Ruth Paris to Present Closing Keynote at Safe Stations Academy: Innovative and Integrated Response to an Opioid Crisis
Ruth Paris, associate professor and clinical practice chair at Boston University School of Social Work, will deliver the closing keynote at Safe Stations Academy: Innovative and Integrated Response to an Opioid Crisis. The event, hosted by Harbor Homes, Inc. in partnership with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), is a forum to highlight community […]
USA Gymnastics Names BUSSW’s Julie Springwater to New Board of Directors
After tapping BU School of Social Work adjunct associate professor and macro chair, Julie Springwater, to its interim board earlier this year, the organization has now named the professor to its newly seated Board of Directors. Springwater brings a macro social work background that includes child welfare policy, workforce development, positive youth development, and […]
Salas-Wright Awarded NIH/NIAAA KO1 Grant for Project on Preventing Adolescent Substance Use and Violence
Dr. Christopher P. Salas-Wright, assistant professor at Boston University’s School of Social Work, received a Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (KO1), a five-year project funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. His study, “Preventing Alcohol and Other Drug Use and Violence among Latino Youth,” will focus on adapting the keepin’ it REAL curriculum—a […]
BUSSW Professor Renée Spencer and Collaborators Awarded $1.4m Grant for Research on Children of Mobile Military Parents
For children of highly mobile active-duty military parents, finding stability in a school setting poses exceptional challenges. To address this issue, Boston University School of Social Work Professor Renée Spencer (PI) and her research team have been awarded a four-year, $1.4 million grant from the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. The mixed-methods […]
How Will the Thai Cave Incident Affect the Rescued Boys’ Mental Health?
Q&A with trauma expert and social work professor Ellen R. DeVoe on lessons learned from the rescue mission originally deemed impossible By Lexi Herosian (COM’19) On June 23rd in Chiang Rai, Thailand, a group of 11 to 16 year-old boys and their soccer coach entered the Tham Luang cave complex. Little did they know, it would […]
As USA Gymnastics Charts a New Course, Interim Board Recruits BUSSW Adjunct Associate Professor Julie Springwater as One of Six Independent Directors
May 14, 2018 — The USA Gymnastics organization moves forward with steps to ensure its commitment to athlete safety by appointing six new independent directors to its interim board, including Julie Springwater, BU School of Social Work adjunct associate professor and macro chair. The board oversees USA Gymnastics’ governance on behalf of its members. Springwater […]
Dawn Belkin Martinez Wins NASW Award for Social Change
March 28, 2018 — Every year, the NASW pays tribute to the Eastern Massachusetts Chapter’s first Executive Director with the Beverly Ross Fliegel Award for Greatest Contribution to Social Policy and Change. This year’s winner is Dawn Belkin Martinez, associate clinical professor at BUSSW and Director of the BRIDGE Program, a supportively-structured graduate program for immigrants and […]
BUSSW Professor Hyeouk Chris Hahm’s New Publication Presents Guidelines for Conducting Culturally Relevant and Clinically Effective Intervention with Asian American Families
BUSSW’s Hyeouk Chris Hahm, Associate Professor and Chair of the Social Research Department, recently produced and co-edited her latest publication titled Asian American Parenting: Family Process and Intervention. The text provides social workers, mental health professionals, and practitioners with data-rich guidelines for conducting culturally relevant and clinically effective intervention with Asian American families. This book […]
Professor Phillipe Copeland to Receive 2017 Teaching Excellence Award
We are happy to announce that Dr. Phillipe Copeland, Clinical Assistant Professor at BU School of Social Work, has been chosen to receive the 2017 Teaching Excellence Award by the Boston University School of Social Work Class of 2017. The award will be presented during the Commencement Ceremony on Friday, May 19, 2017 starting at 4PM […]
Michelle Walsh’s Social Work Story
Woo Hoo! My book copies have finally arrived in the mail – and it could not have happened on a better night! This represents the culmination of the longest “birth process” I’ve ever endured (decades!), and it may be an “only child” for me! Yet I’m very glad it’s finally here! First, let me thank […]