Meet the Faculty

Phyllis B. Pomerantz

Office Hours
Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 8:00-9:00 a.m.

And by appointment.

M.S.W., 1975, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana

Professor Pomerantz earned her BA at Case Western Reserve University.  She has been a full-time faculty member since 1977, teaching in the areas of Interventive Methods, Human Behavior, and Field Studies.  Her special interests and research reflect her years of working with at-risk populations including families, teen parents, and children.  Professor Pomerantz has experience training clinicians, supervising, directing mental health programs, conducting therapy, consulting as well as developing model programs, grant writing, and implementing grant-funded programs.

She was Project Director/Principal Investigator of Families United, an HIV/AIDS Federal Prevention Model Program for teen-headed families. She has presented at national conferences including the Center for Disease Control’s annual prevention conference and has published her work in numerous journals including Journal of Behavior Therapy, Experimental Psychology, and Child Welfare and Progressive Human Services.  She was selected as a 2004 recipient of Buffalo State College’s Student’s Award for the Promotion of Respect for Diversity and Individual Differences.