Rose is Associate Professor and Chair of the Mental Health Concentration at the Louisiana State University School of Social Work. He received his M.S.W. from Washington University and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. He has held faculty positions at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of Vermont. He has held professional positions in mental health, children and families, and education and school settings that involved work with task groups. His research and publication area is small group processes and interventions.