2025 Faculty & Staff Recognition Ceremony Program

Rutgers School of Social Work

Faculty & Staff Recognition Ceremony April 2, 2025 Douglass Student Center Trayes Hall

Scheduled Program 12:00 PM

12:20 PM

12:25 PM

12:30 PM

1:00 PM

SIGN IN & APPETIZERS

WELCOMING REMARKS

DEAN GEORGE LEIBOWITZ

KEYNOTE ADDRESS RUTGERS NEW BRUNSWICK CHANCELLOR FRANCINE CONWAY

PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES & AWARDS DEAN GEORGE LEIBOWITZ & ASSOCIATE DEAN SHARON FORTIN

LUNCH & DESSERT*

*Headshots Available During Lunch

Presentation of Certificates IIDEA COMMITTEE Antoinette Farmer

Tawanda Hubbard

Thomas Benjamin

Rupa Khetarpal

Qiana L. Brown

Rebecca Swann-Jackson

Carmen Castro

Mark van der Maas

Kristen Gilmore Powell

Karen Zurlo

Chair

Faculty Representative

Staff Representative

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Faculty Representative

Staff Representative

Staff Representative

Faculty Representative

Faculty Representative

Faculty Representative

STAFF COUNCIL Nicole Oceanak (Chair)

Matthew Mayo

Khalid Balgar (Vice Chair)

Nadia Montgomery

Christine Blanos

Simone Snyder

Kerry Hennessy

Patricia Toliver

Presentation of Awards 20 YEARS Cassandra Simmel

Judith McCoyd

Ph.D. Program Director and Associate Professor

Associate Director of Doctoral Programs and Associate Professor

15 YEARS Sarah McMahon

Elizabeth Salerno

Director, REV and Professor

Training Coordinator, IFF

10 YEARS 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)

5 YEARS Abdul Ali

Program Coordinator, DSW Program

Christine Blanos

Instructional Designer, IFF

Cecilia Boyce

Margaret O’Donoghue

Promoting Child and Adolescent WellBeing Certificate Program Director and Assistant Professor of Professional Practice

Jen Paolello

Administrative Assistant, CE

Manager of Academic Services and Student Records

Ray Cho

Lamonte Parks

Ryan DiMeglio

Tibor Purger

Project Coordinator, CGS

Teaching Instructor & Co-Director, Addiction Counselor Training Certification Program

Woojin Jung

Assistant Professor

Kimberly Kaiser

SSW Unit Computing Specialist

Christine Kephart

Instructional Designer, IFF

SSW Director of Information Technology

Rafaelina Rodriguez-Jaquez Business Assistant, Business Services

Dori Sabik

Program Coordinator, Student Affairs and BASW Program

Lauren Snedeker

Writing Instructor, DSW Program

Director of the Certificate on Aging and Health and Assistant Professor of Teaching

Jamey Lister

Simone Snyder

Jeri Middlebrook

Zachary Thomas

Associate Professor

Senior Program Coordinator, Office of Practicum Learning

Spencer Nitkey

Senior Research Project Coordinator, IFF

Senior Program Coordinator, REV

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)

Toward a More Just Future

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