied the criminal justice system to release drug addicts to our treatment residence in lieu of long-term incarceration. In 1996, I was appointed by President Clinton to his Task Force on Youth Violence, Drugs and Alcohol; I represented the Metropolitan New York area.

NAME: Erica Ponteen, LMSW

DEGREES EARNED: B.A. Pace University (2006), M.S.W. New York University (2009)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Human Behavior in the Social Environment I (via online)  Human Behavior in the Social Environment I  Human Behavior in the Social Environment II

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Erica Ponteen received her Master of Social Work from the New York University, Silver School of Social Work and is New York licensed Social Worker. Erica Ponteen has worked as a clinical social worker in residential programs, schools, and preventive child welfare agencies. Her academic, research, and professional interests include the bio-psycho-social adjustment of United States military veterans, child welfare issues, women and youth transformation after crises. Her unique clinical approach has been recognized as innovating. Consequently, she has presented and consulted on research projects. Currently, Erica Ponteen is a Ph.D. student at Fordham University. Erica Ponteen is an adjunct instructor at several universities and currently, the Field Education Coordinator at Nyack College. She also continues to practice as a clinical Social Worker.

NAME: Mary Powell

DEGREES EARNED: M.S.W. Fordham University (1999), PhD Candidate (Present)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Human Behavior and the Social Environment I and II  Cognitive-Behavioral Brief Treatment of Children and Adults

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Nationally Certified Psychoanalyst. I have treated adults, children, adolescents, couples and groups for over 15 years in both private and public practice. I received a post-graduate certificate in Psychoanalysis and a post-graduate certificate in Spiritual Psychotherapy from the Blanton-Peale Institute (2002). I conduct a Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training group in my private practice. I am a Utilization Reviewer and trainer for Bridging Access to Care at its mental health center and substance abuse clinics, where I also provided individual and group supervision. I have taught at Adelphi University, Hunter College, and New York University courses such as Diagnosis and Assessment; Crisis Intervention, Brief Psychodynamic Treatment, & Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy; and Research II. I introduce DBT mindfulness exercises to MSW students and other beginning clinicians as a self-care and clinical education strategy. My interests gravitate toward assisting practicing clinicians and students with personal and professional self-care and how these can be implemented into organizations and the educational curriculum. The consistent theme in my work is related to the strengths and growing areas in organizations, the social work curriculum, and in the helping professional him or herself, and how these ultimately affect clients.

NAME: Elizabeth Powers, LMSW

DEGREES EARNED: B.A. in Psychology, Webster University (2004); M.S.W., Fordham University (2008)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:

 Spring 2016: Forensic Social Work Practice

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Elizabeth Powers is the Director of Youth Justice at the Children’s Defense Fund – New York (CDF-NY) where she oversees the Juvenile Justice and Education Justice policy portfolios. Prior to CDF-NY Elizabeth was a Forensic Social Worker at the Legal Aid Society working as part of a legal team representing children in New York City’s Family Court. Following her work in the Bronx and Brooklyn Legal Aid Society trial offices, she served on the Legal Aid Society’s Special Litigation and Law Reform Unit where she contributed to class action law suits on behalf of children in the Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice systems. Elizabeth earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Webster University in 2004 and her Master in Social Work degree from Fordham University in 2008. She completed her Master’s thesis as an intern for the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, analyzing a pilot mental health treatment modality for inmates held in punitive segregation at Rikers Island.

