BUSSW Community Makes Strong Showing at SSWR’s 2020 Annual Conference; Sponsors Stacey Abrams Keynote
BUSSW faculty, students, and alumni recently joined social work researchers from across the country for the 2020 Society for Social Work & Research (SSWR) Annual Conference, a four-day event held in Washington, DC. Over the course of more than 500 presentations, workshops, symposia and roundtable discussions, the BU social work community engaged in a wide-ranging critical discourse on topics spanning social policy, population health, child welfare, economic inequity and more.
The school also co-sponsored the Annual Social Policy Forum, which featured political leader Stacey Abrams’s keynote speech, Voter Disenfranchisement among Vulnerable Populations. Abrams, a former minority leader in the Georgia House of Representatives, became a major political figure during her 2018 gubernatorial campaign during which she became the first African-American female major-party gubernatorial nominee in the United States. Abrams continues to participate in state and national politics through her new organization Fair Fight 2020 which aims to assist Democrats in improving voter protection laws.
BUSSW Presenters at SSWR 2020: Faculty, Students and Recent Graduates
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Thursday, January 16, 2019
| Yoonsook Ha, PhD, MSSW Assistant Professor |
Symposia: Intended and Unintended Consequences of Child Support Policy in the United States |
| Ashley Davis, PhD Clinical Associate Professor Rebecca Mirick, PhD (SSW’02) |
Oral Presentation: Preparing Social Work Students to Challenge Injustice |
| Phillipe Copeland, PhD Clinical Assistant Professor |
Oral Presentation: Assessing Antiracism Learning in Social Work Education: A Systematic Review |
| Mary Collins, PhD Chair of Social Welfare Policy Professor Trudy Zimmerman, MSW Coordinator, Dual Degree Program in Social Work and Education |
Oral Presentation: Building Policy Practice & Social Justice Competencies to Address Racial and Economic Inequality |
| Gracy Gowdy, PhD (SSW’19) Renée Spencer, EdD, LICSW Associate Dean for Research Professor Daniel Miller, PhD Director, PhD Program Associate Professor |
Symposia: The Accessibility and Effectiveness of Capital Mentorship for Young People Vulnerable to Economic Immobility |
| Renée Spencer, EdD, LICSW Associate Dean for Research Professor Gracy Gowdy, PhD (SSW’19) Alison Drew, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Lecturer Andrea Wolfson Student (Undergraduate) |
Symposia: “I Know That If She Needs Me, She Will Reach out:” a Qualitative Interview Study of Youth-Initiated Mentoring Relationship Development with Systems-Involved Adolescents |
| Daniel Miller, PhD Director, PhD Program Associate Professor Margaret M.C. Thomas, MSW PhD Candidate |
Symposia: The Minimum Wage and Fathers’ Provision of Child Support: Findings from National Data |
| Mihoko Maru, MA, MSW PhD Candidate Ruth Paris, PhD Chair of Clinical Practice Associate Professor |
Oral Presentation: Does Parenting Stress Mediate the Effect of Maternal Trauma on Perceived Child Functioning? An Exploratory Analysis |
| Daniel Miller, PhD Director, PhD Program Associate Professor |
Symposia: Child Support Enforcement and Nonresident Fathers’ Accumulation of Arrears |
| Mary Collins, PhD Chair of Social Welfare Policy Professor |
Oral Presentation: Family Care and Work Life Balance |
| Christopher Salas-Wright, PhD Chair of Human Behavior Associate Professor Mariana Cohen MSW Student |
Oral Presentation: Venezuelan Youth in Diaspora: A Multisite Study of Crisis Migration and Cultural Stress |
