With mental health concerns at historic levels among young people, a Rutgers professor joins a national call to create context-driven approaches to grief counseling.
Our Faculty
Faculty Directory
Rutgers School of Social Work faculty members are a dynamic community of leaders – tenured professors and pre-tenure partners advancing the field of social work through original, published research; professors of professional practice and teaching and lecturers who are actively working in local communities and bringing those experiences into the classroom.
Faculty In the News
After serving Rutgers School of Social Work for more than a decade, Cathryn C. Potter, Ph.D. is retiring. Since her appointment as Dean and Distinguished Professor in 2013, Dr. Potter has provided exemplary leadership that has strengthened the School’s academic reputation, expanded its research enterprise, and significantly enhanced its national standing.
A Rutgers School of Social Work-led study compares housing outcomes of people in early adulthood with their experiences as young children.
Faculty Research
Rutgers School of Social Work’s faculty actively engage in original research to advance the field. They conduct, publish, and share research that promotes social and economic justice and strengthens individual, family, and community well-being in the diverse and increasingly global environment of New Jersey and beyond.