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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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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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Social Work Has an AI Regulation Problem. Two Fordham Professors Are Trying to Solve It
“The horse is out of the gate. The floodgates are open. Pick your metaphor,” said GSS Associate Professor Elizabeth Matthews, PhD. “This is happening. But what is happening is also a very different question than what should be happening.” Generative Artificial intelligence (GenAI) has infiltrated social work. Clients are using it, asking ChatGPT for mental […]
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Goldkind Appointed to CSWE National Advisory Board for AI and Technology
This September, Fordham Graduate School of Social Service Professor Lauri Goldkind, PhD, was appointed as a member of the Council on Social Work Education’s (CSWE) inaugural National Advisory Board for AI and Technology. Goldkind, a leading voice on artificial intelligence (AI) in social work, is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Technology in Human Services […]
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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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