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 […]
Professor López in BU Diversity & Inclusion’s “Thriving in Boston”
Get to know Luz Marilis López: BUSSW clinical professor, director of the Global Health Core at the Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health (CISWH), and associate director of the Dual Degree Program in Social Work & Public Health. In BU Diversity & Inclusion’s video spotlight, López explains how Boston University’s culture of acceptance and […]
Professor Wilkinson: Community Supersedes Learning in Virtual Classrooms
In BU Digital Learning & Innovation’s new Voices & Reflections series, BUSSW professor Geoff Wilkinson shares his experience with remote teaching amid the coronavirus crisis. Excerpted from BU Digital Learning & Innovation: As someone with online teaching experience, I was familiar with working with Zoom. For many of my students enrolled on the Charles River Campus and […]
Byrne and Colleagues Develop Web App to Help Local Communities Estimate COVID-19 Needs for Homeless Population
Following his recent report on the impact of COVID-19 on the homeless population, BUSSW professor Tom Byrne and co-authors Dennis P. Culhane, Dan Treglia, & Ken Steif from the University of Pennsylvania, and Randall Kuhn from UCLA, have developed a web application based on their model to allow local communities to estimate need based on their particular local circumstances. According to the report, which […]
Project IMPACT Helps Parents with Intellectual Disabilities Develop Skills to Keep Children Out of Foster Care
Article by Maura King Scully, originally published in BU School of Social Work’s IMPACT Magazine (Winter/Spring 2020) A small percentage of parents in the U.S.—an estimated 2.3% —have intellectual disabilities, yet their children are disproportionately represented in the child welfare system. While child removal and placement in foster care is sometimes necessary to ensure children’s […]
Spencer and Salas-Wright Inducted as Society for Social Work and Research Fellows
The Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) recently named BU School of Social Work faculty members Renée Spencer and Christopher Salas-Wright SSWR Fellows of 2020, a recognition of their contributions to scientific social work research and dedication to SSWR’s mission. Spencer and Salas-Wright will maintain the honorary designation throughout the duration of their SSWR […]
Professor Sprague Martinez Shares Expertise at Invitation-Only Event Commemorating Aspen Institute Report
A Nation at Hope, released in January 2019 by the Aspen Institute’s National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development, spurred a national conversation about how young people learn. The central idea of the Commission’s work deeply resonated with the experience of families, educators, and community leaders alike: that children learn best when they are […]
Researchers Examine Benefits of Informal Mentoring for Young People
BUSSW doctoral program graduate Grace Gowdy (SSW’19) and professors Renée Spencer and Daniel P. Miller lead new research on characteristics associated with informal mentorship By Maura King Scully “It takes a village to raise a child.” The African proverb, connoting the importance of adult involvement beyond parents for children’s healthy growth, is well known. What is lesser known is […]