Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner, PhD, DSW, LCSW, is Professor Emerita at the Silver School of Social Work, New York University. She is Founding Editor of the Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions and was inducted as a Social Work Pioneer by the National Association of Social Workers. Dr. Straussner is a board member of the Fulbright Israel Interest Group and a three-time Fulbright Senior Scholar, in Israel, Ukraine, and the Czech Republic. She is the author or editor of over 25 books and numerous book chapters, refereed journal articles, and other publications. Dr. Straussner was the originator and researcher of a 2015 national survey, “Social Workers’ Self-Reported Wellness Study.”

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Jeffrey Steen, PhD, LCSW, is Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at Simmons University. Since the early 2000s, he has provided individual and group-based behavioral health services in a variety of outpatient settings. Dr. Steen has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals, instructs master's- and doctoral-level social work courses, and conducts harm reduction-focused research. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions. Dr. Steen identifies as a recovering person with living experience, a background that informs his professional practice, teaching, and research.