Category: Climate and Environmental Justice

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Prof. Williams Joins BU Initiative on Cities’ 2025 Public Impact Scholars Cohort

Dr. Darien Alexander Williams, assistant professor of macro practice at Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW), was selected to join 20 other cutting-edge BU researchers as the 2025 cohort of BU Initiative on Cities’ Public Impact Scholars program. Hailing from six colleges and 13 departments across the university, Williams and his cohort will participate […]

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BU Today: Prof. Williams Shares Expertise on Long-Term Solutions to Natural Disasters

In light of recent natural disasters like the Los Angeles wildfires, policy makers in the U.S. are looking for effective ways to enhance climate change preparedness. Prof. Darien Alexander Williams from BU School of Social Work explains that this work involves systemic changes, including rethinking land development and considering climate change when urban planning.  Excerpt […]

The Brink: Prof. Williams Explores Intersection of Racial & Environmental Justice

Darien Alexander Williams, PhD, an assistant professor at Boston University School of Social Work, studies the interplay between communities and their environment. In an in-depth profile published in The Brink, Prof. Darien Alexander Williams shares how his personal history and his work in urban planning and community organizing led him to macro social work. Excerpt […]

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Darien Alexander Williams Joins BUSSW as Assistant Professor

Darien Alexander Williams will join Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) in July 2023 as an assistant professor in the School’s Macro Department. Williams’s expertise in climate and environmental justice will greatly expand the BUSSW’s focus on these issues as climate change’s impact on communities continues to grow. Williams focuses on racial justice and […]