Boston University School of Social Work Magazine, Currents (Winter/Spring 2016) by Boston University School of Social Work

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Health Matters

Winter 2016

In this issue: New Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health Launches Research Findings on Veterans and Food Insecurity Tackling Population Health

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D E PA RTM E N TS 01 From the Dean 02 School News 06 In Research 08 Faculty Scholarship 16 Perspectives 18 Student Spotlight 20 Snapshots 20 Alumni Updates 29 Alumni Updates 32 Honor Roll 32 Alumni Association Message Please recycle this publication.

FROM THE DEAN Boston University School of Social Work Winter 2016 Dean Gail Steketee, PhD Editor Rebecca Grossfield Marketing & Communications Specialist Contributing Writers Mary Collins Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Cilicia Rios Marketing & Communications Coordinator Jamie Ferguson (SED ’19) Design Lilly Pereira Kristen Winstead Photography Boston University Photography Cilicia Rios Currents is produced bi-annually for the alumni and friends of Boston University School of Social Work. For more information, visit us at bu.edu/ssw.

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Winter 2016 Greetings from 264 Bay State Road! It has been a busy and exciting kickoff to 2016 here in Boston. I invite you to read through our latest issue of Currents to catch up on all of the happenings at BUSSW. This issue explores the complex interface of social work and health and the many challenges we face in advancing health equity, population health, and access to effective health services. I hope you will enjoy learning more about how our faculty, students, and alumni are working hard to address these critical needs. With the opening of our new Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health, BUSSW is poised to lead the charge for transdisciplinary collaboration across public health, medicine, health economics, technology, and other disciplines. The center will produce outcomeoriented research and policy development to expand and highlight the impact of social work on a number of key health issues. We are excited! On May 12, the center’s seven learning communities will present their research findings. If you are in the Boston area, I hope you will consider joining us for this special occasion. In the meantime, I invite you to learn more about the center’s work under the direction of Interim Director Sally Bachman; see page 26. In this issue’s “In Research” section, you will read about the work of professors Daniel Miller, Ellen DeVoe, and Thomas Byrne, whose comprehensive findings on food insecurity rates among veterans and their families were recently published in Public Health Nutrition. On page 16, Associate Dean Mary Collins shares some takeaways (and offers some remedial suggestions) from her new book, Macro Perspectives on Youths Aging Out of Foster Care, about the obstacles faced by kids transitioning from foster care. I am very pleased to be able to tell you that we have surpassed our $20 million campaign goal two years early, and we have now increased the target to $30 million. The next portion of our campaign will focus on supporting endowed scholarships—we must create more opportunities for students to study with us en route to fine careers in clinical and macro practice social work. I hope you can help us make this goal a reality. Best wishes for a very happy year, Gail Steketee, PhD Dean and Professor

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SCHOOL NEWS

By the Numbers

690

Students in our program, from 21 states and Washington, DC

Number of BUSSW on Wheels events held this fall, bringing together graduates from 1969 to 2015

78%

Students who received scholarship funds for the 2015-2016 academic year

60&65

Alumni living abroad

8,842

Members in our alumni network

445

Students currently in the field, in 39 different states

72%

Percentage of new $30-million campaign goal achieved

Campaign for the MSW/MPH Program

$20,000 Goal for the Public Health Social Work Program Fund drive in honor of Associate Dean Ken Schulman and Professor Betty Ruth

1:1

Ratio of matching funds available for every gift to the PHSW fund made by June 30, 2016

4/6/16

BU Giving Day 2016, when donors unite to support BUSSW over 24 hours

BU’s Health, Clinical Programs Earn Strong Grade BU’s health and medical education programs have been ranked 29th worldwide and 16th among US universities in the 2015–2016 Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

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The rankings apply to the School of Medicine, the School of Public Health, the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, and the School of Social Work.

You Said It Meditations on Self-Care Besides being agents of change, we can be models for others. Selfcare is not always easy to fit into a busy schedule, but it can be as simple as a short walk on a lovely afternoon. —Bette Freedson (’82) The concept of self-care is tricky because it often has classist, racist, or gendered assumptions embedded in it, and as social workers we need to have broader understandings of what can count as self-care for ourselves and for our clients. —Aida Manduley (’16) It is easy to forget that simple things—like saying ‘no,’—can be acts of self-care. It can be combating your deeply ingrained perfectionism and asking for a day’s extension on a paper. Limitations are not defects! —Thea Rowan (’16) Self-care to me is trying to get enough sleep while balancing school, internships, workstudy, and other aspects of my personal life. I realize it is important to take care of myself, but sometimes this is hard to manage, especially when the semester gets busy. —Ali McLeod (’16) Self-care is integral to our work as social workers so that we may provide the best care for the communities we serve. As we near finals, it is especially important to dedicate the time and space for self-care. —The BUSSW Student Macro Committee Do you have self-care advice? Share it! Tweet us @BUSSW or find us on Facebook at facebook.com/bussw.

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“ After graduating, I decided to stay in Boston to try and shape it up. I got some things done, but there’s still more to do.” DEAN EMERITUS HUBIE JONES (’57) during the introduction to the 2015 Hubie Jones Lecture on Urban Health.

PEP Talks! We’re all about staying current. Under the leadership of Deborah Sheehan (’78), our professional development opportunities are going national. This fall, the trauma certificate launched with 19 participants. The first-ever online CBT training brought Dan Beck’s expertise to 6 states with 14 participants. Learn more about PEP at bu.edu/ssw/pep.

Social Workers in Solidarity On Tuesday, November 3, 2015, internationally respected social work practitioner, professor, and researcher Dr. Dora Teloni joined the BU School of Social Work for a special evening event sponsored by the Boston Liberation Health Group, BUSSW Student Org., BUSSW’s Office of the Dean, and the Equity and Inclusion Committee. She presented “Social Work for Social Justice: New Alternatives for Community Social Work in the Era of Crisis” and discussed the impact of austerity measures in Greece to an audience of more than 50 Boston-area social work students and professors.

CADER RECEIVES $1.9 MILLION PCORI GRANT TO EXAMINE ACUTE COMMUNITY CARE PROGRAMS BUSSW’s Center for Aging & Disability Education and Research (CADER) will work in partnership with Massachusetts General Hospital on a three-year, $1.9 million PCORI grant. The grant focuses on “Acute Community Care to Avoid Unnecessary Emergency Department Visits” and examines a new Massachusetts acute community care program. In this program, paramedics treat urgent-care patients within their home or institutional residences when medically appropriate. BUSSW professors Scott Geron and Bronwyn Keefe will work with an interdisciplinary group of clinicians and researchers, and their work will focus on developing measures of competency assessment for the paramedics; interviewing consumers, family members, paramedics, and providers during the evaluation to collect patient-reported experiences and reactions to the program; and assisting with other related research and analysis tasks.

The solidarity movement in Greece is a mass resistance that grew in response to the devastating impact of austerity; this new political model demonstrates the power of collective resistance and social solidarity networks. Dr. Teloni told the audience that there are currently “over 350 such welfare initiatives” across Greece. “Social workers in the United States have much to learn from the solidarity movement in Greece,” Professor Dawn Belkin Martinez said. “Dr. Teloni and her social work colleagues have demonstrated that even under the harshest conditions, social justice and change is possible.”

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2015–2016 Research Luncheon Seminar Series FALL 2015 September 24 Professor Tom Byrne: Identifying and Measuring Risk for Homelessness: Evidence from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs October 22 Doctoral candidate Abigail Ross: Efficacy Outcomes of a Parenting Program for National Guard/Reserve Spouses Who Are Mothers of Young Children: The Moderating Role of Social Support

November 19: Doctoral candidate Melissa Hirschi: The Role of Law Enforcement in Responding to Individuals with Mental Illness: Police and Family Perspectives December 10: Professors Thomas Byrne, Yoonsook Ha, and Dan Miller: Introducing the BU Social Policy Analysis Working Group: The Importance of Policy Analysis for Social Work Research

Save the Date: Winter/Spring 2016 January 26: Professor Linda Sprague Martinez • February 23: Professor Robert B. Hudson • March 22: Doctoral candidate Jin A. Chang • April 12: Professor Astraea Augsberger • April 20: Professor John Pinkerton (invited speaker, Queen’s University, Belfast)

A Special Fall Alumni Program: Conversations About Race

Speakers answer questions during this year’s Fall Alumni Program

Nikki Pollard (‘04) introduces the evening event

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On Thursday, November 12, 2015, the BUSSW Alumni Association hosted a fall program, “Conversations About Race,” sponsored by BUSSW Professional Education Programs. The evening event took place at the BU College of Arts and Sciences and focused on addressing the difficult task of talking about race. Participants discussed common barriers associated with race-related conversations and explored ways to increase comfort when communicating across racial lines. Cate Johnston (‘02), Alumni Association Board president, introduced the panelists who led the discussion: Nikki Pollard (Alumni Association Board vice-president, ’04), Requina Barnes (’04), and Kathleen Mackenzie (’92). Some takeaways from the evening: 1. 2. 3. 4.

Speak from your own experience Be open Practice active listening Mindfulness is key!

SCHOOL NEWS

Gerontological Social Work: The Lowy-GEM Program in Aging Twenty-three foundation and advanced-year students (from all three campuses and online) are participating in the 2015–16 Lowy-GEM Program in Aging. Students have a primary field placement in an aging or health setting, participate in an enrichment experience, and attend monthly Lowy-GEM seminars (in person or by Skype for the Online Program). Five students are participating in a second-year Advanced Lowy-GEM Program, designing and implementing major independent projects with the goal of enhancing some aspect of the services provided by their field agencies. They compete for the Frances G. Frank Prize, to be presented at graduation.

BUSSW Faculty, Staff Attend Daylong Anti-Racism, Anti-Oppression Assembly Hosted by School’s Equity and Inclusion Committee On Friday, December 4, 2015, faculty and staff at the BU School of Social Work attended a daylong assembly focused on fostering a stronger and more inclusive school community. Throughout the day, faculty and staff explored issues around racism and BUSSW Equity & Inclusion Committee introduces oppression at both a the daylong assembly. macro level and through an individual lens. Professor Luz Lopez facilitated the event along with Deborah Chassler (’90, associate director, Center for Addiction Research and Services), Stephanie Clendenin (senior staff coordinator, Online Programs), Julia Larson (admissions coordinator), Aida Manduley (’16), and Deborah Sheehan (director, Professional Education Programs and Online Program advising). Participants were broken up into small groups and came together to discuss more about themselves and personal connections to social justice. A panel discussion took place from 10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. that featured Professor Pamela Lightsey (BU School of Theology), Kiara Alvarez (psychologist, NIMH postdoctoral fellow, Disparity Research Unit at Mass General), Stephanie Clendenin (senior staff coordinator for BUSSW online programs), Sonia Mee (director, Fall River, BUSSW off-campus program), Mirna Barba (’16), and Professor Thomas Byrne (BU School of Social Work). The day concluded with the compilation of a variety of action steps—from curriculum changes to strategic schoolwide initiatives—that maximize engagement around anti-racism and anti-oppression work at BUSSW. Stay tuned for more updates!

Cheers! Highlights from the PhD Program This fall, several students and alumni in the PhD Program celebrated exciting achievements! Natallie Gentles-Gibbs (’15) received the first CSWE Transforming Child Welfare Dissertation Award on October 15 in Denver. Grace Marilyn Gowdy (’19) volunteered as a 2015–2016 Society for Social Work and Research doctoral student task force member. Gowdy also coauthored (with Pryce, J., Giovannetti, S., Spencer, R., Elledge, C., Whitley, M. L., and Cavell, T. A.) “Mentoring in the social context: Mentors’ experiences with mentees’ peers in a site-based program,” which appeared in Children and Youth Services, 56, 185–192. Annie Herriott (’19) is a co-author of two recent publications: “Differential responsiveness to a parenting intervention for mothers in substance abuse treatment” (with Paris, R., Holt, M., & Gould, K.), in Child Abuse & Neglect, and, “Building a model program for substance-exposed newborns and their families: From needs assessment to intervention, evaluation and consultation” (with Spielman, E., Paris, R., & Sommer, A.), in Zero to Three, 36(1), 47–56. Yeonjung (Jane) Lee (’19) was selected as one of twelve doctoral students nationally to be in the sixth cohort of the AGE SW Gerontological Social Work Pre-Dissertation Initiative. Margaret Thomas (’19) presented “Barriers and Facilitators to Utilization of LGBT Community Organizations among Nonmetropolitan LGBT Youth” at the 2016 Society for Social Work Research Conference.

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Feeding Our Veterans In the first study to use nationally representative data, three BUSSW professors set out to analyze rates of food insecurity in veteran and nonveteran households. The results might surprise you. By REBECCA GROSSFIELD and JAMIE FERGUSON (SEDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;19)

In a study published in Public Health Nutrition, BUSSW professor Daniel P. Miller, Brandeis University Heller School for Social Policy and Management professor Mary Jo Larson, and BUSSW professors Thomas Byrne and Ellen DeVoe compared rates of food insecurity among households with veterans of the US armed forces and those with nonveterans. The study is the first of its kind to use nationally representative data. Using data from the 2005-2013 waves of the Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement, the authors first made basic comparisons between veteran and non-veteran households, finding that rates of food insecurity were significantly lower in veteran homes (8.4% vs. 14.4%), a stark contrast with previous research, which has tended to report higher rates of food insecurity among veterans. After controlling for sociodemographic factors and other characteristics that might differ between

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Did you know? According to the US Census, there are 21.8 million veterans in the United States.

Male Veterans

Female Veterans

20.2 million veteran and non-veteran households, the average rates of food insecurity between the two groups were nearly identical (13.5% vs. 13.3%). However, when the researchers separated veterans by their most recent period of military service, they found that some recent veterans were at an increased risk. In particular, those who served from 1990–2001 or 1975–1990 had a significantly higher probability of food insecurity (14.8% and 14.1%) compared to nonveteran households. Why? A variety of factors may be at play, including (1) differences in the composition of recent

1.6 million

groups of veterans coinciding with the onset of an all-volunteer force; (2) a lifetime of accumulated advantages from benefits like the GI Bill and mortgage and healthcare programs for older veterans; (3) the challenge of re-entry for recent veterans returning during a difficult economic climate; and (4) recent variations in the length of combat rotations. Given the apparent susceptibility of some recent veterans, more-targeted outreach may help improve nutritional outcomes according to Professor Miller.

