Category: PhD Program

BUSSW PhD student Emily Lamunu (far left) with workshop participants and an APHA staff member at the 2024 APHA Junior Investigator Writing Workshop

BUSSW PhD Student Awarded Funding to Attend APHA Junior Investigator Writing Workshop

Emily Lamunu, a PhD candidate at Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW), participated in the American Public Health Association’s (APHA) Junior Investigator Writing Workshop this spring in support of her scholarship on global social work and public health policy. The workshop, held in Annapolis, MD, offered Lamunu and other early career public health researchers […]

Mohit Tamta, doctoral candidate at Boston University School of Social Work

BUSSW PhD Candidate Awarded Fellowship to Examine Delhi’s Dalit Community 

The Boston University Center on Forced Displacement awarded a highly competitive summer fellowship to BU School of Social Work (BUSSW) PhD student Mohit Tamta.   The fellowship, which provides mentorship and a stipend, supports Tamta’s doctoral research on the Dalit individuals living in the informal settlements of Delhi. His dissertation will explore how state-endorsed demolitions and […]

BUSSW Building at Charles River Boston Campus

BUSSW at SSWR: Presentations & Community-Building at 2024 Annual Conference

Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) has a significant presence at the 2024 Society for Social Work Research (SSWR) Annual Conference, held in Washington, DC, January 10–14.  BUSSW faculty, doctoral students and alumni will present their research to colleagues from across the country in dozens of program sessions, disseminating new findings that impact policy, […]