Lorrie Greenhouse Gardella, J.D., M.S.W., A.C.S.W.
Associate Dean, School of Graduate and Professional Studies
Professor of Social Work
Contact
Phone: 860.231.5412
E-mail:
lggardella@sjc.edu
Lorrie Greenhouse Gardella has worked throughout her career to improve educational access for adult learners and underserved populations. In her words, "It is my goal as an educator to collaborate with students, professions, and communities in making college a resource and a reality for every community."
Gardella has served in leadership positions in national social work organizations, including President, Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Directors; Board of Directors, Council on Social Work Education; and Chair, National Association of Social Workers Legal Defense Fund.
Her first book, A Dream and A Plan: A Woman's Path to Leadership in Human Services (2004), follows the professional journeys of multicultural women leaders in order to encourage women to enter management positions. Her most recent book, The Life and Thought of Louis Lowy: Social Work through the Holocaust (2011) explores the professional formation of an internationally renowned social worker and gerontologist who remembered surviving the Holocaust as the beginning of his career. Her current scholarship focuses on promoting multicultural health equity through social marketing and interdisciplinary professional education.
Degrees
J.D., University of Connecticut
M.S.W., University of Connecticut
A.B., Smith College
Selected Publications
Gardella, L. G. (2011). The Life and Thought of Louis Lowy: Social Work through the Holocaust. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press.
www.syracuseuniversitypress.syr.edu
Gardella, L.G. (2010). Writer, Faces of Disparity (Video and Exhibit). Connecticut Multicultural Health Partnership. www.ctmhp.org
Gardella, L.G. Candales, B.A., and Ricardo-Rivera, J., (2005). "Doors Are Not Locked, Just Closed: Latino Perspectives on College," in M. A. Wolf, Adulthood: New Terrain. San Francisco, Josey-Bass.
Gardella, L. G. and Haynes, K. S., (2004). A Dream and A Plan: A Woman's Path to Leadership in Human Services, Washington, D.C., NASW Press, www.naswpress.org.
Selected Presentations
Gardella, L. G.; Dearing, Natalie; Canty, Lucinda (2011, October 27-30). Faces of Disparity: Promoting Multicultural Health Equity in Social Work Education. Annual Program Meeting, Council on Social Work Education. Atlanta, GA.
Feliciano, M. L.; Romero, L.; Rosa, X; Rodriguez, C.; Schwan, N. R.; Gardella, L. G.; Pérez, M. (2010, Oct. 21-23). ¡Adelante!: Institutional and Individual Transformations When Latinas Return to College. Ninth Biennial Conference, Puerto Rican Studies Association. Hartford, CT.
Gardella, L. G. (2008, Oct. 31 to November 3). Lessons from the Holocaust: Social Work Practice with Refugees and Displaced Populations. Annual Program Meeting, Council on Social Work Education. Philadelphia, PA.
Vernon, R.; Lynch, D.; Freddolino, P.; Gardella, L.G.; and Tenby, S. (2007, (Oct. 26-30). Second Life: Exploring Virtual Worlds for Social Work Education. Annual Program Meeting, Council on Social Work Education. San Francisco, CA.
Selected Community Service
Health Leadership Fellows Program, Class of 2013, Connecticut Health Foundation. www.cthealth.org
Greater Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, Cultivation Committee. www.hfpg.org.
Connecticut Community Care, Inc., Incorporator. www.ctcommunitycare.org
Graduate! Connecticut, Advisory Committee. www.graduatect.org.