NAME: Barbara Probst

DEGREES EARNED: M.S.W. Fordham University (2000), Ph.D. Fordham University (2011)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Advanced Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis I and II  Clinical Practice I and II  Clinical Seminar  Human Behavior in the Social Environment I and II

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Barbara Probst teaches advanced clinical practice and qualitative research methods (PhD level) in the graduate schools of social work at Fordham University and Smith College. She has published extensively in scholarly publications such as the Clinical Social Work Journal, Families in Society, Journal of Teaching in Social Work, Research on Social Work Practice, Qualitative Social Work, and Social Work in Mental Health, and has recently published her second book entitled Critical Thinking in Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis, part of Springer’s Essential Clinical Social Work Series. Dr. Probst has given dozens of presentations to public and professional organizations across the country including the Council on Social Work Education and the Society for Social Work and Research. She is a peer reviewer for a number of scholarly journals and maintains a private practice specializing in “difficult” children and their families. Her research focuses on the uses of reflexivity in qualitative research, the experience of receiving and living with a mental health diagnosis, and how clinical social workers navigate multiple perspectives in their work.

NAME: Dr. Dawn Ravella

DEGREES EARNED: M.S.W. Fordham University (1998)

D.Min. New York Theological Seminary (2013)

COURSES TAUGHT (and teaching currently) at GSS:  Death and Dying

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Dawn Ravella is a social worker who has organized faith communities to respond to human suffering, poverty and injustice – both locally and internationally – for more than 25 years. She mobilizes congregants to engage in direct service projects and programs.

Some of Dawn’s favorite accomplishments include the establishment of two overnight shelters for homeless men; Co-founding East Side Congregations for Housing Justice, a vehicle to mobilize people of faith to dialogue with elected officials regarding blueprint to end homelessness in NYC; and the International Ministry she created to facilitate funding and support for economic development projects in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, Africa.

Currently as Director of Mission at The Reformed Church of Bronxville, Dawn created and directs a “Coming Home Prison Ministry.” This program provides life skills empowerment classes and mentoring to formerly incarcerated individuals within the context of supportive trauma-informed community. This multilayered project has mobilized community members to engage in many new ways, including systemic change efforts and restorative justice initiatives.

Dawn has also worked with Rainbows International as a National Registered Director – providing training and leadership to individuals and organizations supporting children experiencing crisis and loss.

She has maintained a practice of holistic psychotherapy including spirituality and mind/ body practices.

NAME: Josué Rodriguez, LMSW

DEGREES EARNED: Fordham University, Graduate School of Social Services, New York, NY Masters in Social Work (MSW): 2000

Nyack College, Nyack, NY Bachelor of Science (BS) Organizational Management. 1996

Advance Certificates: Columbia University, Graduate Business School - Executive Education, New York, NY Certificate in Business Excellence (CIBE). 2014

Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, New York, NY Certificate in Management and Labor Relations. 1983

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:

 Adjunct Faculty: Social Policy II: Policy Practice and Human Rights Advocacy – 2015  Faculty Adviser: Advance Integrative Seminar 2008 – Present  Field Instructor: 2003 – 2008

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE: I am presently the President and Founder of Leadership Practice Consultant. For over 23 years I provide serves in The South Bronx in the following capacities; Associate Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of East Side House Settlement, Associate Director of Aspira of NY, Inc. overseeing a Beacon School, and I worked with the NYC Office of the Mayor's Office of Public Safety/Office of Drug Abuse Policy – assisting in the implementation of the Mott Haven Restoration Project (A Federal Weed & Seed Program) addressing drug abuse, crime, education, and economic development in the South Bronx.

In a partnership with NYC Department of Education and East Side House Settlement, I was the NYS Certified School Social Worker (CSSW) who provided social work services to students (in grades 9th through 12th) and their families. In addition, provided supervision of all social services provided by social workers and social work interns from the agency’s Social Services Program. Additionally, I provided supervision of the school’s College Preparation & Leadership Program (CPLP).

