Susan Griffith Grossman, MSW, DSW
Dr Griffith Grossman earned her doctoral  and master's degrees in social work from Adelphi. She teaches social policy, community and political practice, human behavior in organizations, and the senior capstone in which she works at helping students integrate theory and practice. Her major practice experiences include years of  designing and directing inpatient, outpatient, and community-based residential programs for the severe and persistently mentally ill. She is a licensed clinical social worker in New York and is a Fellow of the American Psychoanalitic Association. She is engaged currently in a project funded by the US Department of Education and European Union Commission of Education, involving three US schools and three EU schools, to develop an international social work practice model (TRANSPRAC). Dr. Griffith Grssman is also engaged in an investigation of  the relation between center-based daycare quality to attachment and prosociability in daycare enrolled 2, 3, 4, and 5 year olds. She and Dr Hayes founded the Social Work Research Institute, an endeavor involving faculty/student collaboration on research initiatives. She is also a co-advisor to the Organization of Student Social Workers (OSSW).

I hold a bias in favor of  social work students learning how to think critically and creatively rather than memorizing menus of prescriptions. If I "give my students a fish" they have a meal for a night; if I "teach them how to fish," and motivate the highest in them, they have meals for every night of the professional and personal lives.

Michael Hayes, MSW, PhD
Dr Hayes earned his MSW and his PhD degrees at the Smith College School for Social Work. He is a licensed independent clinical socal worker in the state of massachusetts. His years of practice in child and adult psychotherapy enrich his teaching. He teaches courses in human development through the lifespan, research methods and statistical analysis, and field practice. His individual research interests include relationships between mental representation of reality and human behavior and theories of social justice and democratic processes. Dr. Hayes serves as a co-advisor of the Organization of Student Social Workers (OSSW). He is a co-founder of  the Social Work Research Institute, an endeavor involving faculty/student collaboration on research initiatives. Dr. Hayes also teaches in the Fenstein Institute for Public Service.

The moments I enjoy most in teaching are ones when students begin to experience pleasure and interest in doing an activity under study,e.g., thinking developmentally about clients or analyzing their data from a research project.

Katherine Kranz, MSW PhD

Dr. Katherine Kranz earned her Ph.D in Social Work from Boston College and her MSW from Rhode Island College . She has published articles focusing on the development and use of a substance abuse treatment self-efficacy scale that is requested for use in studies nationally and internationally. Dr. Kranz teaches in the areas of addictions, human behavior, and micro practice. She has extensive practice experience with adolescents, adults, and families with addictions problems and provides workshops and trainings in the community on addictions issues. She has been honored as Social Worker of the Year from the NASW-RI Chapter for her work in the area of addictions and as a member of a group practice for managed care policy issues.

Marian Mattison, MSW, DSW
Dr Mattison earned her doctoral degree in social Work at Columbia University and her MSW degree at the State University of New York at Buffalo. She teaches practice with individuals, groups, and families, human growth and behavior, and the junior practicum. Dr Mattison's research interests include social work values and ethics and ethical decision making. Her practice experience includes  work with at-risk youth and with families. Dr Mattison's article, Ethical Decision Making; The Person in The Process, published in Social Work  is used in many graduate and undergraduate programs of social work. She serves on numerous college committees. In 2006, Dr. Mattison was named the recipient of the Joseph R. Accinno Faculty Teaching Award. This award is presented annually to the Providence College faculty member who best exhibits excellence in teaching, passion, and enthusiasm for learning, and genuine concern for students' academic and personal growth.

For me, integrating teaching and learning presents the challenge of developing instructional technologies and practices resulting in learning experiences that bridge the theory/practice divide. I am gratified when I can engage and involve students in long term learning that develops and deepens their understanding of human nature and their skills for effective helping.
                   

Margaret W. Roderick, MSW
Chairperson; Director of Field Education
Margaret Roderick earned her master's degree in social work from Virginia Commonwealth University. She is the Director of Field Education for the Department of  Social Work. In this role she is responsible for providing the academic and administrative supports for the three-semester required social work practicum. She works with students in selecting and establishing their professional practicums. Her practice experience includes work in adoptions and in mental health. Prior to joining the faculty at PC, she taught in the graduate schools of social work at the University of Connecticut and Virginia Commonwealth University. In 2007 she received the Distinguished Service Award from the Rhode Island Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW).

The thing I enjoy most about teaching the practicum is witnessing students take risks to do things that they have not done before and come over time into their own as competent and confident young social workers, ready to start their professional careers.