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HealthCity: BUSSW Community Works with Grayken Center to Improve Substance Use Care for Black Patients
To address the inequities Black patients with substance use disorder (SUD) face, Boston Medical Center’s Grayken Center for Addiction has spearheaded several funded initiatives featuring faculty and alumni from BU School of Social Work (BUSSW). A recent HealthCity article included Philip Reason (MSW’21, MPH’22) who co-facilitated one of the featured... More
Verywell Mind: BUSSW Lecturer Shares Mental Health Tips for Fathers
The popular mental health publication Verywell Mind interviewed Rebecca Minor, a lecturer at BU School of Social Work (BUSSW), to find out how fathers can find and create safe spaces to talk about mental health. A clinical social worker and gender specialist, Minor’s expertise brings an important perspective to the article... More
BUSSW Faculty & Alumni Share Expertise at International Social Work Symposium
Faculty and alumni from BU School of Social Work (BUSSW) presented at a recent symposium hosted by the International Association for Social Work Groups (IASWG). The presentation, “Understanding Process Groups: An Experiential Workshop,” was given by Lecturer Será Godfrey-Kaplan (MSW’08), Adam Glick (MSW’94), Prof. Mark Gianino, Tfawa Haynes (MSW’07), Crystal... More
Alum Christiana Bratiotis (PhD’09) Awarded Prestigious Prize for Teaching Excellence
BU School of Social Work (BUSSW) alum Christiana Bratiotis (PhD’09) was awarded the University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada, Killam Teaching Prize for her excellence in teaching and advising. The prize is the highest recognition of teaching awarded to one member of each faculty division. Awardees show leadership in teaching... More
InDepth: Prof. Paris and Greer Hamilton (PhD’23) Advocate for Perinatal Reproductive Justice
Prof. Ruth Paris and Greer Hamilton (PhD’23) from BU School of Social Work recently discussed why social workers are uniquely equipped to help people with their prenatal and postnatal experiences. They also explained how the overturn of Roe v. Wade has affected pregnant people, children, and the social work field. InDepth, More
BUSSW Community Shares Expertise at 2023 NASW-MA Symposium
Faculty and alumni of Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) will share their expertise with social work practitioners and researchers across Massachusetts at the National Association of Social Workers Massachusetts Chapter’s (NASW-MA) annual conference, held on April 27-28, 2023. Following the theme, “Social Workers Persist: Global Problems Demand Local... More
KXAN News: Alum Merissa Clyde (MSW’ 01) Named CEO for SEIU 775 Benefits Group
Merissa Clyde (MSW’ 01) was recently named CEO for the SEIU 775 Benefits Group, located in Seattle, Washington. With a range of experience in social work, Clyde will lead the organization in representing the needs of caregivers, and work closely with employers to address disparities in the caregiver workforce throughout... More
5/19: Alum Ruth Rathblott (SSW’94) Presents New Book “Singlehandedly” at BU Alumni Relations Virtual Event
BU Alumni Relations will host an event with MSW alum Ruth Rathblott (SSW‘94) featuring her new book, "Singlehandedly: Learning to Unhide and Embrace Connection," where Rathblott shares her experience living with a limb difference and her journey to self acceptance. The event will explore awareness around disability, the impact of... More
BUSSW Faculty & Alumni Collaborate to Promote Art-Based Initiatives Empowering Black Women with HIV
In art-based therapies, patients have more active roles in their healing and can find productive ways to process their pain, especially for patients suffering from long-term and stigmatized illnesses like HIV. In an issue brief by the Black Women First Initiative, a team of researchers from the BU School of... More
Alum Cynthia Wilcox (SSW’67) Publishes ‘Simple Therapy Snippets’
In her new book Simple Therapy Snippets, BU School of Social Work alum Cynthia Wilcox, LICSW (SSW '67) shares knowledge gained from decades as a clinical social worker. Simple Therapy Snippets gives readers what Wilcox calls “therapeutic tidbits” and “tasty bites” of wisdom on life, relationships, communication, feelings, and authenticity... More