BUSSW’s Assistant Director of Online Field Education Joins New BU Staff Advisory Council
Boston University School of Social Work‘s (BUSSW) assistant director of online field education, Roberta “Robbie” Sanders, LCSW, will support the top levels of university leadership as one of only 10 staff members appointed to the BU Staff Advisory Council (BU-SAC) this year. As a member of the advisory council, Sanders will represent the interests of […]
Boston Korea: Professor Hahm Leads MFA Boston Forum on Korean Standards & Stigmas
Boston Korea reports on the success of a recent forum led by BU School of Social Work’s (BUSSW) Professor Hyeouk Hahm in a new article recounting key takeaways from the event. The forum, which focused on Korean standards and stigmas, was hosted by the Museum of Fine Art, Boston as part of its popular special […]
Professor Gómez Co-Edits Journal of Trauma & Dissociation’s Special Issue on Intersectional Inequalities
Assistant Professor Jennifer M. Gómez, PhD, of Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) is co-editor of the upcoming special issue of the Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, “Understanding, Preventing, & Healing Dissociation in the Context of Intersectional Inequalities.” The issue will explore the connection between intersectional inequalities and dissociation in multiply marginalized people and […]
Inquest: BUSSW Alum Chronicles Campaign for Non-Police Mental Health Crisis Response in Boston
In an article published in Inquest, BU School of Social Work (BUSSW) alum Emy Takinami (MSW’20) and Husain Rizvi share the backstory of an evolving campaign to establish community-based mental health crisis response in Boston, led by the Boston Liberation Health (BLH) Group and The City School. Excerpted from “A Safer, Healthier Boston” (Inquest): In […]
BUSSW Commencement 2024: Photo Gallery & Recap
Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) celebrated its newest class of MSW and PhD graduates at the 2024 BUSSW Commencement Ceremony, May 16th. Graduating students from the online and off-campus programs joined their Charles River classmates at the main Boston University campus for the big event, and loved ones came from far and wide […]
Professor Hahm & Alum Suk-hee Kim (SSW’01) Lead Panel on Social Work Education Leadership at KASWEA Spring Forum
The Korean American Social Work Educators Association (KASWEA) 2024 Spring Forum brought together two members of the Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) community for a panel discussion about assuming administrative and leadership roles in social work education. Hyeouk Chris Hahm, a professor and associate dean for research at BUSSW, and alum Suk-hee Kim […]
Refinery29: Professor Mendez on Why Latinas Are Overrepresented in the Foster Care System
Why are Latinas so overrepresented in the foster care system? Alicia Mendez, a research assistant professor at Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW), shares her expertise in a new Refinery29 article exploring the punitive effects of the foster care system’s bias towards normative white American standards of parenting. Excerpted from “Why Are Latinas So […]
Professor Geoffrey Wilkinson Retires from BUSSW After Decades of Service
Clinical Assistant Professor Geoffrey W. Wilkinson will retire from Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) at the end of the 2023-2024 academic year. A specialist in public health and the community health field, Professor Wilkinson joined BUSSW’s faculty full-time in 2014 after two decades of service as a field instructor, advisor, and adjunct instructor […]
Professor Gómez Joins Alum Kenyora Parham (SSW’12) & #MeToo Founder Tarana Burke on Board of End Rape on Campus
Jennifer M. Gómez, an assistant professor at Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW), joins the board of End Rape on Campus (EROC) under the leadership of BUSSW alum Kenyora L. Parham (MSW’12), board chair and CEO, and #MeToo movement founder Tarana Burke, vice board chair. The organization aims to end campus sexual assault by […]
BUSSW Community Members Share Expertise at 2024 NASW-MA Symposium Conference
Faculty, students and alumni from Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) will share their expertise with social workers, mental health professionals, and community leaders from across the state at the 2024 National Association of Social Workers Massachusetts Chapter (NASW-MA) Symposium, April 25-26. The virtual conference – the largest professional gathering of its kind in […]