Professor Byrne & Colleagues Examine Relationships Between Homeless Rates & Community Factors
Although national analysis of homelessness has been the norm, these broad overviews of the homeless crisis do little to guide communities in proactive prevention policies. In a recent study by BU School of Social Work Professor Thomas Byrne, Senior Managing Economist at Zillow Chris Glynn, and University of Pennsylvania Professor Dennis P. Culhane, communities with […]
Covid-Related Discrimination Predicts PTSD Symptoms in Asian & Asian American Young Adults
“This paper provides empirical evidence that Covid-19-related discrimination is a serious threat to public health.” A study led by Boston University School of Social Work Professor Hyeouk Chris Hahm has found that increases in anti-Asian discrimination during the Covid-19 pandemic were associated with a coinciding increase in symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among Asian […]
BUSSW Professors Receive Grant for Innovative Youth-Led Research on Racial Capitalism from BU Center for Antiracist Research
Professors Dawn Belkin Martinez and Linda Sprague Martinez take a novel approach to their research on effective mental health interventions for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, Persons of Color) youth and young adults. The project, titled “YPAR (youth-led participatory research), Activism, and Organizing as a Mental Health Intervention for BIPOC Youth: Building the Case for Practice Informed […]
Professor Miller Addresses the Urgent Need for Action on Food Insecurity in the U.S.
According to BUSSW Associate Professor Daniel P. Miller, “The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about renewed attention to food insecurity, which even before this recent crisis was a persistent social problem. Though official data have not yet been released, all signs point to dramatic increases in food insecurity and other types of poverty and hardship in […]
USA Today: Professor Hahm’s Research on the Harms of Racism in ‘A Collective Trauma’
A USA Today article on the collective trauma created by surging anti-Asian attacks looks to Professor Hyeouk Chris Hahm’s research for insight. Excerpted from “‘A Collective Trauma’: Asian Americans Confront Mental Health Crisis Amid Rise of Racist Attacks” (USA Today) by Marc Ramirez: Stop AAPI Hate’s study found that one in five respondents who had experienced […]
The Journalist’s Resource: Professor Byrne’s “New Research Parses How Income Inequality Drives Homelessness in U.S.”
A recent study by lead author and BUSSW Assistant Professor Thomas Byrne connects income inequality to homelessness at the local level. Byrne’s expertise in homelessness and housing inequality adds to an ongoing conversation addressing local homeless statistics, since federal numbers are often unreliable in reflecting these communities. His work was recently discussed in The Journalist’s […]
Professor Byrne Leads Compelling New Study Linking Income Inequality and Homelessness
Offering one of the most robust analyses to date of the relationship between rising income inequality and rising rates of homelessness, BUSSW Assistant Professor Dr. Thomas Byrne’s new report, “A Rising Tide Drowns Unstable Boats: How Inequality Creates Homelessness,” was published in the most recent issue of “The Annals of the American Academy of Political […]
Doctoral Student Receives Federal Grant for Research Aimed at Improving Child Care Services for Families Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence
BUSSW doctoral student Juliann Nicholson has received a prestigious two-year Child Care Policy Research Scholar grant from the Administration of Children and Families’ Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation for her dissertation study focused on bolstering support for mothers and children exposed to intimate partner violence (IPV). Working with Associate Professor Yoonsook Ha as her […]
Boston 25 News: “College Students’ Mental Health Suffered When Displaced By Pandemic,” Prof. Hahm’s Study Shows
In a report on results from the ongoing CARES project co-led by BU School of Social Work professor Hyeouk Chris Hahm, Boston 25 News highlights the negative impact that COVID-related displacement has had on college students. Excerpted from the Boston 25 News article “Study: College students’ mental health suffered when displaced by pandemic” by Christine […]
In Professor Hahm’s Study, College Students Displaced from Campus due to COVID-19 Show Worse Psychological Outcomes
In a study published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research, a research team co-led by BU School of Social Work professor Hyeouk “Chris” Hahm finds that “more than one-third of those forced to relocate reported elevated COVID-19-related grief, loneliness and generalized anxiety compared to other students.” Numerous psychiatric studies have documented increased rates of depression […]