A two-time recipient of the Brown School’s Excellence in Teaching Award, Anna Goldfarb Shabsin is passionate about issues related to privilege and oppression and their interplay with politics and policy. She serves as the chair of the policy specialization and is a frequent diversity trainer and facilitator at the School.
Shabsin oversees the university's joint-degree JD/MSW program and serves as a faculty advisor for both MSW students and joint JD/MSW students. She is the university's Safe Zone trainer for all faculty and staff.
Shabsin is also an independent diversity consultant, having designed and facilitated workshops for many notable clients including Twain Financial and Kaiser Permanente. Prior to joining Brown, she practiced law for ten years.