In Professor Hahm’s Study, College Students Displaced from Campus due to COVID-19 Show Worse Psychological Outcomes
In a study published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research, a research team co-led by BU School of Social Work professor Hyeouk “Chris” Hahm finds that “more than one-third of those forced to relocate reported elevated COVID-19-related grief, loneliness and generalized anxiety compared to other students.” Numerous psychiatric studies have documented increased rates of depression […]
ProPublica: Professor Sprague Martinez Shares Her Expertise on Why America Is Losing So Many Black Men to COVID-19
In ProPublica, Professor Linda Sprague Martinez explains the devastating toll race disparities take on the health of Black Americans. Excerpted from “How COVID-19 Hollowed Out a Generation of Young Black Men” by Akilah Johnson and Nina Martin. Everyone thinks about racism as something that is personally mediated, like someone insulting me,” said Linda Sprague Martinez, a professor at Boston […]
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 […]