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Dr. Nafees Alam Dr. Nafees Alam is a social work professor specializing in nonprofit program evaluation and macro practice, where he has over seven years of experience. Before academia, he worked in Wall Street’s financial sector for more than seven years. He is currently an adjunct professor at…
Dr. Herschel Knapp Dr. Herschel Knapp has joined the faculty of the Wurzweiler School of Social Work as a clinical associate professor. His clinical experience has primarily focused on providing clinical social services to hospitalized patients. His research is largely medically based, including ...
Dr. Shannon Lane Dr. Shannon Lane, assistant professor of social work at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, with Dr. Suzanne Pritzker of the University of Houston, co-published “ Political Social Work” concurrently in the Encyclopedia of Social Work and the new Encyclopedia of Macro Social Work (Aug…
Kimberly Moore Kimberly Moore, the new director of Care Café, a community outreach program of the Wurzweiler School of Social Work, is also a Wurzweiler Ph.D. student in social welfare, which, combined with an extensive background in therapy and community action, gives her a unique skill set to ...
Dr. Shannon R. Lane, associate professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, partnered with Dr. Jennifer McClendon (University of Nevada Reno School of Social Work), Dr. Victoria Osborne-Leute (Sacred Heart University School of Social Work) and Dr. Kim Baxter (Orvis School of Nursing, University…
Wurzweiler School of Social Work held its annual Block Commencement on July 22, 2021, in the historic Nathan Lamport Auditorium in Zysman Hall. This marked a return to a more traditional ceremony following the challenges posed by the lockdowns and quarantines of the last 16 months. Watch the ...
Dr. Shannon R. Lane, associate professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, partnered with Dr. Adelaide K. Sandler (Marist College) to investigate the nexus between politics and food in “ Diverse Views of Political Empowerment Among Community College Students Who Receive Food Assistance Benefits…
(Excerpted from The Real Jerusalem Streets) Bayta Jaffe, with Lucy, stands with Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida. (Photo credit: United Hatzalah) Batya Jaffe, a Ph.D. student and an adjunct professor at Wurzweiler, is one of the six Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit (PCRU) members from United ...
Dr. Shannon R. Lane, associate professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, partnered with Dr. Njeri Kagotho (Ohio State University), Dr. Jennifer McClendon (University of Nevada, Reno), Theresa Flowers, LCSW (Seed of Faith Counseling and Services, LLC). Dr. Todd Vanidestine (West Chester ...
On June 10, 2021, Dr. Laurie Blackman, assisted by doctoral student Annette Clarke-Jones, led a virtual panel discussion hosted by the Association of Caribbean Social Work Educators titled “Reimaging Grief and Loss in a Pandemic: Aging, Caring and Bereavement.” The Panel of American and Caribbean…