Dr. Nancy R. Hooyman, Hooyman Professor in Gerontology and Dean Emeritus at the UW School of Social Work is recipient of the School’s first endowed professorship in gerontology, the Nancy R. Hooyman Professorship. She is also the director of the School's PhD program in social welfare. 

She is co-principal investigator of the CSWE National Center on Gerontological Social Work Education, where she has provided national leadership on infusing gerontological competencies and content in social work curricula. Recent grants from the New York Community Trust Foundation and the Retirement Research Foundation are related to workforce development in the Aging and Disability Network.