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Luz Marilis López
Clinical Professor, Director of Social Work & Public Health Dual Degree Program
Clinical Practice
Research Areas
Specialties
• Global Health and Health Equity
• Anti-Violence and Trauma Care
• Public Health Social Work
• Substance use Prevention, Education, and Research
• Exploring Culture through Narrative Stories
• Community Participatory Strength-Based Practice & Group Work
Darien Alexander Williams
Assistant Professor, Faculty Affiliate – BU Institute for Global Sustainability
Macro Practice
Research Areas
Specialties
• Black studies
• Environmental justice
Renée Spencer
Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
Human Behavior, Research, and Policy
Research Areas
Specialties
• Youth Mentoring
• Mentoring Special Populations (Foster Care and Military-Connected Youth)
• Adolescent Development
• Gender
• Qualitative Research
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Research News
BUSSW Researchers Lead a Global Conversation on Women’s Entrepreneurship
Emilia Bianco stood behind a fabric wall, built to represent the barriers women entrepreneurs face across sub-Saharan Africa.
When Family Loyalty Becomes Harm: New Framework by BUSSW Professors on Trauma and Dissociation in LGBTQ+ Latine Families
If family relationships sit at the center of Latine life, what happens when those relationships are betrayed to uphold oppressive norms, such as familismo?
Professor Gonyea Takes Research on Older Women’s Homelessness to the World Stage
Her presentation challenges the long-standing stereotype that casts older homeless women as isolated and without family ties.