Moldovan, Vadim

Licensed Certified Social Worker
Associate Professor
Social Work

Phone: 718-262-2410
Office Location: AC-3A06C
vmoldovan@york.cuny.edu
http://projectcasamare.org

Office Hours
Thursday	1-2 pm
Tuesday	3-5 pm

Areas of Expertise

Clinical social work - psychiatric settings; international social work
Emergency social work - hospital settings
Social work administration

Books in Field Of Expertise

Moldovan, V.. Ideology-first: A values-based social work profession in deontological and methodological opposition to global capitalism.. In Memoriam Andrei Galben: Omul- Legenda,: Chisinau, Moldova: ULIM., 2018. .

Moldovan, V., Rotari, E., Zagorodniuc, A. Jealous Mothers: The subconscious competitive dynamics of the mother-daughter relationship.. . La început a fost opera Sigmund Freud - 160 ani de la naștere: Iasi: Pan Europe, 2016. .

Moldovan, V.. Social Work Education Reform Through an International University-to- University Partnership: The City University of New York and Free International University of Moldova.. In Cohen, C. & Butterfield, A., Eds. Practicing as a social work educator in international collaboration.: Washington, DC: The Council on Social Work Education., 2017. .

Divale, W.T., Moldovan, V., Fauras, V., Nacu, A., Sterpu, V., et al.. Parental Acceptance- Rejection and Influence of Father –Ansence on the Chronically Mentally Ill in Moldova.. In Kourkoutas, E. & Erkman, F. (Eds.),: Brown Walker Press: Boca Raton., 2011. .

Articles in Field Of Expertise

Moldovan, V., Rotari, E., Zagorodniuc A.. "Tolstoy’s disciple: Russian influences on Jane Addams’ social philosophy and social work practice." Transnational Social Review. 6(3) 2016: 313-325.

Moldovan, V., Divale, W., Nacu, A., Socroviscuiuc, A., Sterpu, V. et. al. "A struggle to survive: Services for the chronically mentally ill in Moldova." International Journal of Mental Health. 36(4) Winter/07-08: .

Moldovan, V. & Moyo, O.. "Contradictions in the ideologies of helping: Examples from Zimbabwe and Moldova." . International Social Work. 50(4) 2007: 461-472.

Moldovan, V.. "Attitudes of mental health workers toward community integration of the persons with serious and persistent mental illness." American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation. 10(1) 2007: 19-30.

Moldovan, V.. "In pursuit of conceptual equivalence: Translation of Child Personal Assessment Questionnaire into the Russian Language." World Cultures. 15(2) 2005: 190-208.

Divale, W., Moldovan, V., Nacu, A., Fauras, V., Strepu, V., Aftene, V., et al.. "Data on the PARQ and the PAQ instruments for 200 chronically mentally ill and 160 college students from Moldova.." World Cultures: Journal of Comparative and Cross-Cultural Research. 16(1) 2007: .

Moldovan, V.. "“Vertical solidarity” vs. capitalism: A social work perspective on globalization.." Symposium. 12(1) 2005: 71-79.

Presented Papers, Lectures, and Exhibitions and Performances

" Moldovan, V. (2019). The evolving model of the macro-practice-oriented study-abroad education. " 2019: International Interdisciplinary Conference for Sustainable Community Development, Chisinau, Moldova..

" Moldovan, V. (2019). The New Social Work Covenant: A cross-national reform initiative. " 2019: European Association of Schools of Social Work, Madrid, Spain..

" Moldovan, V. & Golban, V. (2018). Community-based economy: The pathway to national renewal " 2018: Moldova International Conference on Social Development at ULIM, Chisinau, Moldova.

" Moldovan, V., Tarna, V., & Pascal, R. (2018) An intractable dilemma: Social work values and the medical model " 2018: Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development, Dublin, Ireland..

" Moldovan, V., Zagorodniuc, A., Gutu, I, Nicolau, A. (2018). Social work praxis toward social wellness, " 2018: The Fourth Conference on Advancement of Social Work in Post-Soviet Countries, Yerevan, Armenia..

" Moldovan, V. (2017) Orienting social work toward macro-practice through the community wellness model. " 2017: The Third International Conference for Advancement of Social Work in Post- Communist Countries: The Global Challenge of Social Work Integration into Health Care, Tbilisi, Georgia..

" Moldovan, V. (2017). As the pendulum swings: History of psychiatry in the United States. " 2017: The Third Congress on Community Psychiatry in Moldova, Chisinau, Moldova..

" Moldovan, V., Rotari, E., Zagorodniuc, A., Gutu, I., Sajina, E., Platonova, N. (2017). New kid on the block: Social work professionalization as a radical systemic change. " 2017: The European Association of Schools of Social Work conference in Paris, France..

" Molovan, V. (2017). From privilege to pauperism: The plight of the elderly in the post-socialist realm. " 2017: The International Federation of Social Work Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland..

