Professor Spencer Delivers Keynote at Netherlands Mentoring Conference
Professor Renée Spencer shared her presentation, Mentoring in the Real World: How Social Ecologies Influence Mentor-Youth Relationships, as a keynote address at the Mentoring Short Course Conference, hosted by the European Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, October 7-8. The conference connects state-of-the-art research results and mentoring practices with this year’s theme of innovations […]
HealthCity: The Kind Approach to Engaging People in Treatment for Substance Use Disorder
Alumna Devin Larkin (SSW’07, SPH’09) explains how she’s lowering barriers to care in a new installment of CISWH’s HealthCity series By Mariah LeStage | Article on BMC’s HealthCity Starting on a path to substance use recovery might not begin with checking into detox, or even speaking with a medical professional. It could be as simple […]
“Untold Stories of Cape Cod” Film Screening & Panel Conversation at Cape Cod Campus, Feb. 4
The documentary Journeys in the Light: Untold Stories of Cape Cod explores the ancestry of the diverse minority populations that have lived on the Cape for centuries; specifically, the African American, Caribbean, Cape Verdean, Wampanoag and Brazilian people of Cape Cod. BUSSW joins the Town of Falmouth Affirmative Action/Diversity Committee and Cape Cod Community College […]
Tel Aviv Officials Seek Out BUSSW Faculty for Expertise on Homelessness and Substance Use
A global social work perspective Delegates from Israel working on behalf of the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality recently met with BUSSW faculty to learn about effective program models and intervention strategies for addressing homelessness and addiction in urban areas. The delegates are currently working on an initiative that will address a growing reality of substance use […]
Miami Herald: Hispanic Women Farmworkers are Vulnerable to HIV, but Safe Sex Education is Helping
Alumna Patria Rojas (SSW’99, MPH’00) breaks through barriers to HIV prevention in a new intervention program with Latina migrant farmworkers. By Ben Conarck, Miami Herald | Full article In Miami-Dade County, Latina migrant farmworkers who are considered particularly vulnerable to HIV infection participated in an intervention program that aims to educate them about safe sex. […]
Psychologist Seeking SSW/STH Dual Degree Grad to Join Psychotherapy Group Practice
Kristina Harter, a clinical psychologist who has been in private practice for over a decade in Wenham and in Cambridge, is looking for dual-degree clinicians to join her at 1A Wellness, a psychotherapy group practice that offers spiritually integrative therapy alongside traditional approaches. Kristina Harter’s social science training began at The University of North Carolina […]
The Boston Globe: A ‘Boss Lady’ and a New Approach to Fighting Sex Trafficking
Alumna Lisa Goldblatt Grace, a graduate of BU’s dual degree program in social work and public health, leads an effort to prevent sexual exploitation with her organization, My Life My Choice. By Stephanie Ebbert, The Boston Globe | Full article A photo series lines the wall above Lisa Goldblatt Grace’s desk: Serene but haunting black-and-white scenes from […]
BUSSW Researchers Lend Expertise to University-Wide Inclusion Practitioners Cohort
In spring of 2019, the Boston University Associate Provost for Equity and Inclusion, in partnership with BU Human Resources, established a university-wide Inclusion Practitioners (IP) Cohort dedicated to increasing equity and inclusion across BU. Thirty-four faculty and staff from schools and departments across the Charles River and Medical campuses participated in a 9-week diversity, equity […]
VICE: Absolute Obedience to My Asian Parents Affected My Mental Health
BUSSW doctoral candidate Mihoko Maru’s research on Asian-American parent-child relationships informs a personal essay about the difference between filial piety and filial harm. By Doris Lam, VICE Growing up, I’ve always been scared of leaving my bedroom. I knew my parents were always on the other side of the door, a long list of accusatory […]
inSocialWork Podcast: “Only Liberal Views Welcome?” with Ashley Davis & Alum Rebecca G. Mirick
The latest episode of the inSocialWork podcast series, produced by the University at Buffalo School of Social Work, features BUSSW clinical associate professor Dr. Ashley Davis and co-researcher Dr. Rebecca G. Mirick (SSW’02), an assistant professor at Salem State University, sharing unexpected findings from their nationwide study of students’ experiences of microaggressions in Bachelor of […]