Fall Faculty Updates: Lena Lundgren, Associate Dean for Research, Professor, and CARS Director
Associate Dean and Professor Lena Lundgren hosted the 2014 Addiction Health Services Research Conference (AHSR), a national conference bringing together experts in the field of addiction research, in Boston. Professor Lundgren introduced alumnus Douglas Brooks (SSW’99), one of the plenary speakers at the 3-day event. For more information about this year’s AHSR Conference, click here. […]
Fall Faculty Updates: Michelle Novelle, Lecturer
Professor Michelle Novelle is presenting her dissertation on social orphans in Colombian state care at the first ever “Latin American Biennial of Youth and Childhoods” in Colombia from November 17-21.
Fall Faculty Updates: Lisa Moore, Clinical Assistant Professor
Professor Lisa Moore spoke on “Race, Racism, and Collective Oppression through a Psychodynamic Lens” at the the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute on November 3.
Fall Faculty Updates: Hyeouk “Chris” Hahm, Associate Professor
Professor Hyeouk “Chris” Hahm will visit the Harvard School of Education on November 12, speaking on the topic “Invisible Minority No More: Exploring Stress, Coping, and Mental Health among Asian and Asian-American Students.” She was a recently featured BU Researcher. For more information, click here. On October 12, 2014, Professor Hahm was invited to give a […]
Fall Faculty Updates: Judith Gonyea, Professor
Professor Judith Gonyea’s recent publications include: Gonyea, J.G., López, L.M., & Velásquez, E.H. (2014). The Effectiveness of a Culturally Sensitive Cognitive Behavioral Group Intervention for Latino Alzheimer’s Caregivers. Gerontologist, DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnu045. Hahm, H.C., Gonyea, J.G., Chiao, C., & Koritsanszky, L.A. (2014). Fractured identity: A framework for understanding young Asian American women’s self-harm and suicidal behaviors. […]
Fall Faculty Updates: Janice Furlong, Clinical Associate Professor
Professor Janice Furlong presented “The Power to Name: Controversies and Changes in the DSM 5” at the Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center in November. Professor Furlong was also a discussant at a NASW film series event in September.
Fall Faculty Updates: Ellen DeVoe, Assistant Professor
Professor Ellen DeVoe received a 4-year $4.434 million grant from the US Department of Defense for the Strong Families Strong Forces Project. The Interdisciplinary BU team includes Professor Devoe, Renee Spencer (SSW), Tim Brown (CARD/Psychology), Terry Keane (VA/CAP), and Brett Litz (VA/SS). The program was first developed and tested in the New England region with […]
Fall Faculty Updates: Melvin Delgado, Professor
Professor Melvin Delgado recently published Baby Boomers of Color: Implications for Social Work Policy and Practice by Columbia University Press. For more information, click here.
Fall Faculty Updates: Phillipe Copeland, Clinical Assistant Professor
Professor Copeland was appointed for a 3-year term to the CSWE Council on Racial, Ethnic and Cultural Diversity beginning July 1, 2014. This Council functions within the Commission for Diversity and Social and Economic Justice. It initiates activities and programs related to ethnic minority groups in SW education and promotes research into issues relevant to […]
Fall Faculty Updates: Dawn Belkin Martinez, Lecturer (Clinical Practice)
Professor Dawn Belkin Martinez presented, along with Luz Lopez and Mojdeh Rohani, at the n on October 29. Professor Belkin Martinez presented “Coming of Age: The Experience of Multi-Cultural Youth,” a NASW workshop, at Mclean Hospital on September 5.