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Social WorkWinter 2016-2017

Moving the Practice

FORWARD

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Social WorkWinter 2016-2017

MOVING THE PRACTICE FORWARD

In this Issue:

1 A Letter from the Interim Dean

2 Safe Mothers, Safe Children Study

Tests Intervention for Child

Welfare-Involved Mothers with

Trauma Disorders

4 Honoring the Best of Social Work

at the 2016 Alumni Awards

5 Michael Savara Wins National

Homelessness Social Work

Initiative (NHSWI) Award

6 Alumni Spotlight:

Lauren May, MSW ’15

7 Recent Social Work Conferences

8 Faculty Updates

10 Faculty Awards and Honors

11 Class Notes

Upcoming Events

12 Thank You Silver School Honor Roll

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A Letter from the Interim DeanDear alumni and friends:

The 2016–2017 academic year got off to a strong start at the

Silver School’s Washington Square, Westchester County,

Rockland County, and Shanghai campuses, as 565 new BS,

MSW, PhD, and DSW students began their journey towards a

deeper understanding of the human condition and excellence in

the social work profession. With 1,238 students overall, we have one of our largest and most

diverse student bodies ever.

As alumni and supporters, you know the Silver School has many strengths, including

faculty engaged in rigorous research on the pressing social work issues of our time; an

exceptional clinical training program; outstanding teaching by some of the best instructors

in the field; and a resolute commitment to social justice and community service. All of those

merits are underscored in this issue of Social Work newsletter, which carries the theme

“Moving the Practice Forward.”

In these pages, we follow research by Dr. Michael Lindsey, Associate Professor

and Director of the McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research, who is studying an

intervention that could change the way services are conceived and delivered for families

in the child welfare system. We report on our 2016 Alumni Awards winners, who are

transforming the lives of individuals and communities in myriad ways, and profile recent

alumni Lauren May (MSW ’15) and Michael Savara (MSW ’16), who are applying what they

learned at Silver to help homeless people with serious mental illness. We spotlight recent

School-sponsored conferences that have influenced both practitioners and policymakers, and

we introduce the latest additions to our outstanding faculty, who are leading the development

and implementation of evidence-based, research-informed social work practice.

Finally, in the back of the issue, you will find our annual honor roll, thanking all of our

generous donors who supported the School in the past academic year. Your programmatic

and scholarship gifts make it possible for our faculty, students and school to continue shaping

the practice of social work for today and for the future.

Sincerely,

James JaccardInterim Dean and Professor; Co-director, Center for Latino Adolescent and Family Health

2 Social Work | Winter 2016-2017

Safe Mothers, Safe Children Study Tests Intervention for Child Welfare-Involved Mothers with Trauma Disorders


The Annie E. Casey Foundation and

the Robin Hood Foundation recently

awarded funding totaling nearly

$800,000, renewable annually, to a

team of researchers led by NYU Silver

Associate Professor and Director of the

McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and

Research Dr. Michael Lindsey to study

a new intervention for child-welfare

involved mothers with trauma-related

disorders at high risk of repeat abuse.

Dr. Lindsey said the study, known as “Safe Mothers,

Safe Children” (SMSC), is among the first to test

whether treatment driven reductions in trauma

and depression mediate improved parenting and

reduce maltreatment risk. “This study is particularly

important,” he said, “because research suggests over

50% of mothers receiving preventive services in New York City have probable co-morbid PTSD yet there

are no evidence-based interventions that address the adverse effects of PTSD on parenting.”

SMSC involves the delivery of an innovative combination of interventions, including Parent-Child

Interaction Therapy (PCIT) and Skills Training in Affective and Interpersonal Regulation (STAIR). The

resulting intervention, developed by NYU School of Medicine Research Professor of Psychiatry Dr. Claude

Chemtob, who remains involved in the study as a co-Principal Investigator, is known as P-STAIR. It is

designed to treat the adverse effects of trauma disorders on parenting, strengthen parenting skills, and

reduce maternal PTSD, depression and child maltreatment recidivism. The SMSC treatment initiative also

involves training preventive services workers in trauma-related service skills, pairing project clinicians

with preventive services workers, and providing agency staff with technical assistance in creating a

trauma-informed environment. Dr. Lindsey explained, “This multimodal approach aims to increase client

engagement, facilitate access to services, and increase retention for an underserved population.”

The study is being conducted in partnership with New York City’s Administration for Children’s

Services as well as several well-respected and established preventive service agencies, including the

Association to Benefit Children, the Children’s Aid Society, Graham Windham, and the Mental Health

Association. These partnerships are facilitating co-location of the study intervention in child welfare

programs and are promoting study recruitment, assessment, case monitoring and continued access to

treatment for the clients.

Study participants are mothers receiving preventive services who have a preschool-age child,

have experienced trauma, and have been diagnosed with PTSD. The first phase of the study, which is

currently underway, is an open trial, without a comparison group, in which all of the participants receive

the P-STAIR intervention. Phase II of the study will be a small-scale pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT)

comparing the P-STAIR intervention to Supportive Counseling (SC), another active treatment. In both

phases of the study, outcome data will be collected at pre-treatment, mid-treatment, post-treatment and

at follow-up assessments. The study includes an evaluation of possible mechanisms of change, with a

special focus on whether the acquisition of emotional regulation skills is key to improved outcomes.

Dr. Lindsey said the SMSC initiative has emerged in preliminary research as a promising evidence-

based approach and if results are conclusive, it could have a substantial impact on how services are

conceptualized and delivered for many families in the child welfare system. “Because the target of the

SMSC initiative is child maltreatment recidivism – a key child welfare system outcome – we believe the

SMSC initiative will improve the dissemination of evidence-based mental health interventions for families

involved with the child welfare system, who are experiencing high levels of trauma and psychiatric issues.”


