Department of Social Work

Jeanne Matich-Maroney, Ph.D, CSW-R
Assistant Professor
Phone: (914) 633-2471
Email: jmatich-maroney@iona.edu

MSW (New York University), PhD (New York University), CSW-R (NY)

Social work practice, human behavior, social welfare policy, research, organizational development, developmental disabilities, trauma and abuse, mental health, substance abuse prevention through social norming, clinical and case management supervision.

Jeanne Matich-Maroney, PhD, MSW, came to her academic appointment with vast professional experience as a generalist practitioner, clinician, clinical supervisor, executive level administrator, and researcher in the field of mental retardation/developmental disabilities. She holds a particular expertise in the areas of both sexuality and mental health as related to persons with mental retardation/developmental disabilities. Other areas of expertise include organizational behavior/development, case management and clinical supervision. Most recently, Dr. Matich-Maroney has expanded her areas of interest to the prevention of drug and alcohol abuse through involvement in both the Iona College and Scarsdale Task Forces on Alcohol and Other Drugs the latter of which she is presently serving as a research consultant.

Dr. Matich-Maroney has published and presented in the areas of sexuality and developmental disabilities as well as in social work education. Most recently, she has submitted a grant proposal to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Developmental Disabilities entitled, The Continuum of Sexuality Related Services: Creating Local Community Resources for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities. A research article, premised on her dissertation study is currently in press. Dr. Matich-Maroney has been invited to give a number of presentations by the National Association for the Dually Diagnosed. .

Prior to her appointment to a full-time tenure track position at Iona College, Dr. Matich-Maroney taught Social Work Practice to first year students at New York University Shirley Ehrenkranz School of Social Work. While employed at the Shield Institute, she also served as field instructor for several of the metropolitan area social work programs. Within the Social Work Program at Iona College, Dr. Matich-Maroney has taught across the curriculum. Courses have included Social Work Processes I (SOW 322) and III (SOW 324) Social Welfare Policy (SOW 313), Field Instruction in Social Work I and II (SOW 361 & 362), HBSE (SOW 312), Social Science Research (SOW 320) and Introduction to Social Work (SOW 210). In addition, Dr. Matich-Maroney received a technology grant from the college to introduce students in the major to PowerPoint, and has created several Blackboard course sites to assist both faculty and students in the process of integrating the use of technology in the curriculum.

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