Alma J. Carten, PhD, LCSW, ACSW, is a 1964 alumni of Atlanta University School of Social Work and has spent over 25 years as a faculty member at New York University Silver School of Social Work where her scholarship has focused on racial inequities impacting families of color. She is a recipient of the School's Dorothy Height Humanitarian Award, the NIH Mental Health Fellowship, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the New York State Social Work Education Association, and the Council on Social Work Education Minority Fellowship Award.