Silberman’s faculty members are distinguished as teachers, scholars, trainers, clinicians, consultants, program evaluators, researchers, and community organizers. They are active in a wide range of agencies and civic organizations locally and globally. We are proud that our faculty is one of the most diverse social work faculties in the country. Please click on the faculty name to view their full profile.

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Mimi Abramovitz, D.S.W., Bertha Capen Reynolds Professor of Social Work
Areas of Expertise: History US Welfare State The Impact of Neoliberalism on the US Welfare State; Contemporary Social Welfare Policy Issues; Low Income Women's Activism; and Class, Race, Gender and Social Welfare Policy
Full Profile
iabramov@hunter.cuny.edu

Robert Abramovitz, M.D., Distinguished Lecturer and  Co-Director of the National Center for Social Work Trauma Education and Workforce Development
Areas of Expertise: Child Trauma; Impact of Adversity: Violence, Poverty, and Racism on Individuals, Communities, and Organizations; Individual and Community Resilience; Field Effectiveness Studies of Innovative Service Programs; Academic/Community Research Partnerships; and Effects of Media on Children
Full Profile
r.abramovitz@gmail.com

Samuel R. Aymer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise: Intimate Partner Abuse; Trauma/Community Violence; Mental Health/Clinical Practice; Application of Psychodynamic Theories in Clinical Practice with Diverse Client Populations; and Clinical Practice with Men and Adolescent Males
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saymer@hunter.cuny.edu

James A. Blackburn, Ph.D., Professor
Areas of Expertise: Gerontology and Family Development Across the Life-Span
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james.blackburn@hunter.cuny.edu

Martha Bragin, Ph.D., LCSW, Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise: Psychosocial interventions that support resilience in communities affected by conflict, disaster and adversity, building locality based social work capacity in countries in crisis, participatory research methods, and developmentally and culturally informed interventions
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mbragin@hunter.cuny.edu

Stephen Burghardt, Ph.D.,Professor
Areas of Expertise: Organizational Change; Neighborhood-Based Collaborations; and Leadership Development
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sburghar@hunter.cuny.edu

Mary M. Cavanaugh, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise: Intimate Partner Violence; Prevention for Males at Risk of Violence; Domestic Violence Prevention and Intervention; Batterers Intervention; and Mental Health
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mary.cavanaugh@hunter.cuny.edu

Irene Chung, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise: Asian Americans: Indigenous Practice; Mental Health; and Suicidology
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ichung@hunter.cuny.edu

Elizabeth Danto, Ph.D., Professor
Areas of Expertise: Historical Research Methods; History of Urban Mental Health; and Postmodernism in Social Work
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edanto@hunter.cuny.edu

Anthony De Jesus, Ed.D., Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise: Children, Youth and Families; Community Organizing and School Reform; School Social Work; and Latino Education
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tdejesus@hunter.cuny.edu

Patricia L. Dempsey, D.S.W., Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise: Child Abuse and Neglect Treatment and Prevention; Adolescent Partner Violence; Teen Pregnancy and Prevention; Clinical Practice with Urban Youth and Families; and Adolescent Sexuality
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pdempsey@hunter.cuny.edu

Sarah-Jane Dodd, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise: Social Work Ethics; Social Welfare Policy; LGBT Policy and Practice Issues; Practice-Based Research; and Program Evaluation
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sdodd@hunter.cuny.edu

Ilze Earner, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise: Child Welfare and Immigration
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iearner@hunter.cuny.edu

Irwin Epstein, Ph.D., Professor
Areas of Expertise: Practice-Research Integration and Research Utilization
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iepstein@hunter.cuny.edu

Michael Fabricant, Ph.D., Professor
Areas of Expertise: Housing and Homelessness; The Political Economy and Culture of Non Profits; Juvenile Delinquency; Urban Public Education; Community and Labor Organizing; and Qualitative Research
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mfabrica@hunter.cuny.edu

Kristin M. Ferguson-Colvin, Ph.D.,Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise: Homeless and Street-living Youths; Vocational Intervention Development with Homeless Youths; Social Enterprises; International Social Work and Social Development; and Social Capital
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kferg@hunter.cuny.edu

Daniel Gardner, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise: Social Gerontology, Palliative and End-of-Life Care, Psychosocial Oncology, Family Healthcare Decision-Making, and Health and Mental Health Policy
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dgardn@hunter.cuny.edu

Caroline Rosenthal Gelman, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise: Caregiving; Supportive Intervention for Caregivers; Social Work Practice with Latinos; Aging; and Use of Technology in Pedagogy
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cgelman@hunter.cuny.edu

Nancy Giunta, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise: Aging and Community; Long Term Care Policy; Home and Community-Based Service System; and Collaborative Systems Change
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nancy.giunta@hunter.cuny.edu

Manny J. Gonzalez, D.S.W., Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise: Mental Health/Mental Illness; Application of Developmental and Psychodynamic Theories to Contemporary Clinical Practice; Health and Psychological Well-Being of Hispanics in the United States; Impact of Parental Mental Illness on Children; and Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
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manny.gonzalez@hunter.cuny.edu

Harriet Goodman, D.S.W., Associate Professor
Areas or Expertise: Distance Education; Child Welfare; Pedagogy of Research; Qualitative Research Methods; and Evidence Based Practice
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hgoodman@hunter.cuny.edu

Bernadette Hadden, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise: HIV and AIDS Prevention Interventions Among Persons of Color; Program Evaluation of Non-profit Organizations; and Providing Training to Community-based Organizations in HIV Prevention
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bhadden@hunter.cuny.edu

Dan Herman, Ph.D., Professor and Associate Dean for Research & Scholarship Areas of Expertise: Mental Health Services Research; Intervention Research; Severe Mental Illness; and Homelessness
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daniel.herman@hunter.cuny.edu

