Lisa E. Cox

Lisa E. Cox, Lisa E. Cox, PhD, LCSW, MSW, is professor of social work and gerontology and a former social work program chair at Stockton Univrsity. Prior to 1999, Dr. Cox held a joint faculty appointment at Virginia Commonwealth University’s (VCU′s) School of Medicine (Richmond AIDS Consortium) and School of Social Work, where she taught MSW students and served as a pioneering AIDS clinical trial social worker with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease–funded Terry Beirn Community Programs for Clinical Research on AIDS. Dr. Cox received BA degrees in History/Political Science and Spanish from Bridgewater College and her MSW and PhD degrees from VCU. From 2007 to 2025, she served as a fellow, research scholar, advisory board member, and research chair for the Stockton Center on Successful Aging. Dr. Cox teaches undergraduate- and graduate-level classes in social work practice, gerontology, HIV/AIDS, research, psychopathology and cultural neuroscience, and clinical social work in health care. She has co-led study tours to Costa Rica and traveled throughout Europe, India, Nepal, Mexico, and Australia. She was a 2014 faculty scholar with the Geriatric Education Center Initiative and is a ten-year governor appointee to and vice chair for the New Jersey Board of Social Work Examiners. As a long-standing member of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), Dr. Cox has shared her vast practice experience by holding numerous leadership roles within NASW: National Advisory Board member to the Spectrum HIV/AIDS Project, chair of the Health Specialty Practice Section, Standards for Social Work Practice in Health Care Settings Task Force expert, long-term care liaison to the Joint Commission on Health Care, and unit chairperson. Dr. Cox has presented her scholarship nationally and internationally. As the coauthor of numerous books, Dr. Cox has also authored several book chapters and numerous journal articles focused on health social work, gerontology, international social work, social support, medication adherence, and social work licensure. In 2024, Dr. Cox was approved as a Fulbright Teaching Specialist; and, since 2022 Dr. Cox has been a PASWHA (Professional Association of Social Workers and HIV/AIDS) Board member and an Atlantic County Mental Health Advisory Board member.  Dr. Cox relaxes by playing the piano, walking on the beach/boardwalk, watching baseball, and listening to music.