Department of Social Work

Penelope Moore, DSW, ACSW
Assistant Professor
Phone: (914) 633-2471
Email: pjmoore@iona.edu

MSW (Columbia University), D.S.W. (The Graduate School and University Center/CUNY). CSW (NY), ACSW

Social work practice, cultural diversity, social work in health care, social welfare history.  Community development and social action.  Mental health, HIV-AIDS bereavement.

Penelope J. Moore, DSW, MSW, newly tenured assistant professor, was previously affiliated with Wurzweiler School of Social Work where she chaired the Human Diversity in Social Work Practice and Social Work in Health Care curriculum areas as well as taught Social Work Practice and Social Welfare as a Social Institution. She has many years of practice experience working in a large teaching hospital in outpatient community and school-based mental health services. Dr. Moore's current research focus in the field of thanatology involves her work as Program Evaluator of a grant funded program with Memorial Sloan Kettering Medical Center and North General Hospitals - "A Training and Education Program in Palliative Care and End of Life Care for Clergy and Allied Caregivers in Minority and Medically Underserved Communities."

Her publications include a chapter addressing the issue of AIDS bereavement and African Americans and articles exploring and advocating for African American Churches to develop bereavement supports in their congregations. Dr. Moore has also focused on the need for the fields of social work and thanatology to address issues of diverse groups in service delivery systems. Dr. Moore is an active member of several professional organizations. She serves as chair of the Multicultural Committee of the Association of Death Educators and Counselors (ADEC); is on the Board of Directors of Congregations Concerned with the City of Mount Vernon, Inc.; serves on the Advisory Board of Project FOCUS; and represents Iona College on the New Rochelle Village Team Committee. Within the college community, Dr. Moore represents the Social Work Department on several committees; as well as holds two appointed positions: Coordinator of Honors Societies and Honors Convocations and Coordinator of the Women's Studies Program.

Since teaching at Iona, Dr. Moore has developed and taught the course on Human Diversity in Social Work Practice (SOW 318), revised and taught Social Science Research (SOW 320), and has taught Introduction to Social Work (SOW 210), Foundations of Social Work Practice(SOW 315), Field Instruction in Social Work I and II (SOW 361 & 362), Social Work Processes II (SOW 323) and III (SOW 324), and Social Welfare Policy (SOW 313).

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