| Jorge Delva, PhD Dean, BUSSW Director and Paul Farmer Professor, CISWH Christopher Salas-Wright, PhD Chair of Human Behavior Associate Professor Mariana Cohen MSW Student |
Oral Presentation: Trends and Mental Health Correlates of Discrimination Among Latin American and Asian Immigrants in the United States |
| Jorge Delva, PhD Dean, BUSSW Director and Paul Farmer Professor, CISWH |
ePoster Presentation: Reducing Substance Use and Sexual Risk Inequality Among a Diverse Sample of Youth: A Randomized Clinical Trial |
Friday, January 17, 2019
| Judith Gonyea, PhD Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs Professor |
Symposia: Leveraging Secondary Data to Answer Complex Social Work Questions: Caregivers in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) |
| Millan A. AbiNader, PhD (SSW’19) Kelsi Carolan, MSW Doctoral Candidate Margaret M.C. Thomas, MSW PhD Candidate |
Symposia: Talking (or not) about Sexual Violence: Newspaper Coverage of Justices Thomas’ and Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Hearings |
| Jordana Muroff, PhD Associate Professor Deborah Chassler, MSW Senior Academic Researcher Luz López Clinical Professor Michelle Baum, BA Genessis Guzman-Betancourt, BA Daniela Reyes, BA Jessica Lareau, BA MSW Students & Recent Graduates |
Oral Presentation: CASA-CHESS Relapse Prevention App: Addressing the Gap in Substance Use Services for Latinx Spanish-Speaking Communities |
| Yoonsook Ha, PhD, MSSW Assistant Professor |
Oral Presentation: Inequities in Insurance and Benefits Associated with Parenting |
| Margaret M.C. Thomas, MSW PhD Candidate Daniel Miller, PhD Director, PhD Program Associate Professor |
Symposia: The Complexity of Deprivation: Identifying Data-Driven Groups and Longitudinal Patterns of Material Hardship Experience |
| Brandy Henry, MSW Lecturer |
Oral Presentation: Adversity & Mental Health/Substance Use Disorders As Predictors and Moderators of Rule Violations in US Prisons |
| Christopher Salas-Wright, PhD Chair of Human Behavior Associate Professor |
Workshop Presentation: Predatory Conferences: Are the Flight and Hotel Costs Worth the Effort? |
| Catalina Tang Yan, MS Doctoral Student Lecturer |
Roundtable: Understanding, Measuring, and Contesting Gentrification through a Critical Race Lens |
| Kelsi Carolan, MSW Doctoral Candidate Lecturer |
Symposia: “I Don’t Want to be Treated Differently”: Understanding How Stigma Affects Disability Disclosure Decisions in the Workplace |
| Alison Drew, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Lecturer Ellen DeVoe, PhD Professor Juliann Nicholson Doctoral Candidate |
Oral Presentation: A Qualitative Examination of Changes in Army Couples’ Marital Relationships across the Deployment Cycle |
| Thomas Byrne, PhD Assistant Professor Megan Smith, MSW Doctoral Student |
Oral Presentation: Differential Experiences of Housing Instability Among Low-Income Rural and Urban Residents |
| Hyeouk Chris Hahm, PhD, MSSW Chair of Social Research Associate Professor |
ePoster Presentation: Feasibility and Efficacy Trial for Asian Women’s Action for Resilience and Empowerment (AWARE) Intervention at Three University Health Services Centers |
| Hyeouk Chris Hahm, PhD, MSSW Chair of Social Research Associate Professor |
ePoster Presentation: Distress Tolerance, Family Conflict, and Ethnic Identity As Potential Therapeutic Targets of AWARE Intervention for Asian American Women |
Saturday, January 18, 2019
| Gracy Gowdy, PhD (SSW’19) Margaret M.C. Thomas, MSW Doctoral Candidate |
Roundtable: Social Capital As a Means of Reducing Inequality for Adolescents |
| Ruth Paris, PhD Chair of Clinical Practice Associate Professor |
Roundtable: Maternal and Infant Mental Health |
