Jennifer M. Gómez, an assistant professor at BU School of Social Work (BUSSW), is a contributing author to the new book, “Interpersonal Violence: The Social Work Response,” edited by Tricia Bent-Goodley. According to publisher NASW Press, the book highlights the need for social workers to understand the “evolving and persistent landscape of interpersonal violence,” and […]
Prof. 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 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 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 […]