BU School of Social Work Clinical Assistant Professor Phillipe Copeland weighs in on the pushback against critical race theory (CRT) as states across the US seek to ban CRT from public education. Excerpted from “The Privilege to Push Against Progress” by Bonnie Jean Feldkamp: When you put the emphasis on outcomes and look at the […]
BU’s Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI) has awarded Assistant Professor Robert Eschmann an NIH KL2 grant for “Resisting Racism: An Investigation of the Effects of Racism on Health and Wellbeing, Protective Mechanisms, and a Technology-based Intervention.” The $298,000 two-year award will fund an investigation of the barriers to responding to racial microaggressions, and the […]
Whether systemic or overt, racism requires multi-faceted solutions. Prof. Hyeouk Chris Hahm shared her perspective in an Op Ed in BU Today about the disturbing rise of anti-Asian racism and violence since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, and also provided insights into anti-Asian racism’s long-lived history. “From the Chinese Exclusion acts and Japanese internment […]
As anti-Asian hate crimes continue to rise across the United States, educators and educational institutions are calling for a more open discussion of Asian discrimination. Prof. Hyeouk Chris Hahm was quoted among other leaders in the educational community in an article that covers both the recent increase of anti-Asian crimes and the long history of […]