Erica Goldblatt Hyatt

E. Goldblatt Hyatt, DSW Program Director, Associate Professor of Professional Practice for Reproductive Justice and Associate Professor at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, discusses Birth Trauma Awareness week, which takes place from July 16-22. Informed by their own personal experience, Dr. Goldblatt Hyatt explains the significance of recognizing Birth Trauma Awareness Week and offers ways to observe it.

Gail Scagnelli Maurer

After a decades-long career in social work, Gail Scagnelli Maurer MSW’85 PhD’98 is giving back to her alma mater with a scholarship in her name. Funded through a bequest intention, which will amount to $100,000 or more, the scholarship will benefit MSW students interested in focusing their careers on health and aging.

Barbara Ella Milton Jr.

Dr. Milton Jr. received her MSW from Rutgers School of Social Work in 2001 and is the author of Inherited Wisdom: Drawing on the Lessons of Formerly Enslaved Ancestors to Lift Up Black Youth (Cognella Academic Press, 2022) and Heeding the Caregiver Call: The Story of Barbara Ella Milton Sr. and Alzheimer’s Disease (2nd Edition coming Fall 2023, Cognella Academic Press). She spoke with Vivian Todini about her background in social work and how her education and experience in storytelling shaped her career — and her life.

Dean Cathryn Potter

This year, Dean Cathryn Potter is stepping down from her post, after leading the School of Social Work through a decade of innovation, growth, and significant change. At the same time, the school welcomes two new senior leaders.

Pride Flag

Professor Michael C. LaSala, Ph.D., LCSW shares what Pride Month means to him and offers suggestions for social workers to commemorate the month this June and beyond.

SSW Staff and Faculty

To share our mission and vision with campus and community members, the School of Social Work commissioned a public art project in collaboration with Mason Gross School of the Arts. The project began last summer when a group of School of Social Work community members, which consisted of faculty and staff at all levels, convened to discuss a vision and plan for the project. Once established, the School worked to find a student artist to execute the project using their own creative lens. Ria Monga, a senior at Mason Gross School of the Arts, was chosen from a pool of candidates to design the project.