SJ Dodd, MSEd., MSW, PhD, is associate professor, at the Silberman School of Social Work, Hunter College, CUNY, and the CUNY Graduate Center. She is also Founding Director of the Silberman Center for Sexuality and Gender (SCSG). Dr. Dodd is a social worker whose interests include elevating the visibility of sexuality in social work, LGBTQ social and health issues, and program evaluation. SJ chairs the Sexuality and Gender Field of Practice, and has taught Human Sexuality for two decades. In addition to teaching, Dr. Dodd provides program evaluation, practice-based research, and statistics consultation for health and human service agencies. She has conducted program evaluations funded by the DHHS Office of Minority Health, NIH, SAMHSA, and the Children's Bureau. Dr. Dodd has spent two decades addressing health disparities in the area of HIV/AIDS. Books include Sex-Positive Social Work (2020; Columbia University Press) & the Routledge Handbook of Social Work and Sexualities (forthcoming).