A new study shows that half of United States children are miseducated about the realities of racism. In an op-ed for The Daily Beast, Prof. Phillipe Copeland from BU School of Social Work explains how depriving students of an accurate education will affect society, and what we can do to fight against ignorance. Excerpt from […]
In an article celebrating activism among Boston University faculty, Prof. Dawn Belkin Martinez from BU School of Social Work recounted her decades-long activist history while teaching and practicing social work. Belkin Martinez, who also serves as the School’s first associate dean of Equity & Inclusion, described protesting the Reagan administration’s involvement in Nicaragua, protecting a […]
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, racial discrimination against Asian American (AA) women has shifted from microaggressions to direct verbal and physical violence. While recent quantitative studies have researched how this trend is affecting the AA community, there’s been a lack of open-ended qualitative studies to understand unique AA mental health needs post-pandemic. Prof. […]
Inspired by a new event series that commemorates the 50th anniversary of the landmark 1974 desegregation ruling, The Boston Globe speaks to Hubie Jones, dean emeritus of Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW), about his leadership in Boston’s racial justice movement. Excerpted from “Long before school desegregation in Boston, these Black leaders were pushing […]