Golam M. Mathbor

President- North America Caribbean Association of Schools of Social Work (NACASSW)

Position within Board of Directors and Terms of Serving: Vice-President-IASSW (2024-2028); NACASSW President representing North America and Caribbean to the IASSW board.

Affiliation and Position (other than IASSW): Interim Dean and Professor, School of Social Work, Monmouth University, New Jersey, USA. Member of the Board of Directors, Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), USA Chair, Commission on Global Social Work Education, CSWE, USA

Membership of Organizations (other than IASSW): National Association of Deans and Directors (NADD), USA; National Association of Social Workers, USA; Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Social Policy and Society (IJSPS), a journal of the Social Institute of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia since July 2018; Past President and Trustee, American Institute of Bangladesh Studies (AIBS)

Educational Qualification/s: (Degrees): Ph.D. (Social Policy Analysis, Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary, Canada); MSW (Social Work), McGill University, Canada; MSS (Social Welfare), BSS (Social Welfare), LL.B. (Law), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh; Management Development Program (MDP), Institute for Higher Education, Harvard University, USA.

Languages written and spoken: English, Bangla

Interest Areas (social work teaching, research and practice): Social Development, Social Policy, International Social Work, Disaster Management, Higher Education, Non-Profit Management, Leadership and Management.

Current Activities (social work teaching, research, practice, others): Interim Dean, School of Social Work, Monmouth University; Teaches into the DSW program on Leadership development; Visiting Professor, Department of Social Administration and Justice, University of Malaya; Member, Advisory Board of the Katherine A. Kendall Institute for International Education (KAKI), Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) from July 1, 2022-June 30, 2025; Member, Strategic Planning Committee of the Council of Social Work Education (CSWE) from July 1, 2022-June 30, 2025.