Get to know BUSSW’s Off-Campus Program Advisors
100 Years of Advising… and Counting! Cape Cod Campus Faculty Advisor : Bill Dawber Mr. Dawber has been a Faculty Advisor with the SEMA Program since 1984, the second year of the program’s existence. Having graduated from Boston College School of Social Work in 1964, he spent the initial 12 years of his professional career working […]
Student Spotlight: Cindi Borden (’17)
Cindi is a Fall River student who received the employee of the year award from the Seven Hills Behavioral Health Foundation this past year. Cindi has worked for Seven Hills Behavioral Health for over 10 years. She was chosen as Employee of the Year because of the impressive contributions she has made to the agency […]
Faculty Spotlight: Luz Lopez (Clinical Associate Professor)
Luz Marilis López, Ph.D., MPH, MSW, is a Clinical Associate Professor at Boston University School of Social Work. Dr. Lopez’s research focuses on substance abuse and HIV prevention with Latinos and other diverse groups. Dr. Lopez’s practice focuses on group work that provides evidenced based intervention for people dealing with trauma and addiction recovery. Luz […]
Did You Know? Mark Gianino & the Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Recently, BUSSW has been speaking with members of our school community to explore their “hidden talents.” So, when we learned that Clinical Associate Professor Mark Gianino sings with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus (TFC) in his “free” time, we had to know more. Professor Gianino joined the renowned Tanglewood Festival Chorus in 1996, bringing with him […]
Alumni Q&A: Susan Pullen (’90)
We recently caught up with Susan Pullen. Pullen earned her MSW at BUSSW in 1990. She is currently a Behavioral Health Clinician at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Pediatric Primary Care. What made you choose BU and social work? I was really drawn to the strong urban tradition of the school, and the focus on […]
Downsizing the Home: Dr. Gail Steketee Shares Her Insights on Hoarding
BUSSW’s Dean Gail Steketee discusses the difference between clutter and hoarding in her assessment of the emotional connections to items. She is highly esteemed in her field. Her work highlights her expertise in obsessive compulsive spectrum disorders. She co-authored the book, Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things, and the first edited scholarly volume on […]
BUSSW’s Professor Tom Byrne and Colleagues Named One of the Five Finalists of the Frank R. Breul Memorial Prize
BUSSW’s Professor Tom Byrne and his colleagues were named as one of five finalists of the University of Chicago Press Social Service Review’s Frank R. Breul Memorial Prize for “The Relationship between Community Investment in Permanent Supportive Housing and Chronic Homelessness.”
BU Today: Professor Hahm’s Discussion of the Mental Health Impact of “Model Minority” Pressures
Professor Hyeouk “Chris” Hahm has dedicated her work at BUSSW to protecting the mental health and sexual health of Asian American women. She founded BUSSW’s Asian American Women’s Health Initiative Project (AWSHIP) and the federally funded Asian Women’s Action for Resilience and Empowerment (AWARE). AWARE seeks to improve the mental and sexual health of […]
Journal of Social Work Education: “Teaching Note—Educating Public Health Social Work Professionals: Results From an MSW/MPH Program Outcomes Study”
Clinical Professor and Director of the Dual Degree Program in Social Work and Public Health Betty J. Ruth, along with Jamie Wyatt Marshall, Esther E. M. Velásquez, and Sara S. Bachman recently published the results of their study of MSW/MPH graduates in the Journal of Social Work Education’s winter 2015 issue. In “Teaching Note—Educating Public Health […]
Marylou Sudders (’78) Appointed New Massachusetts Health and Human Services Chief
Governor-elect Charlie Baker recently appointed former mental health commissioner Marylou Sudders (’78) to lead his administration’s health and human services secretariat. Sudders is currently an associate professor of health and mental health at Boston College’s Graduate School of Social Work. She graduated BU School of Social Work. Sudders previously served as commissioner of mental health […]