Professor Copeland Named Assistant Director of Narrative at New BU Center for Antiracist Research
The new Boston University Center for Antiracist Research has named BUSSW faculty member Phillipe Copeland to its inaugural leadership team as the assistant director of narrative. The Center for Antiracist Research, launched in June 2020, was founded by race scholar Ibram X. Kendi to address pervasive problems of racial injustice guided by a world-class, multi-disciplinary […]
Professor Copeland Contributes to Attorney General’s Report Calling for Action on Racial Justice and Equity in Health
Professor Phillipe Copeland, an expert on racial justice, is a key contributor and consultant on the new report, Building Toward Racial Justice and Equity in Health: A Call to Action, issued by Attorney General Maura Healey. The report advances a far-reaching set of recommendations for reducing health inequities that impact communities of color in Massachusetts. […]
A Researcher’s Perspective: Christina Lee, PhD
When Christina Lee, PhD, a licensed psychologist, joined BUSSW as an associate professor in 2019, she brought with her a clear expertise in intervention science, addiction psychology, and health disparities research. As the first director of the Research Core at BUSSW’s Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health, she continues her pioneering work on […]
Dr. Copeland Presents “The Nation is Sick: Abolition and Health Justice” on Oct. 14, 2020
Join BUSSW professor Dr. Phillipe Copeland on October 14th for a virtual presentation titled, “The Nation is Sick: Abolition and Health Justice.” Copeland’s lecture is the second in a three-part series on race and racism organized by the Public Health and Community Medicine Department’s Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (DEAR) Council at Tufts University School of […]
Professor Eschmann Awarded Fellowship at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center
Robert D. Eschmann, BUSSW faculty member and expert on racism in online spaces, begins a fellowship at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society on September 1, 2020. At the Berkman Klein Center (BKC), Eschmann joins an esteemed group of fellows, students, staff, faculty associates and affiliates. In a statement posted on BKC’s […]
Faculty Search for Global Health Expert to Join BUSSW
As one of the nation’s top-ranked schools of social work, Boston University’s School of Social Work (BUSSW) is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in education, research, and evidence-based practice to advance social, racial and economic justice and solve the most pressing societal problems of the 21st century. The BUSSW currently invites applications from academics […]
Professor Copeland to Serve on BU Initiative on Cities Faculty Advisory Board
Beginning September 1, 2020, Clinical Assistant Professor Phillipe Copeland (BUSSW) will join a select group of Boston University faculty as a new member of the Initiative on Cities’ (IOC) Faculty Advisory Board, a core component of the IOC’s leadership team. The IOC, an institution housed at Boston University, was founded in 2014 by former Boston […]
Statement of Solidarity from BUSSW Asian American Faculty
Asian American faculty members at BUSSW release a Statement of Solidarity for the Black Lives Matter movement We, as Asian American scholars at Boston University School of Social Work, are outraged by and share enormous pain and sorrow in the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and a countless number of Black people […]
Professor Ruth Awarded CSWE Lifetime Achievement in Social Work Education
Betty J. Ruth (SSW ’84, SPH ’85), clinical professor at BUSSW and director of BU’s Dual Degree Program in Social Work and Public Health, is the 2020 recipient of the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Significant Lifetime Achievement in Social Work Education Award. CSWE President Darla Spence Coffey writes, “Few educators have done as […]
Professor Ha Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
Faculty member Yoonsook Ha, Ph.D., an expert in using data analysis to understand and improve the efficacy of government-funded social support programs, has been promoted to associate professor with tenure. Ha, who teaches social welfare policy, currently leads three grant-supported projects for which she receives funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services […]