Category: Students

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Innovate@BU Spotlights MSW Student Jamila Peguero’s Justice-Focused Innovation

Jamila Peguero (SSW’26) was recently featured by Innovate@BU for her work in the Enlight Fellowship, where she created the Care and Justice Network, a growing community for social workers focused on racial justice.  A first-generation college and graduate student at BU School of Social Work, Peguero hadn’t envisioned herself building something of her own until […]

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

PhD Candidate Mohit Tamta Recognized for Research

Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) doctoral candidate Mohit Tamta, who focuses on cross-national research on housing insecurity, urban poverty, and health disparities among marginalized communities in India and the United States, was recently featured in the South Asian Social Work Educators Association (SASWEA) Fall 2025 Newsletter, which was showcased during this year’s Council on Social Work Education’s (CSWE) Annual Program […]

PhD Candidate Lea Vugic

PhD Candidate Lea Vugić Earns National Recognition

Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) PhD Candidate Lea Vugić received an Honorable Mention Doctoral Award for the 2025 Grand Challenges in Social Work to Achieve Equal Opportunity and Justice. Vugić’s dissertation entitled “Centering Social Justice in Social Work Education: An exploration of perspectives on how social justice is modeled in an MSW program,” was […]