Author: Michele M Walsh

Dean’s Message: Racism Claims Another Life

Dear members of the BUSSW community,   Once again, racism has claimed another victim.  On Sunday, April 11, 2021, a Black man named Daunte Wright, 20, was shot and killed by police in the city of Brooklyn Center, approximately 10 miles outside of Minneapolis, MN.   This latest crime was committed while the trial of Derek Chauvin, […]

BU Social Work and Medical Students Provide Covid-19 Support Through THRIVE Call Center

At Boston Medical Center (BMC), the region’s largest safety-net hospital, when patients are diagnosed with COVID-19 and sent home to quarantine, they often have concerns that reach far beyond their symptoms. How will they get food and medicine if they can’t leave the house? What if they fall behind on their rent and utilities? These […]

BU Today: “Asian Americans and the Model Minority Dilemma”

In an article published by BU Today, BU School of Social professor Hyeouk Chris Hahm shares her personal experience with anti-Asian racism during COVID-19 and results from her recent study on the impact of discrimination on mental health.  School of Social Work Professor Hyeouk Chris Hahm says that almost 70 percent of young Asians who […]

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Dr. Hahm Promoted to Full Professor with Tenure

Hyeouk (Chris) Hahm has been promoted to full professor, the first Asian American faculty member to achieve this title at BUSSW. Hahm has emerged as a leader through her groundbreaking research dedicated to reducing health disparities among Asian American populations with a particular emphasis on building empirical evidence of health risk behaviors (e.g., self-harm, suicide […]