Graduate School of Social Service

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Leading The Change For a Better Tomorrow

Fordham University GSS offers a flexible curriculum that prepares students to promote positive changes in individuals and communities through collaborative community relationships, evidence-based culturally responsive practices, and public advocacy. Join an academic community that's as passionate about helping others as you are.

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GSS Programs

GSS provides a foundation in the traditions of the social work profession while meeting the challenges of the future with a sophisticated interdisciplinary curriculum. Ranked among the best in the nation, our social work graduate programs offer a flexible, experiential education that will prepare you to change lives and transform communities.

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GSS Campus Location

Fordham Graduate School of Social Service (GSS) offers programs and classes in three convenient campus locations.

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Westchester, West Harrison, NY

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Lincoln Center, Manhattan

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GSS News

Occupational Social Work: A Field of Practice in Need of Revival

Fordham GSS Professor Mary Ann Forgey, Ph.D., recently published research that discusses the contributing factors to occupational social work’s decline since the 1990s and actions the profession can take to revive the field of practice. The article “Occupational Social Work: A Field of Practice in Need of Revival” appears in Families in Society: The Journal of […]

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‘Be Comfortable with the Uncomfortable’: MSW Student Turns New Field Internship Experience into New Job

Eve Pollack, GSS ‘23, has been completing her MSW specialist year field education internship at S.T.R.O.N.G. Youth—a youth, family, and community development organization specializing in youth and gang violence prevention and intervention located in Uniondale, NY. This was a new experience for Pollack, who has typically worked with the special needs population since she was […]

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Alumni Spotlight: Tabatha Ferrer, GSS ’16

In August 2022, Essence Magazine featured Tabatha in an article titled “Conversations To Have With Your Kids As They Go Back To School According to Therapists.” Two essential tips she provided for families preparing their child to return to school were discussing routines and schedules. “Including children in discussions about schedules and changes can help […]

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COVID-19 Stigma and Depression Across Race, Ethnicity, and Residence

Fordham GSS faculty, students, and alumni collaborated to publish research to understand how COVID-19 stigma, race, and residency are associated with depression. The 568-participant study used a series of multiple linear regression to examine the relationship between race/ethnicity, COVID-19 stigma, and depressive symptoms, finding that “irrespective of residency, older age and ever being diagnosed with […]

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Rahman and Ross Speak on Community Health Workers at Women’s Health Equity Event

Fordham GSS Associate Professor Abigail Ross, Ph.D., and Assistant Professor Rahbel Rahman, Ph.D., were invited to speak on Community Health Workers hired within community-based organizations at the Legislative Breakfast on Women’s Health Equity hosted by the Northern Manhattan Perinatal Partnership at the New York Academy of Medicine. The event was held on March 9 from […]

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Her Migrant Hub Celebrates International Women’s Day with Spring Symposium Focusing on Asylum Seekers’ Rights

Recent news of lackluster progress on the U.S. gender wage gap over the last 20 years proves it is increasingly crucial for society to not only celebrate the accomplishments of women worldwide, but acknowledge the inequities they still face — and find solutions that address the issue. More disturbing still is the lack of fundamental […]

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Movement is Medicine: Healing Trauma Through EMDR, with Clinical Professor Rachelle Kammer

“We have learned that trauma is not just an event that took place sometime in the past; it is also the imprint left by that experience on mind, brain, and body. This imprint has ongoing consequences for how the human organism manages to survive in the present.” — Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body […]

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Alumni Spotlight: Teresa Gaetani, GSS ’17

After completing her MSW at Fordham GSS in 2017, Teresa got her social work license and began working in her hometown as an evaluator in the local crisis center. She was immersed into an incredible environment with plenty of learning opportunities. In 2020, she made the switch to the outpatient world and has been in […]

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Dr. Jordan DeVylder to Present at 24th Annual Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science International Symposium

Fordham GSS Associate Professor Jordan DeVylder, Ph.D. will present his research at this year’s 24th Annual Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science International Symposium on March 17 in Tokyo, Japan. The theme of this year’s symposium is “Early Detection and Social Intervention for Psychosis and Suicide”. Dr. DeVylder’s research presentation will be titled “Marginalization and […]

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New Faculty Spotlight: Dr. John Holland

Fordham’s Graduate School of Social Service welcomes the newest addition to our full-time faculty, Dr. John Holland! Welcome, Dr. Holland! Holland will serve as an online faculty member at GSS. He has nearly 30 years of social work practice experience in community mental health, and most recently worked as an administrator for the Connecticut Department […]

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