On Saturday, October 22, 2016, alumni from classes as far back as 1965 came

together for the Silver School of Social Work’s annual Dean’s Luncheon and

Alumni Awards Ceremony.

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Director of

the MSW Program Dr. James Martin was Master of

Ceremonies for the event, which was part of NYU Alumni

Day. In his welcoming remarks, Dr. Martin observed,

“The people we are honoring today represent the best

of social work. In the great work they have done, they

have also met the aspirations of our school’s mission,

in particular to contribute to the alleviation of human

suffering, the vitality and caring capacity of communities,

and the ideals of a humane and just world.”

The host of the event, Interim Dean Dr. James

Jaccard, recounted the many successes the Silver

School has had over the past academic year, including

the strong performance of our graduates in the job

market and on licensing exams. Dr. Jaccard, who was

previously the School’s Associate Dean for Research,

emphasized the School’s robust research program,

which complements the School’s exceptional clinical

training. He cited a number of studies now underway

and said, “Our research faculty are focused on the

generation of evidence-based knowledge that will

help solve some of the most recalcitrant problems

facing our nation and social work.”

Before the presentation of awards, Clinical

Associate Professor Dr. Dina Rosenfeld gave a

remembrance of Eleanore “Elly” Korman, who passed

away in September 2016. In her 32 years at the Silver

School, Elly served as an advisor, teacher, administrator,

and acting dean. Dr. Rosenfeld recalled Elly’s many

significant contributions to the School and said, “Elly

was especially masterful at mentoring and guiding

students who were older, from different walks of life, or

the first in their families to pursue higher education.”

McSilver Associate Professor in Poverty

Studies and Assistant Dean and Director of the

Undergraduate Program Dr. Robert L. Hawkins began

the awards ceremony by presenting the Outstanding

Recent Alumni Award to Tamara Harris Robinson

(MSW ’12). Ms. Harris Robinson is a pioneer in the

field of divorce coaching, advising clients in the US

and internationally on strategies to become better

champions for themselves and their children. She is

also a philanthropist, who has served on the boards of

educational organizations assisting low-income and

minority students, including the United Negro College

Fund and the New Jersey Advocates for Education.

Currently an adjunct lecturer at NYU Silver, she said,

“The credentials I have earned as a graduate of the

Silver School have supported me in creating my legacy.”

Dr. Hawkins also presented the Making a

Difference Award to honoree Jacob Toll (MSW ’08).

With his four siblings, Mr. Toll is a co-founder of the

Five Together Foundation (5TF), which is based

on the shared values of justice, equal opportunity,

and compassion. He is also deeply involved with

the organization Seeds of Peace, which inspires and

cultivates new global leaders in communities divided

by conflict, as well as NYU’s Of Many Institute for

Multifaith Leadership. Mr. Toll said he was drawn to

pursue his MSW because “a social work program

Honoring “The Best of Social Work” at the 2016 Alumni Awards


Michael Savara, MSW ’16, wins National Homelessness Social Work Initiative Award

Last April, Michael Savara, MSW ’16, became

the Silver School’s first recipient of the National

Homelessness Social Work Initiative Award (NHSWI)

for his dedication to helping homeless persons

through social work practice, research and advocacy.

According to Professor Dr. Deborah Padgett, who

joined Director for Field Learning Dr. Peggy Morton

in presenting Savara his award, “Michael stands out

in his singular dedication to helping homeless men and women obtain housing and a new life. Through volunteer

work, field learning here at Silver and now through his employment, he has demonstrated great promise as a

practitioner and future leader.”

Even before coming to the Silver School, Savara demonstrated his commitment to working with the

homeless in his hometown of Portland, Oregon. He explained, “It’s the stories and the heart of the amazing men

and women who I met during my time as an outreach worker and housing specialist in Portland that inspired me

to choose social work. It’s the tragedy and vulnerability of the homeless experience that drives me to seek out

solutions to chronic homelessness, especially among individuals with mental illness.”

With his new degree and the skills he developed at the Silver School, Savara has returned to Portland as

an Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team member at Central City Concern, Inc., a nonprofit agency serving

single adults and families in the Portland metro area who are impacted by homelessness, poverty and addictions.

ACT is team-based treatment intervention for people with serious mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia or

bipolar disorder, that provides multidisciplinary, flexible treatment and support in every aspect of their lives. While

Savara is now in direct service, he said he is also interested in policy, leadership, and research within the field, and

is considering a PhD to focus on the innovative Housing First model for ending homelessness.

NHSWI was launched by the National Center for Excellence in Homeless Services (NCEHS) at the

University at Albany School of Social Work, and is funded by the New York Community Trust. In 2016, NCEHS

named the Silver School as a participating partner in its mission to expand curriculum content, field learning

opportunities, and research in homelessness services.

allows you to almost immediately start working with

people and that’s what I wanted to do.” As a result of

his efforts, he is creating lasting change in the areas

of youth empowerment, education, economic equality

and social justice.

The two recipients of the Distinguished

Alumni Award were introduced by Clinical Assistant

Professor and Director of the Undergraduate Field

Learning Program Dr. Linda Lausell Bryant. The first,

Dr. Pamela Brewer (MSW ’84), is a psychotherapist in

private practice in Bethesda, MD. She has held faculty

appointments at the University of Maryland and George

Mason University, and broadened awareness about

mental wellness and mental illness through countless

presentations and media appearances. For the past

21 years, she has also been the executive producer

and host of the relationship and mental health radio

program “MyNDTALK with Dr. Pamela Brewer.” She

said, “Very early on at NYU I learned that you need to

focus on where your client is, not on where you are

or where you think your client should be. That simple

principle continues to inform the work that I do today.”