" Moldovan, V. (2016). Migration and social protection floors in the time of crisis: The changing attitudes toward emigration in Moldova. " 2016: Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development, Seoul, So. Korea..

" Moldovan, V., Rotari, E., & Zagorodniuc, A. (2016). Professionalization, status perception, and burnout of social workers in Republic of Moldova. " 2016: Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development, Seoul, So. Korea..

" Rotari,E., Moldovan, V., & Zagorodniuc, A. (2016). Innovative social work curriculum design for countries with transition economies: A pilot graduate social work program in the Republic of Moldova. " 2016: Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development, Seoul, So. Korea..

" Zagorodniuc, A., Moldovan, V. & Rotari, E., (2016). A marginal profession: tasks, rewards and challenges of social workers in Moldova. " 2016: Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development, Seoul, So. Korea..

" Moldovan, V. (2016). Social Work as a Dialectic Profession: The lessons from the United States, " 2016: The Third International Congress on Community Psychiatry, Chisinau, Moldova..

" Moldovan, V. (2016). Poverty in the Republic of Moldova – Putting social back into social work. " 2016: The ICSW Europe international workshop: Good practice and exchange of experiences in social work with people in danger of poverty, Prague, the Czech Republic..

" Moldovan,V., Divale, W.T.,Zagorodniuc, A. Rotari, E., Gutu I. Lisnic, A. Sydorchuk, M. Yeste Liria, N. (2016). Devouring mothers: The intra-family competitive dialectics and psychological impact on daughters. " 2016: . The Congress of the International Society for Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection, Madrid, Spain..

" Moldovan, V. (2015) The challenge of effective social protection in absence of strong social work: A plan for action. " 2015: International Council on Social Welfare Workshop, Tbilisi, Georgia..

" Moldovan, V. & Grotelueschen, J. (2015). Shifting paradigms of the social work profession in Moldova: Dialectic social work in the environment of economic transition. " 2015: European Association of Schools of Social Work 2015 Congress: Social Work Education in Europe towards 2025, Milan, Italy..

" Moldovan, V. (2015). Curriculum integration as a key principle of the Master of Social Work Program. " 2015: The First International Conference on Advancement of Social Work in Countries with Transition Economies, Chisinau, Moldova..

" Moldovan, V. (2015). Social workers as experts on conflict: Theory and practice of dialectics and social work. " 2015: The First International Conference on Advancement of Social Work in Countries with Transition Economies, Chisinau, Moldova..

" Moldovan, V. (2015). McLuhan’s Prophecy Unheeded. " 2015: The International Symposium on the Roles of Teacher and Technology in 21st Century, Balti, Moldova..

" Moldovan, V., Grotelueschen, J., & Gutu, I. (2014). Teaching Conflict: The Dialectic Method in Social Work Education. " 2014: 5th International Congress on Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection, Chisinau, Moldova..

" Roby, J., Gabel, S.G., Moldovan, V., Szto, P. (2013). The social protection movement around the world: Implications for the U.S. social work education community. " 2013: The 59th Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education, Dallas..

" Moldovan, V., Spanning global paradigms: International education through systemic integration; " 2013: “Global Education at CUNY Conference at York College”, New York..

" Moldovan, V., Photograph as text: On hieroglyphics, portability, and synchronicity " 2013: The 41st Annual Meeting of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research, Mobile..

" Moldovan, V., From Program Mission to Assessment: Integrated Social Work Curriculum. " 2012: International Colloquium at Free International University of Moldova, Republic of Moldova.

" Moldovan, V., Lest we forget: Soviet Psychiatry in its relevance to the contemporary construction of mental illness. " 2012: “Toward the Global Psychology” Conference at St. Francis College, New York..

" Moldovan, V., Texts of the Revolutions: A study of visual and linguistic narratives of current anti-establishment movements in the Arab Word, Southern Europe, and the United States. " 2012: The 40th Annual Meeting of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research, Las Vegas..

" Moldovan, V. & Jimenez, F., From general education to social work: A framework for conceptual continuity. " 2011: The 7th Annual City University of New York General Education Conference, York College, New York.

" Moldovan, V., Remembering the "glory days": Conversations with mental health practitioners of the Soviet era. " 2011: The 39th Annual Meeting of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research, Charleston.

" Moldovan, V., Integration across the curriculum: Managing tensions between the provincial and global perspectives. " 2010: The 6th Annual City University of New York General Education Conference, Kingsborough Community College, New York.

" Moldovan, V., History and ideology of the soviet psychiatry. " 2010: The 38h Annual Meeting of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research, Albuquerque.

" Moldovan, V. Devouring mothers: An evolutionary psychology perspective on the mother- daughter relationship " 2010: The 3rd International Congress on Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection. Padua, Italy.

