Faculty and alumni of Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) will share their expertise with social work practitioners and researchers across Massachusetts at the National Association of Social Workers Massachusetts Chapter’s (NASW-MA) annual conference, held on April 27-28, 2023. Following the theme, “Social Workers Persist: Global Problems Demand Local Solutions,” BUSSW community members will […]
Prof. Phillipe Copeland from BU School of Social Work recently discussed his new anti-racist test for pop culture on WCVB’s award-winning urban public affairs show, Cityline. “The Copeland Test” looks at portrayals of racism in films and television and provides simple questions to determine whether they accurately represent racial realities. Instead of individual depictions of […]
False or inaccurate depictions of racism in the media can mislead people about the real-life impact of racism. In an op-ed for The Boston Globe’s The Emancipator, Prof. Phillipe Copeland of BU School of Social Work introduces a new test to evaluate antiracist portrayals in movies, TV shows, and other forms of pop culture. Excerpt […]
In an article looking inside Boston University’s new Antiracism Curricula Fellowship Program, BU Today spoke with program lead Phillipe Copeland, PhD, a clinical associate professor at Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) and assistant director of narrative for the BU Center for Antiracist Research. Excerpt from “New Fellowship Program Aims to Bring Antiracism into […]