Ezra Yurman-Whyde, M.S.S.W., LCSW

Doctoral Candidate D '25 | Adjunct Assistant Faculty
Contact

Email: eyurmanwhyde@smith.edu 
Pronouns: he/him

Ezra Yurman Whyde headshot
Education

B.A., New School
M.S.W., Columbia University

Biography

Ezra Yurman-Whyde is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice in New York City. He works with children, adolescents, and adults. He received his undergraduate degree in culture and media studies from the New School and M.S.S.W. from Columbia University.

As a current Ph.D. student at Smith College, his research interests include gender and sexuality development, masculinity and boyhood, and play. He has trained and worked in settings including The LGBT Center, the Brooklyn Hospital Center, the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, Kings County Hospital and the William Alanson White Institute.

Selected Publications

Yurman-Whyde, E. (2023). Choosing a frame: How Medusa tells the story of trauma and life after trauma. Columbia Social Work Review, 21(1), 83–99.