" Moldovan, V., Connected all the time: A comparative analysis of electronic media use of different racial groups " 2009: The 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research, Las Vegas.

" Moldovan, V., Subculture of the community of the chronically mentally ill: Testing the hypothesis through the participant/action research methodology " 2008: The 1st International Conference on Global Mental Health in Moldova, Chisinau, Moldova.

" Moldovan, V., Through the looking glass of madness: Treating mentally ill into conformity " 2008: York College/ CUNY seminar – Madness Across the Curriculum, New York.

" Moldovan, V, Roles, rules and rituals: An ethnographic study of the community of the chronically mentally ill in Moldova " 2008: The 36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Cross- Cultural Research, New Orleans..

" Moldovan. V., Ideological contextualization of the value of social justice: Examples from social work education and practice with the chronically mentally ill " 2007: Wurzweiler School of Social Work Conference, Yeshiva University, New York.

" Moldovan, V., History of community psychiatry in the United States " 2007: International Seminar on Community Psychiatry in Moldova, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova.

" Moldovan, V, Value system of the chronically mentally ill: A postmodernist cultural analysis " 2007: The 35th Annual Meeting of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research, San Antonio.

" Moldovan, V., A subculture perspective on the communities of the chronically mentally ill " 2006: The 5th International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health, Hong Kong, China.

" Tewfik, D., Moldovan, V. & Divale , W. Partners in OT around the world: Promoting partnerships for the mentally ill in the Republic of Moldova " 2006: The Annual Conference of the New York State Occupational Therapy Association at the United Nations, New York.

" Moldovan, V., Divale, W., Nacu, A, & Cardona-Divale, M.V., Evidence of subculture among the chronically mentally ill in the Republic of Moldova " 2006: The 35th Annual Meeting of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research, Savannah.

" Divale, W, Moldovan, V., Nacu, A. & Cardona-Divale,M-V., Influence of early parental acceptance/rejection on adult chronically mentally ill in the Republic of Moldova " 2006: The 35th Annual Meeting of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research. Savanna.

" Moldovan, V., The anti-culture of collectivities of the chronically mentally ill " 2005: The 34th Annual Meeting of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research, Santa Fe.

" Moldovan, V, “Vertical solidarity”: A social work perspective on economic globalization " 2004: Symposium on Globalization sponsored by The Romanian Institute of Orthodox Theology and Spirituality, Metropolitan College of New York, and Universitate Spiru Haret, New York.

" Moldovan, V, Ideologies of helping in the Post-Soviet world " 2004: The 3rd International Social Work Conference in Havana, Cuba.

" Moldovan, V., Ideology of helping in the age of conflict and confusion " 2004: Social Policy Conference sponsored by the University South Carolina, Charleston.

" Moldovan, V., Professional identity and ideological orientation: A lesson in social work from Eastern Europe " 2004: The 4th International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health in Quebec City, Canada.

Professional Honors, Prizes, Fellowships

Fulbright Scholar Award: 2014-2015.

Fulbright Scholar Award: 2017-2018.

Grants-In-Aid

PSC-CUNY Grant, Effectiveness of Vocational Rehabilitation for the Chronically Mentally Ill. 2018-2019: 6,000.

Fulbright Scholar Award, Research of Social Work Education Internationally. 2017-2018: 38,000.

Fulbright Scholar Award - the US Dept. of State, Research at the Pilot Graduate School of Social Work: in Moldova: A Model for Countries with Transition Economies. 2014-2015: 56,000.

Title III CETL grant, From conceptual clarity to better practice: A writing-concept- practice-intensive approach to teaching community organizing. 2007: 3,000.

PSC-CUNY grant, Attributes of the subculture of the chronically mentally ill: Terminal values, instrumental values, and rituals. 2007: 3,200.

Phoenix Charitable Foundation, International Center for Community Psychiatry in Moldova.. 2006: 10,000.

PSC-CUNY grant, An examination of the community of the seriously and persistently mentally ill as subculture. 2006: 2,800.

PSC-CUNY grant, Patterns of parental acceptance/rejection among the chronically mentally ill in the Republic of Moldova. 2005: 3,100.

PSC-CUNY grant, Impact of the living arrangements of the seriously and persistently mentally ill on rates of psychiatric hospitalizations. 2004: 3,150.

Fulbright Scholar Award, Social Work Professionalization in Moldova. 2018-2019: 28,000.

Offices Held In Professional Societies

Social Science Area Representative, Society for Cross-Cultural Research: 2011-2014.

Other Professional Activities and Public Service

Director, Graduate School of Social Work, Free International University in Moldova: 2019-present.

Secretary, Institute for Community Wellness: 2019-present.

Reviewer, International Society for Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection: 2011-2017.

Reviewer, Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies: 2005-2015.

Director, NGO Project Casa Mare: 2006-present.

Director, Inrernational Institute for Social Work Reform: 2018-present.