GSS Alumni

Fordham Graduate School of Social Service Assistant Professor Yafan Chen, PhD, recently published one of only a few research studies that reviews and synthesizes the existing literature regarding victimization against Latina sexual and gender minorities (SGMs).  The study, “Victimization Against Latinas with Sexual and Gender Minority Identities: A Scoping Review,” appears in Trauma, Violence, and […]

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Fordham GSS Professor Marciana Popescu, PhD, will be honored as a “Defender of the Dream Award” recipient this March by Fordham Law School’s Feerick Center for Social Justice. The ceremony will take place at the Center’s FriendRaiser on March 23 from 6–8 p.m. ET at Fordham’s Law School. Popescu, who graduated from Fordham Law with […]

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Fall 2026 Fordham MSW on-campus students will now have a chance to enroll in coursework earlier to lock in their financial funding before Graduate PLUS loans are eliminated for new borrowers. Fordham MSW on-campus students accepted into the fall 2026 Fordham MSW cohort can begin their coursework in summer 2026 through our new Summer Jumpstart […]

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Food insecurity means many things to a community. It can mean there is a scarcity of physical products. It can mean that the available food is inadequate or contributes to the development of chronic illness. It can mean prioritizing paying the rent bill over the purchase of healthy foods.  In the South Bronx, 39% of […]

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In June, Fordham GSS Professor Elaine Congress, DSW, will release the latest book in her UN series: Global Perspectives on Gender. This is the fifth book Congress has edited in the UN series since its inception in 2020. What’s more: multiple chapter authors, and even one of the book’s editors, are GSS alumni! GSS contributors […]

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We all know the AI-generated cat is out of the bag. What remains is how the profession will respond moving forward. This month on the NASW Social Work Talks Podcast, Dr. Goldkind spoke about the realities of AI’s implementation in social work. “[Goldkind invites listeners] to face the reality that technology and social work must […]

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Congratulations to Professor Carole Cox, Ph.D., and Clinical Professor Dana Marlowe, Ph.D., who have released this teaching guide in collaboration with the Council on Social Work Education! A brief description of the guide: “The Teaching Guide on Antisemitism in Social Work Education focuses on teaching about antisemitism in the social work classroom, offering strategies, context, […]

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Fordham Master of Social Work (MSW) students must complete at least 900 hours of field education practicum to graduate. This experience gives them the hands-on training they need to feel confident entering the profession. But what do those 900 hours entail? Where do our students complete their internships? How many days and hours per week […]

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Congratulations to Associate Professor Elizabeth Matthews, Ph.D., who received a new grant from the University of North Carolina Behavioral Health Workforce Research Center (UNC-BHWRC)! The work began this fall and will continue for one year. The UNC-BHWRC is a workforce development center supported by HRSA’s Behavioral Health Workforce Center grants. Matthews will serve as Co-PI […]

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The Graduate School of Social Service would like to congratulate those on our faculty whose research is being presented at this year’s Society for Social Work and Research 29th Annual Conference in Washington, DC! Please see below for a full list of Fordham GSS presentations, and read more about the conference here! Good luck, everyone! Thursday, January […]

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