Social Work Department Faculty

Office:  Mary Taylor House 105 Phone:(603) 535-2538

About Professor Moniz 

Dr. Moniz is the Department Chair and Program Director of the B.S.W. program. She received her master’s degree in social work (M.S.W.) from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and Ph.D. in social welfare policy from the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University. Her dissertation was on the impact of senior activism in the enactment of Medicare. Dr. Moniz is active as a leader in the social work profession.

She served on the national Board of Directors NASW for two terms; first in 1999-2002 as the New England Regional Representative and most recently as national Secretary(2004-2007).  She was served as Chair for a number of national NASW committees including the Awards Committee (2007), the Committee on Women's Issues (2004-06), and the 2002 Delegate Assembly Planning Committee (2000-2002) and participated in three assemblies as a delegate from New Hampshire.  Dr. Moniz has served on many national and local NASW committees and was president of the New Hampshire chapter of NASW in the early 1990s.  In 2002, NH-NASW named Dr. Moniz Social Worker of the Year.  Dr. Moniz’s current research focuses on inequality and health.Dr. Moniz and Dr. Stephen Gorin, in the Social Work Department, recently published the second edition of their textbook, Health and Mental Health Care Policy: A Biopsychosocial Perspective (2007).

Dr. Moniz has presented workshops and papers on health care policy and social work at regional, national and international conferences. She has received grant funding to advance the Social Work Department’s curriculum in child welfare and gerontology. She serves as project director for the Title IV-E funded Child Welfare Education Partnership program.

Areas of Interest and Research

National health care reform, social determinants of health, disparities in health, economic disparities for women and children, child welfare policy, aging of the population, Social Security, Medicare, long term care.

Courses Taught

SW 3100 Child Welfare
SW 3450 Social Welfare Policy and Services
SW 3460 Human Diversity and the Social Environment
SW 3520 Theory and Practice Social Work Intervention
Social Work Practicum Field Liaison

Publications and Scholarly Activity (since 2000)

Publications

Moniz, C. and Gorin, S. (2007). Health and Mental Health Care Policy: A Biopsychosocial Perspective. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Moniz, C. and Gorin, S. (November 2004)."Will the US ever have universal health care?". Health & Social Work.
Moniz, C., Gorin,S.,and Corcoran, K. (2004). "Managed Care and Mental Health". Mental Illness and the Social Environment, S. Kirk, editor.  NY: Columbia University Press.
Moniz, C. and Gorin, S. (2003). Health and Health Care Policy: A Social Work Perspective. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Funded Projects

Geriatric Enrichment in Social Work Education, Hartford Foundation and Council on Social Work Education, (2002-2005)
Title IV-E Child Welfare Education Project, New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, 2000-2008
Whiting Foundation, Sabbatical research, England, inequality and health, 2000.

Current Professional and Community Activity

Steering Committee, Engaging New Hampshire (2006- )
Member, Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), Council on Leadership Development, (2004-2007)
Consulting Editor, Health & Social Work, NASW (2003- )
NASW Chair, National Awards Committee (2007)
NH-NASW, Chair, Social and Legislative Action Committee
NH-NASW, Political Action for Candidate Election (PACE) Committee
University of New Hampshire Social Work Department Advisory Committee

Past Experience

NASW national Secretary, Board of Directors, Executive Committee, and Audit Subcommittee (2004-2007)
NASW Chair, National Committee on Women's Issues (2004-2007)
NASW national Board of Directors, 1999-2002
Chair, Delegate Assembly Planning Committee, 2000-2002
NASW Professional Development and Advocacy Committee, 1999-2002
Delegate from New Hampshire, NASW Delegate Assemblies, 1993, 1996, 1999
NASW International Activities Committee, 1996-1999
NASW Legal Defense Service Committee, 1993-1996
NH-NASW Social and Legislative Action Committee, 1996-present
Chair, NH-NASW Nominations and Leadership Identification Committee, 1994-1996
President, NH-NASW, 1991-1993