Jennifer M. Gómez, an assistant professor at Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW), contributed an important chapter on sexual abuse and healing in a new book examining Black activism from 2000-2022. Her chapter, titled “Black Activism from the Ivory Tower: Cultural Betrayal, Sexual Abuse, and Healing for Black Women and Girls,” offers a Black […]
Prof. Yoonsook Ha will speak at a webinar hosted by the Institute For Research on Poverty that explores how high-quality early care and education (ECE) reduces the burden on parents, but is often inaccessible for low-income families. Child care can be expensive and difficult to maintain, and without additional support many low-income families struggle to […]
Berenecea Johnson Eanes, PhD, a 1991 graduate of the Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) Master of Social Work program, has been named president of California State University (CSU), Los Angeles. In an article published in Diverse Education, California State University trustee Jack B. Clarke, Jr., says Eanes is a “champion of diversity, equity […]
While understanding that cultural theories can help social workers understand clients whose lives differ from their own, stereotyping is a common pitfall that keeps people in marginalized groups from getting the help they need. To combat this pattern among trans Latinas, Prof. Luis Alvarez-Hernandez from BU School of Social Work co-authored a paper on their […]