Fall Faculty Updates: Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Mary Collins

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Mary Collins recently received a Course Innovation Grant from the Boston University Center for Excellence in Innovation in Teaching for “Building Policy Practice Competencies in Social Policy Courses” (with Danielle Ferrier and Trudy Zimmerman).

On October 15, Associate Dean Collins was interviewed on DCF on Boston public radio, WGBH. Click here to listen to the full story.

Associate Dean Collins also has several recent publications. “Relieving Human Suffering:  Compassion in Social Policy” is currently in press for the Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare. “Potential for Adolescent-Focused Group Work in the Vietnam Context” was published in 2014 with Professor Donna McLaughlin in Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies: An International Interdisciplinary Journal for Research, Policy and Care.

In July 2014, Professor Collins presented at the Joint World Conference on Social Work Education and Social Development.