Education
- PhD., Florida International University
- MSW, Barry University School of Social Work
Areas of Expertise
- Gerontology
- Gerontological Workforce Development
- Care Coordination/Transitions
Courses Include
- Gerontology
- Ways of Knowing Aging
- Clinical Issues of Older Adults and Family Systems
- Research (focus on aging)
Current Scholarship
- Morano, C. & King, D. (2010). Lessons learned from implementing a psychoeducational intervention for African American dementia caregivers, Dementia; The International Journal of Research and Practice, 9,4, 558-568.
- Morano, C. (2010). Resilience and coping with trauma: Does gender make a difference? Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 20, 4, 553-568.
- Parekh, R., & Morano, C. (2009) Senior gambling: Risk or reward. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 52, 686-694.
Morano, C. & Morano, B. (2010). Psychosocial Assessment in the Handbook of Geriatric Care Management;3rd Edition. C. Cress (Ed.) Boston Jones and Bartlett.
Aranda, M. P., Morano, C. (2007) Sociocultural Considerations in the Development of Psychoeducational Strategies for Latino Caregivers of Persons with Late-Life Dementia. In Dementia and Social Work Practice. C.Cox (Ed.).
Current Research
- The Competency Based Curriculum Project
The purpose of this project is to develop a contextually relevant competency based curriculum that prepares graduates with highly specified knowledge and skills to develop, implement and evaluate evidence based preventative services to medically and socially complex clients. This work will build upon the Advanced Gero-Competencies developed by the Council on Social Work Education and the Core Competencies for Interprofessional Practice developed by the Interprofessional Education Collaborative
- Integrating Transdisciplinary Education at Cornell Hunter (ITEACH)
The overall goal is to increase understanding of the values of the different professional identities and enhance collaborative behavior in order to improve the delivery of patient care. The aim is to create, pilot and refine an innovative transdisciplinary experiential educational program in simulated and clinical settings that: provides students from each of the participating health professions regularly scheduled “doses” of experiential learning in high quality health care team collaboration; and identifies opportunities to develop multi-level interventions that can address environmental influences on patient health and the health of communities.
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Carmen Morano, PhD
Associate Professor
Managing Editor of the Journal of Gerontological Social Work
Phone: 212.396.7547
Room: 448
