Daniel S. Gardner
Assistant Professor of Social Work
BA Cornell University; MSW University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work; PhD Columbia University
daniel.gardner@nyu.edu | (212) 998-5988
bio
Daniel Gardner is an Assistant Professor at NYU School of Social Work, with professional interests in the areas of aging and social gerontology; end-of-life and palliative care; health care practice and policy; clinical practice with individuals, couples, and families; and program evaluation and social work research.
Prior to joining the NYU faculty in 2005, Dr. Gardner held faculty positions at Columbia University and Hunter College (CUNY), teaching generalist and advanced clinical practice as well as courses on aging, health care policy and practice, and social work research methods. Dr. Gardner graduated from Cornell University with a bachelor's degree in Human Development and Family Studies, received an MSW degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work, and a doctorate in Social Work from Columbia University. He completed a post-master's certificate program in clinical social work from the Pennsylvania Society for Clinical Social Workers, and has held clinical licensure in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New York.
Dr. Gardner has over 20 years of social work practice experience with individuals, families, and groups. This includes ten years in hospital and community-based health care organizations, specializing in clinical practice with individuals and families living with cancer or with HIV/AIDS. He has also provided individual, group, couples, and family therapy to children and adults in a variety of agency and private settings. Dr. Gardner has extensive supervisory, administrative, and program development experience. For six years, he directed the counseling department of a large family service agency, overseeing prevention and behavioral health programs for children, adolescents, adults, and older adults. One consistent theme in his practice has been a commitment to supporting the efforts of individuals and families to manage health-related transitions and crises.
Dr. Gardner's research interests include health and aging; end-of-life care; and the role of familial and social relationships in managing chronic and terminal illness. He has been a research consultant and program evaluator for the Gerontological Society of America and the Hartford Geriatric Social Work Faculty Scholars Program, and was a research assistant and project coordinator on several NIH-funded grants at the Center for the Psychosocial Study of Health and Illness at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. Dr. Gardner's doctoral dissertation explored the processes of relationship, communication, and support among older adult couples who are living with advanced cancer. He is the recipient of a Ruth Fizdale Doctoral Dissertation Award and an American Cancer Society Doctoral Training Grant, and was a Hartford Doctoral Fellow in Geriatric Social Work. His current research includes the development and evaluation of psychoeducational intervention for individuals at end-of-life and their families.
recent publications
- Berkman, B., Gardner, D., Zodikoff, B., & Harootyan, L. (2006). Social work and aging in the emerging health care world. Journal of Gerontological Social Work.
- Berkman, B., Gardner, D., Zodikoff, B., & Harootyan, L. (2005). Social work in health care with older adults: Future challenges. Families in Society, 86(3), 329-337.
- Maramaldi, P., Gardner, D., Berkman, B., Ireland, K., D'Ambruoso, S., & Howe, J. (2004). Mentoring new social work faculty: A gerontological perspective. Gerontology and Geriatrics Education, 25(1), 89-106.
- Gardner, D. & Zodikoff, B. (2003). Meeting the challenges of social work practice in aging in the 21st Century. In B. Berkman and L. Harootyan (Eds.), Social Work and Health Care in an Aging Society. New York: Springer Publishing Co.