Outstanding SSW Achievements Celebrated
On October 24, nearly 60 distinguished guests gathered at the Back Court at BU’s George Sherman Union to honor alumni and staff who have made outstanding contributions to the field of social work and the School. Honorees included: Thomas W. Dunse (SSW ’86) Outstanding Career in Social Work Reva Stein (SSW ’82) Outstanding Contributions to the Field […]
BUSSW Faculty, Students & Alumni Energize Summer/Fall Conferences
Across the nation in late summer and this fall, researchers, administrators and clinicians are hearing more about new findings and research from the Boston University School of Social Work. From BUSSW faculty and alumni, to current undergraduate and graduate students, all have been extremely active as national conference presenters. Highlights of the collected research presentations […]
SSW Faculty Productivity Remains Very High
Faculty productivity remains very high at the Boston University School of Social Work. In the 2007-8 academic year, 20 tenured and tenure-track faculty published 5 books, 12 book chapters, 63 peer-reviewed journal articles, and 4 reviews; they also presented 53 national conference papers and 28 national invited talks, as well as 10 local and regional talks. […]
Sue Landers Assumes Cape Cod Off-Campus Site Coordinator Position
Sue Landers has been hired as the Coordinator for the School’s Cape Cod Off-Campus Program site, effective September 1, 2008. Sue received her MSW degree in 1982 from Salem State College and has an MS from Goddard-Cambridge. For six years, she served as Adjunct Faculty at Wheelock College School of Social Work where she developed […]
Professors Paris and Staples Appointed to New Journal’s Editorial Board
Professors Ruth Paris and Lee Staples have been appointed to the editorial board of the Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship (JCES), a new journal of The University of Alabama whose first issue will be published in Fall 2008. The appointments are through May 30, 2011. The stated mission of this new journal is "to provide a […]
Professor Hudson to Give CSWE APM Gero-Ed Kick-Off Address
Dr. Robert B. Hudson, Professor and Chair of the School’s Department of Social Welfare Policy and Director of the Louis Lowy Certificate in Gerontological Social Work, will deliver this year’s lecture to commence the Gero-Ed Track sessions at the Council of Social work Education’s Annual Program Meeting in Philadelphia on Friday, October 31. His address, […]
Associate Professor Bachman Granted Tenure
Dean Gail Steketee is pleased to announce that Associate Professor Sally Bachman has been granted tenure. Professor Bachman received her MS in 1980 in Public Health and Epidemiology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and her PhD in 1994 in Social Welfare Policy with a concentration in Health Policy from the Heller School at […]
Professor Geron Appointed to Board of Commonwealth Care Alliance
Dr. Scott Miyake Geron, Associate Professor of Social Welfare Policy and Director of the School’s Institute for Geriatric Social Work, has been appointed to the Board of the Commonwealth Care Alliance (CCA), an important health care organization in Massachusetts that provides services to the Medicare/Medicaid dually eligible population (mostly older adults and adults w/ disabilities). […]
Dean Steketee Appointed to CSWE Commission on Professional Development
Dean Gail Steketee has been appointed a member of the CSWE Commission on Professional Development, effective July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2011. The objectives of the Commission are to recommend policies and establish priorities for professional development, to guide the work of its three councils (the Council on Conferences and Faculty Development, the Council […]
Professor Lundgren Named BUSSW Director of Research
Dean Gail Steketee has announced that Professor Lena Lundgren will assume the role of the School of Social Work’s Director of Research beginning in September 2008. Dr. Lundgren’s duties will include identifying grant opportunities for faculty and doctoral students; mentoring faculty on proposal development; providing technical advice on ongoing funded research projects; advising on data […]