Darien Alexander Williams
Urban H Interests: Heat, Housing, Health Darien Alexander Williams is an assistant professor in the Macro Practice Department with a focus on environmental & climate justice. His research broadly engages Black and Muslim urban planning history, hurricane disaster recovery, climate change, and community organizing. Williams’ research examines methods of counter-institution building developed by Black and […]
Mary Collins
Dean Collins is interested in child welfare policy, the transition to adulthood for vulnerable youth, compassion in social policy, and the evaluation of social services. She is currently teaching courses including Social Welfare Policy and Programs in Children and Social Program Analysis and Evaluation. Dean Collins is co-leading a research project along with Astraea Augsberger […]
Phillipe Copeland
Dr. Phillipe Copeland is an Abolitionist and a clinical assistant professor at BU School of Social Work. His personal mission is achieving a world without racism. He pursues this mission through teaching, scholarship and service focused on antiracism. This includes the Black Lives Matter Movement (BLM), health justice, reimagining public safety, and the Scholarship of […]
Judith Gonyea
Judith Gonyea is a professor at Boston University School of Social Work and a faculty affiliate of the Center for Innovation in Social Sciences (CISS) at BU’s College of Arts & Sciences. Gonyea is the author of more than 100 publications, often centering on historically disadvantaged older populations with the goal of advancing equity. In […]
Daniel Miller
Daniel Miller is a researcher dedicated to advancing the well-being of children and families. “My work is driven by the belief that social policies have the ultimate potential to assure this well-being,” he says. “As a result, I focus on investigating the relationships between policies and the health, economic, and social welfare of children and […]
Arden O’Donnell
Arden O’Donnell received her MSW from Smith College and her MPH from Boston University. Her deep commitment to Palliative Care began with her work with HIV/AIDS patients in Zimbabwe and Lesotho. She began her professional career in Social Work as a Pediatric Palliative Care (PACT) Fellow at Children’s Hospital, then working on the Dana Farber-Brigham […]
Judith C. Scott
Dr. Judith C. Scott is an assistant professor at Boston University School of Social Work. Her research focuses on how trauma such as physical child maltreatment and racism (interpersonal and structural), protective processes including ethnic-racial socialization and coping, and contextual factors affects parenting and mental health among families across cultures.
Megan Smith
Megan Smith is a social worker who has worked with the homeless community in Rhode Island for 14 years before earning her PhD from the School of Social Work in 2022.
Mohit Tamta
Mohit Tamta’s research areas include homelessness, urban poverty, and housing informality. He is passionate about advocating for housing rights and community-based interventions that seek to uplift the lives of the urban poor living in low-resource countries. Through his research, Mohit will explore how state-endorsed demolitions and evictions in informal settlements impact people’s socioeconomic life. Before […]