The second Distinguished Alumni Award

honoree, Denise Rosario (BA ’80, MSW ’81), is

the founding Executive Director of the Coalition

for Hispanic Family Services, a community-based

organization serving over 7,000 Latino and African

American children and families annually in North

Brooklyn and Queens. She has over 30 years of

experience providing mental health and child welfare

services in urban communities of color. She has served

on various local and national boards and advisory

committees and has received many prestigious honors.

Born and raised in East Harlem, Ms. Rosario credited

her family for her success but said, “It takes a village

to inspire a social worker.” In particular, she cited Silver

School faculty, including Associate Professor Dr. Alma

Carten, for their encouragement. “Each saw something

in me I didn’t see in myself, but I trusted them to move

forward on this journey.”


Alumni Spotlight:

Lauren May, MSW ’15Lauren May currently works as the Housing

Advocate in the Client Advocacy Program at the

Coalition for the Homeless in Manhattan and as

the Homeless Shelter Coordinator at The First

Presbyterian Church in the City of New York.

The Silver School awarded Lauren the Silver

Citizenship Award in recognition of her ongoing

work with the New York homeless community.

Q. Can you tell us a little about your current work in

advocacy for people experiencing homelessness?

A. I hold two positions right now. I work full-time

as the Housing Advocate in the Client Advocacy

Program at the Coalition for the Homeless where

I help single homeless adults with serious mental

illness diagnoses apply for supportive housing

and other services. I work with clients to complete

applications, which are required to access

supportive housing, help clients prepare for housing

interviews, make referrals to other programs, and

accompany clients to various appointments.

My second job is in the evenings at the First

Presbyterian Church. I am the Homeless Shelter

Coordinator. I recruit, organize, and schedule

volunteers for a seasonal respite shelter in the church.

Q. What drives you to do this work?

A. I’ve been working and volunteering with

homelessness issues for almost eight years now,

and it all started with a conversation when I was

17. I remember walking past a panhandler with my

pastor and asking him, “How do people become

homeless?” His response: “Sometimes, they just

fall through the cracks…”

I was plagued with questions — What cracks?

Why aren’t people helping them? Why aren’t

we fixing the gaps in the system? Whether it

was due to a lack of medical or psychiatric care,

familial breakdown, or a failed connection with

educational or vocational training, I was baffled by

the myriad of ways one could become homeless.

I found that those who were experiencing

homelessness had been failed by every possible

safety net and preventative measure.

This drew me to meet people where they

were and inspired a personal commitment to

finding ways to support and empower homeless

individuals. I wanted to help people to reach their

personal goals, with housing, or with the simple

things like obtaining new clothes or a meal.

Q. In what ways did Silver inform your first year out

as an MSW?

A. I am so thankful for my clinical training at Silver.

Truly listening and engaging a client are the most

essential skills I learned at Silver and I utilize what

I learned every day in my work to build strong

bonds with clients. Many clients experienced

unfathomable traumas before coming to my

office, so being able to hold the space with them

has made my clinical work stronger.

Q. What’s the biggest challenge you face in your work?

A. Burnout is real. I have had to be very mindful

of not letting the issues and experiences of my

clients weigh so heavily on me. I realized that I

cannot do the work I need to do to empower my

clients if I do not set boundaries and leave my

caseload at my office. I struggle with it still, but

I know that finding a balance and fending off

burnout will benefit me and my clients.

Q. What advice would you give to graduating

MSW students?

A. Don’t feel locked into certain jobs or areas simply

because of previous training, work or volunteer

experience. I almost didn’t apply to my current

job because I had never worked in housing issues

before. My background was in emergency shelter

settings and case management. I went for it any

way, and I can honestly say I have never been

more excited to go to work than I am now.

Q. Anything you would like to add or anyone from

the Silver community you would like to thank?

A. I have to thank my first year practice class. I could

not have asked for a more compassionate cohort

with whom to begin my NYU tenure.

I also owe Dr. Deborah Padgett a huge

thanks, as she taught an outstanding seminar

on homelessness issues which I took at the end

of my time at NYU and built my confidence

before heading out into the field. She is an

amazing resource.


Recent Social Work Conferences

Social Work with Military Service Members, Veterans and their Families

NYU Silver partnered with a number of experts on Military and Veterans Social Work, including Hope for the

Warriors and Touro College Graduate School of Social Work, to present a conference for social workers who

strive to help those who serve or have served in our nation’s Military and their loved ones. Over two days,

attendees heard from experts on topics including Military Cultural Competence, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder,

moral injury, substance use, family stress, homelessness, and alternative paths to care. The event also featured

a screening of Almost Sunrise, a documentary about two former soldiers’ literal journey to healing from the

trauma of their combat experience. The conference concluded with NYU President Andrew Hamilton presenting

an award to New York City Department of Veterans’ Services Commissioner Loree Sutton, a retired Brigadier

General, who gave the final keynote on the city’s ThriveNYC mental health services for Veterans.

The conference was generously supported by a private donation from Nancy H. Edelman, MSW ’89.

Making Extended Care Work for Foster Youth in Transition: The State of the Evidence

Silver School Associate Professor Dr. Michelle Munson and University of Chicago School of Social Service

Administration Professor Dr. Mark Courtney co-hosted the first national conference to examine the enormous

potential of extending foster care to young people aging out of the foster care system. Panels at the conference

on Making Extended Care Work for Foster Youth in Transition: The State of the Evidence covered finding

employment, education, accessing health services, youth voice and youth engagement in services, parenting,

and social relationships. Panelists presented research that shows the enormous impact that extending services

has on improving outcomes for foster youth transitioning to adulthood.

NYU Silver and the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration co-sponsored this event,

which was generously funded by The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.


