After spending decades as a “food desert” with little-to-no access to healthy grocery shopping options, Dorchester, Mass. is slated to open a food co-op staffed by local residents. Prof. Dan Miller from BU School of Social Work recently talked to The Boston Globe about the impact the new business will have on the community, and […]
Prof. Dawn Belkin Martinez from BU School of Social Work recently traveled to Greece to teach the Liberation Health Model, an innovative process she co-created, to more than 400 professionals and social work students. This holistic approach to mental health includes a person’s experiences within a cultural, political, and historical context. “Many social workers don’t […]
The BU Global Development Policy Center (GDP) has awarded a Summer in the Field Fellowship to doctoral student Emily Lamunu of BU School of Social Work (BUSSW) to work with the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) in Uganda. Her role will focus on supporting knowledge management and documentation related to the closure of the […]
The popular mental health publication Verywell Mind interviewed Rebecca Minor, a lecturer at BU School of Social Work (BUSSW), to find out how fathers can find and create safe spaces to talk about mental health. A clinical social worker and gender specialist, Minor’s expertise brings an important perspective to the article about survey findings that […]