Professor Augsberger & MSW Student Gloria Ng Part of BU Team to Receive Research Award Examining Youth Emergency Mental Health Response
A multidisciplinary team including BU School of Social Work Assistant Professor Astraea Augsberger and MSW/MPH dual degree student Gloria Ng received a 2021 Early Stage Urban Research Award from BU Initiative on Cities (IOC). The team will research youth emergency mental health response in Boston. The team’s primary goal is to create a compendium of […]
Students and Faculty Honored at 2021 BUSSW Commencement
Congratulations to the BUSSW community members and graduating students who were honored at the 2021 School of Social Work Commencement! Student prizes were presented by Professor Janice Furlong: The Saul And David Bernstein Prize is awarded to a ‘group work’ student who demonstrates outstanding merit in the classroom and the field. The Herbert S. Strean […]
Professor Azzi-Lessing Named Founding Member of National Committee on Equity at Child Welfare League of America
Addressing and solving inequity, particularly for Black and Indigenous children, is the focus of the Child Welfare League of America’s (CWLA) new National Standing Committee on Equity. Tapping into her expertise in advancing economic and racial equity and her experience in child welfare system reform, CWLA named BUSSW Professor Lenette Azzi-Lessing a member of the […]
Professor Collins and Sprague Martinez Elected Vice President and Director-at-Large of SSWR
The Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) has elected two BU School of Social Work faculty members to top leadership positions: Professor Mary Collins, elected vice president, and Associate Professor Linda Sprague Martinez, elected director-at-large. A non‐profit professional organization, SSWR supports researchers, faculty, professionals and students in social work and related fields. Collins has […]
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 […]
The Network: Professor Keefe to Join American Geriatrics Society’s Initiative Addressing Structural Racism and Ageism
Research assistant professor Bronwyn Keefe, director of The Network for Professional Education and the Center for Aging and Disability Education and Research (CADER) was invited to the American Geriatrics Society’s new initiative created to eliminate racism, ageism, and other forms of discrimination in the aging health community. Excerpt from “American Geriatrics Society Taps Professor Keefe […]
Tang Yan Receives ACOSA Doctoral Student Award for Work with Linguistically Diverse Families
Student joins forces with community advocates to promote language justice and equity for culturally diverse families BUSSW doctoral candidate Catalina Tang Yan has received the Association for Community Organization and Social Action’s (ACOSA) 2020 Doctoral Student Award. This award honors PhD students who demonstrate outstanding scholarly potential in community and/or organizational practice through their dissertation, […]
Professor Copeland Named Assistant Director of Narrative at New BU Center for Antiracist Research
The new Boston University Center for Antiracist Research has named BUSSW faculty member Phillipe Copeland to its inaugural leadership team as the assistant director of narrative. The Center for Antiracist Research, launched in June 2020, was founded by race scholar Ibram X. Kendi to address pervasive problems of racial injustice guided by a world-class, multi-disciplinary […]
BUSSW’s Hudson and Gonyea Featured at the Gerontological Society of America’s 2020 Annual Scientific Meeting
At the Gerontological Society of America’s recent Annual Scientific Meeting, Robert B. Hudson, Professor Emeritus at BU’s School of Social Work (BUSSW), received the Elaine M. Brody Thought Leader Award acknowledging outstanding career contributions in social research, policy and practice. Hudson was a professor of social welfare policy at BUSSW from 1985 until his retirement […]
Dean Delva Appointed to CSWE National Task Force Focused on Increasing Health Expertise at Social Work Schools
Jorge Delva, Boston University School of Social Work dean, Paul Farmer Professor, and director of the Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health (CISWH), will serve on a Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) national task force focused on developing competencies and curricular resources to increase health expertise at social work schools — and help faculty […]