Assistant Professor (Macro Practice - MSW Program)
Rhode Island College School of Social Work
Dr. Gokul Mandayam, is a faculty member with the MSW Program at Rhode Island College School of Social Work since Fall 2019. Prior to that he worked as an MSW Program faculty member with the University at Buffalo School of Social Work (UBSSW) and was affiliated with the school’s interdisciplinary social innovation and social entrepreneurship initiative. He has taught macro social work practice courses for several years at various universities in the USA, Middle East and India.
His interdisciplinary research interests include social innovation and entrepreneurship, corporate social responsibility, nonprofit management, international social development and application of spatial analysis technology for human services. Before coming to USA, he consulted for a variety of social development projects in India on topics ranging from non-land based income generation, evaluation of fish harvesting practices in coastal communities and government nutrition programs to female infanticide. He has published articles on microfinance, social entrepreneurship and spatial analysis for planning social services, and has presented at several national and international conferences.
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