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Expert:

               Dr. Richard J. Gelles

               Dean, School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania

Credentials:

• Dean Gelles is an internationally recognized researcher in child-welfare policy, child abuse and neglect and domestic violence.  He is the director of the Center for Research on Youth & Social Policy and co-director of the Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice & Research.
• He can discuss the need for National Social Work Month, how social workers are trained professionals and the many aspects of social work as a career.

Expert:

               Dr. Mary Mazzola

               Associate Dean, School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania

Credentials:

• Dr. Mazzola can discuss social work as a profession and how social work jobs are expected to grow 16 percent by 2018. 
• She leads the enrollment-management functions at Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice.