
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

Dr. George Leibowitz, Dean and Distinguished Professor of the Rutgers School of Social Work, was awarded the 2025 Sol Gothard Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Organization of Forensic Social Work (Forensic Social Work Alliance). The award was presented at the Alliance’s annual conference in New Orleans on May 28, 2025.

Danielle L. Beatty Moody, Associate Professor & Chancellor’s Scholar for Inclusive Excellence in Multilevel Racism and Life Span Health and Aging, was nominated by her peers for election into the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research (ABMR), and the motion received enthusiastic and unanimous support.
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.