Although social work is an established profession in different parts of the world, there are still communities that are undergoing dynamic economic and social change. In many countries, including Vietnam, the process of establishing the profession of social work is a recent development that is still unfolding. Those trying to build a foundation for the […]
Clinical Associate Professor Scott Geron (PI), Clinical Assistant Professor Mark Gianino and Clinical Associate Professor Betty J. Ruth (Co-PIs) received a grant from the Association of Social Work Boards/American Foundation for Research and Consumer Education in Social Work Regulation, and will be working on a study called the Missing Link Project. The goal of the […]
Judith Gonyea, School of Social Work professor and chair of social research, was recognized in BU Today for her innovative research on low-income and homeless older urban Americans. Gonyea was noted for her insight on the projection of the changing demographic as of now and in the future. The article recaps urban health challenges and […]
Dean Gail Steketee, Ph.D., was recognized as a “renowned hoarding expert” and is quoted in the Washington Post. Dean Steketee is co-author of “Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things” and said the problem can be compared to “a little bit of pack rat behavior gone haywire.” Read the full story in the Washington […]