NAME Paule Rogol, LCSW, CASAC

DEGREES EARNED: MSW, Hunter College School of Social Work, 2006/ (now Silberman School of Social Work)

COURSES TAUGHT (and teaching currently) at GSS:  Practice with Abusers of Alcohol and Other Substances (SWGS 6417)

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Paule Rogol LCSW, CASAC, is a native New Yorker with nearly a decade of experience working in the addiction field. She has worked in medical and other clinical settings specializing in both group and individual treatment with diverse populations. She has presented at professional conferences on substance use and aging at the annual NASW Addictions conference and on art in recovery at the NYS Psychological Association. She has supervised social work students during their internship at the Addiction Institute Opioid Treatment program, and has been teaching, “Practice with Abusers of Alcohol & other Substances” at Fordham since 2012. While utilizing various models of addiction, she emphasizes an empathic “harm reduction” approach and working “where the client is at”. She has studied both psychodynamic and behavioral approaches to counseling, and integrates motivational interviewing, CBT as well as other techniques that allow a client to moderate their addictive behaviors when they are ready. As an instructor, she is thrilled to share her passion about working in this field, and encourages a dynamic, interactive process in class exploring the many aspects of addiction. She also believes strongly that addressing the stigma of addiction is an important part of the work, and invites students to reflect on their own beliefs. She hopes to help students develop a fuller understanding of the challenges that an individual struggling with addiction faces, so that as future social workers, they enter the work force with knowledge and compassion about a common, yet stigmatized, illness.

NAME: Bethany Rogosin

DEGREES EARNED: B.A. University of Maryland at College Park (1997) M.S.W. New York University (2003)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Philanthropy and Resource Development, Fordham Graduate School of Social Service  Proposal Development and Submission, Fordham Non-profit Leadership Program  Fundraising, Fordham, MS in Non-Profit Leadership  Faculty Advisor, Hunter College Silberman School of Social Work

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Bethany Rogosin is a non-profit professional with 10+ years of experience in relationship management, donor strategy and solicitation and large-scale project management. She has expertise in trustee relations, high-end donor engagement, and cultivation of relationships with corporations and private foundations. Bethany is currently the Associate Director, KiDS of NYU Langone Medical Center and her role includes managing the operations of KiDS board activity and executing large scale projects such as electronic donor communications that reach over 6,000 supporters and the annual gala, which exceeds revenue of $1 million. Bethany has previously held positions at The Natan Fund and UJA Federation of New York.

NAME: Marjorie Saltzberg, LCSW

DEGREES EARNED: Certificate in Family Therapy, Hunter College School of Social Work (1986) MSW, Hunter College School of Social Work (1975) BA, University of Pennsylvania (1969)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Family Treatment; Group  Clinical Practice I  Clinical Practice II (adults and families; children, youth, and families)  Clinical Practice Seminar; Crisis Intervention and Trauma Treatment

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

I have maintained a private practice with adults and families for 30 years. I published several articles on clinical practice issues, most recently on group for postpartum mood disorders. I have a background in medical and psychiatric social work (Manhattan Veterans Administration Hospital), and was Employee Assistance Program Coordinator (NY Presbyterian Hospital). My most recent consulting work was giving a Grand Rounds at Maimonides Medical Center on "Self-Care for Therapists".

NAME: Liz Sak

DEGREES EARNED:

BA, Lehigh University; MBA in Nonprofit Management, Yale School of Management

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:

 Community Organizing

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Liz Sak is the executive director of the Cricket Island Foundation a private, family foundation. CIF funds youth-led social change programs nationally with a particular emphasis on emerging organizations that work with extremely marginalized populations. Liz came to Cricket Island 8 years ago after almost two decades of experience running non-profit organizations – from a Beacon School in the South Bronx to an arts and youth-led social change group in Manhattan. She currently serves as the Vice Chair of the Board of Philanthropy New York and on the Executive Committee for the Just and Fair Schools Fund. She has also served on the Boards of the Empire State Pride Agenda and Hetrick Martin Institute. She spearheaded an effort to analyze the impact of the recession on social justice philanthropy that resulted in release of Diminishing Dollars for Social Justice Philanthropy in partnership with the Foundation Center.

