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Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) is home to dynamic faculty leading innovative research on pressing social justice issues, and a student body engaged in programs across five campuses and online.

09/04/2026

Welcome to our new cohort for the BUSSW PhD in Social Work program!

This week, three incoming doctoral students kicked off orientation, joined by Astraea Augsberger, associate dean for Doctoral Education, and Dean Barbara Jones.

These scholars are joining a community dedicated to dismantling injustice and liberating possibility. We're excited to see the research, teaching, and leadership these scholars will bring to the field. Welcome to BUSSW!

09/02/2026

New faculty, national recognition. Barbara Mendez Campos Love, assistant professor at BUSSW, has been selected for the 2026 cohort of the Health Disparities Research Institute, a national program that identifies early-career researchers doing work built to last.

For scholars selected to participate, that means the research is strong enough to publish and change how care actually gets delivered.

Her research looks at dementia caregiving through the lens of health systems, labor markets, and social policy, with a focus on Latine communities and other groups long underrepresented in aging research. This is the kind of scholarship BUSSW is known for.

Read the full story: http://spr.ly/6185B1CUKJ

09/01/2026

Two years running, Professor Daniel Jacobson López has been nominated for Boston University's Supervisor of the Year award. 🎖️

Dr. Jacobson López mentors students across BUSSW, BU's schools of medicine and public health, and his own ALAS Lab, which he founded in 2025 to study gender-based violence and health equity.

Join us in congratulating Professor Daniel Jacobson López! We’re proud to have him as part of the BUSSW community.

Read the full story: http://spr.ly/6181B17KPR

08/31/2026

BUSSW's Dr. Phillipe Copeland, a vocal contributor to national conversations on race, is quoted in The Chronicle of Higher Education, weighing in on the academic freedom debate following the death of Cambridge sociologist Jason Arday.

Copeland, who signed an open letter from Ghent University faculty, argued the controversy isn't just a free speech issue. It's also about how certain scholarship can undercut the standing of Black academics' in higher ed.

Read the full story: http://spr.ly/6184B1fUXQ

08/27/2026

What happens when the wages you earned are stolen?

"Lasting Scars: Experiences of Wage Theft" is a new photovoice exhibit centering the stories of Brazilian immigrant workers who have lived through wage theft.

Led by BUSSW Lecturer Cristina Araujo Brinkerhoff in partnership with the Brazilian Worker Center, the exhibit shows how stolen wages reach far beyond a missing paycheck, touching health, family, and community.

Presented with the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Advancement as part of Boston's Welcoming Week.

📍 Boston City Hall Mezzanine
🗓️ Sept. 11, 2026 | 4 to 8 p.m.
Free and open to the public.

Learn more & register to attend: http://spr.ly/6180B1LbI8

08/25/2026

Dr. Kanako Okuda, assistant dean of practicum education and clinical associate professor at BU School of Social Work, spent this summer building bridges between two professional worlds.

Born and raised in Japan and trained in the U.S., Okuda completed six academic engagements across Japan, including a presentation at the 43rd Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for the Study of Social Work in Tokyo and four lectures at the Japan College of Social Work.

Her sessions covered practicum education, professional identity, supervision and workforce sustainability, surfacing a shared truth: preparing and retaining social workers is a challenge that crosses borders.

The trip strengthened BUSSW's international visibility and opened doors for future collaboration with Japanese social work educators and institutions.

Read more: http://spr.ly/6188B1QUW4

08/24/2026

What's the secret sauce behind a decade of great leaders in palliative care?

For over 10 years, Barbara L. Jones, PhD, MSW, dean of Boston University School of Social Work, helped lead a national program built to find and grow the field's next generation of leaders. Now she and her colleagues are sharing exactly what made it work, and it's not what you'd expect.

Read more: http://spr.ly/6182B1soBu

08/20/2026

How do you set your AI policy for the classroom?

BUSSW’s Lyndsey McMahan is joining a university-wide panel on August 24 to unpack exactly that.

The session, "Preparing for the Fall: Developing AI Policies and Assessing Current Materials," is hosted by BU's Institute for Excellence in Teaching & Learning and brings together faculty from across BU's schools to share how they are approaching AI policy and course design ahead of the fall semester.

Open to all BU faculty. Learn more: http://spr.ly/6184B1iYhs

08/19/2026

New data. Same urgent story about where kids grow up.

IECOHD at BUSSW just released COI 3.0-2024, the latest version of the Child Opportunity Index. What's new:

📊 Full data coverage, 2012 to 2024, every U.S. neighborhood
📊 44 indicators across education, health, environment, social and economic conditions
📊 Findings confirm: Black and Hispanic children remain more likely to live in lower-opportunity neighborhoods

Nonprofits, hospitals, government agencies and researchers use the COI to guide policy and direct resources where they matter most.

Explore the new release and see what it shows about your community: http://spr.ly/6184B1g1R8

08/17/2026

Women entrepreneurs in Zimbabwe are navigating barriers that go far beyond business.

They include unequal land ownership, limited access to credit, and business spaces that were never built with them in mind.

BUSSW researchers have been listening. Professors M. Emilia Bianco and Margaret Lombe led a research project to identify solutions. Bianco and PhD student Belinda Onyango recently brought these stories to attendees from around the world at the Social Work and Social Development (SWSD) 2026 International Conference in Kenya where they explored productive interventions.

Learn more: http://spr.ly/6189B1wDVc

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