• Jordan Steiner
  • School of Social Work, Rutgers University
  • Moderator

Bio: Jordan Steiner, MA, MSW, LSW, is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Social Work program at Rutgers University and the Evaluation Coordinator at the Center on Violence against Women and Children (VAWC). Her research addresses sexual violence against adolescent girls, sexual violence in secondary schools in West Africa, the intersection of refugees and gender-based violence, and violence against women and children. Her dissertation research focuses specifically on sexual violence and mental health outcomes of adolescent girls in Malawi. She has also conducted research in Benin for over 10 years, where she was a US Peace Corps Volunteer from 2007-2009, and has worked in Cote d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone, and Uganda. Ms. Steiner holds a Masters in International Education with a Certificate in African Education from Columbia University, as well as a Master’s in Social Work from Rutgers and is a Licensed Social Worker.