Clinical Assistant Professor Geoffrey W. Wilkinson will retire from Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) at the end of the 2023-2024 academic year. A specialist in public health and the community health field, Prof. Wilkinson joined BUSSW’s faculty full-time in 2014 after two decades of service as a field instructor, advisor, and adjunct instructor […]
Early care and education (ECE) can play a significant role in the health and behavioral outcomes of children. However, low-income families face many barriers to high-quality ECE, widening the gaps between social groups that cause inequities throughout a person’s life. Prof. Yoonsook Ha from BU School of Social Work recently shared her extensive research on […]
Dr. Ruth Paris has been promoted to full professor at BU School of Social Work (BUSSW). A past Fulbright Scholar, she is the associate director for research at the BU Wheelock Institute for Early Childhood Well-Being. Paris is an expert in infant and early childhood mental health; her community-based research examines the strengths and stressors […]
Jennifer M. Gómez, an assistant professor at Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW), joins the board of End Rape on Campus (EROC) under the leadership of BUSSW alum Kenyora L. Parham (MSW’12), board chair and CEO, and #MeToo movement founder Tarana Burke, vice board chair. The organization aims to end campus sexual assault by […]