Special Program Staff   Listed below are the staff members of the special programs within the Graduate School of Social Service. The programs are linked to the school by faculty leadership and by their missions to provide services and training in areas such as child abuse and maltreatment, education of children and teens, gerontology, social policy, mental health and international outreach. These programs provide social work students with opportunities for field work in the MSW program, for research, and for ongoing training and education. Office of Special Projects Lincoln Center Priscilla Dyer Program Assistant (212) 636-6623 dyer@fordham.edu The Children and Families Institute for Research, Support, and Training (Children FIRST) Fordham Westchester Jane Edwards, MSW, DSW Interim Director/Assistant Dean, Westchester (914) 367-3100 jedwards@fordham.edu Virginia Strand, MSW, DSW Professor and Senior Project Director 914 367-3435 strand@fordham.edu Ken Lau, LCSW Program Director klau@fordham.edu Andrea Anthony Administrative Assistant/Bookkeeper aanthony@fordham.edu Doris Doherty Administrative Assistant doherty@fordham.edu Makeda Armorer-Wade, MS Senior Training Specialist armorerwade@fordham.edu Stephanie Bosco-Ruggiero Research Assistant boscoruggier@fordham.edu Interdisciplinary Center for Family and Child Advocacy Lincoln Center (212) 636-7787 Liberty Partnership Lincoln Center (212) 636-6634 National Center for Schools and Communities Lincoln Center John M. Beam Executive Director (212) 636-6617 beam@fordham.edu Ravazzin Center on Aging Fordham Westchester Irene Gutheil, MS, DSW Director 914-367-3015 gutheil@fordham.edu JiSeon Lee, MSW, Ph.D. Associate Director for Research (212) 636-6658 jilee@fordham.edu Janna Heyman, MSW Research Associate 914 367-3030 heyman@fordham.edu Roslyn Chernesky, DSW Faculty Research Scholar (212) 636-6671 chernesky@fordham.edu Nadia Cohen, Ph.D. Research Scholar Karen Dybing, MA Administrative Assistant 914-367-3016 dybing@fordham.edu Institute for Japanese and American Studies Fordham Westchester Martha Bial, MSW Director bial@fordham.edu