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 […]
Nonprofit Quarterly: Professor Belkin Martinez & Liberation Health Model Cited as Solution to Modern Therapy Methods
Many biomedical therapy methods don’t emphasize how to address systemic inequities that affect mental health. The liberation health model, co-founded by Professor Dawn Belkin Martinez from BU School of Social Work, shows practitioners how mental health care can be reimagined by emphasizing the interconnectedness of mental health with larger issues like racism, poverty, and discrimination. […]
BUSSW at CSWE 2024: Faculty, Staff & Alumni Present at Nation’s Leading Social Work Education Conference, Oct. 24-27
Faculty, staff, and alumni from Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) will present cutting-edge research, curriculum innovations and organizational advancements to a national audience of social work educators at the Council on Social Work Education’s (CSWE) 70th Annual Program Meeting (APM). Held October 24-27, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo., the annual conference is the […]
Inquest: BUSSW Alum Chronicles Campaign for Non-Police Mental Health Crisis Response in Boston
In an article published in Inquest, BU School of Social Work (BUSSW) alum Emy Takinami (MSW’20) and Husain Rizvi share the backstory of an evolving campaign to establish community-based mental health crisis response in Boston, led by the Boston Liberation Health (BLH) Group and The City School. Excerpted from “A Safer, Healthier Boston” (Inquest): In […]
BUSSW Equity & Inclusion Team Shares Expertise at First Annual BU D&I Summit
Prof. Dawn Belkin Martinez, associate dean for Equity & Inclusion at BU School of Social Work, (BUSSW) will lead a panel presentation entitled Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Everywhere, detailing the School’s five-year ongoing initiative to center equity, inclusion, and justice and uplift anti-oppressive practice, at BU’s first annual D&I Summit on Friday, April 26. The […]
Bostonia: Professor Belkin Martinez Shares Her Experiences as a Professor, Social Worker, & Activist
In an article celebrating activism among Boston University faculty, Professor Dawn Belkin Martinez from BU School of Social Work recounted her decades-long activist history while teaching and practicing social work. Belkin Martinez, who also serves as the School’s first associate dean of Equity & Inclusion, described protesting the Reagan administration’s involvement in Nicaragua, protecting a […]
9/27: BUSSW Administrative Leaders Initiate Discussion on Diversity in College Admissions After Affirmative Action Decision
Kyle MacDonald, assistant dean of enrollment at Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW), shares his college admissions expertise at a BU panel exploring ways to foster diversity in college admissions in the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on affirmative action. Prof. Dawn Belkin Martinez, associate dean of equity and inclusion, and Prof. […]
Professor Dawn Belkin Martinez Shares Liberation Health Expertise in Greece
Professor 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 […]
Doin’ the Work: Professor Belkin Martinez Shares Expertise on Liberation Health Model
In a recent podcast, Professor Dawn Belkin Martinez from BU School of Social Work discussed the Liberation Health Model she co-created to better address patients’ mental health. In addition to explaining the Brazilian, Black feminism, and Marxist inspirations for the approach, she discusses the transformative effect it has had on patients, their families, and activism […]
Emerging Scholars Speak at BUSSW Social Work, Climate & Environmental Justice Event
As part of its strategic goal to address climate and environmental justice through social work and champion the work of scholars who are underrepresented in academia, BU School of Social Work (BUSSW) hosted the Emerging Scholars Colloquium in Social Work, Climate & Environmental Justice. Moderated by Daniel Jacobson López, an assistant professor at BUSSW, the […]