Kim LorberAssociate Professor of Social Work - Retired

Year Joined RCNJ: 2005

Contact Information

  • Phone: (201) 684-7846
  • Office: G-215
  • Office Hours: MR 8:25am-9:55am in G215

Education:

  • B.A., Rutgers University
  • M.S.W., Yeshiva University
  • Ph.D., Yeshiva University

Convening Group:

  • Social Work (member)
  • Convener of Gerontology Minor

Courses Offered:

  • Human Behavior and The Social Environment II
  • Child Welfare
  • Social Work Research Methods
  • AIDS: Social Perspectives

Teaching Interest:

  • HIV/AIDS
  • Social Injustice
  • Issues of Older Adults & Their Caregivers

Research Interest:

  • HIV/AIDS
  • Social Injustice
  • Issues of Older Adults & Their Caregivers

Recent Publications:

  • Lorber, K. (in contract). Right to Refuse Treatment.Ìý(Eds.A. Scull & J.G. Golson). Cultural Sociology of Mental Illness.ÌýThousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
  • Lorber, K. & Weiner, A. P (in contract). Patient Rights.Ìý(Eds.A. Scull & J.G. Golson). Cultural Sociology of Mental Illness.ÌýThousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
  • Lorber, K. & Weiner, A. P. (in contract). Informed Consent.Ìý(Eds.A. Scull & J.G. Golson). Cultural Sociology of Mental Illness.ÌýThousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
  • Lorber, K. (in contract). Human Rights.Ìý(Eds.A. Scull & J.G. Golson). Cultural Sociology of Mental Illness.ÌýThousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
  • Weiner. A. & Lorber. K. (in contract). Mental illness defined, sociological perspectives. In Scull, A. J. and Golson, J. G. (Eds.),ÌýCultural Sociology of Mental Illness. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications.
  • Lorber, K. (in press). Academy Awards.Ìý(Eds.C.E. Cortes & J. G. Golson).ÌýMulticultural America.ÌýThousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
  • Lorber, K. & Weiner, A. P.Ìý (in press). Sexual Orientation and Ethnic Diversity.Ìý(Eds.C.E. Cortes & J. G. Golson).ÌýMulticultural America.ÌýThousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
  • Weiner, A. & Lorber, K. (in press). Gender/sex and ethnic diversity. In Cortes, C.E. and Golson, J.G. (Eds.),ÌýMulticultural America. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications.
  • Lorber, K. & Weiner, A. P. (in press). History of Common Law Marriage.Ìý(Eds.R.E. Emery & J. G. Golson).ÌýCultural Sociology of Divorce.ÌýThousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
  • Lorber, K. & Weiner, A. P. (in press). Poverty.Ìý(Eds.R.E. Emery & J. G. Golson).ÌýCultural Sociology of Divorce.ÌýThousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
  • Lorber, K. (in press). Sexual Orientation (as a cause of divorce).Ìý(Eds.R.E. Emery & J. G. Golson).ÌýCultural Sociology of Divorce.ÌýThousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
  • Lorber, K. (2012). Family Caregivers: Services for Unsung Heroes.Ìý L. M. Grobman & J. Clements, Eds.ÌýRiding the Mutual Aid Bus and Other Adventures in Social Work.ÌýHarrisburg, PA: White Hat Communications. (pp. 217-223)
  • Lorber, K. (2011). Infectious Disease Networks. (Ed. G.A. Barnett).ÌýEncyclopedia of Social Networks.ÌýThousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc. (pp. 412-416).
  • Lorber, K. & Weiner, A. P. (2011). Human Rights Network. (Ed. G.A. Barnett).ÌýEncyclopedia of Social Networks.ÌýThousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc. (pp. 385-391).
  • Lorber, K. (2011). A very special nursing home in The Bronx. L. Grobman, Ed.ÌýDays in The Lives of Social Workers: 58 Professionals Tell “Real-life” Stories From Social Work Practice,edition 2.ÌýHarrisburg, PA: White Hat Communications. (Chapter 9).
  • Lorber, K. (2009). Transitional Housing And AIDS In New York City: An Analysis Of Permanency Outcomes. Germany: VDM Verlag.
  • Weiner A. & Lorber. K. (2008). Challenges of Gender, Homelessness and HIV in New York City. In A. Buchanan Ed.),ÌýSocial Work, Oxford, England: Routledge, Taylor, & Francis Group.
  • Weiner, A. & Lorber, K. (2008, November). Mujeres marginadas: Los desafíos impuestos por el género, la carencia de hogar y el VIH en la Ciudad de Nueva York.ÌýRevista Trabajo Social, 75,Ìý83-92.
  • Dinerman, M., Lorber, K., & Weiner, A. (2008). Margaret Gibelman: Biography.ÌýEncyclopedia of Social Work.ÌýWashington, DC: NASW Press.
  • Lorber, K. (2006). Standing in a ghost town.ÌýKatrinaÌýChronicles. Mahwah, New Jersey: Ramapo College of New Jersey Online
  • Weiner, A. & Lorber, K. (2006). Marginalized women: Challenges of gender, homelessness, and HIV in New York City,ÌýProceedings of the 33rd International Congress of Schools of Social Work, Santiago, Chile, August 28 – September 1, 2006.
  • Lorber, K. (2005). A very special nursing home in the Bronx. In L.M. Grobman (Ed.). pp. 77-83.ÌýDays In The Lives of Social Workers: 54 Professionals Tell “Real-life” Stories From Social Work Practice (3rd ed.).ÌýHarrisburg, PA: White Hat Communications.
  • Lorber, K. Dissertation. (2004). “Transitional Housing and AIDS in New York City: An Analysis of Permanency Outcomesâ€�.
  • Lorber, K. (2001). Alzheimer’s Disease: An overview.ÌýThe Social Work Connection,Ìý2(1), 1, 5-6. New York-Presbyterian, The University Hospitals of Columbia and Cornell.
  • Beckerman, N., Litetny, S. & Lorber, K.R. (2000). Emotional issues for couples of mixed HIV status: Implications for the practitioner.ÌýSocial Work in Health Care,Ìý31(4), 25-41.
  • Lorber, K.R. (1999). A very special nursing home in the South Bronx. In L. Grobman (Ed.). pp. 51-58.Ìý41 Days In The Lives of Social Workers: Professionals Tell “Real-life” Stories From Social Work Practice (2nd ed.).Harrisburg, PA: White Hat Communications.
  • Lorber, K. (1996). A very special nursing home in The Bronx.Ìý In L. Grobman (Ed.).ÌýDays in The Lives of Social Workers: 41 Professionals Tell “Real-life” Stories From Social Work Practice.ÌýHarrisburg, PA: White Hat Communications.
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