At the end of the 2015-2016 academic year, NYU Silver said farewell

to a key leader at our Westchester Campus with the retirement of

Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Robin Miller. Dr. Miller joined the Silver

School as a faculty field advisor at the Westchester campus in 2001,

and became a clinical assistant professor and assistant coordinator of

the Westchester campus in 2010. She was a practicing social worker

for many years before she transitioned into social work education. In

addition to her administrative responsibilities as assistant coordinator

of the Westchester campus, she was responsible for arranging field

placements for all NYU students who live in Westchester and Putnam

counties as well as all of Connecticut, and for recruiting students for

the Westchester campus and for the Silver School in general. She also chaired the School’s Diversity

Committee and taught the Diversity, Racism, Oppression and Privilege course in the MSW program as

well as the Seminar in Field Instruction for licensed social workers. We are grateful for her years of service

to the School and wish her all the best in her retirement.

In fall 2016, NYU Silver welcomed six new faculty members:

Clinical Instructor and Assistant Coordinator, Westchester

Campus Cora de Leon received her MSW from NYU and her MPH

from Columbia University. Her clinical work focused primarily on

depressive disorders and child bereavement. She is interested in how

research informs policy, particularly in the area of tobacco use. Ms.

de Leon has been a member of multiple research teams, examining

such topics as rates of affective disorders in primary care facilities

for men, effectiveness of short term treatments for depression,

effectiveness of a cognitive behavioral intervention among active

drug users, and associations between movement disorders and

affective disorders. Ms. de Leon is also a current community member

of the Sarah Lawrence Institutional Review Board.

Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Kirk James received his DSW

from the University of Pennsylvania and his MSW from Hunter

College of The City University of New York. Dr. James focuses on

deconstructing issues of mass incarceration – specifically as it

pertains to trauma, cognitive development, culpability, and the

examination of systems that foster and perpetuate racial injustice.

He also launched the Silver School’s monthly Mass Incarceration

Conversation Series, which brings people impacted by mass

incarceration together with academics, activists, policy makers,

and practitioners to create a more informed understanding and

subsequent response to mass incarceration.

Faculty Updates


Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Nicholas Lanzieri received both

his MSW and PhD from NYU and received psychotherapeutic

training in eating disorders and body image at the Center for the

Study of Anorexia and Bulimia. Dr. Lanzieri is mainly focused on

addiction research and on providing cognitive behavioral counseling

and motivational interviewing to patients from the Veterans

Administration and Bellevue Hospital. Among his previous positions,

he worked at NYU School of Medicine as program manager in the

section on Tobacco, Alcohol and Drug Use, and within the Student

Affairs office of NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study where

he worked with students experiencing mental health issues.

Assistant Professor and Faculty Fellow Dr. Proscovia Nabunya

received her PhD from the University of Chicago and her MSW from

Saint Louis University. Dr. Nabunya’s primary research interests

focus on three major areas of inquiry: economic strengthening

programming for poor and vulnerable children and their families

in developing countries and how such programs impact children’s

developmental outcomes; social capital and social support systems

available to poor and vulnerable children and their families; and

the intersection between economic strengthening, social support

systems and public health outcomes for poor and vulnerable children

– including those affected by HIV and AIDS in developing countries.

Assistant Professor Dr. Lailea Noel received her PhD in Social

Work from Washington University in St. Louis and holds an MA

in Social Service Administration from The University of Chicago.

Dr. Noel’s research seeks to understand the impact of social and

economic factors on cancer treatment practices for vulnerable

populations, especially those living in residentially isolated and low-

SES communities. She collaborates with community and academic

partners to create and implement both clinic-based and community-

based interventions aimed at reducing barriers to the delivery and

receipt of quality breast cancer services.

Professor and Coordinator of the Global MSW Program at NYU

Shanghai Dr. Qingwen Xu holds a PhD from University of Denver

and LLMs from New York University and Peking University. Dr. Xu’s

research is situated at the interaction of globalization, community

development, and social welfare. With a better understanding of

the community perception and behavior among vulnerable groups

of people, including ethnic minorities and/or migrant groups of

people in the US and abroad, she has been searching for innovative

community practices and initiatives to improve the health and mental

health of vulnerable groups of people.


Professor Vincent Guilamo-Ramos Named a Presidential Leadership Scholar

Professor and Co-Director of the Center for Latino and Adolescent and Family

Health (CLAFH) Dr. Vincent Guilamo-Ramos was one of 61 individuals from broad

sectors across the country invited to participate in the 2016 class of the Presidential

Leadership Scholars program, a partnership between the presidential centers of

George W. Bush, William J. Clinton, George H.W. Bush, and Lyndon B. Johnson.

Scholars were chosen based on their leadership growth potential and the strength of their personal

leadership projects aimed at improving the civic or social good.

For six months, Dr. Guilamo-Ramos and his fellow scholars traveled once a month to participating

presidential centers to learn from former presidents, key administration officials, and leading academics. They

studied and put into practice varying approaches to leadership, developed a network of peers, and exchanged

ideas with mentors and others. For his leadership project, Dr. Guilamo-Ramos further developed his Fathers

Raising Responsible Men pregnancy and STD prevention intervention, which engages Latino and African

American fathers as a unique source of influence on the sexual behaviors of their 15- to 19-year-old sons.

Dr. Guilamo-Ramos graduated from the elite program this past July in a ceremony attended by

Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, among many other dignitaries. As a result of the experience,

he is even better equipped to improve the health and well-being of Latino adolescents and families locally

and globally.

Faculty Awards and HonorsThe NYU Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,

Transgender and Queer (LGTBQ)

Student Center awarded Associate

Professor Dr. Alison Aldrich the Arnold

Grossman Outstanding Faculty Service

to the LGBTQ Community Award.

The Council on Social Work Education

(CSWE) Child Welfare Track conferred

The Career Achievement in Child

Welfare Award on Associate Dean for

Research Dr. Trudy Festinger during

CSWE’s 62nd Annual Program Meeting.

