Seth Fallik, Assistant Professor, and Mara Schiff, Associate Professor, were awarded two of the three 2019 Presidential Awards – Fallik for Research/Scholarship and Schiff for Teaching. Schiff was also the runner-up for...

The study represents one of the most comprehensive assessments of the “dangerousness” of policing to date, and also shows a statistically significant decline in felonious killings of police following the Ferguson effect...

On April 11, 2019, the Criminology and Criminal Justice Graduate Committee hosted its second Brown Bag event for students seeking their Master of Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice (MSCCJ) degree.

Contracted private agencies provide approximately 33 percent of foster care placement services and 59 percent of family preservation services. State child welfare agencies are increasingly turning to them for a range of services....

On April 3rd, 2019, 67 undergraduate and graduate students and two faculty members – Associate Professor LeaAnne DeRigne, Ph.D., and Assistant Professor Danielle Groton, Ph.D. – from the Sandler School of Social Work...

Florida Atlantic University’s Phyllis and Harvey Sandler School of Social Work within the College for Design and Social Inquiry in partnership with FAU’s Brain Institute, FAU’s School of Criminology and Criminal Justice,...

On behalf of the Phyllis and Harvey Sandler School of Social Work, we extend our deepest condolences to the victims and their families, and our sympathy, support, and love for the Muslim community in New Zealand and around...

Congratulations to our Master of Social Work, Jennifer Karson, who was just named Broward County Schools’ Social Work Intern of the Year!

Aren’t you glad there are social workers in the world?

The Florida Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers recently awarded their annual top honors.