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.


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Janna C. Heyman, Ph.D., L.M.S.W.
Associate Dean and Director of Children FIRST
heyman@fordham.edu
(914) 367-3030
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Angela M. Belsole
Grants and Special Projects Officer
belsole@fordham.edu
(914) 367-3110

Kenneth J. Lau, L.C.S.W.
Program Director
klau@fordham.edu
(914) 367-3370

Sharon Young, L.C.S.W.
Program Director Children First Scholars
syoung@fordham.edu
(914) 367-3369

Andrea Edwards Anthony
Bookkeeper
aanthony@fordham.edu
(914) 367-3361

JoAnne K. McMahon
Administrative Assistant
ajomcmahon@fordham.edu
(914) 367-3364


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Irene A. Gutheil, D.S.W.
Director
gutheil@fordham.edu
(914) 367-3015
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Janna C. Heyman, Ph.D., L.M.S.W.
Associate Dean and Associate Director
heyman@fordham.edu
(914) 367-3030
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Cathy S. Berkman, Ph.D., A.C.S.W.
Faculty Research Scholar
berkman@fordham.edu
(212) 636-6662
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Martha Bial, Ph.D.
Faculty Research Scholar
bial@fordham.edu
(914) 367-3023

Patricia Brownell, Ph.D., C.S.W.
Faculty Research Scholar
brownell@fordham.edu
(212) 636-6778

Roslyn Chernesky, D.S.W.
Faculty Research Scholar
chernesky@fordham.edu
(212) 636-6671

Nadia Cohen, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scholar

Karen Dybing, M.A.
Administrator
dybing@fordham.edu
(914) 367-3016

Ji Seon Lee, Ph.D.
Faculty Research Scholar
jilee@fordham.edu
(212) 636-6658
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Tina Maschi, Ph.D., L.C.S.W., A.C.W.
Faculty Research Scholar
tmaschi@fordham.edu
(212) 636-6633
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Manoj Pardasani, Ph.D.
Faculty Research Scholar
mpardasani@fordham.edu
(212) 636-6622
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Cynthia Cannon Poindexter, Ph.D.
Faculty Research Scholar
poindexter@fordham.edu
(914) 367-3103
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Judith Smith, Ph.D.
Faculty Research Scholar
jsmith@fordham.edu
(212) 636-6643
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Linda White-Ryan, M.S.W., R.N.
Research Associate
whiteryan@fordham.edu
(914) 367-3017