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 […]
Professor Mary E. Collins of BU School of Social Work spoke to The Boston Globe about the missing link between child welfare-related tragedies and policy change. Her expertise brings a high-level perspective to the 2014 murder of 5-year-old Jeremiah Oliver which led to major scrutiny of the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF) and […]
Astraea Augsberger, a faculty member at Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) and a faculty affiliate at BUSSW’s Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health, has been promoted from assistant professor to associate professor with tenure in recognition of her exemplary scholarship, teaching, and service. Augsberger has dedicated her social work career to […]