Institute for Community Living (ICL)

presented Professor and Co-Director

of the Center for Latino Adolescent

and Family Health Dr. Vincent

Guilamo-Ramos the agency’s

2016 Leadership Award.

New York University named Assistant

Dean and Director of Undergraduate

Programs and McSilver Associate

Professor in Poverty Studies

Dr. Robert L. Hawkins as a recipient

of the 2015-2016 Distinguished Teaching Award.

The American Academy of Social

Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW)

has elected Interim Dean, Professor,

and Co-Director of the Center for

Latino Adolescent and Family Health

Dr. James Jaccard as a Fellow of

the Academy.

The National Academies of Practice

(NAP) named Silver School Associate

Professor Dr. Judith Siegel as a

Distinguished Scholar and Fellow.

The CSWE Council on the Role

and Status of Women in Social

Work Education honored Associate

Professor Dr. Victoria Stanhope for

her outstanding mentorship through

its Mentor Recognition Program.

2015-2016 FACULTY PUBLICATIONS

NYU Silver faculty regularly publish in journals and

write and edit books.

For a list of recent faculty works, visit:

socialwork.nyu.edu/our-faculty/faculty-works


Class NotesCarl L. Algood, MSW ’76, is currently an associate

professor of social work at Bowie State University after

obtaining his PhD from Howard University School of

Social Work. Prior to Howard University, he served as

an assistant professor of social work at Shaw University

and South Carolina State University.

Yvette Cuenco, MSW ’06, has been an international

school counselor since 2011. She has lived in Uzbekistan,

Thailand, and now China where she is the middle school

counselor at Shekou International School. She blogs

about her expat and international school counseling

experiences at www.yvettecuenco.com.

Arnold Korotkin, MSW ’72, is sociology professor

at Montclair State University, and winner of the 2016

American Federation of Teachers Everyday Hero Award

- AFT Higher Education division.

John F. Leis, MSW ’71, died on February 15, 2016, of heart

failure. He began his notable social work career, spanning

more than 30 years, as a caseworker for the New York

City Agency for Child Development (ACD). He became

Assistant Commissioner for ACD facilities, followed by an

appointment to Assistant Commissioner/Bureau Director

for Building Information Facilities at the New York City

Human Resources Administration’s Office for Facilities

Operations. Throughout his life, Mr. Leis remained an

active member of the NYU Silver alumni community.

Priscilla Levine, MSW ’88, is currently Director of

Disabled Student Services at Loyola Marymount

University in Los Angeles, CA.

So-Young Park, PhD ’15, recently received the Council

on Racial, Ethnic, and Cultural Diversity (CRECD) award

for her paper, “The long-term effects of depression and

suicide ideation among Asian American youth” at the

Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) 62nd Annual

Program Meeting in Atlanta, GA.

Kingsley Rowe, BS ’02, MSW ’06, serves as the Re-

entry Program Administrator at NYU’s Prison Education

Program and was featured on dnainfo.com for his lobby

to “Ban the Box” - eliminate a checkbox on college

applications asking about a criminal record.

Kathleen M. Wade, MSW ’84, received the Ida M.

Cannon Award for outstanding contributions to the

leadership of social work in a health care setting from

the Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care.

Dr. Wade is currently Associate Hospital Administrator

and Director of Social Work at the University of Michigan

Health System as well as the Assistant Dean for Hospital

Social Work and LEO Adjunct Lecturer at the University

of Michigan School of Social Work.

Four Silver School alumni were honored by the

National Association of Social Workers, New York City

Chapter at their 10th Annual Leadership Awards. Mary

Pender Green, MSW ’74, received a Top Leader in the

Profession award, Linda Mathew, MSW ’01, received

a Mid-Career Exemplary Leader award, and Kenton

Kirby, MSW ’11 and Ikechi Nwankwo, MSW ’13, received

Emerging Social Work Leader awards.

Please send class notes to

socialwork.nyu.edu/alumni/classnotes

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Phyllis Putter Barasch*

William B. and Jane Eisner

Bram Foundation

Jane Eisner Bram*

The Annie E. Casey

Foundation

The Y.C. Ho/Helen

& Michael Chiang

Foundation

The Ernst & Paula Deutsch

Foundation, Inc.

Mary Edlow*

Mark Zurack and Kathy

Ferguson Foundation

Inserra Supermarkets

Bonnie A. Inserra

Lawrence R. Inserra

Lindsey M. Inserra

Jewish Foundation for

Education of Women

Doris C. Kempner*

LCU Fund for

Women’s Education

Stephen Meringoff

New York Community Trust

Gideon & Claudia Oberweger

Family Foundation

Claudia M.

Oberweger Frank*

The Carroll and Milton

Petrie Foundation

Robin Hood Foundation

Sheri and Howard Schultz

Schultz Family Foundation

Jayne M. Silberman*

Constance and Martin Silver*

David and Jacqueline

Simon Foundation

Jacqueline and

David E. Simon*

Helena Kornwasser Usdan

and Steven Usdan

Nancy L. Wender*

The B. Robert Williamson

Jr. Foundation

The Bing-Le Wu Family

Dean’s Circle Benefactors: $5,000-$9,999

The Arnold F Baggins

Foundation Inc.

Camille M. Banks-Lee

Elaine V. Cohen

Rachel Foster Kodsi

German Society of the City

of New York

Tamara L. Harris

Foundation

Kathleen Kennedy

Ernesto Loperena

Heidi G. C. Rieger

Tamara Leona Robinson

Lynn Videka

Dean’s Circle Members: $1,000-$4,999

Sheryl D. and Robert

R. Bellick

Shelly Ben David

Philip Birnbaum

Foundation, Inc.

Calvin R. Carver, Jr.

