Dean, Post-Doctoral Fellow Publish “The Hoarding Handbook”
Hoarding can be a debilitating, life-threatening problem and affects roughly five percent of the U.S. population. Currently categorized as a sub-type of obsessive compulsive disorder, hoarding is a distinct mental illness made up of three connected problems: collecting too many items; difficulty getting rid of items; and problems with organization. Because very little research existed on hoarding […]
Children’s Advocate, SSW Speaker Victoria Reggie Kennedy Being Honored
Victoria Reggie Kennedy, a tireless advocate on behalf of children, women, and families and the widow of Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Hon.’70), will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws at Boston University’s 138th Commencement, on May 22, 2011. She will also deliver the convocation address at the School of Social Work, on Friday, May 20, […]
SSW Welcomes New Faculty, Announces New Appointments
School of Social Work Dean Gail Steketee is pleased to announce that University of South Carolina Assistant Professor Yoonsook Ha will join the School as Assistant Professor of Social Welfare Policy, and current faculty Luz Marilis Lòpez and Lisa Moore have been appointed Clinical Associate Professor and Clinical Assistant Professor, respectively. In addition to her work […]
Moore Receives Teaching Excellence Award
Clinical Visiting Assistant Professor Lisa Moore has been awarded the 2011 School of Social Work Teaching Excellence Award. She will receive the award at the School’s commencement ceremony on Friday, May 20. “I was drawn to teaching social work because there are few things in the world more important that providing a forum for individuals […]
Mass. Chapter of NASW Honors Kathy Kuhn
The National Association of Social Workers, Massachusetts Chapter (NASW-MA), has honored Kathy Kuhn with the 2011 Greatest Contribution to Social Work Practice Award. Kuhn, a School of Social Work graduate and Director of Workforce Development at the School’s Institute for Geriatric Social Work (IGSW), will receive the award at the 39th Annual Chapter Awards Ceremony […]
Leonard Bloksberg Remembered
A professor at the Boston University School of Social Work for 38 years, Dr. Leonard M. “Lenny” Bloksberg’s impact will be long lasting. He will be remembered for his commitment to social welfare policy, believing that social workers should be trained not merely to implement such policy, but to understand the process of policy formation. […]
Faculty Study Works to Identify HIV Risk Behaviors in Asian-American Women
Are Asian-American women with lower relationship power control less likely to use condoms and more likely to engage in HIV risk behaviors? A new study by Assistant Professor Hyeouk Chris Hahm in AIDS and Behavior, “Gender Power Control, Sexual Experiences, Safer Sex Practices and Potential HIV Risk Behaviors among Young Asian-American Women,” analyzes their safe […]
SSW Welcomes New Director of Development
After an extended vacancy, we are pleased to announce the arrival of alumna Terry Moynahan (SSW’04) as the School’s new Director of Development. Terry officially joins the School of Social Work on January 31. Terry returns to BU after serving as Major Gifts Officer at Project Hope in Roxbury, MA, where she led the launch […]
Dean Emeritus Hubie Jones Awarded $50,000 Purpose Prize
In recognition for his work with numerous Boston organizations and as an advocate for equality across the city’s public school system, School of Social Work Dean Emeritus Hubie Jones was selected from a pool of over 1,400 nominees as one of ten winners for the 2010 Purpose Prize. The Purpose Prize awards people over the […]
Examining the Effects of Deployment on Military Families
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry publishes article by Boston University School of Social Work research team On October 7, 2001 the United States entered a war in Afghanistan. Nine years later, the U.S. military is deployed in two oversea wars. Mental health professionals are turning their attention to service members, who are deploying more frequently and […]