Social Work Department Faculty

Office:  Mary Taylor House 104 Phone: (603) 535-2635

About Professor Gorin 

Dr. Gorin received his master in social work (M.S.W.) from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and his Ph.D. in social welfare policy from the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University. His dissertation examined the development of social welfare and labor legislation during the New Deal. Dr. Gorin has played a leadership role in social work and in health care policy. He is a past president of the New Hampshire chapter of the National Association of Social Workers and was the chapter’s Social Worker of the Year in 1992. For over 15 years, he has served as the chapter’s part-time executive director. Dr. Gorin is the Editor-in-Chief (2007-2011) of Health & Social Work, served asthe National Health Line editor (2000-2006), and as a Consulting Editor for many years. Dr. Gorin served on President Clinton’s Health Care Task Force, the Advisory Council of the Center for Mental Health Services in the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (1995-96), and the Coordinating Committee of the National Medicare Education Program (2000-2004). Dr. Gorin also served as a delegate to the 2005 and 1995 White House Conferences on Aging and on Social Security. Dr. Cynthia Moniz, chair of the PSU Social Work Department, and Dr. Gorin recently published the second edition of their textbook, Health and Mental Health Care Policy: A Biopsychosocial Perspective (2007). Dr. Gorin has also written and spoken widely on health care reform, social security and other issues. For eight years, he hosted a talk show on WKXL-AM/FM, the CBS radio affiliate in Concord, N.H.  Dr. Gorin has taught in the University’s Honors Program and serves on the NH Commission on the Status of Men (2003-2007). Dr. Gorin has been selected for Who's Who in America 2205 and 2007.

Areas of Interest and Research

National health care reform, social determinants of health, disparities in health, aging of the population, Social Security, Medicare, long term care

Courses Taught

SW 2050 Introduction to Social Welfare Policy
SW 3010 Perspectives on Aging
SW 3330 Health & Society
SW 3530 Theory and Practice Social Work Intervention III
Social Work Practicum Field Liaison

Publications and Scholarly Activity (since 2000)

Health and Mental Health Care Policy: A Biopsychosocial Perspective (2007). Allyn & Bacon. Cynthia Moniz and Stephen Gorin.
Themes of the Times for Health Care and Mental Health, A Collection of Articles from the New York Times (2007). Edited with Samuel Flint.
Themes of the Times for Aging, A Collection of Articles from the New York Times (2007). Edited with Kathleen McInnis-Dittrich.
"The Trouble with Health Savings Accounts: A Social Work Perspective". Health & Social Work, November 2006.
"The 2005 White House Conference on Aging: A Social Work Perspective". Health & Social Work,May 2006. (Elizabeth Clark, co-author).
"Social Work Leadership and Aging: metting the Demographic Imperative". Health & Social Work, November 2005. (Sarah Sisco, Patricia Voland, co-authors). "Why Kerry Lost and Where We Go from Here." Health & Social Work. May 2005.
"Let's Not Gamble with Social Security," Health & Social Work. (James Schulz, co-author), February 2005.
"Will the US ever have universal health care?" Health & Social Work. November 2004 (C. Moniz, co-author)
"The Compression of Morbidity: Implications for Social Work" Health & Social Work. August 2004 (B. Lewis, co-author).
"Managed Care and Mental Health", in Mental Illness and the Social Environment, S. Kirk, editor. NY: Columbia University Press, 2004 (K. Corcoran and C. Moniz , co-authors).
"Current Trends and the Future of HIV/AIDS Services: A Social Work Perspective" Health & Social Work. May 2004,; (L. Kaplan and E. Tomaszewski, co-authors).
"Medicare and Premium Support: A Social Work Perspective". Health & Social Work. November 2003.
"The Unraveling of Managed Care: Recent Trends and Implications". Health & Social Work, August 2003.
Health and Health Care Policy: A Social Work Perspective (2003), Allyn & Bacon. (Cynthia Moniz, co-author).
"Crisis in Caregiving: A Call to Action," Health & Social Work. November 2002 (Francine Conway-Giustra and Ann Crowley, co-authors).
"The Crisis in Public Health Revisited: Implications for Social Work",Health & Social Work, February 2002.
"The Crisis of Public Health: Implications for Social Work," Health & Social Work, February 2001.
"Medicare and Prescription Drugs: Prospects for Reform," Health & Social Work, May 2001.
"A Society for All Ages: Saving Social Security and Medicare," in Aging and Social Work: The Changing Landscape, Washington, D.C.: National Association of Social Workers, 2001.
"Universal Health Care Coverage in the United States: Barriers, Prospects, and Implications," reprinted fromHealth & Social Work, in Annual Editions: Social Welfare and Social Work, 99/00, 00/01.
"Will the ‘End of Work’ Mean the End of Social Work,"Social Work 2000 (Michael Reisch, co-author).
"Inequality and Health: Implications for Social Work," Health & Social Work, November 2000.
"Generational Equity and Privatization: Myth and Reality," Health & Social Work, August 2000.
"Progressives and the 2000 Elections," Health & Social Work, May 2000.
"A Society for All Ages: Saving Social Security and Medicare,"Health & Social Work, February 2000.
Book Review. The Social Health of the Nation: How America is Really Doing, Miringoff and Miringoff. Influencing State Policy. Fall 2000.

Current Professional and Community Activity

Editor-in-Chief, Health & Social Work, NASW (2007-11)
Executive Director (part-time), NH-NASW (1991- )
Co-Chair, Steering Committee, EngAging NH (2006- )

Past Experience

Chair Spokesperson, New Hampshire Health Care Coalition (1989-1994)
President, NH-NASW, 1990-1991
Member, White House Health Professions Review Group, 1993-1994
Member, Advisory Council, Center for Mental Health Services, U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, 1995-1996
President, NH Citizen's Alliance (1999-2001)
Member, Steering Committee, Nh Committee to Protect Social Security (2002-2005)
Member, NH Commission on Status of Men (2003-2007)