| Astraea Augsberger, PhD Assistant Professor Linda Sprague Martinez, PhD Chair of Macro Practice Associate Professor |
Roundtable: Youth Participatory Research and Practice |
| Kelsi Carolan, MSW Doctoral Candidate |
Symposia: Examining the Relationship between Work and Perceived Health for Older Adults with Parkinson’s Disease |
| Margaret M.C. Thomas, MSW PhD Candidate Noelle Dimitri, MSW Doctoral Candidate |
Oral Presentation: Associations between Public Housing Residency and Health Behaviors in a Cross-Sectional Sample of Urban Adults |
| Daniel Miller, PhD Director, PhD Program Associate Professor Thomas Byrne, PhD Assistant Professor Margaret M.C. Thomas, MSW Doctoral Candidate |
Oral Presentation: Does the Value of Housing Assistance Impact Health Outcomes? |
| Mary Collins, PhD Chair of Social Welfare Policy Professor Astraea Augsberger, PhD Assistant Professor |
ePoster Presentation: Examining Civic Engagement Opportunities for System-Involved Youth: A Comparative Analysis |
| Jina Chang, PhD (SSW’18) Daniel Miller, PhD Director, PhD Program Associate Professor |
ePoster Presentation: Family Structure and Longitudinal Trajectories of Routine Medical and Dental Care Utilization Among Children of Immigrants: The Implication of the ACA and CHIPRA |
Sunday, January 19, 2019
| Noor Toraif, MA Doctoral Student John Paul Horn, MSW Doctoral Candidate Astraea Augsberger, PhD Assistant Professor Linda Sprague Martinez, PhD Chair of Macro Practice Associate Professor |
Oral Presentation: Applying a Critical Framework to the Experiences of Youth Involved in a Multi-State Foster Care Youth Advisory Board |
| Yoonsook Ha, PhD, MSSW Assistant Professor Mengni Amy Yao, MSW Doctoral Student |
Symposia: Child Care Subsidy Program Rules and Stability in Child Care Subsidy Receipt: A State-Level Analysis |
| Noelle Dimitri, MSW Doctoral Candidate |
Symposia: Using Photovoice Methods to Explore How African American Women Navigate Type-2 Diabetes |
| Linda Sprague Martinez, PhD Chair of Macro Practice Associate Professor Kelsi Carolan, MSW Doctoral Candidate |
Symposia: Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Community Engagement As Tools for Tackling Inequity: Establishing a Mechanism for Patient-Powered Cancer Research at a Safety-Net Hospital |
| Margaret M.C. Thomas, MSW PhD Candidate |
Oral Presentation: The Impact of Community Size, Community Climate, and Victimization on the Health of Sexual and Gender Minority Youth |
| Daniel Miller, PhD Director, PhD Program Associate Professor |
Roundtable: The Role of Fathers in Reducing Economic Inequality in Child Outcomes |
| Thomas Byrne, PhD Assistant Professor |
Oral Presentation: The Emerging Crisis of Aged Homelessness in New York City: Could Housing Solutions by Funded by Avoidance of Excess Shelter, Hospital, and Nursing Home Costs? |
| Mengni Amy Yao, MSW Doctoral Student Yoonsook Ha, PhD, MSSW Assistant Professor |
ePoster Presentation: Parental Incarceration and Substance Use of Young Adult Children |
| Renée Spencer, EdD, LICSW Associate Dean for Research Professor |
ePoster Presentation: Deconstructing Empathy: A Qualitative Examination of a Critical Ingredient in Successful Adult-Youth Mentoring Relationships |
| Jina Chang, PhD (SSW’18) Daniel Miller, PhD Director, PhD Program Associate Professor Christopher Salas-Wright, PhD Chair of Human Behavior Associate Professor |
ePoster Presentation: Injury Prevalence, Causes, and Medical Care Among Children of Immigrants: The Implications for the National Action Plan for Child Injury Prevention Strategies |
| Brandy Henry, MSW Lecturer |
ePoster: Typologies of Child Abuse & Neglect as Determinants of Mental Health & Substance Use Disorders of People Incarcerated in US Prisons |