GSS Faculty
Faculty and Research
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The faculty at Fordham represents a broad spectrum of education and specialization in the social work field. They come to Fordham from all areas of the United States, including New York. Many are well-known experts in their areas, and all are involved in research projects, advancing theoretical perspectives and policy planning in agencies, communities, and government.
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GSS Endowed Chairs
Endowed Chairs are research pioneers. They are distinguished faculty members whose insights and explorations help propel the school and the profession forward. Endowed Chair positions allow these professors to closely work with students and enhance their educational experience.
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Fordham GSS APM 2026 Awards and Presentations
We are less than a month away from heading to Atlanta for the 2026 CSWE Annual Program Meeting (APM) conference! We hope you can stop by some of our faculty presentations and celebrate with our award recipients. We are so proud to have these members of the GSS Community representing our school on a national […]
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Coming Soon to a Subway Car Near You: The Science of Screen Time
Cognitive offloading, doomscrolling, brain rot – we hear these terms on the news alongside a lot of alarm, but what does the science say about how technology impacts today’s youth? Fordham Graduate School of Social Service Assistant Professor Jenn Lilly, PhD, says the answer might not be so cut-and-dried. And she’s teaming up with Fordham’s […]
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Goldkind to Speak on AI at Two Upcoming Conferences
Over the next month, Graduate School of Social Service Professor Lauri Goldkind, PhD, will speak on artificial intelligence (AI) at two national conferences. Goldkind, who also serves on the Council on Social Work Education’s (CSWE) new Advisory Board on AI and Technology, is one of the leading voices in social work technology nationwide. “As a […]
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Lilly’s Research Explores Family Mental Health Communication Through Film
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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Chen Receives 2026 Violence Against Women and Children Manuscript Award from CSWE
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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Combatting Tech-Facilitated Abuse on the Frontlines: AI and Gender-Based Violence
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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New Research Explains How Social Work Educators Can More Effectively Teach About Antisemitism
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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Distinguishing Social Work From Charity
“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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Celebrating Fordham Graduate Research Students
On Wednesday, April 29, 2026, Fordham University’s graduate community gathered at Fordham’s Law School for the 2026 Graduate Research Celebration—an expanded, university-wide event showcasing the breadth, rigor, and impact of graduate scholarship across disciplines. Led by Fordham’s Gabelli School of Business, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the Graduate School of Education, and the […]
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New Research Explores the Emotional Toll of Infertility for Women of Color
Fordham GSS Associate Professor Binta Alleyne-Green, PhD, along with co-authors (and GSS alumnae) Kimberly Grocher PhD ’22 and Caitlin Kreutz, LMSW, MSW ’24 recently published a qualitative study in F&S Reports — the journal of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine — exploring the psychological distress and coping strategies of women of color (WOC) diagnosed […]
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