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.
Associate Professor Emmy Tiderington, an expert in the implementation and effectiveness of homeless services for individuals with serious mental illness, substance use disorder, and other complex needs, conducts the kind of community engaged research that supports our mission. Dr. Tiderington shares how and why she conducts this work and how it has elevated her approach to social work studies.
Dr. Kristen Gilmore Powell (PI/PD), along with Drs. N. Andrew Peterson (Co-PI/Co-PD), and Cory Morton (Co-I), were awarded $739,529 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) through a five-year grant (total award amount $3,697,645) for their project, Continuing Prevention Workforce Development through the Northeast and Caribbean Prevention Technology Transfer Center.
Rutgers School of Social Work professor Edward J. Alessi and Gabriel Robles, an assistant professor at the University of Southern California Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, received a $431,750 grant (total award) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities for their project, “A Mixed-Methods Study of the Social Ecological and Integration Factors Associated with HIV Prevention Behaviors Among Latino/x Sexual Minority Migrant Men in the U.S.”
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.