Welfare Experts | University at Albany

Katharine H. Briar-Lawson

Dean Emeritus and Professor

College of Integrated Health Sciences, School of Social Welfare

Areas of expertise: Child and family welfare, Poverty and unemployment, Community collaboration and service integration, Welfare

Professor

Department of Sociology, College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavior

Areas of expertise: Demography, Race and ethnicity, Rural sociology, Census, Diversity, Welfare

MSW Program Director & Associate Professor

College of Integrated Health Sciences, School of Social Welfare

Areas of expertise: Social welfare policy, Poverty, Child welfare, Cultural competence, U.S. policy analysis and implementation, Organizational change, Services to children and families, Childhood, Family, Welfare

Professor & Director of the PhD Program

College of Integrated Health Sciences, School of Social Welfare

Areas of expertise: Gerontology, Health care, Interprofessional collaboration, Welfare

Associate Professor

College of Integrated Health Sciences, School of Social Welfare

Areas of expertise: LGBTQ youth, Child welfare, Juvenile justice and delinquency, Homeless youth populations, LGBTQ, Welfare