UNDERSTANDING FOOD SECURITY IN AMERICA The United States Department of Agriculture defines food insecurity as a “household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food.” Hunger is an “individual-level physiological condition that may result from food insecurity.”

Professors Thomas Byrne, Ellen DeVoe, and Daniel Miller.

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Faculty Scholarship and Research We’ve been busy this semester! Boston University School of Social Work faculty are dedicated scholars at the forefront of their profession and deeply engaged in innovative research. Below are some examples of recent scholarship. For even more faculty news, visit bu.edu/news. (Note: Select faculty scholarship between June 2015 and December 2015.)

FALL 2015 GRANTS Byrne, T. & Miller, D.P. (2015–2017). A Data-Based Re-Design of Health Care and Housing for People Who Experience Chronic Homelessness. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, $147,363. Geron, S. & Keefe, B. (2015). Acute Community Care to Avoid Unnecessary Emergency Department Visits. Massachusetts General Hospital, $1.942m. Gonyea, J.G. (2015–2016). Growing Old in Urban Subsidized Housing: The Relationship between Perceived Neighborhood and Residents’ Mental Health. Boston University Initiative on Cities, Boston, $10,000. Ha, Y. & Byrne, T. (2015–2016). Designing Data Driven Directions for School Success of Students Involved in Child Welfare Proceedings. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Supreme Judicial Court. Court Improvement Program, $74,589. Ha, Y., Byrne, T., & Miller, D.P. (2015–2016). Using Data to Inform Policy and Programmatic Responses to Unaccompanied Adult Homelessness. Boston University Initiative on Cities, $7,800. Heflin, C. & Miller, D.P. (2015–2016). Community Eligibility and Child Well-Being. RIDGE Center for Targeted Studies. Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University, $35,000. Keefe, B. & Geron, S. (2015). Aging and Disability State Offices: Assessing the Feasibility on the Creation of a New York State Office of Community Living. New York State Office for the Aging, $50,000.

and Referral to Treatment. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse Mental Health Administration, $943,000. BOOKS, CHAPTERS, AND SPECIAL ISSUES Collins, M.E. (2015). Head Start. In M. Odekon (Ed.), Encyclopedia of world poverty (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Collins, M.E. (2015). Hull House. In M. Odekon (Ed.), Encyclopedia of world poverty (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Collins, M.E. (2015). Macro perspectives on youths aging out of foster care. Washington, D.C.: NASW Press. Delgado, M. (Ed.) (2015). Social justice youth community practice. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. Delgado, M. (2015). Community practice and urban youth: Social justice service-learning and civic engagement. New York, NY: Routledge. Gonyea, J.G. (2015). Housing, health and quality of life. In B. Berkman (Ed.), The handbook of aging in social work (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. Hudson, R.B. (2015). Aging politics and policies in the United States. In L.K. George & K. Ferrera (Eds.), Handbook of aging and the social sciences (pp. 441–459) (8th ed.). New York, NY: Elsevier. Hudson, R.B. and DiNitto, D. (2015). Private retirement and Social Security programs. In D. Kaplan & B. Berkman (Eds.), Oxford handbook of social work in health (pp. 621–630). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Asian-American women: exploring the conflict between emotional distress and cultural stigma. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 10 (Suppl 1):A2. doi:10.1186/1940-0640-10-S1-A2. Augsberger, A., & *Swenson, E. (2015). “My worker was there when it really mattered”: Foster care youths’ perceptions and experiences of their relationships with child welfare workers. Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services, 96(4), 234–240. Augsberger, A., Yeung, A., *Dougher, M., & Hahm, H.C. (2015, December). Factors influencing the underutilization of mental health services among Asian-American women with a history of depression and suicide. BMC Health Services, 15(542), 1–11. doi:10.1186/ s12913-015-1191-7. Blom, B., Dukes, K.A., Lundgren, L., & Sullivan, L.M. (2015). Register data in the evaluation and program planning of addiction treatment programs: Using Sweden as an example. Evaluation and Program Planning, 49, 185–191. *Blom-Nilsson, M., Lundgren, L.M., & Chassler, D. (2015). Factors associated with work and taking prescribed methadone or buprenorphine among opiate addicts in a Swedish sample. Evaluation and Program Planning, 49, 172–177. Bratiotis, C., & Steketee, G. (2015). Hoarding disorder: Models, interventions, and efficacy, Focus: Journal of Lifelong Learning in Psychiatry, 13(2), 175–183. Byrne, T., & Culhane, D.P. (2015). Testing alternative definitions of chronic homelessness. Psychiatric Services, 66(3), 317–320. Byrne, T., Fargo, J.D., Montgomery, A.E., Roberts, C.B., Culhane, D.P., & Kane, V. (2015). Screening for homelessness in the Veterans Health Administration: Monitoring housing stability through repeat screening. Public Health Reports, 130(5), 702–710. Byrne, T., Montgomery, A.E., & Fargo, J.D. (2015). Unsheltered homelessness among Veterans: Correlates and profiles. Community Mental Health Journal. Online version ahead of print.

Miller, D.P. & Morrissey, T. (2015–2016). Using Natural Experiments to Identify the Impacts of SNAP on Child and Adult Health. University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research, $75,000.

JOURNAL ARTICLES *Acevedo, A., Garnick, D., Ritter, G., Horgan C., & Lundgren, L. (2015). Race/ethnicity and quality indicators for outpatient treatment for substance use disorder. The American Journal on Addictions, 24, 523–531.

Byrne, T., Treglia, D., Culhane, D.P., Kuhn, J., & Kane, V. (2015). Predictors of homelessness among families and single adults following exit from homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing programs: Evidence for the Department of Veterans Affairs Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program. Housing Policy Debate. Online version ahead of print.

Lundgren, M. (2015–2018). BU-SBIRT: A Multi-Disciplinary Training Grant for Health Professionals in Screening, Brief Intervention,

Augsberger, A., Hahm, H.C., Yeung, A., & *Dougher, M. (2015). Barriers to substance use and mental health utilization among

Collins, M.E. (2015). Review of In Our Hands: The struggle for U.S. child care policy, by E. Palley & C.S. Shdaimah. Political Science Quarterly.

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Copeland, P. (2015). Let’s get free: Social work and the movement for black lives. Journal of Forensic Social Work, 5(1–3). DeVoe, E.R., & Paris, R. (2015). Engaging military fathers in a reflective parenting program: Lessons from Strong Families Strong Forces, Zero to Three, 35(5), 43–47. *D’Ippolito, M., Lundgren, L., Amodeo, M., Beltrame, L., Lim, L., & Chassler, D. (2015). Addiction treatment staff perceptions of training as a facilitator or barrier to implementing evidence-based practices: A national qualitative research study. Substance Abuse, 36, 42–50. Frost, R.O., Steketee, G., Tolin, D.F., Sinopoli, N., & Ruby, D. (2015). Motives for acquiring and saving in hoarding disorder, OCD, and community controls. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 4, 54–59.

Workplace Age Discrimination Scale (WADS). Journal of Business and Psychology, 1–21. Miller, D.P., & *Chang, J. (2015). Parental nonstandard work schedules and child obesity: Does family structure matter? Journal of Marriage and Family, 77(5), 1266–1281. doi:10.1111/jomf.12215. Miller, D.P., Larson, M.J., Byrne, T., & DeVoe, E. (2015, November). Food insecurity in veteran households: Evidence from nationally representative data. Public Health Nutrition, 1–10. doi:10.1017/S1368980015003067. Montgomery, A.E., Dichter, M.E., Thomasson, A.M., Roberts, C.B., & Byrne, T. (2015). Disparities in housing status among Veterans with medical, cognitive, mental and behavioral health conditions. Psychiatric Services, 66(3), 317–320.

Gonyea, J.G., & Hudson, R.B. (2015). Emerging models of age-friendly communities: A framework for understanding inclusion. Public Policy and Aging Report, 25(1) 9–14. doi:10.1093/ppar/pru056.

Montgomery, A.E., Fargo, J.D., & Byrne, T. (2015). Impact of community investment in safety net services on rates of unsheltered homelessness among veterans. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 42(4), 23–36.

Gonyea, J.G., López, L.M., & Velásquez, E.H. (2015). The effectiveness of a culturally sensitive cognitive behavioral group intervention for Latino Alzheimer’s caregivers. Gerontologist. doi:10.1093/geront/gnu045.

Paris, R., *Herriott, A., Holt, M., & Gould, K. (2015). Differential responsiveness to a parenting intervention for mothers in substance abuse treatment. Child Abuse and Neglect, 50, 205–217. doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.09.007.

Gonzales, E., Lee, Y., & *Brown, C. (2015). Back to work? Not everyone. Examining the longitudinal relationships between informal caregiving and paid-work after formal retirement. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbv095.

Pomeranz, J., & Miller, D.P. (2015). Policies to promote healthy portion sizes for children. Appetite, 88, 50–58. doi:10.1016/j. appet.2014.12.003.

Ha, Y., Collins, M.E., & Martino, D. (2015). Child care burden and risk of child maltreatment among low-income working families. Children and Youth Services Review, 59, 9–27. doi:10.1016/j. childyouth.2015.10.008. Ha, Y. & Miller, D.P. (2015, December). Child care subsidies and their impacts on the employment and earnings of low-income families. Children and Youth Services Review, 59, 139–148. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.11.003. Hahm, H.C., Cook, B., Ault, A., & Alegria, M. (2015). The intersection of race/ethnicity and gender in depression care: receipt of screening, access to care, and minimally adequate treatment. Psychiatric Services. 66(3), 258–264. Hudson, R.B. (2015). The journey from private troubles to social issues to public policies. Gerontologist, 55(5), 887–890. Marchiondo, L., *Ran, S., & Gonzales, E. (2015, December). Development and validation of the

Walters, A., Lundgren, L., Amarachi, U.-E., & Ritter, G. (2015, August). Alcohol and HIV testing in a national sample of women. AIDS and Behavior, 1–13. Wilhelm, S., Berman, N.C., Keshaviah, A., Schwartz, R., & Steketee, G. (2015). Mechanisms of change in cognitive therapy for OCD: Role of maladaptive beliefs and schemas. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 65, 5–10. Wilkinson, G.W., Mason, T., Hirsch, G., Calista, J.L., Toledo, J., & Zotter, J. (2016). Community health worker integration in health care, public health, and policy: A partnership model. Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, 39(1), 2–11. PRESENTATIONS Atkins, E., Frost, R.O., Steketee, G., & Tolin, D.F. (2015, November). Non-acquisition experiences in hoarding disorder. Poster presentation at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Chicago, IL. Collins, M.E., Augsberger, A., & Gecker, W. (2015, May). Engaging young people in policy practice: The potential role of youth councils. Presentation at Policy Conference 2.0: Social Work as Action: Confronting Injustice, Austin, TX. Collins, M.E., Augsberger, A., & Gecker, W. (2015, November). Youth voice in municipal government: Understanding the roles and impacts of youth councils. Presentation at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management 37th Annual Fall Research Conference, Miami, FL.

Shaw, A.M., Timpano, K.R., Steketee, G., Tolin, D.F., & Frost, R.O. (2015, February). Hoarding and emotional reactivity: The link between negative emotional reactions and hoarding symptomatology. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 63, 84–90.

Bhuiya, N., Conlin, M., Coughlin, M., Wilkinson, G., & Hyde, J. (2015, November). Building local public health infrastructure through cross-jurisdictional service sharing: Successes, challenges, and policy implications for a home rule state. Presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Speakman, E., Paris, R., Gioiella, M.E., & Hathaway, J. (2015, Febuary). “I didn’t fight for my life to be treated like this!” The relationship between experience of cancer and intimate partner abuse. Health and Social Work, 40(1), 51–58.

Byrne, T. (2015, September). Identifying and measuring risk for homelessness among veterans: Evidence from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Presentation at the BU School of Social Work Research Seminar Series, Boston, MA.

Spielman, E., *Herriott, A., Paris, R., & Sommer, A. (2015). Building a model program for substance-exposed newborns and their families: From needs assessment to intervention, evaluation and consultation. Zero to Three, 36(1), 47–56.

Byrne, T. (2015, October). Homelessness research: Successes, challenges & opportunities. Invited plenary lecture at the National Human Services Data Consortium Annual Conference, Miami, FL.

Steketee, G., Kelley, A.A., Wernick, J., Muroff, J.M., Frost, R.O., & Tolin, D.F. (2015). Familial aspects of hoarding disorder. Depression and Anxiety, 32, 728–736.

Byrne, T. (2015, November). Developing a temporal typology of homelessness among veterans. Poster presentation at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Annual Conference, Miami, FL.

Tolin, D.F., Frost, R.O., Steketee, G., & Muroff, J. (2015). Cognitive behavioral therapy for hoarding disorder: A meta-analysis. Depression and Anxiety, 32, 158–166.

