Program in Social Welfare and the Associate Dean for External Affairs. She has been on faculty at the University of Buffalo, the University of Georgia and the University of Nevada-Reno. Dr. Rittner graduated from the University of Connecticut with a degree in English and Philosophy. She earned her M.S.W. and Ph.D. at Barry University. Dr. Rittner has worked as a social worker and administrator in child welfare, mostly in Miami, Florida. She has also been a hospital social worker, a mental health social worker, and a community organizer. Dr. Rittner is the co-author of Barbara Rittner & Chery D. Dozier, Effects of Court-Ordered Substance Abuse Treatment in Child Protective Services Cases, 45 SOCIAL WORK 131 (2000).