NAME: Harry Schiffman

DEGREES EARNED: MSW (1979) Hunter College Graduate School of Social Work For instance…… M.S.W. New York University (2008), Ph.D. Fordham University (2014)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:

 The On-Line Social Policy 1 6006

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Harry Schiffman is currently Community Liaison in the Office of New York State Assemblymember James Brennen ~ 44 Assembly District. In this capacity Mr. Schiffman helps constituents apply for social programs ie New York City Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemptions (SCRIE). He also represents the Assemblymember at Community Board, Precinct Council and neighborhood organization meetings. Mr. Schiffman’s expertise is in Community Organizing and Planning and has been a staff member, executive director and consultant to neighborhood based organizations throughout the New York City Metropolitan Area. He has worked in City Government and is active in politics and community organizations in Brooklyn New York

NAME: Elizabeth Seidel

DEGREES EARNED: B.A., Bard College (2002), M.S.W. Fordham University (2009)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Research 1 & 2

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE: Elizabeth Seidel is the Manager for Research and Evaluation in the Applied and Translation Research Program of ACRIA, focusing primarily on psychosocial needs of older adults living with HIV.

NAME: J. Elisabeth Sheehey, LCSW

DEGREES EARNED: N.D.D. (M.F.A. equivalent) University of Wales (1966); M.S.W. Fordham University (1988); Post-Masters Certificate in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Fordham University (1990)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Human Behavior  Generalist Practice  Clinical Practice  Human Rights and Social Justice

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

My experience has been varied. While living in London, I served as an administrator of a residential school for disturbed adolescent girls between 1967 and 1975. After receiving my MSW, I worked two years for United Hospital as a clinician in an out-patient substance abuse clinic. Then, between 1990 and 2005 I worked for Westchester Jewish Community Services in a mental health clinic whose catchment area took in a wide demographic; in 1996, the agency presented me the Lillian Roemer Award for Clinical Excellence. While at WJCS, I supervised MSW students from Smith College, NYU, and Fordham; I also taught and supervised students in the Fordham Post-Masters Certificate program. For the past ten years, I have been in private practice in Ardsley, New York.

NAME: Louise Skolnik

DEGREES EARNED: MSW, DSW

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Generalist Social Work Practice I  Generalist Social Work Practice II  Seminar in Clinical Social Work Practice

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Practice/ Professional Experience: Professor Emerita, Adelphi University; Associate Dean , Adelphi University School of Social Work; Director, The Adelphi Social Services Center; Deputy Commissioner, Nassau County Department of Social Services; Director of Human Services, Nassau County Health and Human Services

NAME: Mel A. Solis

DEGREES EARNED: M.A., Fairfield University (1984-Psychology), M.S.W. Columbia University (1987-Social Work), Certificate in Psychoanalysis (2007-Westchester Institute for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Advanced Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis 1 and 2  Practice Seminar.

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

I have worked with incarcerated individuals and have worked in both in-patient and out-patient substance abuse and mental health settings. I have been in private practice full time since 2001.

NAME: Helen A. Solomon

DEGREES EARNED: M.S.W. Indiana University (1971)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Clinical Practice I  Clinical Practice II (Adults and Families)  Seminar in Clinical Social Work Practice  Relational Practice for Children, Adolescents and Adults  Ego, Object Relationships and Self Psychology for Social Workers  Individual Oriented Treatment

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Prior to becoming an Adjunct Professor at Fordham (2015) I completed a Post-Masters training program at the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, Inc. (IPTAR). I worked extensively in the child welfare field as both a caseworker and as an administrator in a residential treatment center for children and adolescents. Additional work experience has been with an in- patient psychiatric unit of a state hospital and as a clinical consultant to a unit at Mount Sinai Hospital for sexual abuse and violence intervention. For the past 30 + years I have maintained a private psychotherapy practice for the treatment of individuals, couples and families.