Byrne, T. (2015, November). Evaluating the relationship between homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing services and utilization of health

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services: Findings from the Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program. Presentation at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Annual Conference, Miami, FL. Byrne, T. (2015, November). Projecting changes in the scope and health services utilization of older veterans experiencing homelessness. Presentation at the National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans Homelessness Evidence and Research Synthesis Roundtable Series Online Symposium. Byrne, T., & Montgomery, A.E. (2015, July). Characteristics and likelihood of ongoing homelessness among unsheltered veterans. Presentation at the National Alliance to End Homelessness National Conference on Ending Homelessness, Washington, D.C. *Choe, E., Hahm, H.C., *Peterson, J., & Kim, M. (2015, October). Suicidal ideation and intent among young Asian-American women using Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS). Poster presentation at the International Summit on Suicide Research, New York, NY. Collins, M. (2015). Youth councils and social justice. Invited speaker for Boston University Upward Bound Program, Boston, MA. Copeland, P. (2015, August). Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s get free: Social work and the movement for black lives. Keynote address at the National Organization of Forensic Social Workers Annual Conference, Arlington, VA. Copeland, P. (2015, September). Black minds matter: Mass incarceration and mental health. Presentation at Boston University Rhett Talks, Boston, MA. Copeland, P. (2015, September). Mass incarceration and behavioral health. Workshop at the Diversity Challenge Conference, sponsored by the Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture at Boston College, Boston, MA. Copeland, P. (2015, October). SocialWork4BlackLives. Curriculum workshop at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Cresta, R. (2015, June). The impact of chronic marijuana on adolescents and young adults. Presentation to the Juvenile Courts in Taunton and New Bedford, MA. Cresta, R. (2015, July). The importance of building a therapeutic relationship with at risk students as the foundation for meeting their social, emotional and academic needs. Keynote address at the Response Education Alternative Lab Summer Institute. Crowley, D., & Whiton-Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien, K. (2015, October). Designing and evaluating a field

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education capstone course: Successes and challenges. Presentation at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Delgado, M. (2015, September). Engaging Latino youth: Assets-based analysis of social justice service learning and civic engagement. Keynote presentation at the Latino Communities Conference, West Chester University, PA. DeVoe, E.R., & Flinton, K. (2015, October). Transforming trauma curriculum for the online teaching environment: Balancing student safety and intellectual rigor. Presentation at the 21st Annual Online Learning Consortium International Conference, Orlando, FL. Feranil, M., Hahm, H.C., *Tagerman, M.D., *Meneses, M., *Liang, V., *Choi, Y., & Hien, D. (2015, August). A pilot intervention to improve the mental and sexual health of young Asian American women. Paper presentation at the American Psychological Association 15th Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada. Furlong, J. (2015, August). Controversies and changes in the DSM 5: Key updates for home-based and outpatient clinicians. Lecture presented to Family Continuity Programs, Peabody, MA. Furlong, J. (2015, August). Psychological trauma in primary care settings. Lecture presented to care coordinators, patient navigators and social workers in Outpatient Primary Care Department, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA. Furlong, J. (2015, August). Vicarious resiliency, vicarious traumatization, and self-care in primary care health settings. Lecture presented to care coordinators, patient navigators, and social workers in Outpatient Primary Care Department, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA.

Hahm, H.C., *Lee, C., *Tagerman, M., & *Maru, M. (2015, October). A pilot intervention to reduce depressive symptoms and suicidal behaviors of young Asian American women. Poster presentation at the International Summit on Suicide Research, New York, NY. Hudson, R.B. (2015, October). Older Americans and the Great Society 50 years later. Daniel Thurz/William Bechill Memorial Lecture, Center on Global Aging, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. Hudson, R.B., & Gonyea, J.G. (2015, June). A shifting economic and political landscape: New realities for aging families. Paper presentation at the Aging Families/Changing Families Conference of the International Research Association on Aging Families, Syracuse, NY. Gendron, T., & Gonzales, E. (2015, November). Symposium Co-Chair. Age discrimination examined through a life-course perspective: Insights from interdisciplinary research. Gerontological Society of America Annual Conference, Orlando, FL. Gonyea, J.G., & Melekis, K. (2015, November). Narratives of older homeless women: Social connection, sense of agency and levels of resistance. Gendered Trajectories: The Pathways and Experiences of Older Homeless Adults Symposium. Presentation at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Orlando, FL. Gonzales, E. (2015, June). Chair Symposium: Community-based care systems. International symposium on public policy challenge, governance, and innovation. Shanghai, China. Gonzales, E. (2015, June). Maximizing the productive engagement of older adults: Lessons learned from the United States. Presentation at Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

Hahm, H.C. (2015, November). Delivering an intervention to reduce mental and sexual health problems among Asian-American women. Invited presenter at 12th World Congress of World Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Seoul, South Korea.

Gonzales, E. (2015, November). Symposium Chair. The intersection of volunteering and aging in place: Findings from the health and retirement study. Gerontological Society of America Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.

Hahm, H.C. (2015, November). Got stress? A discussion on self-care. Panelist for White House Initiative on Asian-American and Pacific Islanders. Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA.

Gonzales, E., Marchiondo, L., & *Ran, S. (2015, November). Age discrimination at work and correlates with health and occupational wellbeing. Gerontological Society of America Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.

Hahm, H.C. (2015, November). Healthy families and science of mental health. Speaker at Renew 2015, Korean Christian Conference, Danvers, MA.

Gonzales, E., Marchiondo, L., & *Ran, S. (2015, November). Development of the workplace age discrimination scale (WADS). Gerontological Society of America Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.

Hahm, H.C. (2015, November). How to fight against Menboong? [Menboong is Korean for stress or mental illness.] Speaker at Renew 2015, Korean Christian Conference, Danvers, MA.

Gonzales, E., & Nowell, W. (2015, June). Resource inequity and its impact on returning-towork after formal retirement in the United States.

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Presentation at U.S.-Shanghai 2015 Conference on Public Policy Challenges and Governance Innovation in an Aging Society, University of Shanghai, China.

Lundgren, L. (2015, September). Empirically supported treatment and social work. Panel presentation at the International Addiction Science Congress, Tehran, Iran.

Gonzales, E., Shen, H.W., Perry, T., & *Wang, Y. (2015, November). Volunteering as a protective factor to health among Blacks and Whites during life transitions. Gerontological Society of America Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.

McLaughlin, D., Smith, P., & Weller, K. (2015, October). Best practices in effective online instruction: Quality vs. quantity in student-faculty and student-student interaction. Presentation at the 21st Annual Online Learning Consortium International Conference, Orlando, FL.

Gonzales, E., Shen, H.W., *Wang, Y., & Norstrand, J. (2015, November). Race and place: Exploring the intersection of inequality and civic engagement. Gerontological Society of America Annual Conference, Orlando, FL. Keefe, B. (2015, November). Enhancing mental wellness among older immigrants and refugees: Results from a suicide prevention training program. Paper presentation at the 68th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Orlando, FL. Keefe, B. (2015, November). Promises and challenges of merging aging and disability services: Can this framework be successful? Paper presentation at the 68th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Orlando, FL. Keefe, B. (2015, November). Workforce development in behavioral health & aging: Enhancing competencies for workers in senior centers. Invited presentation for a National Webinar, Grantmakers in Aging. Lee, Y., Gonzales, E., Gunn, E., & Mills, S. (2015, October). Factors of home care use among older adults with functional impairment. Canadian Association on Gerontology Annual Conference, Calgary, Canada. Lee, Y., Gonzales, E., Mills, S., & Gunn, E. (2015, November). Care-receivers’ psychological well-being: informal vs. formal home care. Gerontological Society of America Annual Conference, Orlando, FL. Lundgren, L. (2015). Is the Swedish universal access model to addiction treatment an alternative to the U.S. model?: A longitudinal registry study. Plenary speech, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill School of Social Work. Lundgren, L. (2015). The state-of-art in addiction treatment research in Sweden. Keynote plenary at Umea University Bicentennial, Stockholm, Sweden. Lundgren, L. (2015, September). Addiction to opiates as a bio/psycho/social condition: The role of social work in the treatment process. Plenary at the International Addiction Science Congress, Tehran, Iran.

Miller, D.P., & *Chang, J. (2015). Longitudinal trajectories of child food insecurity among children of immigrants. Paper presentation at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Miami, FL. Paris, R., Fryer, L., Herriott, A., & Levy, R. (2015, August). Perceptions of parenting changes by substance-dependent mothers of young children after a dyadic intervention. Presentation at symposium, “Exploring reflective functioning in at-risk mothers of young children,” at the 7th International Attachment Conference, New York, NY. Paris, R., & Sommer, A. (2015, July). Project BRIGHT: Enhancing parenting capacities for mothers in substance abuse treatment. Presentation at the 23rd Annual Colloquium of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, Boston, MA. Paris, R., & Sommer, A. (2015, September). Project BRIGHT: Addressing parenting challenges for mothers in substance abuse treatment with their young children. Invited presentation, Florida Department of Children and Families, 2015 Child Protection Summit, Orlando, FL. Paris, R., & Sommer, A. (2015, December). Project BRIGHT: Helping mothers in substance abuse treatment to parent their child. Invited presentation at the Family Nurturing Center, Dorchester, MA. Shaw, A.M., Timpano, K.R., Steketee, G., Tolin, D.F., & Frost, R.O. (2015, November). Emotional reactivity and hoarding: The synergistic role of indecision and confidence in memory. Poster presentation at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Chicago, IL. Shen, H.W., Perry, T., & Gonzales, E., (2015, November). Does race moderate the relationships between volunteering and relocation? Gerontological Society of America Annual Conference, Orlando, FL. Sheehan, D., & Grahek, J. (2015, October). Advising non-traditional graduate students online: A graduate school’s response to the evolving needs of students. Presentation at the 21st Annual

Online Learning Consortium International Conference, Orlando, FL. Steketee, G., & Frost, R.O. (2015, November). Ownership gone awry: Understanding and treating hoarding disorder. Master Clinician Seminar at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Chicago, IL. VanAernam, C., Ross, A., Richter, M., & DeVoe, E.R. (2015, November). Healthy reintegration for military couples. Paper presented at the 143rd American Public Health Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL. Wachman, M., Ross, A., & Steketee, G. (2015, October). Social work services, health outcomes and costs: A systematic review of research findings. Poster presentation at the 50th Annual Meeting & Conference of the Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care, Austin, TX. Walsh, M. (2015, June). Introducing relational-cultural theory to the lived religion study of trauma. Poster board session at the Jean Baker Summer Intensive Institute, Wellesley, MA. Walsh, M. (2015, June). Material theopoetics of lived religion in the aftermath of communal violence. Presentation at the Trauma and Lived Religion Conference, Amsterdam. Wilkinson, G. (2015, September). CHW state network strategic planning: How and why. Community Health Workers: Strengthening State Networks and Building Capacity webinar series, sponsored by Sanofi US Corp. Wilkinson, G. (2015, October). CHW state network strategic planning: Execution and impact. Community Health Workers: Strengthening State Networks and Building Capacity webinar series, sponsored by Sanofi US Corp. Wilkinson, G., & Fox, D. (2015, November). Community health workers and social determinants of health: How far upstream are we looking? Presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. Wilkinson, G., Hirsch, G., Banzhaf, M., Rodriguez, B., & Toledo, J. (2015, November). How CHW leadership strengthens certification: A view from two states. Presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

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ON THE FRONT LINES $943,000 grant provides students, field instructors training in evidence-based screening and intervention approach to take on unhealthy substance use By REBECCA GROSSFIELD

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According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, in 2013, an estimated 22.7 million Americans needed treatment for an alcohol or drug problem, but only about 2.5 million people actually received care. Social workers are often among the first health professionals to connect with individuals who may benefit from early intervention to prevent substance use disorders.

However, until recently, many social workers did not have access to training in the evidence-based approach referred to as SBIRT, which stands for screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment. This approach has shown promising results in reducing excessive alcohol and drug use. SBIRT is a public health model that assists health professionals by providing them with information for broad population screening and appropriate follow-up. In 2015, Boston University School of Social Work’s associate dean for research and professor, Lena Lundgren, received a $943,000 grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to provide that training over the next three years. Lundgren is the grant’s principal

investigator. She is collaborating on the project with co-PI Stephen Brady, associate professor of psychiatry and graduate medical sciences at Boston University. Lundgren told Currents the SBIRT grants are very important to all health professions, as is the study of addiction. In fact, a national study conducted by BUSSW professors Lundgren, Maryann Amodeo, and alumna Catriona Wilkey (’12, SPH’13) in 2013 showed that only 4.7% of the 210 graduate schools of social work had required coursework focusing on addiction. “There is consistent evidence that health professionals are not trained in empirically supported screening, assessment, and treatment methods for substance use disorders,” Lundgren said. Lundgren also noted that the passing of the Affordable Care Act is likely to

In a national study conducted in 2013, only 4.7% of the 210 graduate schools of social work had required coursework focusing on addiction. Boston University School of Social Work

”Until recently there has not been a systematic way screen and assess patients. There are dozens of instruments and dozens of ways, a whole range of methods— but SBIRT offers us a single, evidence-based method for doing this. And because it’s brief, it’s not a burden on the social worker.” PROFESSOR MARYANN AMODEO

result in more employment of social workers in primary care settings. They will all need training in evidence based screening and referral techniques, a topic which she discussed in her Aaron Rosen Lecture at the 2014 Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research. The SBIRT grant at Boston University will provide training to nearly 600 graduate-level social work, mental health counselor, and psychiatry students, as well as their field advisors. Dr. Ivy Krull (’05, ’13, SPH ’08) is

the project director for the effort, Deborah Chassler (’90), associate director for the Center for Addictions Research and Services is overseeing all day-to-day research and evaluation activities, and BUSSW doctoral student Taylor Hall works on recruitment and data analyses. “This is truly a collaborative, interdisciplinary effort,” Professor Lundgren noted. “It includes faculty, staff and students from both the School of Social Work and the School of Medicine.”

