Gerontology
Meeting the needs of the world today by helping the elderly.

Dominican University’s Graduate School of Social Work is one of 75 outstanding social work education programs selected to participate in a unique training opportunity through the Council on Social Work Education’s National Center for Gerontological Social Work Education (Gero-Ed Center). This allows us to provide our graduate students with both tuition support and internship stipends.

Find out more from

Adrian Kok
Associate Professor

Martha Jacob
Assistant Professor

Find out more from two Dominican graduates currently working in the gerontology field.

Tami Jimenez, LCSW, ACSW, West Suburban Senior Services

Susan Wolski, MSW, Care Manager at Bright Star Home Health Agency

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