VICE: Absolute Obedience to My Asian Parents Affected My Mental Health
BUSSW doctoral candidate Mihoko Maru’s research on Asian-American parent-child relationships informs a personal essay about the difference between filial piety and filial harm. By Doris Lam, VICE Growing up, I’ve always been scared of leaving my bedroom. I knew my parents were always on the other side of the door, a long list of accusatory […]
Doctoral Candidate Maru Awarded Fellowship for Dissertation Proposal on Asian American Adolescent Suicidality
Mihoko Maru’s doctoral dissertation proposal will reach a national audience when Maru presents at the Council on Social Work Education’s 65th Annual Program Meeting (CSWE APM), held this year in Denver, Colorado. The presentation, which takes place on October 26th, is one component of the 2019 API Doctoral Fellowship awarded to Maru by the Asian […]
Doctoral Student Shows How Photography Can Improve Health Care for People with Chronic Illness
If you think research is all about statistics, just talk to Noelle Dimitri (MSW‘00, PhD‘21), who’s using photovoice to elevate the experiences of women with diabetes. A licensed social worker and fourth-year Ph.D. candidate at BUSSW, Dimitri received a Graduate Arts Research Grant from the BU Arts Initiative and the Associate Provost for Graduate Affairs […]
BUSSW Graduates Largest PhD Class to Date
April 19, 2019 This May, seven doctoral candidates will graduate from the BUSSW PhD program, a highly individualized curriculum offering hands-on research, teaching experience and rigorous coursework, designed to prepare the next generation of social work and social welfare scholars and leaders. Program Director Ellen DeVoe stated, “We are extremely excited to announce our largest […]
Associate Professor Daniel Miller Succeeds Ellen DeVoe as Director of SSW’s Doctoral Program
The doctoral program at Boston University School of Social Work will undergo a leadership change as Dr. Ellen DeVoe departs from her role as Director after five and a half years fostering the program’s success. Beginning July 1, 2019, BUSSW Associate Professor and Chair of Human Behavior Dr. Daniel Miller will assume the Director position. […]
BUSSW Faculty and PhD Students Share Cutting-Edge Research at Prestigious Social Work Conference
Doctoral students and faculty from Boston University School of Social Work join social work scholars from across the country at this year’s Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) Conference, January 16–21. Browse through the listings below to find out the who, what and when of featured BUSSW presenters. All sessions take place at the […]
PhD Student Kendall Johnson Authors Blog on Mentoring Matters: How to Support Students of Color in Academia
BUSSW doctoral student Kendall Johnson lists 5 traits that all mentors need to help students of color achieve success. By Kendall Johnson | August 16, 2018 (Society for Research on Adolescence) – The graduate student experience can be a time of great stress and uncertainty for many. One of the most important aspects of graduate […]
PhD Student Lands ARDRAW Grant for Research
Thursday, November 8, 2018 Kelsi Carolan, LICSW, a fourth-year doctoral candidate at BUSSW, received a grant from the Social Security Administration’s ARDRAW Small Grant Program for her doctoral research, “Factors Promoting and Inhibiting Work in the Context of Chronic Neurological Disease: Uncovering Pathways to Intervention.” Linda Sprague Martinez, assistant professor at BUSSW, is acting as […]
Two BUSSW Alumni, Yaminette Diaz-Linhart and Aaron Coleman, Selected for National Leadership Program to Build Health Equity
Boston, MA – With the intention of diversifying the next generations of leaders and ensure equity in policies, Health Policy Research Scholars has selected a group of PhD students from across the country to be part of its second cohort. As two of 40 selected applicants, Boston University School of Social Work alumni Yaminette Diaz-Linhart and Aaron […]