NAME: Alan I. Stein

DEGREES EARNED: LCSW, Masters in Psychology, NY State Certification; Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Advanced Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis SWGS 6430  Seminar Clinical Social Work Practice SWGS 6415

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Private Practice 1976- present Director of Behavioral Medicine Winthrop University Hospital 2000-present Mentor; Learning Communities Stony Brook Medical School 2013-present Supervisor of Intake and therapist, Washington Square Institute for Psychotherapy and Mental Health Staff Summit Child Evaluation Center, Jersey City, NJ Staff Bernstein Institute at Beth Israel medical Center, drug and alcohol division Therapist, Blanton Peele Institute

NAME: Allison Landy Treviño-Hartman, LCSW

DEGREES EARNED: BA Loyola University M.S.W. Fordham University

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Human Rights and Social Justice

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Allison received her BA from Loyola University where she also received the Jane Addams Social Service Award. She completed her MSW from Fordham University and is a now doctoral student with a concentration in Social Policy. She was chosen as the 2015 recipient of the Rogler Fellowship Award and will focus her studies on Latino populations. She is a practicing hospital social worker with research interests in the human rights of birth parents involved in Adoption, Foster Care and Child Welfare. Currently, she serves on the Lynn Franklyn Fund Advisory Committee at the Donaldson Adoption Institute and serves as an advocate for birth parents and adoptees, groups who are often marginalized domestically and internationally. As a mixed Mexican and Irish American adopted person, Allison understands the impact of policy and human rights from a perspective that prompts her activism to advocate for marginalized populations.

NAME: Anthony Verdino, LCSW

DEGREES EARNED: MA Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice (2004) MSW, Loyola University Chicago (2007)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Seminar in Clinical Social Work Practice (6415)

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Anthony has worked mostly in community-based, outpatient health and mental health settings providing individual and group therapy. He has spent the majority of his career working with LGB/T/Q communities, individuals living with HIV/AIDS, and people with mental health or co- occurring mental health and substance use concerns. Anthony believes that all individuals develop a unique perception of themselves and the world around them. It is important to assist clients with acknowledging, connecting to, and internalizing the ways in which they have been affected by life events and how they have come to understand, view, and interact with the world around them. People can then begin to make informed decisions about what sort of change they would like to make and the methods by which they may take action. At his foundation, Anthony is a harm reductionist by focusing on meeting people at their level of desire or readiness for change and minimizing the potentially negative impact of stressors, circumstances, and behaviors. He also uses a strengths-based perspective to empower folks to identify areas where they may regain control and an insight-focused orientation which involves exploring the needs and purposes behind people’s reactions and responses to their environment.

NAME: David Vincent

DEGREES EARNED: M.S.W. Boston University (1995), Ph.D. Candidate Fordham University

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Supervision and Staff Development, Program and Proposal Development

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

David Vincent, MSW is the Deputy Executive Director with the Door. In his current capacity he is responsible for the direction and leadership of a continuum of services targeted at the social, physical and mental health of some of New York City’s most vulnerable adolescents. Additionally, Mr. Vincent is responsible for the agency’s program expansion efforts and enhancing the organization’s ability to integrate, deliver and measure its services.

Prior to joining the Door, Mr. Vincent was the Associate Executive Director of Callen-Lorde Community Health Center in New York City. In this capacity, he was responsible for the development, implementation and oversight of population and health condition specific services, including HIV Services, Women’s Health Services, Mental Health, Oral Health Services, Adolescent Health Services and Health Education, as well as adherence to government funding requirements and regulatory compliance.

NAME: Linda White-Ryan

DEGREES EARNED: M.S.W. Fordham University (2005) Ph. D. Fordham University (2012)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:

 Generalist Social Work Practice with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations and Communities  Advanced Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis  Social work Practice with Abusers of Alcohol and Other Substances

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Linda White-Ryan, Ph.D, LMSW, R.N., CASAC, is Assistant Dean at Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service. She received both her Ph.D. and MSW from Fordham University. She currently teaches at Fordham University courses in advanced clinical assessment and diagnosis and social work practice with abusers of alcohol and other substances. Dr. White- Ryan has 25 years of experience working in the health care field working in mental health and substance abuse in both inpatient and outpatient clinical settings. She has developed alcohol and substance abuse prevention workshops and presented them in many school systems throughout Westchester County. Dr. White-Ryan is a social work clinician with a private practice specializing in working with children, adolescents, and their families regarding behavioral problems and issues involving alcohol and substance abuse. Dr. White-Ryan is also a researcher and her current research interests involve older adults with alcohol and substance abuse problems.

