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Jeane W. Anastas, PhD, LMSW

Jeane W. Anastas, PhD, LMSW, is a professor at the New York University, Silver School of Social Work, and is highly regarded in the field of social work doctoral education and research. Dr. Anastas is also President of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW). Dr. Anastas has been a long-standing and active member in NASW. She served as President of the Massachusetts Chapter of NASW, and was named the Chapter's Social Worker of the Year in 1995.

Dr. Anastas has published extensively in the areas of women's issues, LGBT rights, mental health, and social work education, including the recently published Teaching in Social Work: Theory and Practice for Educators and the forthcoming Doctoral Education in Social Work.

Dr. Anastas previously served on the Board of Directors of the Institute for the Advancement of Social Work Research and the Society for Social Work and Research. Dr. Anastas has served as NASW’s Chair of the National Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues, Chair of the National Committee on Women's Issues, and as a member of the National Committee on Nominations and Leadership Identification. She was named a Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Visiting Scholar for academic years 2006–2007, and received CSWE's Greatest Recent Contribution to Social Work Education Award in 2007. Dr. Anastas was elected to the National Academies of Practice in Health Care in 2007.

She received her BLS in social work from Boston University, her MSW from Boston College, and her PhD from Brandeis University. She is a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers.

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