Associate Dean Freedman to Present Teleconference Training on Dual Diagnosis
Dr. Ruth Freedman, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, has been invited to present a teleconference training for the National Association for the Dually Diagnosed (NADD). She will co-present with Donald Freedman, JD, on “Assessing and Enhancing the Capacity of Individuals with Dual Diagnoses to Make Informed Health and Mental Health Care Decisions,” on September 28. […]
Clinical Assistant Professor Schiller Recognized for Group Development Model
Clinical Assistant Professor Linda Yael Schiller has been invited to present on “New Paradigms in Group Development: Applying The Relational Model of Group Development to Vulnerable Populations.” This workshop features her latest work on stages of group development from a relational model, also known as the Schiller Model. In addition, Professor Schiller’s model of […]
Associate Dean Freedman to Participate in Roundtable Discussion on Advance Care Planning
Dr. Ruth Freedman, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, has been invited by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation and RAND Corporation to participate in a Roundtable Discussion on advance care planning. The purpose of the Roundtable Discussion is to inform the Secretarial Report […]
Professor Spencer to be Keynote Speaker at Netherlands Mentoring Conference
Assistant Professor Renee Spencer will be the keynote speaker at The Netherlands Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) National Conference on September 14. Her presentation, “Promoting High Quality Youth Mentoring Relationships: Current Research and Best Practices in the United States,” will focus on current research on the program, relationship, and individual factors that have been identified as being […]
Professor Reynoso to Present on Racism/Ethnic Discrimnation and Social Work Practice in Mexico
Dr. Humberto Reynoso, Assistant Professor in Human Behavior and Social Welfare Policy and Coordinator of the Racism course, will be presenting on “Racism/Ethnic Discrimination and Social Work Practice in Mexico” at the Conference of Social Work in Chiapas, Mexico on August 17. The goal of the presentation is to offer a theoretical and conceptual […]
Professor Spencer Appointed to Mentoring Initiative Advisory Committee
Assistant Professor Renee Spencer has been named to the Advisory Committee of The Mass Mentoring Partnership’s (MMP) Quality-based Membership Initiative. She is one of twenty members, and the only representative from an academic setting and a school of social work. Spencer is particularly interested in the role that strong relationships with adults play in adolescent […]
Professor Hudson Co-Edits Current Issue of Generations
Rob Hudson, Professor and Chair of the Social Welfare Policy Department, is serving as co-editor of the current issue of Generations. The focus of the issue is "The Aging Workforce: Are We Ready?" The volume explores demographic and economic trends related to older workers, employer and employee perspectives on working into late adulthood, and recent […]
Professors Hahm and Merighi to Present at APA Convention
Professors Hyeouk Chris Hahm and Joe Merighi will be presenters at the 115th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, which is being held in San Francisco from August 17 to 20. Their poster presentations include: * Predictors of HIV/STI Testing Among Asian American Young Adults (with Kristina Wong, a BU undergraduate student and […]
Associate Professor Merighi Named Co-Editor-in-Chief of National Kidney Foundation Journal
Professor Joseph Merighi was recently appointed Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Nephrology Social Work (JNSW). JNSW occupies a unique niche in the field of nephrology by reporting research on psychosocial issues pertaining to kidney and urologic diseases, hypertension, and transplantation, as well as advances in renal social work practice and health policy that affects people […]
Professor Gonyea to Speak at Aging Conference
Professor Judith Gonyea is the Invited Speaker for the General Session of the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (N4A) Conference in San Francisco on Tuesday, July 31. Sharing the session with Josefina Carbonell, the U.S. Assistant Secretary for Aging, Dr. Gonyea will speak on “Expanding Opportunities for Employment, Civic Engagement and Volunteerism for […]