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The SBIRT grant at Boston University will provide training to nearly 600 graduate-level social work, mental health counselor, and psychiatry students. DEVELOPING ONLINE AND IN-PERSON TRAINING MODULES AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY Instrumental in developing and launching the BU-SBIRT online course has been Mena daSilva-Clark, assistant dean for off-campus and online programs; Maryann Amodeo, professor, chair of the clinical practice department, and co-director for the Center for Addictions Research and Services; and Eric Devine, assistant professor of psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine. SBIRT online training began in January for social work students in BUSSW’s Charles River, Online, and Off-Campus Programs. Training for the BU affiliated field instructors of social work and mental health counseling and behavioral medicine (MHCBM) students will begin soon. In-person SBIRT training of MHCBM and BUMC psychiatry residents has already started. The scaffolding for this training, the SBIRT core curriculum, was compiled and disseminated by SAMHSA to all its grantees nationally. Amodeo told Currents that the original SAMHSA core curriculum was directed to physicians and medical staff. Her main tasks have been to adapt the training for non-physicians such as social workers. In addition, the course identifies what is distinctive about social work settings, and shows social workers how to integrate this method into their roles. The online BU-SBIRT course is interactive, and includes videos, animations, questions and answers, and assessments which help participants to understand and practice the skills. ADAPTING SBIRT FOR SOCIAL WORK The practice of SBIRT by social workers will be different depending on whether or not practitioners are in a social work setting or primary care setting. “For clinicians in social work settings,” Amodeo said, this approach offers standardized questions that can be used during the intake process. Prior to SBIRT, we [social workers] would bring up alcohol and drug questions in

a conversational way that might or might not elicit the information we needed. Now with SBIRT, we ask very targeted questions. We explain to clients that we’re asking these questions because alcohol and drugs impact health, mental health, and medication use. We point out that clients often over-use these substances without realizing it, drift into excessive use and run the risk of addiction.” While social work agencies will need to decide when in the client care process SBIRT works best (e.g., at intake, at assessment), and who will engage the client in the process (e.g., intake worker, ongoing clinician), these are exciting first steps. Amodeo noted, “Until recently there has not been a systematic way to screen and assess patients. There are dozens of instruments and dozens of ways of doing this, a whole range of methods—now SBIRT offers us a single, evidence-based method. And because it’s brief, it’s not a burden on the social worker or the client.” NEXT STEPS In the implementation of SBIRT, Lundgren will work with Luz Lopez, associate professor at BUSSW, to ensure that the model is culturally sensitive so it can be used with Latinos and other clients of color. SBIRT is available in numerous languages and is used in many countries. It is one of the evidence based approaches recommended by the World Health Organization. Lundgren recommends that, as with other methods, practitioners be careful to not exaggerate the value of SBIRT and assume that it can be used with all populations or in all types of agencies, for example, in addiction treatment settings. Studies show that SBIRT is an approach best used long before clients develop an addiction, and that it may be more effective in screening for alcohol use and less so in screening for illicit drug use. For more information about BU-SBIRT, visit bu.edu/ bu-sbirt.

WHAT IS SBIRT? SBIRT stands for screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment. Screening determines the severity of substance use Brief Intervention builds motivation through a collaborative conversation between the client and the provider Referral to Treatment directly links patient with appropriate, requested services

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We Need Better Supports for Youths Aging Out of Foster Care By ASSOCIATE DEAN and PROFESSOR MARY COLLINS

Thinking about improving the prospects for youths aging out of foster care, we might turn to sophisticated policy analysis to examine the problem and potential solutions. But part of it is very simple: the existing policies and programs do not provide enough support. They do not cover all the youth who need help. Since the mid-1980s, we have learned much about youths aging out of foster care—their characteristics, their generally poor outcomes, and the limited effectiveness of interventions. Important federal legislation, such as the Independent Living Initiatives of the mid-’80s, the Foster Care Independence Act of the late ’90s, and the Fostering Connections to Success Act of 2008, incrementally increased the level of assistance and deployed new strategies—first by offering independent living services, then by providing support for a wider range of transition services, and later by expanding federal reimbursement for extended time in foster care.

Protection and Affordable Care Act, which extended Medicaid eligibility for foster youth to age 26. Still, limitations exist in these areas: $5,000 restricts the type of education youths can receive, and financial support does not address college-readiness issues. Health insurance coverage removes one barrier but does not assure access to high-quality health care. Housing and employment opportunities remain woefully underdeveloped for this population.

BEYOND “AGING OUT” The advances in our understanding of the problem and potential policy and program solutions are real. One insight from this body of work is that the observed poor outcomes may be related to the accumulated disadvantage based on youths’ experiences before care, while in care, and after care, rather than to the specific aging-out transition. Recognizing this accumulated disadvantage, next steps might include the following.

Use a community orientation. The child welfare system cannot shoulder the full responsibility of providing the needed preparations and support. A response that is primarily based in traditional child welfare practice is insufficient. Rather, a community orientation with adolescent/young adult–focused practice is needed. This includes a robust emphasis on enhancing multiple connections for young people during and after their transition. Mentoring is part of a community orientation and may have benefits, but it should be practiced in addition to efforts to provide concrete support in housing, employment, and education.

A SIX-STEP SOLUTION WORTH PURSUING Focus on concrete supports in the areas of housing, educational and vocational training, employment, and health care. There has been some progress related to higher education and health care due to the federal Education and Training Vouchers Program, which provides up to $5,000 a year for postsecondary education, and to the Patient

Strengthen the child welfare system. Innovative and progressive child welfare systems that can successfully strengthen families would decrease the number of youths aging out of care. Also within child welfare systems, a reorientation must embrace the work of adolescents’ transition and develop a workforce with skills and competencies related to youth and young adulthood.

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In FY 2014, 22,292 youths exited foster care through emancipation. This modest number makes it difficult to claim and sustain policy attention. Help adolescents and young adults claim their voice in political arenas. This is necessary both for individual youths and youths as a constituency. Coalition strategies to increase attention to the need for housing, education, employment, and health care options for all young adults can benefit the specific aging-out population.

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Did you know? Except for those in the most privileged groups, many young people are struggling to attain the markers of successful adulthood. Reports by the Pew Research Center have documented this trend. In one survey, 82 percent of adults say it is harder for today’s young adults to find a job than it was for their parents’ generation.

Bolster a commitment to research-based knowledge. Evidence-based policies and programs are essential. Providing interventions without a commitment to constructing a base of evidence is unacceptable; it demonstrates a disregard for the target population’s value. The “dosage” effects of interventions require attention. Given the level of accumulated disadvantage, many currently used strategies are unlikely to demonstrate effectiveness. Potentially larger, more intense, combined and sustained interventions may produce positive and costeffective results. It is an empirical question worth pursuing.

LEARN MORE Associate Dean and Professor Mary Collins’ new book is Macro Perspectives on Youths Aging Out of Foster Care.

KEY FEDERAL FOSTER CARE INTERVENTIONS POLICIES

Recognize the broader social forces that are damaging the overall prospects of young adults. For youths aging out of foster care, who frequently lack strong and positive family connections, this is not an option. Disparity in family resources is a contributor to growing social inequality. This is exacerbated by the known racial disproportionality within the child welfare system and the continuing inequities of race in the broader society that make the prospects for youths of color more daunting.

Important federal legislation, such as the Independent Living Initiatives of the mid-’80s, the Foster Care Independence Act of the late’90s, and the Fostering Connections to Success Act of 2008, incrementally increased the level of assistance and offered new strategies—first by offering independent living services, then by providing support for a wider range of transition services and later expanding federal reimbursement for extended time in foster care.

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A Commitment to Youth and Urban Practice Brought Mirna Barba (’16) to Boston University By REBECCA GROSSFIELD

Most days it’s hard to catch Mirna Barba (’16). On Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays she is completing her field placement with the Veteran Affairs Healthcare System in Boston. Other days, the second-year clinical practice major is on the third floor at 264 Bay State Road, working with the Center for Addiction Research and Services. Of course, there are always classes to juggle, and Barba, planning to graduate in May, is taking four this semester.

HUBIE JONES FUND FOR URBAN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE Mirna Barba (’16) is a recipient of the Hubie Jones Fund for Urban Social Work Practice, awarded to students who exemplify a commitment to BUSSW’s urban mission. For more information, visit bu.edu/ssw.

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How does she balance it all? “I love Google Calendar,” Barba said. She admits it takes a detail-oriented person to juggle a second-year student’s schedule. Before relocating to Boston from California in 2014, she served in the Air Force for eight years and later earned her degree at California State University-Fullerton, where she graduated summa cum laude with a major in psychology. “I’ve always been interested in working with youth and unaccompanied minors,” Barba told Currents. She has worked with youth in a variety of settings, from working directly with adolescent girls as a counselor in Rosemary Children’s Services residential group home in Pasadena to serving as a wraparound facilitator in greater Los Angeles with OTTP (Occupational Therapy Training Program) and Crittenton Services for Children and Families. Why Social Work? “I didn’t really know much about social work until I started working. What social workers do and how they approach issues of social and racial justice is really why I chose social work,” she said.

Barba told Currents she was drawn to Boston University by its emphasis on urban practice and first visited after she was accepted. During that summer 2014 visit, she met Professor Luz Lopez (now her advisor). “I also met some students who are actually now some of my really close friends,” Barba said. Having spent time working alongside social workers in various nonprofits, Barba said she knew social work was the right field for her. She came into the program planning to focus on clinical practice. Barba said Professor Lopez “has been a great influence.” Barba completed her first-year internship at Casa Esperanza, a bilingual behavioral health facility in Roxbury. There, among other things, Barba co-facilitated a bilingual Seeking Safety group, a trauma-focused group for women. “The first class that I took [at BUSSW], I really felt like, yes, this is for me. It was human behavior with Ernest Gonzales,” Barba said. “Professor Gonzales gave me a platform to talk about my experience in the field and working in the [Los Angeles] community with youth.”

“ The first class that I took [at BUSSW], I really felt like, yes, this is for me. It was human behavior with Ernest Gonzales. Professor Gonzales gave me a platform to talk about my experience in the field and working in the [Los Angeles] community with youth.”

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MIRNA BARBA (’16)

FOSTERING INCLUSIVITY FOR MILITARY FAMILIES AT BUSSW Barba told Currents that her peers may not be aware she’s a veteran. “I think at least initially, I don’t fit their idea of what a veteran looks like,” she said. But Barba has big plans for the growing veteran population studying social work at Boston University—both on campus in Massachusetts and online. “I’m trying to get something going now, a veterans’ subcommittee for Student Org, so that we can better look at how veterans’ needs are being met. Not only veterans’ needs,” Barba said, “but also military spouses’ needs.” Before beginning her second-year field placement with the VA Boston, Barba had never worked with veterans. “I was excited that I was chosen to be a part of the VA,” she said. IN THE FIELD At the VA Boston Healthcare System, Barba interns with both the HIV and the oncology clinics. The experience is challenging but rewarding. “I’ve never worked with end-oflife issues before,” Barba said. “It’s very intimidating.” On her first day at the oncology clinic, Barba’s supervisor brought her to the infusion room and left her with a patient. “I didn’t know what to say; I didn’t know what to talk about or how to talk about the issues that were relevant and important to him,” Barba said. But with her supervisor’s support, Barba has been able to jump right in. Barba’s work with the oncology clinic includes a mixture of therapy and case management. With the HIV clinic, Barba works with veterans who have been diagnosed with HIV and AIDS. “Some of them come to talk about the stigma of HIV and AIDS,” Barba said. “Some are not ‘out’ to their families about their HIV status, or they’re working and they need their health benefits, so we talk about the ramifications of telling others.”

UNDERSTANDING TRAUMA The Trauma Certificate Program was a big reason Barba chose BUSSW. Whether she ended up working with the veteran population or with youths, she knew the program would be important. “I knew that I would need a background in trauma working with these communities,” Barba said. She told Currents she previously wrote home studies for unaccompanied minors in Los Angeles and realized the depth of their trauma. “I can’t even imagine going through what some of these youths have gone through just to get here,” she said. “There’s just so much trauma.” As part of the Trauma Certificate Program, Barba attends monthly seminars, and her second-year placement is focused on trauma. Students pursuing the certificate learn to analyze conceptualizations of trauma, apply current principles of intervention and program planning, and consider the larger social, cultural, and political forces at work that shape both exposure to and recovery from traumatic experiences. BUILDING ON A BUSSW EDUCATION Barba said the skills she has learned through the master’s program at BUSSW have been important to her successful field experiences. In her work with the VA Boston HIV clinic, Barba teaches mindfulness to her patients. It’s a technique she’s learning in a course with Professor Kathleen Flinton. “Everything that I learn here, I take back to my field placement,” Barba said. Despite a passion for the Los Angeles area, Barba hopes to stay in Boston after graduating. She plans to apply for a full-time position at the Boston VA this spring.

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A Celebration of Passion and Service 2 0 1 5 B U S S W A L U M N I A S S O C I AT I O N AWA R D S During the 2015 Boston University Alumni Weekend, the School of Social Work held its annual Alumni Association Awards ceremony. On the evening of September 26 from 4–6:30 p.m., the BUSSW community of family, friends, faculty, alumni, co-workers, and peers gathered in Barrister’s Hall of the BU School of Law to celebrate a group of inspirational leaders in the field and our community.

“Marylou has been a leader for years in human services innovation, transformation, and reform. She is a fearless champion committed to making programs, systems, and policies more responsive to the needs of people. In Marylou, Governor Baker has not only an extraordinary problem-solver but also a superbly talented social worker.” —ANGELO MCCLAIN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NASW, ON MARYLOU SUDDERS (’78)

“For years I have watched her work and admired her career professionally. I am, today, an advocate for Holly.” —LEONARD ZWERLING, HUSBAND OF HOLLY ZWERLING (’76)

“Carey is the space in which good seeds can grow.” —JULIE DEGENNARO, ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT DOMUS KIDS, ON COURTNEY CAREY’S (’03) DEDICATION TO CREATING A HOME ENVIRONMENT FOR VULNERABLE YOUTH

“Twenty-six years ago Deb began her career as a child care worker, but eventually she made her way to her raison d’être: improving the quality of educational programming for social workers. She is a wonderful colleague, a great friend, and an inspiration to us all.” —CATE SOLOMON, DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES, ON DEBORAH SHEEHAN (’78)

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AWARD WINNERS… Outstanding Career in Social Work MARYLOU SUDDERS (’78) Secretary of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Social Work HOLLY ZWERLING (’76) President and CEO, Fatherhood Task Force of South Florida Hubie Jones Urban Service Award COURTNEY CAREY (’03) Chief Clinical Services Officer at Domus Outstanding Contributions to the School of Social Work DEBORAH SHEEHAN (’78) Director of Professional Education Programs, Online Program Advising, and Admissions at BUSSW

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Tackling Population Health In the 2015 Hubie Jones Lecture in Urban Health, Boston University’s new School of Public Health dean Sandro Galea warned against the risks of precision medicine and the dangers it poses to population health. By CILICIA RIOS

The 2015 Hubie Jones Lecture in Urban Health took place on Saturday, October 24, 2015, in the Kenmore Classroom Building. Dean Emeritus Hubie Jones (’57)— who has helped shape Boston’s SPH Dean Sandro Galea civic landscape for more than 45 years—introduced this year’s lecture. “After graduating,” he said, “I decided to stay in Boston to try and shape it up. I got some things done, but there’s still more to do.” This annual symposium, now in its fourth year, pays homage to Dean Emeritus Jones and his public service mission by featuring prominent leaders at the intersection of health and social justice. Boston University School of Public Health’s Sandro Galea presented, “A Focus on What Matters: A Foundational Approach to Improving the Health of Populations.”

