Lynn Videka
Interim Vice President for Research
Office: University Administration Building
Room 417Phone: 518-437-4960 Email: lvideka@albany.edu Lynn Videka currently serves as Interim Vice President for Research at the University at Albany, State University of New York. Her permanent appointment is as Professor of Social Work, School of Social Welfare. Professor Videka joined the University at Albany faculty in 1981 and served as dean of the School of Social Welfare from 1989-2000. She also served as director of the Center for Social Work Practice Research from 1987-89, and director of the Center for Human Services Research from 1996-2004. Her previous experience includes service as a public health nurse and clinical social worker. Professor Videka received her Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from the University of Illinois, and an A.M. and Ph.D. in social work from the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. She has edited two books and has published more than 40 research articles, chapters and reports. Her research focuses on the scientific bases for mental health and social services in a family context. She has published articles on widowhood and parental bereavement, self-help services for persons with serious and persistent mental illness, child maltreatment prevention, evidence-based social work practice, and supporting parenting functioning among mothers with serious and persistent psychiatric illnesses. She has served as principal investigator for research projects funded by the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Children's Bureau, and other funders. She has also held several national leadership roles including President for the Institute for the Advancement of Social Work Research and Commissioner of Accreditation for the Council on Social Work Education. She lives in Glenmont, NY, with her son, Zachary Sherman, who is a senior at Bethlehem Central High School and her daughter, Stephanie Sherman, who attends Harvard University.
