Amy Yao (PhD’23) Awarded Horowitz Social Policy Award for Dissertation
Amy Mengni Yao, a graduating doctoral candidate at Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW), has received the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy Award for her dissertation, “Food Insecurity and Mental Health among Urban Women, and the Effects of Policy Change during the COVID-19 Pandemic.” The Horowitz Foundation supports projects with a social policy application […]
Alum Christiana Bratiotis (PhD’09) Awarded Prestigious Prize for Teaching Excellence
BU School of Social Work (BUSSW) alum Christiana Bratiotis (PhD’09) was awarded the University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada, Killam Teaching Prize for her excellence in teaching and advising. The prize is the highest recognition of teaching awarded to one member of each faculty division. Awardees show leadership in teaching by promoting more equitable and […]
Lecturers Rick Cresta & Gary Eager Receive BU Distinguished Service Recognition Award
Rick Cresta and Gary R. Eager, longtime lecturers at BU School of Social Work (BUSSW), recently received the Distinguished Service Recognition award for salaried lecturers based on their outstanding commitment to the Boston University community. A joint BU committee comprised of three members of the salaried lecturers union and three persons designated by the Provost […]
BU Honors Professor Gómez, Keefe & Spencer at Teaching, Research & Scholarship Celebration
Boston University will honor BU School of Social Work faculty members Jennifer M. Gómez, Bronwyn Keefe, and Renée Spencer at its annual Celebration of Teaching, Research & Scholarship on April 25, 2023. The ceremony, conducted by BU President Robert A. Brown and members of BU’s academic leadership, will recognize faculty who received national awards in […]
SRCD Asian Caucus: Professor Judith Scott Recognized for New Study on Supporting Asian Parents in Discussing Racism
Professor Judith Scott from BU School of Social Work (BUSSW) was featured as a Spotlight member of the Society for Research in Child Development’s (SRCD) Asian Caucus for her work with Asian communities. In an interview with the caucus, Professor Scott discusses her new study on the protective effects of ethnic-racial socialization (ERS). ERS refers […]
Professor Sprague Martinez Receives NIH HEAL Award for Community Partnership
Associate Professor Linda Sprague Martinez of Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) recently received the HEAL Director’s Award for Community Partnership at the annual NIH HEAL Initiative Investigator Meeting in Bethesda, Maryland. The award recognizes HEAL-funded researchers who have demonstrated a commitment to community partnerships through community-based participatory research methods, integrating feedback from people […]
BUSSW Student Receives 2023 BPSI Social Work Grant Award
Eliana Kaplan (SSW’23), a master’s student at Boston University School of Social Work, was recently awarded a 2023 Social Work Grant Award by the Boston Psychoanalytic Society & Institute (BPSI). As part of the award, Kaplan will attend the Lawrence Lifson Psychodynamic Psychotherapy conference in Boston and hold a guest partnership at BPSI with free […]
Professor Miller & Sprague Martinez Selected as Society of Social Work & Research Fellows
The Society of Social Work and Research (SSWR) inducted Professor Daniel P. Miller and Linda Sprague Martinez as Fellows in 2022 and 2023 respectively. This fellowship recognizes individuals who make significant service contributions to the Society for Social Work Research every year and their commitment to SSWR’s goal of a more equitable society. Professor Miller […]
Professor Collins & Spencer Make Top 100 List of Social Work Researchers
Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) Professors Mary Collins and Renee Spencer are among the top 100 contributors to social work scholarship, according to a recently released article in Research on Social Work Practice, a journal published by SAGE journals. The article, “Who are the Top 100 Contributors to Social Work Journal Scholarship? A […]
BUSSW Faculty & Student Awarded Best Quantitative Article by Families in Society Journal
An article on family engagement in the child welfare system by BU School of Social Work faculty members Astraea Augsberger and Mary E. Collins and MSW student Benjamin Levine was named one of the best quantitative articles of 2022 by social services journal Families in Society. Cristina Mogro-Wilson, the journal’s editor-in-chief, says their article was […]