Jerry Streets
Adjunct Assistant Professor
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Frederick J. (Jerry) Streets, MDiv., MSW, DSW, LICSW is the Carl and
Dorothy Bennett Professor in Pastoral Counseling at the Wurzweiler School
of Social Work, Yeshiva University in New York CIty and adjunct Professor
of Pastoral Theology at Yale Divinity School. He served as the Chaplain of
Yale University and Senior Pastor of the University Church from 1992-2007
where he established a model of multi-faith campus ministry. As Senior
Pastor of the Mount Aery Baptist Church in Bridgeport, CT, from 1975-2007
he led the congregtation in significant growth, building a new church
edifice and developing many social services and out reach ministries.
He is a member of the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma through which he
assists in the training of mental health professionals across disciplines,
religions and cultures in providing mental health services to those
traumatized by war and natural disasters through out the world. In 2008
Dr. Streets was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Pretoria in South
Africa where he explored the intersection of religious, social and
medical institutional outreach services to those affected by and infected
with HIV/AIDS.
His larger involvements include being a member of the board of the Fund
for Theological Education, the Iranian Human Rights Documentation Center
and as a 2009-10 Fellow of the Connecticut Health Foundation.
A native of Chicago, Illinois, Dr. Streets is a graduate (BA) of Ottawa
University in Kamsas, Yale University Divinity School (M.Div) and holds
the MSW and doctoral degrees from the Wurzweiler School of Social Work,
Yeshiva University, New York City. He is the author of several
publications and the recipient of numerous awards.
Last updated December 15, 2011.
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