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NYU Silver Dean Michael A. Lindsey Elected to Lead AASWSW

By NYU Silver Communications OfficeNov 14, 2023
Dean Michael A. Lindsey formal headshot

He is the Incoming President of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare

NYU Silver School of Social Work is proud to announce that our Dean Michael A. Lindsey has been elected as the next President of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare, the nation’s leading honorific society of scholars and practitioners who are dedicated to high-impact work that advances social good. He will be inducted in January at a ceremony taking place during the Society for Social Work and Research conference, receiving the mantle from the current AASWSW President Mary McKay.

“I am honored and humbled at the opportunity to serve AASWSW, following in the groundbreaking footsteps of Dr. Mary McKay,” said Dr. Lindsey. “Please know that I am continually inspired by the Fellows of our Academy and so many others within the field of social work and social welfare. I see you rising to meet the challenges faced by people in the post-pandemic world, with excellence and passion in scholarship and practice. We must continue to seek opportunities to ensure that these contributions translate into knowledge, policies and action in the communities that need them most. That is why I look forward to working with you to further advance our visibility and impact. Thank you so much for electing me to take up this calling with you.”

Dr. Lindsey will continue to serve as Dean and Paulette Goddard Professor of Social Work at NYU Silver.

NYU President Linda Mills headshot

NYU Silver congratulates New York University President Linda G. Mills, who is among 8 Fellows to be inducted into the academy in January. She is the Lisa Ellen Goldberg Professor of Social Work, Public Policy, and Law at NYU and the Executive Director of the NYU Center on Violence and Recovery, which is affiliated with NYU Silver.

A noted scholar in the fields of child and adolescent mental health, Dr. Lindsey is an Aspen Health Innovators Fellow and a Distinguished Fellow of the National Academies of Practice in Social Work. Additionally, he serves on the New York City Board of Health and was appointed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to the Community Preventive Services Task Force. Dr. Lindsey led the working group of experts supporting the Congressional Black Caucus Emergency Taskforce on Black Youth Suicide and Mental Health, which created the report Ring the Alarm: The Crisis of Black Youth Suicide in America.

Dr. Lindsey serves on the editorial boards of the following journals: Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Psychiatric Services, and School Mental Health. 

Prior to being named NYU Silver’s Dean, Dr. Lindsey was the Constance and Martin Silver Professor of Poverty Studies and Executive Director of the NYU McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research. He holds a PhD in social work and MPH from the University of Pittsburgh, an MSW from Howard University, and a BA in sociology from Morehouse College. Dr. Lindsey also completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in public health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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