Research | School of Social Work

Social Welfare Analysis Colloquium

Thursdays, 3:00-4:30pm at the Boston University School of Social Work in the Conant Lounge.

Fall 2007
September 20	Matthew D. Marr Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies "Organizational Culture, Staff Practices, and Social Capital in Transitional Housing Programs for the Homeless in Los Angeles and Tokyo"
September 27	Colloquium cancelled due to conference The Moynihan Report Revisited: Lessons and Reflections After Four Decades September 27-29, 2007 Harvard University
October 4	Margaret Boyd Assistant Professor of Sociology, Stonehill College "American Apartheid Revisited: African American and West Indian Home Ownership in Mattapan"
October 11	Michael W. Connell Principal, Institute for Knowledge Design, LLC "The Knowledge Design Matrix (KDM): Translating Learning Science into Usable Tools for Educators"
October 18	Hyeouk Hahm Assistant Professor of Social Work, Boston University "Predictors of STDs among Asian and Pacific Islander (API) Young Adults"
October 25	Qingwen Xu Assistant Professor of Social Work, Boston College "Globalization, Immigration, and the Welfare State: A Cross National Comparison"
November 1	Mary-Ellen Boyle Associate Professor of Management, Clark University "Business, Poverty and Corporate Citizenship: Naming the Issues and Framing Solutions"
November 8	Scott Miyake Geron Associate Professor of Social Welfare Policy, Boston University “Addressing the Workforce Crisis in a Rapidly Aging Society: A Model of Sustainable Workforce Change”
November 15	Sigrun Olafsdottir Assistant Professor of Sociology, Boston University "Beds or Meds? The Changing Societal Responses to Mental Health Problems in Advanced, Industrialized Nations, 1960-2002"
November 29	Nicole Dubus Special Session: Practice Job Talk Sociology and Social Work, Boston University "Permission to be Authentic: A Qualitative Study of New Mothers in a Home Visitation Program."