Susan Letteney is Associate Professor of Social Work in the Department of Social Sciences at York College and Research Fellow at the Center for Community and Urban Health at Hunter College School of Public Health.  She teaches courses on social welfare programs and policies, human behavior and the social environment, generalist practice skills and community organizing.  Dr. Letteney has developed and taught Writing Intensive and online courses.  Her research focuses on issues that confront children and families affected by HIV and AIDS, including disclosure, stigma, social support, caregiving, future care and custody planning and children’s psychosocial adjustment to a parent’s HIV illness.  In 2009 Dr. Letteney was invited by the World Health Organization to present her work on disclosure of HIV status to children.  Her social work practice experience includes the clinical and policy aspects of health/mental health programs for women and children; she has designed future care and custody programs serving HIV-affected families.