Bio

Dr. Edward Hernandez has been in the Social Work Department at Medgar Evers College since August 2012. He has been Chair since August, 2017. Prior to coming to Medgar Evers College, Dr. Hernandez has served as Deputy Commissioner of the Suffolk County Department of Social Services from 2004 until 2012. In prior positions, he developed and operated homeless shelters for a not-for-profit. His career includes over 30 years of government and not for profit agencies positions in largely administrative and management capacities. He has also been involved in homeless serving as Chair of the Long Island Coalition for the Homeless and founding member/Co-Chair of the Long Island Campaign for Affordable Rental Housing. Dr. Hernandez was also active day laborer issues, as well as appears in the documentary film “Farmingville.” Dr. Hernandez received his PhD in Social Welfare from Stony Brook University. The dissertation project was a qualitative study of day laborers in the Farmingville community.