Philip Coltoff

William A. Cook

Anne DeLaney*

Fidelity Charitable

Susan B. Gerbino*

Cecile Strauss Hanft*

Dorothy Hottensen

Jewish Communal Fund

Ruth Netzer and

Elliott P. Joseph

Carol M Kanarek*

Juanita Behrstock Leff

Marla Kary Lembo

Lois Jaffin Levine

Lifetime Care

James I. Martin

National Philanthropic Trust

The New York

Community Trust

Mr. and Mrs. Brian C. Phillips

Real Brooklyn LLC

Julianna Richter

John F. Savarese

Robert V. Schwalbe*

Debra Katz Shapiro

Kathryn Smerling

Ronald Toseland

Mindy and Marc Utay

Sponsors:$500-$999

Sean Altschul

Darren P. Arthur

Mrs. Bevinn F.

Badenhausen

Susan Barricelli

Alan L. Beller

Peter C. Campanelli

Jennifer and Robert

Candella

Constance L. Christensen

Sally Dayton and Stephen

M. Clement, III

Margaret and Howard Fluhr*

Hal Foster

Arlene R. Gellman

Sandra and Shepard Grinker

Hazel R. and David A. Katz

Beth Kava

Julie Kwon

Lawrence Kwon

Johanna E. Maiorano

Gerald McFeely

Kachina Myers Spyros

Dwight D. Panozzo

Robert F. Semmens

Maureen and Tim Sheehan

Lawrence I. Sills

Smith, Gambrell &

Russell, LLP

Susan Dowd Stone

Carol A. Tosone*

W. M. Foundation

Robert West

Karen K. and Williams

C. Winget

Silkaly Moskowitz Wolchok*

Associates: $100-$499

Carl L. Algood

Theresa Ann Altilio

Linda A. Amato

Valerie Tate Angel

Florence Applebaum

Robin H. Aronow

Eugene Aronowitz

Samuel R. Aymer

Scheed Bailey

Mary Lou Baiocco

Nancy C. Baker

Elizabeth Z. Barnett

Marilyn J. Baron

Meredith A. Barton

Daniel Thomas Basso

Katherine K. Becker

J&M Berger Nominee Trust

Joan G. Berkowitz

Joy Berry

Alison Stanley Birnbaum

Wendy A. Borowski

Eric Brettschneider

Bridgewood Fieldwater

Foundation

Raymond M. Brown

Yvette Brown

David M. Browning

Valerie L. Bryant

Bev and Kevin J. Burke

Susan Caputo

Lois A. Carey

Mildred and John Casson

Yolanda Castro-Arce

Joan E. Cerny

Esther Chachkes

Jane Monell Chase

Thelma B. Chesney

Willing I. Chin-Ma

Meryl J. Chodosh-Weiss

Jessica Chow

Diane M. Churchill

Carmen M. Collado*

Yvette Colon

Antonieta Contreras*

Elise R. Cooper

Tyrone C. Copeland

Joan Costa

Vincent J. Costa

S. Annette Curtis-Williams

Penelope Damaskos

Miriam G. D’aponte

Louisa Daratsos

Mario Dartayet-Rodriguez

Cambao De Duong

Moses Deese

Robyn G. Dietz

Dolores M. Dillon

Jessica A. Dorzek

Keven Duffy

Nancy Dykstra-Powers

Cort Engelken

Joan Erdheim

Ann J. Feder-Pomerantz

Jacquelyn Emch Felix

Paula Y. Fendall

Trudy Festinger

Fidelity Chartable

Nadine Elisa Finger-Thomas

Michael Fleming

Mary L. Francis

Belinda J. Frankel

Jonathan L. Fried

Harriette Friedlander

Carole Friedler

Susan D. Fromer

Marlene E. Furtick

Martha A. Gabriel

Dr. and Mrs. James Y. Gaines

Rhoda Finkelstein Galub

Kathryn Garcia

Phil Georges

Annie Sneed and

Darryl Godfrey

Ellen R. Goldman

Nancy Golob-Schlessel

Sonya E. Grabowski

Carol C. Greenberg

Rick Greenberg

Miriam C. Grinker

Judith Armour Grosz

Jennifer Guiffrida

Sylvia M. Gunn

GWJ Realty Corporation

Brenda P. Haas

Julie Ann Hall

Jo R. Hariton

Karen G. Helf

Frances E. Heller

Lauren Hersh

Beisi Huang

Linda R. Inwood

Judith Jaffe

Rhonda Jaffee

Rose C. James

Vivrut Jayaram

Penelope E. Johnson

Dorinda M. Johnson-

Angelo

Shirley Joan Jones

Jowage Inc Buildings

Karen M. Kaczmar

Jeanette Y. Katz

Sandra Kazlow

Holly E. and

John H. Kennedy

Brian Kenny

Billy King

Rugena King

Rita Knox

Alexis Lin Dee Koh

Ray Krontz

Catherine La Chapelle

Daniel W. Lampert

Joann R. Lang

Judith K. Lauterstein

Gloria A. Laycock

Eunju Lee

Sanford Leff

Tara J. Leflein

Howard D. Leifman*

David Lemonick and Mary

Tuttle

George G. Lewert

Trevor F. Lewis II

Cathy Loup

Virgen T. Luce

Delores Malloy

Karen L. Manasse

Alissa Nicole Manocherian

Barbara Guerrero Marchant

Megan M. Marino

Carrie Marker

Mr. and Mrs. Leland Marks

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Marks

Mr. and Mrs. Milton Marks

Cynthia S. May

James J. McCreath

Isalean McClary

Ellen Avvento- McGuinness

Bruce M. McGuire

Gwendolyn H. McKenzie

Linda A. Messina

Vera Michaels

Joe Miller

Elizabeth Minenna-Keeney

Angela Misthal

Patience Moore

Mark Morris

Stephen W. Murphy

Muskingum County

Community Foundation

Michele Muto

Cheryl A. Nastasio

Susan A. Nayowith

Michael Novakoff

Olatunde Olusesi

Trudy Owett

Jeffery J. Palladino

Palone Brothers

Air Conditioning

Lisa S. and Joseph

D. Paulauskis

Amy Lynn Pepper-Mandell

Patricia Perlman

Karla Perlman

Robert J. Peters

Therese D. Piasecki

Jason Platt

Mayda Pasternack Podell

Alexana A. Polanco

Alison R. Politziner

Ann D. Pollack

Carolyn F. Porcher

Thank You Silver School Honor Roll

The annual Honor Roll of Donors recognizes the generosity of those who have supported the Silver School of Social Work

