Lasting Scars Exhibit from BUSSW Lecturer Debuts at Boston City Hall
On Sept. 11, portraits of Brazilian immigrant workers and their own accounts of stolen wages lined the walls.
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Luz Marilis López
Clinical Professor, Director of Social Work & Public Health Dual Degree Program
Clinical Practice
Research Areas
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• 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
Daoud Nuh
Assistant Professor, Faculty Affiliate – BU Institute for Global Sustainability
Macro Practice
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• Black studies
• Environmental justice
Renée Spencer
Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
Human Behavior, Research, and Policy
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• Youth Mentoring
• Mentoring Special Populations (Foster Care and Military-Connected Youth)
• Adolescent Development
• Gender
• Qualitative Research
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Research News
BUSSW Professor Bianco Brings CISWH Research on Asylum-Seeking Children to International Audience
How do you support a child's development after years of displacement and uncertainty? That question sits at the center of a research project by CISWH.
Professor Jennifer M. Gómez Co-Edits Special Issue on Institutional Betrayal
Professor Gómez has spent her career examining institutional betrayal and it's now the focus of a special issue for the Journal of Child Sexual Abuse.
New Book Co-Edited by Professor Alvarez-Hernandez Centers Gender and Sexuality in Qualitative Research
Traditional research rarely lets marginalized communities shape how their own stories are told.