“Dean Galea’s call to work across sectors highlights the transdisciplinary goals we share,” Boston University School of Social Work dean Gail Steketee told Currents. “To work within and outside of our comfort zones to consider population needs from multiple perspectives—this is hard work, but the better we understand perspectives across our disciplines, the more likely we are to help make people healthy.” In his presentation, Dean Galea discussed a trend in the movement toward precision medicine. (Precision medicine is defined by the National Institutes of Health as “an emerging approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment, and lifestyle for each person.”) After President Obama announced a new Precision Medicine Initiative, the scientific leadership at the National Institutes of Health, the National Academy of Medicine, and US universities followed suit and took up the challenge.

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The Hubie Jones Lecture in Urban Health was established in 2011 in honor of Dean Emeritus Hubie Jones (â&#x20AC;&#x2122;57), the School of Social Work dean from 1977 to 1993. The annual symposium features prominent leaders at the intersection of health and social justice. Previous speakers included Partners In Health co-founder Dr. Paul Farmer, former administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Dr. Donald Berwick, and American Public Health Association president Dr. Adewale Troutman.

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A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO BUILDING A HEALTHIER POPULATION Dean Galea’s ultimate goal is improving the overall health of populations. His presentation covered many aspects of how to achieve that goal, all worth diving into more fully. Below, Currents synthesized a five-step method toward building a healthier population.

STEP 1

Why Are We Doing This? The Need to Foster a Central Motivation Motivation gives us a reason to eagerly work toward something, and the stronger the motivation, the better. Dean Galea argues we can find that motivation by asking, “Why are we doing what we are doing?” His answer: to make populations healthy.

STEP 2

Fund Appropriately Dean Galea urges us to ask the question, “Is what we are doing actually what we are funding and studying?” Only 0.4 percent of NIH funding was awarded to projects with the terms “population” or “public” in the title in one recent study. There has been an extraordinary rise in papers published on precision medicine in the past six years (as shown in graph to the right.)

STEP 3

Find the Correct Approach to Health Care The United States spends more money on health care than every other country in the world, yet our overall health is relatively poor. This inefficiency, Dean Galea suggests, is caused in part by what he dubs a “common shrug” of acceptance that “health care is complicated— that the system is what it is or just the way it is and that there is nothing we can do about it.” A 2013 National Research Council and Institute of Medicine report shows that Americans lag behind other high-income countries in birth outcomes, heart disease, sexually transmitted diseases, chronic lung disease, motor vehicle accidents, and violence. Americans only begin to fare better beyond age 75.

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Take Action We need to step out of comfort zones and put words into action. As Dr. Milton Terris of the Society for Epidemiologic Research put it, “We cannot remain indefinitely in our ivory towers; they may crumble around us.”

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Use a “What Matters Most” Lens Dean Galea says a “what matters most” lens is “an effort to say that we [the scientific community, etc.] need to be scrupulous and relentless in studying, focusing on, and advocating for the things that matter.” So how do we get to what matters most? First, we change how we think about causes of disease. We understand that context and environment are inextricable parts of everything we do if we want to improve the health of populations. We must also grasp that ubiquity matters and that individual prediction matters substantially less. Dean Galea firmly believes that there is much synergy between social work and public health because the production of population health requires effort across a variety of sectors. PROPORTION OF PAPERS IN PUBMED, 2002–2012 .25

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“If we are interested in making populations better, if we are interested in the health and well-being of populations—which I think is the area of extraordinary overlap between social work and public health—how do we do that? How can we make ourselves disciplined enough to make sure we’re doing the right things to improve the health of populations?” —DEAN GALEA

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“One of the great joys and privileges of being at a university is that we are surrounded by the next generation. Figuring out how we train the next generation so we can orient our thinking towards the production of a generation that is going to lead us to better population health is, to my mind,our highest responsibility.” —DEAN GALEA

Over 100 people attended this year’s Hubie Jones Lecture.

Game Changers Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health Begins Work in Seven Key Areas Research is under way in seven areas of focus at Boston University’s Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health, a transdisciplinary partnership where social work and a range of health disciplines intersect. “The social work profession plays a leadership role in health,” Dr. Sally Bachman, the center’s interim director, told Currents. “But that contribution has never been effectively measured. We want to explore the impact that social workers are making in many areas of health—including global and Sally Bachman public health—and how the profession can strengthen and expand that impact.” With a generous endowment of $12.5 million from an anonymous donor, the CISWH is a collaboration between

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the Schools of Social Work, Public Health, and Medicine at Boston University. The center uses outcome-oriented research, partnerships, policy development, and education and training to explore and expand the role of social work in reducing health care costs, improving outcomes and patient experience, and promoting population health and health equity. Through this work, the CISWH is building transdisciplinary health teams within Boston University and beyond. ELEVATING THE ROLE OF SOCIAL WORK At the center’s heart are seven different learning communities, each focused on particular aspects of social work and health: (1) health equity, (2) community health, (3) global health, (4) policy, (5) health care reform, (6) behavioral health, and (7) advancing social work education in health. Underscoring the CISWH’s transdisciplinary approach, each community is co-led by faculty from the School of Social Work and the School of Public Health and includes members from a range of local and national academic, clinical, advocacy, and policy organizations. “We have assembled a diverse range

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of talent to participate in each of these communities,” Bachman said. “We think this broad-based experience and expertise will bring real depth to our work.” Each learning community will author a peer-reviewed academic paper on social work and health. These papers will examine economic and social issues, prevention, collaboration, and social work’s current and future impact on population health. Findings from this research will form a supplement to be published by the American Journal of Public Health in late 2016.

“The fact that a prestigious public health journal has committed to publish this work is something new,” Bachman said. “It shows that the field is ready to look at social work’s contributions to addressing health challenges.” BUSSW Dean Gail Steketee said, “People are starting to understand the value of social work in addressing health care challenges and improving outcomes.” Preliminary findings will be presented during a symposium in Boston in May. In addition to their research work, learning

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Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health Spring Symposium Join a trans-disciplinary group of leaders for agenda-setting discussions on social work and health. Join us May 12 from 11 am to 3 pm in the Hiebert Lounge on the Boston University Medical Campus. RSVP to ciswh@bu.edu.

The Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health Housed at the Boston University Medical Campus, the mission of the BUSSW Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health is to expand the impact of social work in health, public health, and global health in order to reduce health costs, improve outcomes and the patient experience, and promote population health and health equity nationally and globally. The Center promotes social work leadership in health through interprofessional and transdisciplinary collaboration with public health, medicine, health economics, technology, and other relevant disciplines. Questions? Email Project Manager Madi Wachman (’14, SPH’15) at ciswh@bu.edu.

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Seven Learning Communities And Their BUSSW Faculty Leaders

Social Work and Health Equity Professor Ernest Gonzales Social Work and Community Health Professor Geoff Wilkinson Social Work and Global Health Professor Luz Lopez Social Work and Policy Initiatives Professor Daniel Miller Social Work and Health Care Reform Professor Sally Bachman Social Work and Behavioral Health Associate Dean and Professor Lena Lundgren Advancing Social Work Education in Health Professor Betty Ruth

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role in health. But that contribution has never been effectively measured. We want to explore the impact that social workers are making in many areas of health—including global and public health—and how the profession can strengthen and expand that impact. communities will also identify “shovel-ready” projects— especially pilot studies and internship opportunities— that can be implemented immediately. The seven communities will also contribute to the center’s long-term strategic plan. Bachman has seen widespread interest in the program since its launch. “We’ve gotten

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” inquiries from people around the country and internationally about what we’re doing here,” she said. “By researching those contributions and how to expand their impact, we really are drawing attention to the profession and the critical role social workers serve in promoting the public’s health. It’s an exciting time.”

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Marcia Strean (’54) of Teaneck, New Jersey, is a volunteer at the Englewood Hospital and Medical Center. She uses her social work experience while spending time with and talking to patients in the Infusion Center.

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Sheila Siegel (’71) of Venice, California, retired in 2012 and now volunteers with Free the Slaves, an organization that works with NGOs in six countries to free slaves and help them lead productive lives. She conducts training sessions in Haiti, India, and Nepal to teach field workers psychological counseling techniques that help freed slaves deal with trauma. ¶ Carol Huntington (’73) of Bath, Maine, works full time as a social work intensive outpatient therapist in addictions. She is also an ordained Episcopal deacon as a hospice chaplain per diem in Portland, Maine. ¶ Rosemary Ananis (’76) of Wells, Maine, worked in clinical practice for 35

years before receiving a Master of Divinity degree and becoming an ordained priest in Old Catholic Church, Province of the United States. She has since been elected Bishop of New England and completed a Doctor of Ministry degree at the Episcopal Divinity School. Rosemary also practices social work two days a week and serves a local faith community.

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Catherine Hess (’80) of Cape Cod, Massachusetts retired in January 2015 after nearly 35 years in health policy. Prior to working for 10 years as the managing director for coverage and access at the National Academy for State Health Policy, she worked in the Massachusetts Department of Health and led the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs as its first executive director. Cathy plans to spend her time consulting in health policy, painting, and enjoying her new artist’s studio home. ¶ Bette Freedson (’82) of South Berwick, Maine, published

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her first book, Soul Mothers’ Wisdom: Seven Insights for the Single Mother, in March 2015 through Pearlsong Press. In June 2015, she presented the workshop “The Development of Self-Wholeness” for a Maine chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. She presented “An Ericksonian Approach to Psychotherapy with Single Parents” at the Ericksonian Congress in Phoenix, Arizona, in December 2015. ¶ Jill Shames (’82) will present a new program at the 2nd Annual International Conference, “Shedding Light on the Darkness of Abuse,” in Jerusalem, Israel. The program, which she co-piloted along with Rikki Davies Jacobson, MSW, offers support for women in recovery from complex trauma by combining a specially adapted IMPACT course with psycho-educational group support. Jill is also the director of instructor training and certification at El Haley, an Israeli NGO dedicated to empowerment through the martial arts and self-defense training. ¶ Ralph Nalbandian (’84) of Oxford, Massachusetts, worked in the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health for 36 years before retiring in 2010. He now works part time as the director of social services at the Worcester Adult Day Care Center, where he assists multi-ethnic elderly and disabled members. ¶ Sharon Foerster (’87) of Freeport, Maine, works in elder-care services with Maine Health. She is also president of the Maine chapter of the Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care. ¶ Mark Goodwin (’87) of students access theGiving Hudson Valley in New York divides his time among his hospital and teaching to a top-tier education, jobs. He teaches social policy and research at regardless of their Adelphi University and developed a transition tool kit for chronically ill youth to manfinancial situation. age tasks of adulthood. He is also active Helping professors with the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America and teaches an online course uncover new knowledge. on capacity-building for community health workers. facilities ¶ Bonnie Hennig Building that(’89) of Simsbury, Connecticut, participated in the take the University 2015 US World Veteran Fencing experience to the Championship. next level. She represented the United States on the women’s foil 50–59 team in Limoges, France, in October.

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1990s IN MEMORIAM

Barbara Stewart (’93) of Sharon, Connecticut, died from complications following an infection at the age of 49 after bravely battling multiple sclerosis for 20 years. Barbara obtained a BA in German from Mount Holyoke and an MA in German from Middlebury College before receiving an MSW from Boston University in 1993. She worked at the Harvard German Department, as a social worker in Boston for MSPCC, and as a counselor for adults, teenagers, and couples dealing with depression, addiction, and schizophrenia at the Health and Education Service in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Her husband of 18 years, Michael Martin, predeceased her by two years. She is survived by her sister Cecily Stewart Hawksworth and her parents, Jolly and John Stewart.

Sarah Lange (’93) of Worcester, Massachusetts, presented “Rising from the Ashes: A Case Study in Organizational Transformation” at the Network for Social Work Management conference as well as “Show Me the Money: Negotiating Today’s Fundraising Landscape Successfully” at the Traveler’s Aid International Conference in Washington, DC, in June 2015. She also contributed to Lee Staples’s book Roots to Power and is launching her new website, NewEra4NonProfits.com. ¶ Samantha White (’93) of Sarasota, Florida, earned her Florida social work license after moving to Sarasota with her husband three years ago. She now does therapy, counseling, and coaching (LifeCoachSamatha.com) in addition to enjoying the weather and her new home. ¶ Jennifer Villandry (’94) of Lexington, Massachusetts, works as a provider relations manager at McLean Hospital, a member of Partners HealthCare. Her work involves raising awareness about new hospital developments and serving as a liaison to referring clinicians. ¶ Jill (Dibiase) Bessette (’96) of Plainfield, New Jersey, combined her social work

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background with a love of travel to open a CruiseOne travel franchise in September 2015. ¶ Kerry Wallace Riggs (’96) of Baltimore works as a social work case manager for the mild brain injury and comprehensive sports concussion programs at Sinai Hospital. She has been working in the brain injury programs at Sinai for more than 16 years. ¶ Susan Lovett (’98) of Boston, Massachusetts, founded Hands to Heart Center—Yoga for the People (HTHC), a nonprofit organization that provides access to yoga and mindfulness to those living with poverty and trauma, in 2014. HTHC recruits yoga teachers to lead accessible, inclusive, and inspiring yoga and mindfulness classes in branch libraries, community centers, detention units, domestic violence shelters, homeless shelters, and residential treatment programs. ¶ Priscilla (Rodriguez) Martinez (’99) of New Haven, Connecticut, is the director of a short-term residential program for adolescent males struggling with substance-abuse issues. ¶ Joanne Pomodoro (’99) of Boston, Massachusetts, works at the MGH Back Bay Medical Center, is part of the trauma response team, and maintains

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a private practice. She also speaks at groups, schools, and colleges about eating disorders, women and sports, and the pursuit of excellence in life, sport, and career. Joanne is also an eight-time world racquetball champion.

