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Fordham GSS News

Why Social Work? Why Fordham? With Sahiba Bhatnagar, GSS ’26

Why Social Work? Why Fordham? With Sahiba Bhatnagar, GSS ’26

This is a series where we ask Fordham GSS Master of Social Work students to tell us why they chose to pursue the social work profession, and why they picked Fordham for their educational experience. Sahiba Bhatnagar is a part-time, advanced standing MSW student at the Lincoln Center campus. If you’d like to speak with […]

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How Nonprofits Can Navigate the AI Hype Cycle

How Nonprofits Can Navigate the AI Hype Cycle

We’ve seen the cycles of optimism and disillusionment around Generative AI become a whirlwind in Silicon Valley, but what about nonprofits? New research from Fordham GSS Professor Lauri Goldkind, Ph.D., explores how organizations in the nonprofit space can balance the productivity benefits GenAI brings to daily workloads, with the significant concerns around privacy issues, misinformation, […]

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Acevedo Amplifies London Youth Voices in Study Highlighting UK Cost-of-Living

Acevedo Amplifies London Youth Voices in Study Highlighting UK Cost-of-Living

Fordham GSS Associate Professor Gregory Acevedo, Ph.D., has collaborated with young people in the UK to study how the cost-of-living crisis is reshaping access to emotional support. Conducted in Tower Hamlets, London, the research uses a youth participatory action research (YPAR) approach, empowering youth to play an active role in the project. The study, titled […]

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Exploring the Complex Relationship Between Social Work and System-Justifying Beliefs

Exploring the Complex Relationship Between Social Work and System-Justifying Beliefs

New research from Fordham GSS Assistant Professor Kimberly Hudson, Ph.D., highlights how system-justifying beliefs influence social workers’ job satisfaction, burnout, and practice outcomes. Published in the Journal of Social Work, the study examines a national sample of 516 master’s-level social workers, using system justification theory to explore how beliefs about the status quo affect their […]

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Crafting Stories from the Data: Health Disparities and Serious Mental Illness

Crafting Stories from the Data: Health Disparities and Serious Mental Illness

Graduate School of Social Service doctoral candidate Leslie Ince, GSS ‘25, sees stories within data. Her job as a researcher is to communicate those stories to ignite action.  “They’re not just numbers; I see a story,” she said. “I want to know what story can I tell if I look at data, run my analyses, […]

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Lilly Contributes Chapter in New Book on Child Migrant Detention

Lilly Contributes Chapter in New Book on Child Migrant Detention

Fordham GSS Assistant Professor Jenn Lilly, Ph.D., contributed a chapter to a new book detailing the topic of child migrant detention by the U.S. government. The book, titled Kids in Cages, combines voices from the legal realm, the academic world, and the on-the-ground experiences of activists and practitioners. The authors detail the harms of child migrant detention, […]

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Study Finds that Spiritual Motivation Influences Monetary Giving to Social Justice Efforts

Study Finds that Spiritual Motivation Influences Monetary Giving to Social Justice Efforts

Why do young people donate to social justice causes? A new study from Fordham GSS faculty members Laura Wernick, Ph.D., and Derek Tice-Brown, Ph.D., found spirituality may be a driving motivation. The study, titled “Moving Money to Support Social Justice Movements: A Spiritual Practice” and published in the Journal of Community Psychology, explored why people […]

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Is “Artificial Social Work” the Future?

Is “Artificial Social Work” the Future?

Social work focuses on helping and empowering people, especially those who face injustice. Artificial intelligence (AI) is a branch of computer science that teaches computers to make decisions and solve problems like a human would. How can they work together to improve people’s lives? New research from Fordham GSS Professor Lauri Goldkind, Ph.D., explores the […]

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Dr. Lakeia Murray: Helping Students Grow, from Adversity to Advocacy

Dr. Lakeia Murray: Helping Students Grow, from Adversity to Advocacy

Dr. Lakeia Murray’s journey into social work was shaped by the challenging realities of her childhood and her environment growing up. Raised by her great-grandmother, who was the anchor of the family, Dr. Murray was exposed to a family member who battled drug addiction and alcoholism, which introduced her to the impact addiction can have […]

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Fordham GSS Welcomes New Cohort of NYC Public Schools Collaborative Fellows

Fordham GSS Welcomes New Cohort of NYC Public Schools Collaborative Fellows

On Wednesday, August 28, GSS held a kickoff event for our newest cohort of Fordham GSS/NYC Public Schools Collaborative Fellows. This is the second year GSS Master of Social Work (M.S.W.) students will participate in the program.  Over 40 M.S.W. students will intern as school social workers in 34 public schools across the five boroughs […]

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