Tina Maschi, PhD, LCSW, ACSW, is a full professor at Fordham University's Graduate School of Social Service Lincoln Center Campus. Her research and practice experience is at the intersection of life course intersectionality, trauma, resilience, justice and well-being with a particular attention to the victimization and criminalization experiences of LQBTQIA+ people. She has published over 150 peer reviewed publications and book chapters and five books that includes the soon to be released Aging Behind Prison Walls: Studies of Trauma and Resilience.
Sameena Azhar, PhD, LCSW, MPH is an Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Social Service at Fordham University. She conducts research with third gender communities in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, known as hijra and kwaja sira. Sameena is also working on a project examining the acceptability of long acting injectable pre-exposure prevention (PrEP) for HIV among queer communities of color in the United States.
Kimberly Hudson, MSW, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Social Service at Fordham University. Dr. Hudson's primary areas of interest include: health equity and access to care among LGBTQ+ communities; experiences in health care settings, with special attention to the intersectionality of racism, heterosexism, cissexism, and structural vulnerabilities; and supports and barriers for LGBTQ+ affirming policy and practice in service settings
Laura J. Wernick, MSW, MPA, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Social Service and a life-long organizer/activist. Their scholarship on transformative youth organizing models focuses on three areas: LGBTQ+ youth, low income youth of Color, and PAR in the public schools. In the area of organizing people with power and privilege, Dr. Wernick examines innovative organizing among young adult activists with wealth and employers of domestic workers.
Christopher A Curtis, MSW, Ph.D is an Assistant Professor at Fordham University School of Social Service. Dr. Curtis's research interests revolve around youth development and capacity building. He aims to develop a deeper understanding of environmental factors and individual characteristics that affect overall adolescent well-being (e.g., academic, mental and emotional health, development outcomes). The pursuit of these interests began by writing conceptual and empirical papers that explored individuals, organizational and societal factors that impact youth, particularly youth of color. He is most interested in discovering the best way to empower youth to engage systems at various levels in ways that support their overall well-being and enable them to thrive.