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Matt Boone (’00) of Little Rock, Arkansas, published an article on acceptance and commitment therapy in Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment with his colleagues. ¶ Shawna Rodrigues (’02) of Yakima, Washington, founded her own consulting firm and travels and works with clients on projects related to early childhood programming, nonprofit management, and early childhood policy. One of her recent projects involved taking a closer look at the Early Head Start Child Care Partnerships in Detroit, Michigan, on behalf of the Kellogg Foundation to better inform the philanthropic community and policy at state and federal levels. ¶ Catherine Mitchell (’03) of Bedford, Massachusetts, gave birth to Claire Anna Mitchell on June 12. She and her big brother are doing great! ¶ Erica (Scoppetti) Renaud (’05) of Brookline, Massachusetts, and Kevin Renaud honeymooned in Italy after they were married on July 11, 2015, in Boston. BUSSW alumni in attendance included matrons of honor Kari (Meyer) Pachter (’05) and Samantha (Baker) Chamberlin (’05). ¶ Micaela (Cohen) Kirshy (’06, SPH’06) of Denver, Colorado, is project manager for performance and quality improvement with the Public Health Foundation in Washington, DC. ¶ Liz Spurrell (’07) of Nyack, New York, married Jon Huss in the beautiful Catskill Mountains in New York. The couple originally met as Liz was starting her graduate work at BUSSW in 2004. ¶ Amanda (Horowitz) Frank (’08, SPH’10) of Weymouth, Massachusetts, has been promoted to director of patient-centered medical home transformation at Cambridge Health Alliance.

2010s

Heather Geldon (’10) of Washington, DC, is clinical program manager with the Jewish Coalition Against Domestic Abuse in Rockville, Maryland. ¶ Charles Chear (’11) of Piscataway, New Jersey, is the assistant director of student affairs at the Rutgers University School of Social Work in Newark. He works in refugee issues, community development and organization, design thinking, and social innovation. ¶ Erica Farrell (’13) of Somerville, Massachusetts, has been promoted to associate director of aging information services with SomervilleCambridge Elder Services. ¶ Jenee Fortier (’13 ) of San Jose, California, is social innovation fund grants coordinator with the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. ¶ Ashley Maryyanek (’13) of Pembroke Pines, Florida, is clinical coordinator with Inspirations for Youth and Families and Cove Center for Recovery based in Fort Lauderdale. She is helping to launch the center’s recently expanded services in a Boston satellite office. ¶ Amanda Symmes (’14) of Danvers, Massachusetts, is a teen parent program social worker at Malden High School. She works with pregnant and parenting teens in the school as well as children in the school’s child care and preschool programs. ¶ Mitchell Thomas (’14, SPH’15) of Novi, Michigan, is now a senior revenue cycle performance associate with Athena Health. ¶ Madi Wachman (’14, MSPH’15) of Roslindale, Massachusetts, has been hired as the program manager for BUSSW’s new Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health. ¶ Rebecca Minor (’15) of Acton, Massachusetts, and Marianne Musk (’15) of Harwich, Massachusetts, both completed a trauma certificate program and are working together at the van der Kolk Center at Glenhaven Academy. The center is dedicated to providing world-class trauma-informed treatment to adolescents with complex trauma. ¶ Meagan Winderbaum (’15) of South Grafton, Massachusetts, works as a clinician at a young adult residence and also practices DBT and IMR for the Bridge of Central Massachusetts.

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JULIE BARON (’94) What Works with Teens: A Professional’s Guide to Engaging Authentically with Adolescents to Achieve Lasting Change (New Harbinger Publications) KRISTEN LEE COSTA (’00) Reset: Make the Most of Your Stress (iUniverse)

BETTE FREEDSON (’82) Soul Mothers’ Wisdom: Seven Insights for the Single Mother (Pearlsong Press)

TINA KARAGULIAN (’92) It Is Time (Black Rose Press)

HELEN (KOHANE) KOBEK (’91) Everyday Cruelty: How to Deal with Its Effects without Denial, Bitterness, or Despair (DIO Publishing)

SARAH LANGE (CONTRIBUTOR; ‘93) Roots to Power by Lee Staples (Praeger)

LESLIE SHAPIRO (’89) Understanding OCD: Skills to Control the Conscience and Outsmart Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (Praeger)

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Thank You, Donors! We are grateful to the following donors who help support students, faculty, and research at Boston University and the School of Social Work. This roster recognizes donations made between July 1, 2014-June 30, 2015. $1m–$4.9m Anonymous ■ $ 100,000–$249,999 Babak Boghraty (LAW’89) and Brenda M. Clunan-Boghraty (SSW’88) ■ $25,000–$49,999 Kate Buttenwieser (SSW’63) and Paul A. Buttenwieser ■■ John E. Drew (SSW’70) and Kathleen Drew ■■ Naomi M. Stanhaus (SSW’70) and James S. Stanhaus ■■ T. Kirkland Ware (LAW’79) and Linda D. Ware (SSW’01) $10,000–$24,999 Nancy R. Karp (SSW’78) ■■ The Estate of Faith T. Sulloway ■■ $5,000–$9,999 Maki Amano ■ Rhea K. Bufferd (SSW’74) and Allan S. Bufferd ■ Sarah B. Epstein (SSW’82) and David I. Epstein (Questrom’84) ■■ Robert F. Meenan (MED’72, GSM’89) and Yana Kotlar (SSW’14) ■■■ Doreen Saskin (SSW’81) and Alan Saskin ■■ Brian H. McCorkle (GRS’92, GRS’99) and Gail S. Steketee ■■ $2,500–$4,999 Joseph M. Calabrese (SDM’91, SDM’92) and Michele A. Calabrese (SSW’93) ■■ Donald R. McCaul (SSW’58) ■■ Linda H. Singer (SSW’69) ■ Paul E. Singer ■ Joan F. Strauss (SSW’70) ■■ Steve D. Tirado (SSW’82) and Teresa Tirado ■■ $1,000–$2,499 Anonymous Dorothy J. Bergold (SSW’81, SED’74) ■ Peter Byers ■■ William I. Cowin and Judith A. Cowin ■■ Lauren J. Komack (SSW’72) ■■ Joan L. Kwiatkowski (SSW’85) and Michael G. Tauber ■■ Sarah B. Lange (SSW’93) ■■ Edith D. Lowy (SSW’88) ■ Julie S. Lynch (SSW’02, SED’03) and David S. Lynch ■■ Paul S. Mersfelder (SSW’15) ■■ Sharon R. O’Meara (SSW’73) ■■ Wilma C. Peebles-Wilkins ■ Marcia Strean (SSW’54) ■ Carol L. Thrane (SSW’91) and Robert K. Martin ■ Elinor B. Tirre (SSW’55) ■■ Patricia Underwood (SSW’07) ■■■

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David W. Baldwin (COM’80, SSW’89) and Jean A. Baldwin Nathaniel P. Baldwin ■ Pallassana R. Balgopal (SSW’62) and Shyamala W. Balgopal Ara Baligian (SSW’62) and Joan C. Baligian Christine Bandoni (SSW’02) ■ Requina M. Barnes (SSW’04) ■ Barbara B. Barrett (SSW’89) and John H. Barrett ■ Mildred H. Bauer (SSW’55) ■ Phyllis B. Bausher (SSW’68) and Larry P. Bausher ■ Marcia L. Baxter (SSW’77) and Bruce C. Damon ■ Patricia L. Beauchemin (SSW’86) and Lionel A. Beauchemin ■ Charles A. Beaverson (SSW’63) ■ Diane L. Becker (SSW’60) Vasili L. Bellini (SSW’55) and Maria J. Bellini Paul E. Benedict (SSW’76) and Karen M. Benedict ■ Estelle R. Berley (SSW’56) Berthlyn M. Bernier (SSW’97, SPH’99) ■ Arthur G. Bernstein (SSW’70) Dolores L. Bersell (SSW’80) and Robert T. Bersell Tamara J. Bliss (SSW’64) and John S. Bliss Ruth Bodian (SSW’98) Claudia I. Boldman (SSW’80) ■ Lori Bonsignore (SSW’14) and Frank P. Bonsignore ■ Edith Borden (SSW’99) Judith A. Boretti (MET’80, SSW’82) and Robert L. Boretti James A. Bornstein (GSM’08) and Caroline B. Bornstein (SSW’04) Jane Davis Bose (SSW’47) Susan L. Boudreaux (SSW’86) and Robert Siegwarth ■ Regina E. Bower (SSW’92) and Robert A. Bower ■ Brian J. Brady (SSW’78) ■ Jennifer S. Brandel (SSW’98) ■ Joyce L. Branfman (SED’72, SSW’87) and Alan R. Branfman ■ Christiana Bratiotis (GRS’09) ■ Kelly B. Crowley (SSW’03) and Paul W. Breimyer ■ Leslie J. Brennan (SSW’94) and Ronald N. Brennan Eloise A. Bridges (SSW’54) and Leon Bridges Eleanor M. Brightman (SSW’52) Katherine I. Britton (SSW’03) ■ Sara M. Brockway (SSW’07) ■ Nancy L. Brown (SSW’81) Deborah L. Brown (SSW’02) and Ronald O. Brown Robert N. Brown (LAW’76, CAS’70) and Barbara S. Brown (SSW’75, CAS’72) Jeffrey A. Brown (LAW’73, LAW’75) and Barbara H. Brown (SSW’71) ■ Ann J. Bruhn (SSW’80) Robert T. Bruzzese (SED’64, SSW’71, SED’79) Paula L. Budnitz (SSW’69) and Mark E. Budnitz ■ Rosalie S. Budnoff (SSW’50) George R. Bulger (SSW’67) ■ Elizabeth A. Burden (SSW’91, SPH’92) ■ Barbara L. Burka (SSW’85) and Eliot M. Burka ■

Katherine M. Burner (SSW’15) ■ Karen E. Burns (SSW’84) and James F. Burns ■ Aquita L. Burrus (SSW’15) ■ Colleen Burt (SSW’09) Carolyn B. Burton (SSW’04) Vivian J. Bussiere (SSW’95) Elizabeth W. Buswick (SSW’10) and Geoffrey E. Buswick Edward M. Butrick (SSW’85, SED’74) Thomas H. Byrne ■■ Anne M. Calcaterra (SSW’77) and Peter C. Calcaterra Ronald L. Caldarone (SSW’77) and Teresa A. Caldarone ■ Alicia N. Cameron (SSW’14, STH’14) ■ John F. Canavan (SSW’87) and Louise L. Canavan Jessica A. Capobianco (SSW’15) ■ Maryann W. Cardani (SSW’90) and Lawrence A. Cardani Patricia M. Cardenas (SSW’82) and Ariosto Cardenas ■ Elizabeth V. Carruthers (SSW’94) and John B. Pendleton ■ Louis D. Carter (SSW’54) ■■ Emily Castaneda (SSW’82) Crista M. Cavicchio (SSW’05, SED’06) Peter K. Chan (SSW’74) and Laura H. Chan ■ Donna E. Chapman (SON’67, SSW’76) Pamela A. Charney (SSW’91) ■ Denise S. Chazin (SSW’12) and Steve M. Chazin ■■ Yi-Chin Chen (CAS’01, SSW’03) ■ Ruth L. Claire (SSW’45) Lisa G. Clyman (SSW’85) Susan J. Coe (SSW’72) and S. Douglas Coe ■ Marc A. Cohen (SSW’98) Catherine A. Coleman (SSW’51) ■ Brett C. Collins (SSW’07) ■ Cindy Jo A. Collon (SSW’94) ■ Felicita N. Colon (SSW’83) Joanna R. Colton (SSW’96, CAS’89) and David J. Alperovitz Karen E. Comiter Beer (SSW’86) and Thomas R. Beer ■ Leonard S. Confar (STH’51, SSW’53) and Nancy S. Confar (STH’51) Elizabeth Conley (SSW’75, GRS’75) and Mark I. Conley Patricia A. Connors (SSW’79) Amy L. Conwell (SSW’92) and Nicholas Conwell ■ Amy E. Cook-Wright (SSW’95) and Jermaine D. Cook-Wright ■ James E. Cooney (SSW’78) and Norma A. Cooney ■■ Norman D. Corwin (MED’57) and Dorothy J. Corwin (SSW’57) ■■ Amanda E. Coughlin (SSW’14) Jane R. Coyle (SSW’76) and D. Lorne Coyle ■ Barbara L. Cracknell (MET’78, SSW’91) and Terry A. Cracknell ■■ Lisa A. Cremer (SSW’08, SPH’09) ■ Richard J. Cresta (SSW’93, SPH’94) ■■ Sharon Cruz (SSW’00) and James M. Cruz ■ Amy D. Curmi (SSW’15) ■

■ President’s Society (AFLGS) member ■ Young Alumni Giving Society member ■ Faculty/Staff member ■ Parent ■ Three-year consecutive giving ■ First-time donor ■ Deceased

