Boston University’s Center for Antiracist Research has named BU School of Social Work Chair of Macro Practice and Associate Professor Linda Sprague Martinez as their new assistant director of research. Prof. Sprague Martinez specializes in tackling health inequities through social work. As a result, community-based participatory research (CBPR) and youth-led participatory action research (YPAR) are central […]
This year marks Boston University’s decision to change Columbus Day to Indigenous People’s Day. BU School of Social Work alumna Adrienne Young (SSW’21) has led the charge over the past few years to make this shift in the school’s calendar. In an interview with BU Today, Young discusses that journey, and why the change empowers […]
A study led by BUSSW Professor Hyeouk Chris Hahm shows that Asians and Asian Americans aren’t the only ones impacted by anti-Asian racism in the United States – all populations feel the effects. Using qualitative data collected through Hahm’s CARES study – a survey of more than a thousand young adults conducted from March to September […]
BU School of Social Work Professor Renée Spencer is one of several speakers at an upcoming national mentoring roundtable event, “Meaningful Engagement of Caregivers of Color.” The roundtable “seeks to deepen the exploration of the ways in which mentee caregivers are essential to quality matches and to their children’s futures. And consider the ways in […]
