The faculty of the Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work are committed to rigorous research aimed at advancing knowledge about social work, social welfare, and intervention strategies. The faculty is highly interdisciplinary, working in the fields of economics, human development, psychology, public affairs, sociology, and social work and have a long history of excellence in research.
Faculty conduct research on a range of social problems including child development and well-being; aging, health, mental health, developmental disabilities, and end-of-life care; policy and programs to support families; prevention of child maltreatment, gender-based and intimate partner violence, and human trafficking; and racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in health, mental health, and well-being. These areas of inquiry are investigated across different phases of the life course and different social contexts.
Faculty conduct their research within world renowned interdisciplinary research institutes and centers on campus, including the the Waisman Center, The Institute for Research on Poverty, the Center for Demography of Health and Aging, and the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research. The faculty’s affiliation with these centers and institutes provides graduate students with the opportunity to become fully integrated and engaged in a highly active and productive interdisciplinary research community.
For more details about on-going research, projects, and grants awarded to our faculty, please visit their profiles.
Research and Faculty News
Dr. Walsh to Collaborate on “Black Fathers, Equal Partners in Advancing Maternal and Infant Health”
Assistant Professor Tova Walsh recently received funding for a project to engage Black fathers in efforts to address persistent disparities in maternal and infant health. The project, “Black Fathers, Equal Partners in Advancing Maternal and …
Assistant Professor Jessica Pac’s Project to Study Causes of Inequalities
Assistant Professor Jessica Pac is a Principal Investigator on a new project aimed at understanding how the pandemic impacted labor, health, and safety outcomes for families with young children as well as racial/ethnic disparities among …
Assistant Professor Alejandra Ros Pilarz Awarded Pipeline Grant
The Russell Sage Foundation, in partnership with the Economic Mobility and Opportunity program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, awarded a Pipeline Grant to Assistant Professor Alejandra Ros Pilarz and Laura Cuesta, Rutgers University–New …
Study: Witnessing arrest of father causes stress in children
Measuring stress hormones in hair, says study first author Luke Muentner, a PhD candidate in the Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work, “moves us beyond outwardly observable and parent-reported metrics for understanding how potentially traumatic experiences of witnessing a parent’s arrest ‘get under the skin’ of young children with incarcerated parents.”
Professors Berger and Slack Guest Edit Journal Issue Addressing Child Maltreatment
Professors Lonnie Berger and Kristi Slack guest edited a special issue of The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science: Toward a Better Approach to Preventing, Identifying, and Addressing Child Maltreatment. Contents are currently …
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