BUSSW Faculty & Doctoral Students Present at 2022 APHA Annual Meeting
Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) will have a strong presence at this year’s APHA Annual Meeting & Expo on Nov. 6-9. In addition to sharing a booth with BU’s School of Public Health, ranked 6th in the nation of public health graduate schools, BUSSW will be represented by faculty and doctoral students whose […]
PhD Candidates Corinne Beaugard & Greer Hamilton Lead Oral History Project on Harm Reduction Movement in Massachusetts
As a public health approach addressing behavior that’s been stigmatized and often criminalized by society at large, harm reduction has generally operated outside of the mainstream – even though its mission is critical for many. In order to preserve and disseminate the work done through the harm reduction movement in Massachusetts, Boston University School of […]
10/20: PhD Candidate Cristina Brinkerhoff (SSW’23) to Speak at Panel on Vaccine Equity
PhD candidate Cristina Araujo Brinkerhoff (SSW’23) will speak at the panel, “Equity, Engagement & Vaccines,” hosted by BU CTSI Community Engagement Program. Moderated by Prof. Linda Sprague Martinez, the panel will discuss how practitioners and researchers use community engagement strategies, how institutions impact community engagement, and how communities can be more involved in advancing vaccine […]
BUSSW Celebrates 2022 MSW & PhD Graduates at In-Person Ceremony
Boston University School of Social Work celebrated its newest class of graduates on Thursday, May 19, at the School’s 2022 Commencement ceremony at the Walter Brown Arena. More than 300 students were awarded the Master of Social Work (MSW) degree from the School’s multiple campuses and program formats, including the Charles River On-Campus Program, the […]
Professor Collins & PhD Student Adrianna Spindle-Jackson Publish White Paper on Workforce Development for Vulnerable Youth
Professor Mary Collins and PhD student Adrianna Spindle-Jackson of BU School of Social Work (BUSSW) published a new white paper featuring learnings from two studies focused on the challenges and opportunities in workforce development for vulnerable youth. The studies, conducted at BUSSW between April 2020 and March 2021, examine how state and local workforce development […]
PhD Student Cristina Brinkerhoff Submits Testimony Opposing Mass. Ballot Initiative Targeting Gig Workers
Cristina Araujo Brinkerhoff, a doctoral candidate at Boston University School of Social Work, joined a large group of workers’ rights advocates at the Massachusetts State House last week to submit testimony opposing a ballot initiative that Brinkerhoff calls anti-worker and anti-consumer. The ballot initiative (H4.375/H.4376) attempts to regulate and define the contract-based relationship between app-based gig […]
Doctoral Candidate Noor Toraif (’23) Receives SSWR’s 2022 Doctoral Fellows Award
Noor Toraif, BUSSW doctoral candidate and research fellow at the school’s Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health (CISWH), has received the 2022 Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) Doctoral Fellows Award – recognizing and supporting doctoral students whose proposed dissertation research reflects innovative ideas and rigorous methodologies related to social work research, […]
Chicago Tribune: Daniel Do (MSW’13, PhD’24) Connects Mental Health Crisis with Workforce Compensation
There is an overwhelming shortage of professionals specializing in youth mental health. In December 2020, the US Surgeon General published an advisory on the mental health crisis facing youth today. The question remains: how do we address the growing youth mental health crisis? In a Chicago Tribune op-ed, Tony Liu cited PhD Candidate Daniel Do’s […]
The Boston Globe: Megan Smith (PhD’22) & Professor Byrne Uncover Barriers to Subsidized Housing
The Boston Globe highlighted a recent study by PhD Candidate Megan Smith and Associate Professor Thomas Byrne revealing Rhode Island’s inconsistent and troublesome qualifications process for subsidized housing that exceeds what federal mandates require. In addition, the study revealed frustrations with attaining public records from housing developments. While this study considered Rhode Island independently, it […]
PhD Candidate Greer Hamilton Recieves ACOSA Doctoral Student Award
BUSSW PhD Candidate Greer Hamilton has received the Doctoral Student Award for meritorious scholarship in the social work field from the Association for Community Organization and Social Action (ACOSA). This award honors PhD students who demonstrate outstanding scholarly potential in community and/or organizational practice through their dissertation, scholarly contributions, and substantial research dissemination. As a […]