with gifts in the past year. As you read through the list, you will recognize many familiar names and some new friends who

enable NYU Silver to provide scholarships, support faculty and student research, and fund special projects that benefit

students. Your investment allows the school to provide a meaningful education to students who graduate as professionals

and productive citizens. We are grateful for your support and hope we can continue to count on you in 2016-2017.

The Silver School gratefully acknowledges the continuing support of Connie and Martin Silver.

* Signifies a member of the Dean’s Advisory Council.


Jamie Principe

Olivia Prud’homme

Fumi Matsuki Raith

Judith J. Rappaport

Samantha Rappaport

Lacy Ray, Jr.

RCG Development

Group LLC

Sara Reeves

Fradya C. Rembaum

Alice Higgins Rice

Tashi Ridley

Rising Sun Restaurant Inc.

Judy Rogers

Christine Rollet

Robert A. Rosen

Carol L. Rosenberg

Susan Rothenberg Golub

Helen L. Rozanski

Vincent T. Ruisi

Alessandra Sabbatic

Sharon J. Sakai

Marcia R. Satin-Lavipour

Nancy D. Schandler

Mary Lynne Schiller

Edward M. Schwartz

Marci A. Schwartz

Samuel H. Schwimmer

Ron Scott Associates

Ronald E. Scott

Diane W. Seessel

Constance M. Seligman

Geraldine Seltzer

Frances A. Shaver

Harriet Sherman

Barbara Sicherman

Pamela D. Siemon

Leah Sills

Christine and Matthew

S. Silver

Millicent Singer

Alison Snow

William Solodow

Joyce and Jerome Solovay

Amy K. and Richard

M. Sommer

I. Barry Sorkin

Christine D. Speck

Treasa A. Stanley

Jill M. Sukenick

Jaime M. Sullivan

Ilene Posner Sumberg

Super-Charged Electric, Inc.

Robert J. Sweeney

Laura Sweet

Cindy A. Tanenbaum

Doris S. Taylor

David L. Teicher

James Tela

Lorraine Tempel

Alfred E. Toles, Jr.

