Social Work Professors Elected to Academies

Shulamith Lala A. Straussner and Jeane Anastas, professors of social work at the Silver School of Social Work at NYU, were inducted recently into the National Academies of Practice as Distinguished Scholars in Social Work.

      The National Academies of Practice was founded in 1981 in recognition of the need for interdisciplinary collaboration in healthcare.  It is composed of distinguished practitioners and scholars from all of the primary health professions, including dentistry, nursing, optometry, osteopathic medicine, medicine, psychology, podiatric medicine, social work, veterinary medicine, and pharmacy.  Only 150 distinguished members can be elected to membership

      Other Silver School of Social Work professors who are members are Eda Goldstein, Carol Tosone, and Caroline Rosenthal Gelman. 

—Barbara Jester