Rutgers School of Social Work
Douglass Student Center Trayes Hall April 2, 2025
Scheduled Program
Presentation of Certificates
I I D E A
C O M M I T T E E
Antoinette Farmer
Chair
Thomas Benjamin
Staff Representative
Qiana L. Brown
Faculty Representative
Carmen Castro
Staff Representative
Kristen Gilmore Powell
Faculty Representative
Nicole Oceanak (Chair)
Khalid Balgar (Vice Chair)
Christine Blanos
Kerry Hennessy
Tawanda Hubbard
Faculty Representative
Rupa Khetarpal
Faculty Representative
Rebecca Swann-Jackson
Staff Representative
Mark van der Maas
Faculty Representative
Karen Zurlo
Faculty Representative
Matthew Mayo
Nadia Montgomery
Simone Snyder
Patricia Toliver
Presentation of Awards
Cassandra Simmel
Ph.D. Program Director and Associate Professor
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Judith McCoyd Associate Director of Doctoral Programs and Associate Professor
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Sarah McMahon Director, REV and Professor
Elizabeth Salerno Training Coordinator, IFF
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Marla Blunt-Carter
Associate Professor of Professional Practice for Political Social Work
Rupa Khetarpal Director of the Certificate on Interpersonal Violence & Trauma and Associate Professor of Teaching
Matthew Mayo Senior Program Coordinator, IFF
Christine Morales
Assistant Dean for Lecturer Support & Associate Professor of Teaching
Nicole Oceanak Assistant Director of Practicum Learning for Online-Blended Programs
Cynthia Reyes Senior Program Coordinator, Office of Practicum Learning
Institute for Families (IFF), Center for Research on Ending Violence (REV), Continuing Education (CE), Center for Gambling Studies (CGS)
Abdul Ali
5 Y E A R S
Program Coordinator, DSW Program
Christine Blanos
Instructional Designer, IFF
Cecilia Boyce
Administrative Assistant, CE
Ray Cho
Project Coordinator, CGS
Ryan DiMeglio
Teaching Instructor & Co-Director, Addiction Counselor Training Certification Program
Woojin Jung Assistant Professor
Kimberly Kaiser
SSW Unit Computing Specialist
Christine Kephart Writing Instructor, DSW Program
Jamey Lister
Associate Professor
Jeri Middlebrook
Senior Program Coordinator, Office of Practicum Learning
Spencer Nitkey
Senior Research Project Coordinator, IFF
Margaret O’Donoghue
Promoting Child and Adolescent WellBeing Certificate Program Director and Assistant Professor of Professional Practice
Jen Paolello
Manager of Academic Services and Student Records
Lamonte Parks Instructional Designer, IFF
Tibor Purger
SSW Director of Information Technology
Rafaelina Rodriguez-Jaquez Business Assistant, Business Services
Dori Sabik
Program Coordinator, Student Affairs and BASW Program
Lauren Snedeker
Director of the Certificate on Aging and Health and Assistant Professor of Teaching
Simone Snyder Senior Program Coordinator, REV
Zachary Thomas SSW Unit Computing Specialist
Mark van der Maas
Assistant Professor
Uri Yarmush
Program Coordinator, Ph.D. Program
Institute for Families (IFF), Center for Research on Ending Violence (REV), Continuing Education (CE), Center for Gambling Studies (CGS)
TowardaMore JustFuture
Thank you for your service to Rutgers School of Social Work
Your contributions make a real and lasting impact toward a more just future We are grateful for your dedication
George S. Leibowitz | Dean and Distinguished Professor
Antoinette Y. Farmer | Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, and Professor
Sharon A. Fortin | Associate Dean for Administration & Finance
Chien-Chung Huang | Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Professor
Lia Nower | Associate Dean for Research and Distinguished Professor