Clinical Associate Professor Betty Ruth Appointed New PEP Director
Dean ad interim Gail Steketee is pleased to announce the appointment of Clinical Associate Professor Betty J. Ruth as the new Director of the School’s Professional Education Program (PEP). Ruth is a 1984 BUSSW graduate and has been on the School’s faculty since 1986. In addition to her PEP administrative role, she will retain her […]
New SSW Faculty Book Published
Two BUSSW faculty members–Professor Melvin Delgado and Professor Lee Staples–have a new book in publication (Oxford University Press): Youth-Led Community OrganizingMelvin Delgado and Lee Staples Youth-led organizing, a burgeoning movement that empowers young people while simultaneously enabling them to make substantive contributions to their communities, is increasingly receiving attention from scholars, activists, and the media. […]
Two BUSSW Faculty Members Receive Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grants
The School of Social Work has received two grants from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). The one-year grants were awarded through RWJF’s New Connections Initiative: Bringing Diversity to RWJF Grantmaking and Increasing Secondary Data Analysis Program, which seeks to bring the Foundation a broader perspective in its program planning and design. Assistant Professor […]
Assistant Professor Muroff Awarded One-Year OCD Grant
The Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation, Inc., has awarded BUSSW Assistant Professor Jordana Muroff a one-year grant of $43,477 for the study, Delivery of Internet Treatment for Compulsive Hoarding (D.I.T.C.H.). This study aims to test the effectiveness of an online CBT-based group intervention designed to help people with compulsive hoarding better manage their symptoms. Professor Muroff’s project is […]
Video of Dean ad interim Gail Steketee’s Presentation on Compulsive Hoarding Now Available on BUniverse
A video of Dean ad interim Gail Steketee’s Alumni Association-sponsored First Thursday Program presentation on compulsive hoarding is available for viewing on BUniverse at https://www.bu.edu/ssw/phpbin/buniverse/videos/view/?id=95
BUSSW Faculty Again Ranked Highly
In early 2007, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported that BUSSW faculty are ranked 8th in the in productivity among schools of social work with doctoral programs. BUSSW is the only school of social work in New England to be ranked in the top ten. Comments Dean ad interim Gail Steketee, “The productivity ranking means […]
SSW Assistant Professor Luz Lopez Consulting to The Hague Domestic Violence Project
Assistant Professor Luz Lopez is a Consultant to The Hague Domestic Violence Project, a study of women who have suffered domestic violence, fled to the United States, and been charged under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Child Abduction. The study is affiliated with the University of Washington and University of Minnesota schools […]
SSW Assistant Professor Reynoso Receives Fulbright Grant
Assistant Professor Humberto Reynoso has received a Fulbright Senior Specialist Grant in Anthropology to study the impact of discrimination on individuals and families in indigenous communities in Chiapas, Mexico. Dr. Reynoso will facilitate a Seminar on Racial/Ethnic Discrimination and Health for faculty and graduate students in Social Anthropology from Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios […]
Professor Spencer Selected as Research Fellow for Summer Institute on Mentoring
Professor Renee Spencer has been invited to serve as a Research Fellow in Portland State University’s inaugural Summer Institute on Youth Mentoring. The institute will be held in Portland, Oregon, in July. According to the University, “The Summer Institute offers a truly distinctive educational opportunity for experienced mentoring professionals. Participants attend an intensive week-long seminar […]
Professor Curtis to Present on Fertility Timing at PAA Conference
BUSSW Professor Marah Curtis will present a paper, "Explaining Variation in Fertility Timing: Evidence from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study," with co-author Dr. Jane Waldfogel of Columbia University at the 2007 Annual Program Meeting for the Population Association of American (PAA). The conference is being held at the Marriott Marquis in New York […]