HONOR ROLL Roger A. Phillips (SDM’92) and Robin M. Cushman-Phillips (SSW’90) ■ Paul F. Daley and Nancy R. Klein ■ Ronna Dallal (SSW’79, MET’74) and Amir D. Dallal ■ Thomas J. Damigella (CAS’70, CGS’67, SSW’72) and Rita Damigella ■ Maurie C. Davidson (SSW’67) ■ Nancy C. DeFeudis (SSW’93) Douglas W. Deitz (CAS’78, GSM’82) and Harriet S. Deitz (SSW’82, SED’78) ■ Antoinette M. DelMonico (GRS’13) ■ Kathleen R. Denham (SSW’13) Camillo G. DeSantis (SSW’53) and Lois C. DeSantis ■ Ralph A. Detri (SSW’86, SPH’89) ■ Hinda L. Diamond (SSW’84) Daniel Dias (SSW’80) Yaminette Diaz-Linhart (SSW’10, SPH’11) ■ Margaret J. Dieter (SSW’68) and Richard W. Miller Necole M. Diggs (SSW’01) ■ Noelle C. Dimitri (SSW’00) ■ Anne F. Dinoto ■■ Denise O. Diorio (SSW’85) and Joseph M. DiOrio ■ Loretta M. Dixon (CAS’52, DGE’49, SSW’56) ■ Lesley A. Dixon (SSW’97) ■ Elaine N. Domnitz (SSW’78) and Robert Domnitz Monique K. Doussard (SSW’06) and Aleksandar D. Jovovic ■ Ellen K. Dow (SSW’85) and David Dow ■ Rosanne Druckman (SSW’75, CAS’70) and Larry Scherzer Sherry L. Dutzy (SSW’74) Hilda A. Earsy (SSW’93) and Paul G. Earsy ■ Elise D. Eckelkamp (SSW’94, SED’95) and Jeffrey S. Eckelkamp ■■ Deon S. Edwards (SSW’85) and Walter H. Edwards ■ Patrick J. Egan (GSM’79) and Joanne M. Ceccarelli-Egan (SSW’77, STH’78) Arthur Eisenberg (SSW’57, CAS’55) and Elaine F. Eisenberg ■■ Michael A. Ellis (SSW’97) and Cathy Ellis ■ Nancy J. Fagan (SSW’88) and Thomas G. Wourgitis ■ Mary C. Fallon (SSW’68) and Phillip J. Fallon ■ Marieka C. Farrenkopf (SSW’00, SED’00) and Matthew A. Bihn ■■ Joanne R. Fazzano (SSW’00) Michael B. Allen (GRS’73, GRS’78) and Leslie G. Feder (SSW’80) Caroline W. Feely (SSW’92) and Joseph A. Feely Irma S. Feldman (SSW’54) ■ Cary N. Feuerman (SDM’85, SDM’83) and Laura A. Feuerman (SSW’83) ■ Barry Finkel ■ Robert F. Finn-Clarke (SSW’01) Thomas R. Fish (SSW’71) and Janet L. Fish

Michele J. Fishel (SSW’74) and Barry L. Weisman Madeline B. Fisher (SSW’68) ■ Grace C. Fitzpatrick (SSW’54) Mildred Flashman (PAL’43, SSW’45) ■■ Stephen R. Folven (SSW’81) Lorna Forbes (SSW’82) and Richard P. Holt John L. Forbes (SSW’55) and Nora T. Forbes ■ Margaret E. Ford (SSW’63) Nancy Forman (SSW’73) ■ Miriam J. Foss (SSW’72) and Forrest R. Foss ■ Cheryl A. Foster (SSW’73) Amanda Frank (SSW’08, SPH’10) ■ Jane S. Freed (SSW’75) and Gerald M. Freed ■■ Isabel S. Freeman (SSW’70) and John H. Freeman ■ Eric P. Friedman (SSW’95, CAS’90, SED’93) ■ Ellen C. Friedman (SSW’85) Alexander W. Froom (STH’12, SSW’12) ■ Martha D. Frost (SSW’06) Susan G. Fu (SSW’71) ■ W. Thomas Fuller (CGS’58, CAS’75) and Carol S. Fuller (SSW’80) Efthemia A. Gardner (SSW’15) ■ Peter W. Gariti (SSW’69) and Katherine O. Gariti ■ Sarah N. Garlick (SSW’99) ■ Bernice R. Gartner (SSW’47) and David S. Gartner Diane Gates (SSW’84) and Paul H. Gates Marie L. Gerace (SSW’88, CAS’81) and Andrew Doherty ■ Scott M. Geron and Caroline J. Bagenal ■■ Linda D. Gershman (SSW’76) ■ Judith C. Gilberg (SSW’80) and David J. Gilberg Dana L. Gilbert (SSW’78) and Peter M. Fink Jane R. Gill (CAS’54, SSW’56) Jeanne A. Gill (SSW’58) Nanci Ginty-Butler (SSW’01) and Ethan Butler ■ Diane F. Gittinger (SSW’71) and John W. Gittinger ■ John S. Glaser (SSW’65) and Rochelle S. Glaser (SSW’65) Thomas E. Glass (SSW’70) and Joanne Glass (SSW’70) Lauren K. Glassman (SSW’71) and Steven D. Glassman Shayna Gochberg (SSW’55) ■ Amy L. Goland (SSW’13) Marylynn B. Goldhaber (CAS’67, DGE’65, SSW’69) and Gerald M. Goldhaber ■ Katherine S. Gong (SSW’77) ■ Elizabeth M. Goodchild (SSW’03) ■ Mark D. Goodwin (SSW’87, SPH’87) ■ Cameron M. Gordon (COM’04) ■ Joan L. Gordon (SSW’75) ■ Patricia L. Gordy (SSW’73) and Steve R. Gordy Claudia R. Gostine (SSW’86) Peter L. Graham (GSM’01) and Elizabeth A. Graham Michael Greenstein (SSW’91) ■ Jane M. Griffin (SSW’97) and John R. Griffin ■■ Luigi A. Grimaldi (SSW’05)

Betsy M. Groves (SSW’75) and Timothy W. Groves Roberta H. Guez (SSW’71) and Moshe Guez Deborah Guptill (SSW’67) ■ April D. Hackley (SSW’98) and Patrick D. Hackley ■ Bonnie J. Hallisey (SSW’75) and Paul M. Hallisey ■ Daphne E. Hallowell (SSW’65) and Lee H. Hallowell ■ Mary Halpin (SSW’93) William J. Halpin (SSW’03, SPH’06) ■ Djara E. Hampton (SSW’15) ■ Patricia A. Hardy (SSW’08) Ellen B. Harrington (SSW’87) ■ Jane S. Harrington (SSW’61) ■ Margaret M. Harris (MET’94) Alexander O. Harris (SSW’05, STH’06) Bettieanne C. Hart (SSW’71) and Edward B. Hart Martha E. Hartman (SSW’62) and Karl A. Hartman ■ Patricia M. Hartung (SSW’59) and Duane J. Hartung ■ Lisa M. Hartwick (SSW’87) and Darreli J. Hartwick Mary S. Hartzell (SSW’53) ■ Victoria N. Hasser (SSW’69) Richard J. Hassinger (SSW’82) and Kathryn Hassinger ■ Suzanne Hauck (SSW’94) ■ Joe L. Hegel (LAW’78) and Marielaine Hegel (SSW’78) ■ Bonnie L. Hennig (CAS’87, SSW’89) ■■ Juliaty Hermanto (SSW’15) ■ Marta I. Hernandez (SSW’85) and Manuel C. Sainz De La Pena Phyllis R. Hersch (SSW’67) and Charles Hersch ■ Lisl K. Hershberger (SSW’15) ■ Annelise Herskowitz (SSW’15) ■ Catherine A. Hess (SSW’80) Gwendolyn S. Holloway (SSW’80) and Sidney W. Holloway Jean Holmblad (SSW’88) and Robert E. Zaret ■ Pamela M. Howard (SSW’00) and Gavin V. Malcolm ■ Laura M. Hudson (SSW’13) Kathryn A. Hunt (SSW’15) ■ Hope M. Hussey (SSW’07) and Michael S. Hussey ■ Irma L. Hyman (SSW’46) Kenneth Ingber (LAW’79) and Selma Ingber (SSW’78) ■ Karen E. Ingerman (SSW’93) and Edward F. Ingerman ■ Gordon Isakson (CGS’72) and Jeanette B. Isakson (SSW’79) ■ Marcia U. Jackson (SSW’76) Sara L. Jackson (SSW’13) ■ Katie M. Jacobus (SSW’05) Mitchell Jaffe (SSW’52, SED’53) and Evelyn Jaffe ■ Jeanne A. James (SSW’80) and Dale W. James Lucille M. Jerome (SSW’78, GRS’95) ■ Elizabeth D. Johnson (SSW’81, GRS’81) ■ Renita K. Johnson (SSW’84) and Lawrence P. Johnson Rollin E. Johnson (STH’61, CGS’55, SED’57) and Carol J. Johnson (SSW’59, MET’77) ■ Catherine B. Johnston (SSW’12) ■

Robert E. Jolley (SSW’72) and Cheryl A. Jolley ■ Elizabeth N. Jones (SSW’84) and Stephen N. Jones Roberta E. Jordan (SSW’09) ■ Michael K. Albert (SED’92) and Laina Julier (SED’91, SSW’00) Lauren Kahn (SSW’91) Sally I. Kaitz (SSW’83) Carin A. Kale (SSW’84) ■ Sylvia G. Kaplan (SED’70, SSW’74) James H. Kaplan (CAS’97, LAW’00) and Erica L. StreitKaplan (SSW’00, SPH’01) ■ Barbara B. Kaplan (SSW’89) and Marc M. Weiner ■ Gary A. Kaplan (SSW’69) and Joan F. Kaplan (DGE’66, CAS’68) ■ Sandra M. Katz (SSW’98) ■ Robert M. Kaye (GRS’75) and Nancy F. Kaye (SSW’74) Melissa M. Keel (CAS’72, SSW’75) and Harry W. Keel ■ Hope W. Kenefick (SSW’92, GRS’02) ■ Ann M. Kenney (SSW’92, CAS’68) and Thomas F. Kenney Rona S. Kiley (SSW’75) and Robert R. Kiley Susie S. Kim (SSW’15, SPH’15) ■ Carol Klein (SSW’60) and David M. Klein Ellen P. Klein (SSW’72) and Jared S. Klein ■ Kristine Kluge (SSW’86) Suzanne R. Klumpp (SSW’90) and Andrew M. Klumpp ■ Caroline C. Knott (SSW’62) and Robert G. Knott ■ Jodi Koeman (SSW’95) Constance J. Koerner (SSW’70) ■ Tamara E. Konig (SSW’06, SPH’08) ■ Gwendolyn A. Kopka (SSW’80) and Richard Kopka Herbert J. Korn (COM’61) and Roberta Hodson (SSW’77) ■ Gail H. Korrick (SSW’60, CGS’56) and Ira Korrick ■ Katherine E. Kowaloff (SSW’87) and Harvey J. Kowaloff Jane B. Kuniholm (SSW’70) and Peter F. Kuniholm ■ Betty Kurkulos (CAS’49, SSW’58) ■ Anne K. Lally (SSW’15) ■ Jamison M. Landsman (SSW’92) and Jeffrey M. Landsman Lavay Lau (CAS’54, SSW’56) Lina A. Lawall (SSW’75) and Lawrence M. Schaefer Jaime E. Lederer (SSW’08, SPH’10) ■■ Katherine W. Lee (SSW’99) ■ Cecilia Leland (SSW’82) Christina M. Lemmo (SSW’93) Elayne Lepes (SSW’87, SED’69) and Jeffrey Lepes ■ Phyllis M. Levine (CAS’54, SSW’58) ■ Judith Perlstein and Frederick Levy ■ Elliott H. Libman (SSW’82) ■ Jaclyn Lichtenstein (SSW’79) and Paul Haley ■ Dennis B. Lind (MED’66) and Judy A. Lind (SSW’66) ■ Farrell E. Lindemann ■ Kristina M. Linden ■

Alyssa E. Lodewick (STH’13, SSW’13) ■ Laura K. Logrippo (SSW’15) ■■ Alissa M. Lonergan (SSW’93) and Edward J. Lonergan Ingrid S. Longo (SSW’91) and Edward J. O’Neil ■ Rosa N. Lopes (SSW’66, CAS’53) Luz M. Lopez ■■ Jeanne P. Louizos (SSW’68) ■ Susan L. Lovett (SSW’98) ■■ Linda Feinson Lowenthal (SSW’94) and Michael Lowenthal Peter Lowy (COM’74, GSM’82) and Linda Zeckendorf-Lowy (CFA’72, SED’79) ■ Anne P. Ludlow (SSW’90) and David J. Kuzara Helen A. Lukash (SSW’90) and Paul T. Harrison Florence Lusk (SSW’90) Betty S. Lykins (SSW’80) and Marshall H. Lykins Katherine M. Lynch (SSW’77) ■ Kailey M. MacArthur (SSW’14) ■ Kathy A. MacDonald (SSW’90) and Helen S. Raizen ■ Kathleen M. Mackenzie (SSW’92) ■ Pandora L. MacLean-Hoover (SED’80, SSW’97) ■ Don S. Frost (SSW’82) and Alison W. Magee (SSW’80) ■ Doris C. Magwood (SSW’73) ■ Cassandra E. Maher (SSW’90) ■ James J. Mahfuz (SSW’79) John B. Markoff (SSW’74) and Laurie S. Markoff ■ Cristina R. Martin (SSW’11) ■ David J. Martino (SSW’13) ■ John H. Mason (GRS’91) and Diane E. Mason (SSW’83) Marylou Masterpole-Wise (SSW’80) Mary W. Mathias (SSW’90) ■ Elissa A. Mazza (SSW’07) Marianne M. McCarthy (SSW’86) and Ronald McCarthy Caroline Q. McElroy (SSW’64) and Peter E. McElroy Amanda E. Mcg erigle (SSW’15) ■ David A. McGowan (SSW’86) ■ Karen D. McIntyre (SSW’91) and Patrick J. McIntyre Christine M. McKenna (SSW’15) ■ Donna McLaughlin (SSW’94) ■■ David K. McNamara (SSW’84) and Lauren C. Berman (SSW’80) ■ Elizabeth W. McNamara (SSW’89) and Anna-Beth Winograd ■ Raymond McPhie (SSW’95) and Annette H. McPhie (MET’97, MET’92) ■■ Ann C. Mcw alters (SSW’95) ■ Kristen M. Megerian (SSW’99) and Jonathan T. Megerian ■ Ellen F. Meltzer (SSW’56) ■ Sylvia L. Memolo (SSW’76) and Ralph Memolo ■ Michelle Meneses (SSW’15) ■ Diane B. Meskin (SSW’69) and Peter Meskin Corey W. Dolgon (CAS’84) and Deborah A. Milbauer (SSW’94, CAS’90, SPH’95) Andrea G. Monderer (SSW’91) and Stewart Monderer ■

