Jacqueline Mondros Named Dean of Hunter College School of Social Work

Date: July 15, 2006
Contact: Meredith Halpern (meredith.halpern@hunter.cuny.edu)
Phone: (212) 772-4070

(New York, NY) June 15, 2006 -- Hunter College President Jennifer J. Raab today announced that Dr. Jacqueline B. Mondros, a nationally recognized scholar of social work, has been named Dean of the Hunter College School of Social Work. For the past four years Dr. Mondros was the Vice Dean of the School of Social Work at the University of Southern California.

Prior to her position at the University of Southern California, Dr. Mondros served as Associate Dean of the School of Social Work at Barry University, and Assistant Dean at Columbia University, where she was on the faculty for eleven years. Before entering academia, Dr. Mondros was director of clinical services at a school for disturbed girls and executive director of a settlement house in Philadelphia.

Dr. Mondros’ research interests are in the study of urban neighborhoods and she has written extensively on community social services, community development, and community organization. Her co-authored text, Organizing for Power and Empowerment, has been widely used in schools of social work. In recent years she has focused her scholarship on social work pedagogy and is currently working on issues of transformational leadership within social work.

Dr. Mondros most recently taught an interdisciplinary course on neighborhoods with faculty from the schools of Education, Architecture, and Public Policy at USC. During her career, she has also taught courses in planning, community organization, administration, organizational change, and clinical social work practice.

“Dr. Mondros is an experienced and able administrator,” said President Raab. “We are delighted to welcome her to the Hunter community.” Dr. Mondros will assume her responsibilities as Dean in late August 2006.

About Hunter
With a highly diverse student population of more than 20,000, Hunter is the largest college in the City University of New York (CUNY) system and the first choice among all CUNY applicants. Founded in 1870, the College offers more than 170 undergraduate and graduate programs. Hunter is noted for its professional schools in education, health sciences, nursing and social work, as well as its excellence in the liberal arts. Heralded as the "Crown Jewel of CUNY" by The Princeton Review, Hunter College has a distinguished reputation for nurturing talented minority scientists and meeting the challenge of providing high-quality science education in the 21st century. The College also oversees the Hunter College Campus Schools serving gifted and talented students, preschool through grade 12. For more information about Hunter College, please visit our Web site at http://www.hunter.cuny.edu.

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