GSS Alumni

On a cul-de-sac in East Harlem’s Jefferson Houses, Ayo Mendez-Torres ’03 MSW recognized an opportunity to foster stronger relationships between the housing development, local schools, and community organizations. Many Jefferson Houses families had children attending charter schools and other schools throughout the neighborhood, yet stronger connections were needed to ensure that families could fully benefit […]

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Growing up, Oluwayemisi Danmola MSW ’28 watched her grandmother, Ayodele (Ayo), live a full life in Lagos, Nigeria — but one thing troubled her. As her grandmother grew older, it seemed the community had forgotten she was still capable of contributing and thriving socially.  It was strange, Danmola said, given the emphasis that Nigerian — […]

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Each year, the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service offers continuing education courses for the wider social work community to earn continuing education hours (CEH) toward professional licensing requirements. All courses are offered virtually via Zoom webinar. Please view this year’s course schedule below: Course 1: Overview of the New York State Medical Aid […]

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A new study from Fordham GSS Assistant Professor Jenn Lilly, PhD, examines Latine/x/a/o parents/caregivers’ perceptions of Nuestro Apoyo — a short, research-based narrative film developed through participatory screenwriting with Latina young adults and designed to communicate qualitative findings about family mental health communication to Latine/x/a/o parents and caregivers. The film’s origins stemmed from one of […]

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The Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service congratulates Assistant Professor Yafan Chen, PhD, who recently received the 2026 Violence Against Women and Children Manuscript Award from the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)! The 2026 Violence Against Women and Children Manuscript Award is presented to authors whose work most advances feminist knowledge in the field of […]

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The only thing better than studying a profession aligned with your values in the world’s greatest city? Getting to do it across the pond in another landmark location. Our 2026 cohort for the Fordham GSS Summer London Program kicked off its orientation on Monday, July 20, with a day of activities at our Lincoln Center […]

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As a ninth grader who’d lived in four countries and navigated seven school districts, Saloni Sethi — now Commissioner for the Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence (ENDGBV) — sought solace from her isolation in the form of a family computer and an 18-year-old chatmate. One day, she found herself driving her mother’s […]

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A new article from Graduate School of Social Service Professor Carole Cox, PhD, and Clinical Professor Dana Marlowe, PhD, asserts that social justice has, for too long, ignored antisemitism — and in doing so, has allowed it to flourish. And history, they write, shows antisemitism is often a precursor to other hate and oppression. The […]

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The patient’s husband was furious. He stormed into the hospital’s patient representative office, demanding answers about his wife’s chemotherapy bill. Something wasn’t right, and he wanted it fixed immediately. Clinton Brown, MSW ’27, was the first point of contact. The man’s anger quickly filled the room. Brown knew there was more to this story, but […]

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“Pakistan does not have a giving problem,” writes Graduate School of Social Service Associate Professor Rahbel Rahman-Tahir, PhD, in a recent piece for Dawn, Pakistan’s newspaper of record. “Pakistanis give at mosques, through family networks and civil society organisations that have held communities together for decades. But charity is not social work.” Rahman-Tahir’s article, titled “Charity […]

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