According to Tami Gouveia (SSW ‘01), social workers make ideal public servants — meaning they are perfectly suited for a career in politics. “We need to do much better by the people of the commonwealth,” Gouveia says. “We need a public health champion. Who better than a social worker?” An alumna of BU School of […]
A master of social work degree prepares graduates for many different careers, even those that do not fall within the social work field. BU School of Social Work alumna Lisa Bayless (SSW’06) is one example of an MSW graduate who applies her community-building skills to an entirely different industry: real estate. As a real estate […]
In a recent interview for “Social Work Talks,” the National Association for Social Workers’s podcast, Kristina Whiton-O’Brien (SSW’95) discussed the tools that Vot-ER is providing to social workers and health care providers to promote better civic health. Whiton-O’Brien is a BU School of Social Work alumna, and former assistant director of online advising and field […]
Dr. Kristen Lee (SSW’00) has turned the idiom “laughter is the best medicine” into a new show that uses humor to address and destigmatize mental health. “Crackin’ Up with Dr. Kris” seeks to flip the mental health model in lieu of the pandemic’s corrosive effect on our minds and our society. “Humor is identified as […]