NAME: Terri L. Wilder

DEGREES EARNED:

M.S.W. University of Georgia (1992), B.S.W. University of Georgia (1989)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS: Social Work and HIV/AIDS; Social Justice, Practice with Organizations and Communities

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Terri L. Wilder, MSW is the Director of HIV/AIDS Education and Training with the Mt. Sinai Institute for Advanced Medicine. She has worked in HIV services since 1989 providing HIV social services, coordinating health education for clients and medical providers, and advocating for policy change. She has presented information on HIV both locally and nationally, having presented at the United States Conference on AIDS, the National Social Worker and AIDS Conference, and the National HIV Prevention Conference, to name a few. Many of her articles on HIV can be found in AIDS Survival Project's Survival News, The Body's Web site, POZ Web site, as well as Project Inform's Web site. She is currently a doctoral student at Georgia State University Department of Sociology and recently served on the New York Governor’s Task Force to Ends.

NAME: Valerie Wood, LCSW, LCADC

DEGREES EARNED: M.S.W. Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service (1997)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Field Work I  Advanced Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis II.

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

I have extensive experience in both clinical and administrative social work. My clinical background includes the following experience: community mental health; Senior Clinician at an urban inpatient substance abuse treatment facility where I supervised clinical staff and specialized in diagnosing and treating clients with co-occurring disorders; Crisis Intervention in both domestic violence and in a hospital setting; bariatrics; and a private practice where I have continued to work with adolescents and adults, I hold a specialization eating disorders and addiction. I have additionally held leadership positions within non-profit as well as corporate environments. For example, as Clinical Director for a community mental health agency I supervised staff, participated in strategic planning, Board development and created as well as implemented programs and grants. One of my last positions, prior to entering the field of social work, was as Vice President of Administration for a publicly held corporation. In most of these positions I have worked extensively at defining new programs based upon community needs, developed them within context of agency resources, marketed and then implemented them within the communities they serve. I am additionally active in community outreach, macro-practice, and I serve as a volunteer with several community organizations.

NAME: Joshua Yoselovsky, LMSW

DEGREES EARNED: BA in Judaic Studies from CUNY Queens College, MSW from Fordham University GSS

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:  Human Rights and Social Justice

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Social Worker at Brooklyn Community Services - Bed-Stuy Family Center, Staff Therapist, Field Instructor, and Director of Professional Development at IHI Therapy Center, Instructor at the HASA Training Academy at Fordham University, Psychotherapist in a group practice

NAME: Michael H. Zisser, Ph.D.

DEGREES EARNED: Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania (1979) MRP, University of Massachusetts – Amherst (1973) B.A., University of Chicago (1969)

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:

 SWGS 6009, Advanced Social Policy Analysis and Planning

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Michael H. Zisser is Chief Executive Officer of University Settlement and The Door, two leading New York City nonprofits that together assist more than 40,000 vulnerable New Yorkers every year. He’s successfully shepherded both organizations through a period of successful growth and development, and oversees all operations of both organizations, as well as the interface between the two. He serves on the boards of the International Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers and the NYC Human Services Council. He is also the author of How The Other Sector Survives, a mix of personal narrative, managerial theory, real- life case studies, classroom lectures and philosophical musings based on his 30+ years of management experience, including maneuvering unique mergers and acquisitions with other nonprofits. Previously, Dr. Zisser was the Chairperson and Associate Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at Pratt Institute; he has also taught as an adjunct professor at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. He holds a Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning from the University of Pennsylvania, and has taught