Professor Spencer to be Keynote Speaker at Netherlands Mentoring Conference
Assistant Professor Renee Spencer will be the keynote speaker at The Netherlands Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) National Conference on September 14. Her presentation, “Promoting High Quality Youth Mentoring Relationships: Current Research and Best Practices in the United States,” will focus on current research on the program, relationship, and individual factors that have been identified as being […]
Professor Reynoso to Present on Racism/Ethnic Discrimnation and Social Work Practice in Mexico
Dr. Humberto Reynoso, Assistant Professor in Human Behavior and Social Welfare Policy and Coordinator of the Racism course, will be presenting on “Racism/Ethnic Discrimination and Social Work Practice in Mexico” at the Conference of Social Work in Chiapas, Mexico on August 17. The goal of the presentation is to offer a theoretical and conceptual […]
Professor Spencer Appointed to Mentoring Initiative Advisory Committee
Assistant Professor Renee Spencer has been named to the Advisory Committee of The Mass Mentoring Partnership’s (MMP) Quality-based Membership Initiative. She is one of twenty members, and the only representative from an academic setting and a school of social work. Spencer is particularly interested in the role that strong relationships with adults play in adolescent […]
Professor Cooney Participates in Panel Discussion on Alleviating Poverty Through Business Strategy
Professor Kate Cooney was an invited speaker on a panel at the Academy of Management Meeting in Philadelphia on August 5. The panel, "Alleviating Poverty through Business Strategy," brought together scholars from various disciplines to explore five key aspects to approaches to poverty alleviation through business: social entrepreneurship, nonprofit-for-profit partnerships, strategy and the role of government, business-educational partnerships, and micro interventions (including village work and micro […]
Professor Hudson Co-Edits Current Issue of Generations
Rob Hudson, Professor and Chair of the Social Welfare Policy Department, is serving as co-editor of the current issue of Generations. The focus of the issue is "The Aging Workforce: Are We Ready?" The volume explores demographic and economic trends related to older workers, employer and employee perspectives on working into late adulthood, and recent […]
Professors Hahm and Merighi to Present at APA Convention
Professors Hyeouk Chris Hahm and Joe Merighi will be presenters at the 115th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, which is being held in San Francisco from August 17 to 20. Their poster presentations include: * Predictors of HIV/STI Testing Among Asian American Young Adults (with Kristina Wong, a BU undergraduate student and […]
Associate Professor Merighi Named Co-Editor-in-Chief of National Kidney Foundation Journal
Professor Joseph Merighi was recently appointed Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Nephrology Social Work (JNSW). JNSW occupies a unique niche in the field of nephrology by reporting research on psychosocial issues pertaining to kidney and urologic diseases, hypertension, and transplantation, as well as advances in renal social work practice and health policy that affects people […]
Professor Gonyea to Speak at Aging Conference
Professor Judith Gonyea is the Invited Speaker for the General Session of the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (N4A) Conference in San Francisco on Tuesday, July 31. Sharing the session with Josefina Carbonell, the U.S. Assistant Secretary for Aging, Dr. Gonyea will speak on “Expanding Opportunities for Employment, Civic Engagement and Volunteerism for […]
BUSSW Awarded New Suicide Prevention Grant
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH), Office of Suicide Prevention Services, has awarded the School of Social Work a one-year, $30,000 grant to develop overall BUSSW knowledge in suicide prevention and intervention. Training faculty will be the cornerstone of The Suicide Education Enhancement Project (SEEP), but students, field educators, and alumni also will be targeted […]
Clinical Associate Professor Betty Ruth Appointed New PEP Director
Dean ad interim Gail Steketee is pleased to announce the appointment of Clinical Associate Professor Betty J. Ruth as the new Director of the School’s Professional Education Program (PEP). Ruth is a 1984 BUSSW graduate and has been on the School’s faculty since 1986. In addition to her PEP administrative role, she will retain her […]