Professor Collins Receives Fulbright Specialist Award to Collaborate with Women & Children’s Rights Organization in Ghana
Professor Mary Collins from BU School of Social Work has received a 2023 Fulbright Specialist Award to support her upcoming collaboration in Tamale, Ghana. For five weeks, she will be working with Songtaba, a human rights organization that advocates for women, girls, and other marginalized people in underserved communities. The project’s activities will focus on […]
Alicia Mendez Joins BUSSW as Research Assistant Professor
Alicia Mendez will join Boston University School of Social Work in July 2023 as a research assistant professor. Mendez’s research focuses on intergenerational trauma, child sexual abuse, post-traumatic growth, and the child welfare system. Her dissertation, entitled “The Intergenerational Transmission of Intrafamilial Sexual-Abuse Related Trauma: An Exploration of Family Stories Between Mother and Daughter,” qualitatively […]
Peter Treitler Joins BUSSW Faculty as Assistant Professor
Peter Treitler will join Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) as an assistant professor in the Human Behavior, Research, & Policy Department beginning July 1, 2023. Treitler’s research focuses on how communities and those suffering from substance use disorders are impacted by public policies. In particular, he has investigated how the criminal justice system […]
The Boston Globe: Professor Collins on Barriers in Child Welfare Policy
Professor Mary E. Collins of BU School of Social Work spoke to The Boston Globe about the missing link between child welfare-related tragedies and policy change. Her expertise brings a high-level perspective to the 2014 murder of 5-year-old Jeremiah Oliver which led to major scrutiny of the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF) and […]
Professor Augsberger Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
Astraea Augsberger, a faculty member at Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) and a faculty affiliate at BUSSW’s Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health, has been promoted from assistant professor to associate professor with tenure in recognition of her exemplary scholarship, teaching, and service. Augsberger has dedicated her social work career to […]
Professor Geoffrey Wilkinson Publishes Poetry Collection, “Confluence”
Geoffrey Wilkinson, clinical associate professor at BU School of Social Work, has released a collection of poetry, “Confluence,” recently published by Lost Valley Press. The project was brought into fruition during his 2021 sabbatical. Wilkinson explains, “My life in social work—as a community organizer, non-profit leader, government official, and professor—is embedded throughout these poems. Confluence […]
Professor Paris & Lombe Build International Partnerships in Lesotho with BU Collaborators
Associate professors Ruth Paris and Margaret Lombe of BU School of Social Work (BUSSW) recently joined colleagues from the BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development on a knowledge-gathering trip to Lesotho, a country in southern Africa. Their aim was to identify opportunities to build upon the work of the Lesotho Boston Health Alliance […]
Professor Azzi-Lessing Co-Edits CWLA Book on Child Neglect, Inequity & Poverty
Lenette Azzi-Lessing, a professor at BU School of Social Work, is co-editor of a new book about child neglect, inequity and poverty published by the Child Welfare League of America (CWLA). According to CWLA, the book is a resource for those working with children and families experiencing neglect that will help “broaden understanding of the […]
BU Today: Professor Davis & Other Faculty Say Antiracist Hub Unit at BU Is Imperative
The Boston University (BU) Hub provides all students with an interdisciplinary general education. However, students and faculty across the university are calling for an antiracist requirement to the curriculum. While the Hub has taken some steps to incorporate racial studies into BU’s undergraduate education, Professor Ashley Davis from the School of Social Work and her […]
Professor Gómez Featured in Black Girl Burnout Podcast About Black Women, Sexual Abuse & Opting Out of Silence
Jennifer M. Gómez, a faculty member at BU School of Social Work, is featured on the popular podcast Black Girl Burnout in a three-episode series about healing from sexual abuse and violence. Joining her in the discussion is podcast host Kelley Bonner, a licensed clinical social worker. In the series, titled “Opt Out of Silence,” […]