Paul Kurzman, Ph.D.,Professor
Areas of Expertise: Management of Public & Nonprofit Organizations; Occupational Social Work Policy and Practice; Ethical and Risk-Management Issues in Professional Practice; Employee Assistance Program Effectiveness and Impact of Licensing on Social Workers and Social Agencies
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pkurzman@hunter.cuny.edu

Kenny Kwong, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise: Culture, immigration, substance abuse, health, & metal health in the Asian American community; Reverse-migration separation and its effects upon Chinese immigrant parents and children and Practice-based research in health disparity
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kkwong@hunter.cuny.edu

Marina Lalayants, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise: Child Welfare in Developing Countries; Case Consultation in Child Protection; Organizational Management; and Program Evaluation
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mlalayan@hunter.cuny.edu

Michael A. Lewis, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise: Quantitative Methods, Social Policy and Civic Engagement
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michael.a.lewis@hunter.cuny.edu

Gerald P. Mallon, D.S.W., Professor
Areas of Expertise: Child Welfare; Policy Development and Analysis with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People and Practice with Children, Youth, and Families
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gmallon@hunter.cuny.edu

Terry Mizrahi, Ph.D., Professor
Areas of Expertise: Interdisciplinary Collaboration; Community Organizing; Social Work and Health Care; Social Work and Activism; and Coalition Building
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tmizrahi@hunter.cuny.edu

Jacqueline B. Mondros, D.S.W., Dean and Professor
Areas of Expertise: Community Organization, Planning, and Development; Direct Practice; and Social Work with Groups
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jmondros@hunter.cuny.edu

Carmen Morano, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise: Familial Caregiving Stress and Burden; Developing and Implementing Evidence Based Interventions in Community-Based Settings; Mental Health of Older Adults; and Care Transitions from Acute Medical Settings to Community Based Care
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cmorano@hunter.cuny.edu

George Patterson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise: Police Social Work; Criminal Justice; and Stress and Coping Among Police Officers and Recruits
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george.patterson@hunter.cuny.edu

Ana Paulino, Ed.D., Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise: Research; Clinical Practice; Dominican Families in the United States; School Based Social Work Practice; Family Development Across the Life-Span; Death and Dying; Spirituality; and Childhood Developmental Disorders
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apaulino@hunter.cuny.edu

Juan B. Peña, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise: Suicidal Behavior; Adolescent Mental Health; Latino Mental Health; and Cultural Globalization
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jp84@hunter.cuny.edu

Jonathan Prince, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise: Mental Health and Old Adults
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jprin@hunter.cuny.edu

Judith Rosenberger, Ph.D., Professor
Areas of Expertise: Psychodynamic Practice Perspectives on Development and Adult Functioning; Sub-Specializations in Learning Disabilities, Substance Abuse, Couples; Psythopathology: Beyond the DSM IV; Contemporary Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Theories
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jrosenbe@hunter.cuny.edu

Anthony Sainz, D.S.W., Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise: Cultural Competency; Substance Abuse Among Incarcerated Persons and Female Adolescents; Narrative Lives of Women Out of Prison; Childhood Trauma; Research Methodology, Spirituality and Healing, and Evaluation of Practice
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asainz@hunter.cuny.edu

Andrea Savage, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs and Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise: Program Evaluation and Practice Based Research;Organizational Management/Management Theory; Substance Abuse Treatment and Organization; and Service Delivery to Women with Co-Occurring Disorders and Trauma
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asavage@hunter.cuny.edu

Roger J. Sherwood, D.S.W., Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; Veterans; Trauma; and Addictions
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rsherwoo@hunter.cuny.edu

Phyllis Solomon, Ph.D., Moses Professor
Areas of Expertise: Mental Health Services Research; Severe Mental Illness; Psychiatric Rehabilitation; and RCTs in Community-Based Settings
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psolomon@hunter.cuny.edu

Philip Swan, M.L.S., Associate Professor
Area of Expertise: Library Education-Bibliographic Instruction
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pswan@hunter.cuny.edu

Willie Tolliver, D.S.W., Associate Professor
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wtollive@hunter.cuny.edu

Deborah L. Tolman, Ed.D., Professor
Areas of Expertise: Adolescent Development; Gender Development; Sexuality in Adolescence; Women's Sexuality; Female Adolescent Depression and Self-esteem; and Embodiment
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dtolman@hunter.cuny.edu

Roderick Watts, Ph.D., Professor
Areas of Expertise: Youth Civic and Socio-Political Development, Men and Masculinity, African-Centered Youth Programs, and Participatory Action Research and Liberation Psychology
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rwatts@hunter.cuny.edu

 

Senior Staff Directory

Shelley Horwitz, M.S.W., Director of Training
shorwitz@hunter.cuny.edu

Lauren Mazer, M.S.W., Director of Alumni and Career Services
lmazer@hunter.cuny.edu

Gwen L. Mitchell, M.S.W., Assistant Director of Enrollment and Recruitment
omitchel@hunter.cuny.edu

Chickie Piazza, Executive Assistant to the Dean & Chief Operating Officer
cpiazza@hunter.cuny.edu

Abby Miller, M.S.W, LCSW, Assistant Director of Field Education
abigail.miller@hunter.cuny.edu

Kanako Okuda, M.S.W, LCSW, Assistant Director of Field Education
kanako.okuda@hunter.cuny.edu

Inez Rivera-Pena, M.S.W., Assistant Dean of Field Education
iriverap@hunter.cuny.edu

Glynn Rudich, M.S.W., Assistant Dean of Student Services
grudich@hunter.cuny.edu

Nireata Seals, Ed.D., Assistant Dean of Enrollment Management
nseals@hunter.cuny.edu