BUSSW Faculty Present Research on Student Perceptions of Anti-Racist Pedagogy at National Conference
The research and curriculum revisions contribute to broader conversations about evidence-informed teaching and helping social work programs meet justice and anti-racism standards.
BUSSW Team Wins Shipley Academic Innovation Grant
A BUSSW team is reimagining how MSW students practice critical skills—using ethical, AI-driven simulations embedded in Blackboard Ultra.
StoryCorps Podcast: Professor Aronoff, Davis, & Haslam Straughan Discuss Their Careers & the Role of Social Justice in Education
Professor Nina Aronoff, Ashley Davis, and Hope Haslam Straughan from BU School of Social Work discuss their motivations for entering the social work field, their multigenerational friendship, and how they navigate teaching racism as white women in an episode of the podcast, StoryCorps. By sharing their unique journeys, they offer insights into how white social […]
BUSSW at SSWR: Presentations & Community-Building at 2025 Annual Conference
Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) will have an impressive presence at the 2025 Society for Social Work Research (SSWR) Annual Conference held in Seattle, Washington, January 15-19, 2025. BUSSW faculty, doctoral students and alumni will present their research to colleagues from across the country in dozens of program sessions, disseminating new findings that […]
Four BUSSW Faculty Receive Research Funding Through Small Grants Program
Four new research projects are underway at Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) thanks to the School’s small grants program, an initiative launched in 2022 by Associate Dean for Research Hyeouk Chris Hahm to provide direct financial support for innovative proposals by BUSSW faculty members. Funding for the 2023-2024 academic year was awarded to […]
BU Today: Professor Davis & Other Faculty Say Antiracist Hub Unit at BU Is Imperative
The Boston University (BU) Hub provides all students with an interdisciplinary general education. However, students and faculty across the university are calling for an antiracist requirement to the curriculum. While the Hub has taken some steps to incorporate racial studies into BU’s undergraduate education, Professor Ashley Davis from the School of Social Work and her […]
BUSSW Community Shares Expertise at 2023 NASW-MA Symposium
Faculty and alumni of Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) will share their expertise with social work practitioners and researchers across Massachusetts at the National Association of Social Workers Massachusetts Chapter’s (NASW-MA) annual conference, held on April 27-28, 2023. Following the theme, “Social Workers Persist: Global Problems Demand Local Solutions,” BUSSW community members will […]
Professor Davis Designs Antiracist Curricula Through BU Fellowship Program
Ashley Davis, a clinical associate professor at BU School of Social Work, is one of thirteen inaugural fellows of the Designing Antiracism Curricula Fellowship Program at Boston University. Sponsored through a partnership between BU Diversity & Inclusion, the Center for Antiracist Research and the Center for Teaching and Learning, the program tasks each fellow with […]
BUSSW Faculty, Students & Alums Share Expertise at 2022 NASW-MA Symposium
Faculty, students and alumni from Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) will share their expertise this week at the virtual 2022 Social Work Symposium hosted by the National Association of Social Workers Massachusetts Chapter (NASW-MA). Following this year’s theme, “Focusing on the Future: From Social Change to Climate Change,” members of the BUSSW community […]
Professor Davis Launches Study on COVID-19 Impact on Social Work Field Education
Professor Ashley Davis and colleague Rebecca Mirick (SSW’02), assistant professor at Salem State University, launched a mixed methods survey to social work students at CSWE-accredited schools nationwide to learn how social work students have experienced the abrupt changes to their field education due to the COVID-19 crisis. While advising MSW students as the global pandemic […]