Janet Rosenzweig, PhD
Dr. Janet Rosenzweig has worked in the field of child maltreatment since 1979; she was recruited as a sexuality educator to join one of the first child sexual abuse projects funded by NCCAN under CAPTA, a sexual abuse helpline in Knoxville, Tennessee. Her career has spanned public service - she was a senior research analyst for the New Jersey Department of Human Services, focusing primarily on welfare reform, and a county Health and Human Services Commissioner for 9 years; academia - she has taught at multiple universities; and the nonprofit sector – she has served as Vice President for Research and Programs for Prevent Child Abuse America and the Executive Director of APSAC; all focused on strengthening systems that protect children and support families. In 2020, Janet joined the team at The Institute for Human Services, Child Maltreatment Policy Resource Center and has been either a primary or co-primary investigator for research projects examining critical child welfare policy issues including juveniles on sex offender registries, psychological maltreatment and intrafamilial family torture (ICT).
Rosenzweig is on the faculty of the Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania, writes for the Philadelphia Inquirer at Philly.com, provides training nationally, and serves on the boards of organizations working in child maltreatment. She holds a BS in Human Development and an MS in Health Education, both from The Pennsylvania State University; a PhD in social work and public policy from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; and an MPA from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.