Ferne Traeger*

Allison Tynan Kravitz

Cindy Belch VanDermark

Andrea S. Varughese

Gray Joseph Velasquez

Carol Ann M. Verdi

Jocelyn Walls

Lynne Beers Walters

Catherine Ward Rankins

Rita P. Warner

Sue S. Watson

Kate Wechsler

Annie R. Weinblatt

Benjamin Weiner

Monica Weiss

Jayne M. Wesler

Lassus Wherley

Lassus Wherley &

Associates PC

Kathleen D. Williams

Mary R. Windt

Carole Anne Winston

George K. Wong

William J. Wood

Margaret I. Monroe Woods

Elaine S. Yatzkan

Rosanna Cox Zuckerman

Alice Rymer Zung

Friends: Up to $99

Helga Abel

Alison S. Abrams

Sayma Ahmed

Mary Ellen Allocca

Emily Butler Anderson

Karen Appel

Emily M. Arikian

Judi W. Aronowitz

Irene Auerbach

Alathia A. Barnett

Jose M. Barrios

Karen Edis Barzman

Mark S. Baum

Jeanne M. Baykara

Katherine Bear

Susan S. Benedict

Lindsay Salz Bennett

Brian Berlandi

E. Fred Bernhardt

Victor V. Bianco

Philip Charles Bien

Michelle A. Bitter

Carolyn A. Blake

Sandra E. Boland

Ashley Bowden

Stefanie A. Breindel

Sandra E. Brinkman

Victoria Brown

Kadeedra C. Browne

Margaret A. Broz

Camille Bruno

Lawrence T. Burch

Robin G. Burdulis

Tenik Burgess

Jacqueline L. Byrne

Janet L. Campbell

Mr. and Mrs. Robert

J. Cannon

David Cardona-Jimenez

Cynthia D. Carnaghi

Margaret Mary Carne

Leone E. Caspler

Jeanette K. Caurant

Mouli Chakravarty

Kathleen Cheslok

David Cho

Beverley G. Christie

Ellen Ciporen

Bernadette A. Claps

Terrance Coffie

Stephanie P. Cohen

Hilary M. Colenso

Ylauris Cruz

Naomi A. Dacosta

Samantha S. D’Amico

Sheila Davidson

Alan B. Davis

Cynthia de Ben

Cynthia Orisel de La Rosa

Debra A. DeCarlo

Al and Beverly Del Pizzo

Angela F. DeLuca

Gail M. Derivan

Jessica C. Diaz

Richard R. Dickens

Dawn M. DiNardo-Lippi

Erin M. Doohan

Jacqueline C. Dotson

Lynne E. Downing

Rodica Draghici

Anne M. Druses

Jennifer M. Dunn

Inez Phillips Durham

Alexis Jeudine Dyer

Jonathan P. Edwards

Beverly G. Eisenoff

Gregory B. Eley

Margot F. Escott

Laurel M. Eskra

Jacqueline D. Espana

Charlotte M. Ezratty

David M. Feldstein

Blanca Fernandez

Virginia L. Fletcher

Carol Reidel Fontinell

Melanie D. Foxx

Berton Klein Frank

Marie W. Freeman

Andrea S. Freshman

Mathylde K. Frontus

Rosemary Galletti

Felicia Gardner

Hogan Blackwell Gardner

Peter W. Gariti

Carol Joy Geisler

Jordana R. Gerstman

Emily M. Girgenti

Sara Goldberger

Geraldine B. Goldner

Roslyn M. Goldner

Sheila K. Gomez

Melissa Gonell

Sharon Beskin Goodman

Nichole F. Graves-McLeod

Charles Gray

Renee B. Gross

Caroline M. Grossmann

Bernadette L. Gupta

Greta H. Gustafson

Xue Han

Sharon R. Harley

Spencer Harrington

Leila Hekmati

Sally Dwyer Hernandez

Dolly Stephanie Hilario

Ruth B. Hirsch

Rolanda D. Hobson-Carter

Sonia E. Hondraki

Sandra D. Hudson

David A. Huggins

Nancy McMaster Hughes

Nicholas Humen

Michelle Claster Jacobson

Janet E. Jenkins

Yujie Jiang

Gloria A. Johnson

Sunni Imani Jones-Ford

Arthur J. Kalen

Wendy Anne Kallman-Frank

Joseph H. Kames

Elinor Leah Kass

Julie L. Katz

Isabelle H. Kaufman-

Mesholam

Kathleen P. Keane

Dora F. Kearsley

Beth M. Kelley

Robert R. Kirk

Rosemary Kirk

Robin Kivovitz

Kathy A. Kramer-Howe

Veronica P. Krantz

Nancy J. Krell

Dorothy P. Kurzweil

Fran Lacas

Ellen F. Laudone

Mary F. Layden

Irene Lee

Judith A. Lee

Yerin E. Lee

Vicki Lehrer

Tamara Stephanie Levin

Amy L. Levine

Laura M. Lindstrom

Jean Lloyd

Rosemarie Lobretto

Lois A. Macri

Mary E. Markowitz

Hilary Marshak

Jane Martin

Paul J. Mayglothling

Lisa A. McCarthy

Elizabeth J McCloskey

Michael and

Valerie McGuckin

Ryan McGuckin

Frances R. McKinley

Anna S. McKinnon

Patricia McVeigh-O’Dell

Jed W. Metzger

Colleen A. Mielke

Naomi Miller

Valerie Jean Miller

Diane Mirabito

Allan S. Mohl

Lawrence A Molnar

Sacha Evalena Moore

Linda L. Morley

Helen N. Morris

Mr. and Mrs. Robert

W. Morris

Helena Motyka

Irena Motyka

Rosemary T. Moynihan

Matthew Murumba

Alan S. Neuberg

Lauren E. Newcorn

Rivka Nissel

Ingrid Sharon Nunez

Kathleen L. O’Connell

John D. Oddo

Darrin S. Oliver

Busby Attoh Okine

Gwenelle Styles O’Neal

Ashley C. Ortiz

Sylvia T. Ortiz

Orian C. Osorio

Samantha L. Otero

James R. Pagett

Sandra Parness

Angela R. Passaro

Melanie R. Pasternak

Caroline S. Pence

Marisol Perez

Angela M. Brandt-Pierce

Benedict E. Pierce

Katherine Pines

Cacilda Pinto

Evelyn W. Pockrass

Jean Neuenhaus Preis

Gary M. Prottas

Sandra L. Quiros

Carissa Darlene Randazzo

Sharon Rebell

Karen Horowitz Reis

Claire Gross Reisman

Alyssa C. Richards

Patricia C. Rincon

John Rizzi

Maida B. Roberts

Susan Regan Rogal

Beverly A. Rohlehr

Nahuel Rosa

Carole J. Rosen

Joan L. Rosenbaum

Janet S. Roth-Philbin

Fern Slovin Rudorfer

Daniel F. Ruggiero

Amanda Y. Sale

Darius S. Sanders

Damaris Santiago

Sandra Ford Schenkar

Winston M. Schepps

Laura M. Schlossberg

Louis Schneider

Miriam M. Scholl

Cynthia M. Schwartzberg

Jeremy M. Seaver

Rita B. Seclow

Kimberly Seelbrede

Anthony Serio

Phyllis M. Shanley

Anem Shariff

Gina L. Sharpe

Benjamin R. Sher

Kate M. Sherman

Suprena O. Shuler

Morgan Sara Siegel

Rita Simmons

Christine A. Smith

Joan L. Smith

Donna Raucher Snyder

Linda Gayle Snyder

Renee Solomon

Lorraine T. Soltis

Yvonne E. Somerville

David A. Spinka

Leslie H. Spivak

Margaret Staiano

Judith T. Stone

Shulamith L. A. Straussner

Claudia Hsu Suan

Monica Suarez

Xiaocheng Sun

Lita M. Talbot

Thomas Scott Taylor

William Thomas Taylor

The Claire Reisman

Family Trust

Carol S. Thea

Lily M. Tom

Gregory J. Tully

Catherine Turano

Jaclyn D. Vasaturo

Judith Velez

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Voris

Keith C. Walker

Bingfei Wang

Elizabeth A. Wayne

Ann B. Webre

Elinor R. Weidenfeld

F. Blair and Martha G. Weille

Erick West

Alicia White

Alicia C. Whitney

Christine Wilkins

Olivia Wilks-Duerr

Clark Williams

James E. Williams

Tasha R. Wilson

Genie Wing

Wendy Winograd

Heidi Wiste

Eva Wolfsohn

Elizabeth L. Wright

Karen Wright

Jianming H. Wu

Mateen Zafer

Audrey I. Zapata

Richard L. Zaslow

Elaine T. Ziegler

Amanda Zientek

Eve Zucker-Strauss

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