GSS Full-Time Faculty Profiles
Gregory Acevedo
Associate Professor
Director, Bachelors Degree in Social Work
B.A., M.S., University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., Bryn Mawr College
Binta Alleyne-Green
Associate Professor
B.A., M.S.W., Clark Atlanta University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee
Dana Alonzo
Professor
B.A., M.S.W., NYU; Ph.D., Fordham University
Sameena V. Azhar
Assistant Professor
B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.S.W., M.P.H., University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., University of Chicago
Cathy Berkman
Professor
Director, Palliative Care Fellowship
Chair of Research Area
BS, University of Vermont; M.S.W., Boston University; Ph.D., Yale University
Daniel Coleman
Associate Professor
B.A., University of Massachusetts; M.S.W., Smith College; Ph.D., University of California
Elaine Congress
Associate Dean and Professor
B.A., Brown University; M.A.T., Yale University; M.S.W., Columbia University; M.A., New School for Social Research; D.S.W., CUNY (Hunter)
Carole B. Cox
Professor
B.A., California (Berkeley); M.S.W., Virginia Commonwealth; Ph.D., Maryland
Chris Curtis
Assistant Professor
B.S., Jackson State University; M.S.W., Ph.D., Tulane University
Jordan DeVylder
Associate Professor
B.A., NYU; MS, Georgia Institute of Technology; M.S.S.W., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University
G. Lawrence Farmer
Associate Professor
B.A., M.S.W., University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D., Florida International University
Mary Ann Forgey
Professor
B.A., M.S.W., Boston College; Ph.D., Columbia University
Shirley Gatenio Gabel
Professor, Mary Ann Quaranta Chair
B.A., Bryn Mawr College; M.S., M.P.H., Ph.D., Columbia University
Lauri Goldkind
Associate Professor
B.A., Rollins College; M.S.W., SUNY Stony Brook, Ph.D., Yeshiva University
Janna C. Heyman
Professor, Henry C. Ravazzin Chair
B.A., SUNY (Brockport); M.S.W., Ph.D., Fordham University
Warren Dana Holman
Clinical Associate Professor
B.A., Tufts University; M.S.W., Fordham; D.S.W., CUNY (Hunter)
Amy Horowitz
Professor
Endowed Chair in Social Research
M.S.W., Fordham; Ph.D., Columbia University
Kimberly Hudson
Assistant Professor
B.A., University of California; M.S.W., University of Michigan; Ph.D., University of Washington
Barbara Kail
Associate Professor
B.A., Bryn Mawr; M.S., D.S.W., Columbia University
Rachelle E. Kammer
Clinical Associate Professor
B.A., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; M.S.W., Ph.D., Columbia University
David E. Koch
Clinical Associate Professor
B.A., University of California(Berkeley); M.S.W., Fordham University; Ph.D., CUNY (Graduate Center)
Winnie W. Kung
Professor
BSoc Sc, University of Hong Kong; M.S.W.. Washington University at St. Louis; Ph.D. University of Chicago
Ji Seon Lee
Associate Dean and Associate Professor
B.A., SUNY (Stony Brook); M.P.A., M.S.S.W., Ph.D., Columbia University
Anita Lightburn
Professor
Director, Beck Institute on Religion and Poverty
B.A., Wheaton College, M.S.S., M.Ed., Ed.D., Columbia University
Dana B. Marlowe
Clinical Associate Professor
B.A., State University at Binghamton; M.S.W., SUNY, Buffalo; Ph.D., Fordham
Elizabeth Matthews
Assistant Professor
B.A., Occidental College; M.S.W., Columbia University; Ph.D., Rutgers University
Tina Maschi
Professor
B.A., Douglas College; M.S.W., Ph.D., Rutgers University
Rose M. Perez
Associate Professor
B.A., Boston University; M.B.A., University of Michigan; M.A., Ph.D. University of Chicago
Marciana Popescu
Associate Professor
B.S.W., M.A., University of Bucharest; M.S.W., Tulane University; Ph.D., University of Bucherest
Rahbel Rahman
Assistant Professor
B.A., University of Toronto; M.S.W., Ph.D., Columbia University
Howard Robinson
Clinical Associate Professor
B.A., MA, Columbia University; M.S.W., Fordham University; D.S.W., CUNY
Abigail Ross
Assistant Professor
B.A., University of Notre Dame; M.P.H., M.S.W., Ph.D., Boston University
Yvette Sealy
Associate Professor
B.A., M.S.W., CUNY (Hunter); Ph.D., Fordham
Judith R. Smith
Associate Professor
B.A., Antioch College; M.S.W., Adelphi, Ph.D., Columbia
Derek Tice-Brown
Assistant Professor
B. A., University of Virginia, M.S.W., University of Pennsylvania, Ph. D., Fordham University
Sandra Turner
Associate Professor
Director, Institute for Women and Girls
B.A., Northwestern; M.S.W., Fordham; Ph.D., Rutgers
Laura Wernick
Associate Professor
B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.S.W., M.P.A., Columbia University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan
Fuhua Zhai
Professor
B.A., China Youth College for Political Sciences; M.S.W., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University