Professor Belkin Martinez Gives Keynote Speech on BLM and Social Work at Int’l Social Policy Conference
Clinical Associate Professor Dawn Belkin Martinez is a keynote speaker at the 8th International/15th National Conference on Social Policy, based in Brazil. Belkin Martinez will present “Social Workers in the USA in the Black Lives Matter Movement.” Belkin Martinez is a social worker, educator, and trainer with more than 30 years’ experience in family therapy, […]
WCVB Channel 5: “Youth Researchers Focus on Public Health,” with Prof. Sprague Martinez
Emily Riemer from WCVB Channel 5 interviews BUSSW associate professor Linda Sprague Martinez and a young participant about their research empowering Boston-area adolescents to investigate health and well-being in their own communities. Excerpted from “Youth researchers focus on public health in Boston neighborhoods”: “Young people are very well aware of social factors that influence their […]
BU Today’s ‘Hey BU’: Thornhill (SSW’17) on Warning Signs of Suicide and How to Get Help
Alumna Caitrin Thornhill (CAS’13, SSW’17) is a training associate at BU’s Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, where she works with students experiencing mental and emotional health problems. In the BU Today “Hey BU” blog, Thornhill offers tips for students seeking support. Excerpted from “Finding Resources and Hope During Suicide Awareness Month”: 1. Know the Signs When distress […]
Doctoral Student Daniel Do Selected for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Health Policy Research Scholars Program
Daniel Do, a second-year doctoral student at Boston University School of Social Work, has been chosen to participate in the Health Policy Research Scholars program, a national leadership initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). RWJF’s programs connect changemakers across the country, from every profession and field, to learn from and work with one […]
BUSSW and BMC Researchers Say We Can Change the Face of Health Care by Including Young People in the Planning Process
Young people’s assessments of well-being in their own communities can be instrumental in shaping efforts to improve health conditions, according to new research led by the Boston University School of Social Work, Boston Medical Center and the Center for Community Health Education Research and Service, Inc., funded by the Institute for Health System Innovation & […]
Dr. Copeland Presents “The Nation is Sick: Abolition and Health Justice” on Oct. 14, 2020
Join BUSSW professor Dr. Phillipe Copeland on October 14th for a virtual presentation titled, “The Nation is Sick: Abolition and Health Justice.” Copeland’s lecture is the second in a three-part series on race and racism organized by the Public Health and Community Medicine Department’s Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (DEAR) Council at Tufts University School of […]
NPR: In New Memoir ‘Smacked,’ BUSSW Alum’s Struggle to Understand Ex-Husband’s Addiction Leads Her to Social Work
In an interview with Terry Gross on NPR’s Fresh Air, journalist and recent BUSSW graduate Eilene Zimmerman (SSW’20) examines the hidden addiction that led to her ex-husband’s death, and how she found a path forward in social work. Interview by NPR Fresh Air: “A Widow, Not A Wife: ‘Smacked’ Explores An Ex-Husband’s Secret Addiction” Text […]
Professor Eschmann Awarded Fellowship at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center
Robert D. Eschmann, BUSSW faculty member and expert on racism in online spaces, begins a fellowship at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society on September 1, 2020. At the Berkman Klein Center (BKC), Eschmann joins an esteemed group of fellows, students, staff, faculty associates and affiliates. In a statement posted on BKC’s […]
BU Today: Housing Justice is Needed Now; BUSSW Faculty Explain Why
BUSSW professors Dawn Belkin Martinez, Judith C. Scott and Linda Sprague Martinez make the case for immediate housing reform in a POV published by BU Today. From “Covid-19 Has Unmasked an Unprecedented Housing Crisis–Here’s How to Fix It”: Almost no one is escaping the healthcare crisis and economic challenges wrought by the coronavirus. For communities […]
The Appeal: Social Workers Must Examine Their Role in Policing, Says Lecturer Jessica Kant
In an article by Mia Sato published in The Appeal, BUSSW lecturer Jessica Kant explains how current discussions about racism in the U.S. are pushing social workers to examine their own role in policing. Excerpted from “Social Workers are Rejecting Calls for Them to Replace Police”: Though social work can assist and provide resources to […]