 Irwin Epstein, Ph.D. was ensconced in the Columbia University School of Social Work Hall of Fame at the Annual Alumni Reunion on Friday, May 2nd.
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| On Monday, May 5th HCSSW recognized 13
faculty members who had authored articles in the 20th edition of NASW's Encyclopedia of Social Work. This ground breaking work was co-edited by Hunter Professor Terry Mizrahi and Larry Davis. Terry Mizrahi is a former national president of NASW. |
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Two of our doctoral students,
Mohan Krishna and Moctezuma Garcia, had abstracts
accepted for the Social Work Doctoral Symposium
sponsored by the University of Houston PhD Program
in Social Welfare. Mohan will be presenting
research about gay parenting, and Moctezuma will
be presenting about the relationship between
Latino culture, religiosity and AIDS
beliefs. |
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  Steve Burghardt and Tony
Young led HCSSW's effort for The 2008 Shadow
Count, a volunteer effort to count the homeless in
NYC. Professor Burghardt was part of the Mayor's
3/4/08 Press Conference. Click
here to view the clip.
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 Alexandra Smith, one of our graduating
students won one of the prestigious Soros Justice
Fellowships for her project "Out of the Box" about
persons with psychiatric disorders being held in
solitary confinement in prisons. She will start
her 18 month fellowship this September. To read
more about Alexandra and her work click
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 Gary Mallon has been named Editor of the
Child Welfare Journal. The Child Welfare Journal
has historically been the primary journal in the
field of child welfare and has the most impact in
influencing child welfare services nationally.
Congratulations, Gary! |
 Professor Annette
Mahoney, expert in Caribbean immigration was
awarded the Caribbean American Association's,
"Leader Among Peers Award " on December 8, 2007.
On February 9th she will address the 3rd Annual
Conference on the Health of the African Diaspora
sponsored by the NYU Medical Center on her work on
Caribbean Adolescents in the United States.
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  Two faculty members were selected to
participate in the Roosevelt House seminar program
for 2008-2009. Mimi Abramovitz will present
"Welfare Reform: The U-Turn in Public Policy and
Welfare Rights." and S.J. Dodd will present
"Cleaning the Lens: Addressing Heterocentrist Bias
in U.S. Social Policy.
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 Professor Elizabeth Danto was awarded the
Goethe Award for Psychoanalytic Scholarship for
the best psychoanalyic book written in 2005 for
her book, Freud's Free Clinics. Prof. Danto has
written and lectured widely on the history of
psychoanalysis and its early roots in progressive
politics. |
 Terry Mizrahi received the "New York
State Social Work Educator of the Year" Award from
the NYS Social Work Education Association and was
their keynote speaker on October 5, 2007 at their
annual conference. |
 Dr. Samuel R. Aymer presented two
workshops at New York State Crime Victims Board
2007 statewide conference in Syracuse, New York on
October 3. The topics of his workshops were: The
Impact of Violence and Trauma on the Family and
Group Counseling with Victims of
Crime. |
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