Boston University School of Social Work

HONOR ROLL Christine M. Montgomery (SSW’93) and David R. Montgomery Penelope A. Moore (SSW’11) ■ Betty B. Moorehead (SSW’44) ■■ Christopher A. Morgan (SSW’79) Margaret Moroney (SSW’94) and Thomas A. Moroney Earl D. Morris (SSW’51) and Helen N. Morris ■ Jay M. Morrison (SSW’71) and Susan M. Morrison (STH’72) Robert L. Morrison (GRS’92, SSW’07) and Emily Morrison Theresa A. Moynahan (SSW’04) ■ Jenny Mundell ■ Jordana R. Muroff ■■ Sarah N. Murphy (SSW’87) Kathryn E. Myers (SSW’11) Frances Nadash (SSW’55) ■ Phyllis B. Namrow (SSW’60, CAS’56) Monica S. Narang (LAW’15, SSW’15) ■ Cherie L. Nault (SSW’97) Eleanor I. Nay-Chiles (SSW’68) and W. Scott Chiles Graham Holmes (GSM’85) and Nancy J. Newton (SSW’81) ■ Kristina F. Niccoli (SSW’71) ■ Joyce Nicholas (SSW’71) and Roger A. Nicholas ■■ Sara A. Nichols (SSW’14) ■■ Margaret R. Nichols (SSW’50) ■ Elizabeth Nixon (SSW’90) Shirley J. Noble ■ Pamela B. Noonan (SED’69) ■ Peter J. Noonan (SSW’70, GSM’77) ■■ Richard W. Norcross (SSW’65) ■ Kristina E. Normann (SSW’11) ■ Nicole L. Norton (SSW’14) ■ Michael J. Novack (SSW’97) and Mary C. McGurrin-Novack ■ Maryan L. Nowak ■ Helen A. Nowak (SSW’90) ■■ Emma V. Ochinang (SSW’60) Lydia P. Ogilby (SSW’67) ■ Lisa Oliver-Connolly (SSW’15) ■ Judith E. Opsahl (SSW’59) and Richard Opsahl ■ Brian J. Oren (SMG’86) and Lisa M. Oren (SSW’90) ■ Sima R. Osdoby (SSW’68) Lauren W. Osga (STH’15, SSW’15) ■ Marc J. Kessler (SSW’72) and Susan E. Osgood ■ Martha J. Painter (SSW’77) and Alan J. Schonberger Vita Paladino-McElroy (SSW’93) ■ Martha L. Palmer (SSW’87) and Jay J. Evans Stacey M. Paradise (SSW’15) ■ Gail Paris (SSW’83) and James E. Hill Jim Park (SSW’92) ■ Patricia A. Parrillo (SSW’15) ■ Margery B. Pattison (SSW’76) Aaron S. Pawelek (SSW’06, STH’08) and Susan Pawelek James L. Pazol and Roberta M. Pazol P. Lynn Peggs Nunez (SSW’92) and Jesus E. Nunez ■ Leslie T. Penni (SSW’15) ■ Kimberly Percival (SSW’01) and Keith Duclos Michelle A. Perrin (SSW’15) ■ Marjorie M. Perry (SSW’89) ■ Bruce W. Peters (SSW’90) and Molly F. Peters

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Nancy O. Phillips ■ Saly Pin-Riebe (SSW’92) Faye M. Polansky (SSW’81) ■■ Nikki R. Pollard (SSW’04) ■ Mary E. Posner (SSW’70) and Edward M. Posner ■ Marilyn A. Preston (SSW’94) Soraya F. Presume-Calixte (SSW’04) and Prosper Calixte Maria B. Rau (SSW’15) ■ Edward L. Raynard (SSW’67, CGS’60) and Shirley M. Raynard (CAS’64) ■ Patricia A. Reese (SSW’70) ■ Marian E. Reid (CAS’79, SSW’81) Donna S. Reilly (SSW’75) and Thomas E. Reilly ■ Doreen P. Reis (SSW’01) and Felix J. Rodriguez ■ Tracey Rezendes (COM’01, SED’12) and David Rezendes ■■ Robert M. Rice (SSW’54) and Priscilla M. Rice (DGE’48) ■■ John R. Richard (SSW’80) and Joan C. Richard Marcia J. Richardson (SSW’98) Morris Richman (SSW’54) and Marjorie Richman ■ Marla S. Richmond (SSW’93) and Robert A. Gottlieb ■ Nancy R. Rikoon (SSW’73) and Gary M. Rikoon ■ Suzanne A. Roberts (SSW’15) ■ Helena A. Rocha (SSW’75) and Jeffrey A. Bushel Shawna M. Rodrigues (SSW’02) ■ Jennifer F. Roman (SSW’10) and Jason M. Roman ■ Jill Romanowski (SSW’10) Eleanor G. Romney (PAL’49, SSW’54) Nora Rose (SSW’11) ■ Elizabeth A. Rose (CAS’70, SSW’75) and Joe D. Hull David H. Rosen (SSW’52) ■ Gregory L. Rosenberg (SSW’85) and Phyllis Greenberger ■■ Heather L. Rosenquist (SSW’15) ■ Joan E. Rosenson (SSW’60) and Lawrence Rosenson ■ Abigail M. Ross (SSW’08, SPH’10) ■■ Ann H. Ross (SSW’68) and Joseph Ross ■ Doris Rothe (SSW’76) Annemarie O. Rotondo (SSW’74) and Anthony Rotondo ■ Richard H. Rowland (SSW’60) and Martha M. Rowland (SED’64) Charlotte Rubin (SSW’48) and Arnold L. Rubin Phillip S. Rubin (COM’64) and Laurie K. Rubin (SSW’73) ■ Taffy S. Ruggeri (SSW’05) and Joseph N. Ruggeri ■ Barbara Ruskin (SSW’97) ■ Carolyn Russell (SSW’99) ■ Bridgett J. Sadler (SSW’07) and Michael Sadler David Sadownick (SSW’08) ■ Jasmine Sahady (SSW’97) and Jonathan L. Sahady Juanita Salinas (SSW’90, CAS’85) ■ Janet A. Salomon (SSW’71) and Kenneth P. Salomon ■■ Emily B. Saltz (SSW’81) and Ira Fader Louise P. Saltzman (SSW’54) and Charles Saltzman

George R. Samuels (SSW’90, GRS’89) ■ Rebecca L. Sander (SSW’87, STH’88) and Mary D. Glasspool ■ Elana J. Sandler (SSW’05, SPH’06) ■ Kimberlee Sanel (SSW’15) ■ Nancy A. Sanford (SSW’83) Marion S. Schaal (CGS’67, CAS’69, SSW’71) ■ Anne L. Schaller (SSW’96) ■ Pauline Scheinfein (SSW’56) ■ Susan K. Schlesinger (CAS’71, SSW’74) and Alan J. Schlesinger ■ Constance J. Schnell (SSW’69) and Cornelius C. Schnell Anne Scholder (SSW’74) Betty J. Ruth (SSW’84, SPH’85) and Ken S. Schulman ■■■ John H. Schwartz (CAS’63) and Janice H. Schwartz (SSW’69) ■ Cecile Schwartzman (SSW’46) ■ Susanne Scipione (SSW’03) and Michael J. Scipione Erica D. Scoppetti (SSW’05) ■ Debra A. Scott (SSW’96) and James R. Scott Millicent P. Scott (SSW’55) Meredith A. Scott (SSW’80) and Robert J. Scott ■ Jillian C. Scribi (SSW’07) Peter A. Antonellis (SSW’83) and Susan A. Sedor (SAR’87) ■ Margaret O. Seigenthaler (SSW’62) ■ Maia J. Semerzier (SSW’15) ■ Andrew N. Seminerio (SSW’79) and June M. Grasso ■■ Margaret E. Senturia (SSW’74) and Stephen D. Senturia ■ Elaine M. Shea (SSW’83) and William E. Shea ■ Beth-Ann Sheff Ross (SSW’95) and Laurence A. Ross ■■ Nancy Sheiman (SSW’78) and Jonathan Sheiman ■ Paul R. Shelly (SSW’78) ■ Sarah Sherman (SSW’15) ■ Elaine Sherrod (SSW’72) and Rome Sherrod ■ Thea J. Sheveloff (SSW’85) and Joel L. Sheveloff ■■ Jean C. Shimer (SSW’82) Ruth Sidel (SSW’56) and Victor W. Sidel Carol R. Siegel (SSW’65) and Jules Siegel ■ Erica Sigal (SSW’88) ■ Jessica P. Silbermann (SSW’14) Mildred Sklar (SSW’53) ■ Andrea Slatopolsky (SSW’90) and Morten Olrik ■ A. Richard Slayton (SSW’67) and Louise U. Slayton (SSW’67) ■ Alan J. Slobodnik (SSW’76) and Deborah L. Slobodnik Laura Smales (SSW’13) ■ E. Kendra Smith (CAS’62, SSW’64) and Huston Smith Judith A. Smith (SSW’83) and Robert M. Smith ■ Kerri E. Smith (CAS’05, SSW’07, SPH’09) ■ Arlette T. Smith (SSW’82, CAS’79) ■ Dorothy L. Smith (SSW’49) ■ Kendall A. Snow (SSW’64) and Martha W. Snow Theresa Snowden (SSW’02) ■

David I. Solomon (SMG’83) and Debra B. Solomon (SSW’87) ■ Deidra M. Somerville (SSW’95) and Michael Somerville ■ Erica K. Soper (SSW’98) Amanda M. Souza (SSW’15) ■ James L. Sparks (SSW’98) ■ Faye B. Speert (SSW’70) and Peter K. Speert Julie S. Springwater (SSW’94) ■ Drury A. Spurlock (SSW’88) ■ Allison T. Srinivasan (SSW’00) and Sriram L. Srinivasan ■ Krystin M. St. Onge (SSW’13) Amy Stack (SSW’97) ■ Meg E. Stafford (SSW’83) and Martin D. Stafford Naomi M. Stearns (SSW’74) and Robert W. Stearns ■ Elizabeth D. Steel (SSW’87) and R. Knight Steel Kristin M. Koe (SSW’87) and Gregory K. Steinberg ■ Steven M. Steinke (CGS’88, CAS’90, SSW’95) and Mary G. Steinke (SSW’95) ■■ Marjory B. Stickler (SSW’91) and David B. Stickler ■ Stephanie M. Stidham (SSW’01) and Erik Stidham ■ Arline M. Stith (SSW’72) and James H. Stith Deborah C. Strod (SSW’89) and Eran C. Strod Moragh L. Stroud (SSW’60) and David H. Stroud ■ Arthur H. Stutz (SSW’82, MET’78) Richard Stuver (SSW’93) and Sherri O. Stuver ■ Jill A. Sullivan (SSW’15) ■ Burnet B. Sumner (SSW’69) and Jack W. Mca ninch Elizabeth S. Sunde (SSW’94, SED’95) and Paul E. Sunde ■ Hilda M. Swartz (SSW’77) and Merlin L. Swartz ■ Carol A. Sweeney ■ Susan E. Sweet (SSW’92) Kim E. Sweetland (SSW’96) Emilie Swenson (SSW’15) ■ Evelyn P. Swezey (MET’78, SSW’80) Paul Taraborelli (SSW’93) ■ Margo Tarasov (SSW’83) Alison B. Tarmy (SSW’99, SPH’00) and Jeffrey Tarmy ■ Cynthia W. Taska (SSW’80) ■ Elizabeth B. Taylor (SSW’86) Allison B. Taylor (SSW’99) Nancy C. Taylor (SSW’67) and James R. Taylor Ivy Teixeira (SSW’11) Anne B. Tenney (SSW’56) ■■ Ruth T. Tepper (SSW’79) and Jonathan Tepper Shelley A. Terry (SSW’00) and Matthew C. Terry ■ Michelle E. Thesing (SSW’92) and Michael P. Thesing Robert M. Thomas Daniel L. Thompson (SSW’78) and Jeanne M. Thompson Linda Thompson (SSW’95) Linda B. Tiedemann (SSW’77) and Skip Tiedemann Bonnie P. Tincknell (SSW’15) ■ Princiotti L. Tisdale ■ Karen B. Torop (SSW’68) and Paul L. Torop Amneris J. Torres (SSW’12) ■ Julie F. Triessl (SSW’81)

Diane L. Tukman (SSW’81) ■ Janice Turner (SSW’89) Jay W. Turner (STH’79) and Marianne Turner (SSW’78) Gloria J. Turosz (SSW’87) Patricia Tuttle (SSW’86) and Frederick Tuttle Marc C. Ubaldino (ENG’95) and Jennifer C. Ubaldino (SSW’03, SED’03) Erika M. Vargas (SSW’10) ■ Armando J. Silva (SSW’79, GRS’82) and Ivelisse Vazquez (SSW’76) Daniel Velez-Rivera (SSW’05, STH’06) and T. Parker Gallagher ■ Mark F. Vitt (GSM’00) and Suzanne T. Vitt (SSW’04) ■ Silvia R. von Sacken (SSW’97) and Paul Von Sacken Natalie P. Waggaman (SSW’14) ■ Michelle A. Walsh (SSW’93, STH’06, STH’14) ■ Elisa Walts (SSW’15) ■ Christina Weeter (SSW’04, SED’05) ■ Karl W. Weiland (SSW’86, SED’75) and Karen C. Weiland ■ Carolyn Welch (SSW’70) ■ Brianna L. Welcome (SSW’11) Karen Welling (SSW’82) Nancy H. White (SSW’73) and William T. White Richard K. White (SSW’73) Jamie T. Whiteman (SSW’15) ■ Isabelle Wiedis (SSW’56, CAS’51) and Donald L. Wiedis Karla L. Wight (SON’56) Chantilly T. Wijayasinha (SSW’15, SPH’15) ■ David J. Homsey (CFA’86) and Susan L. Wildemann (SSW’91) Lora L. Wilford-McManus (SSW’83) and David McManus Constance W. Williams (SSW’70) and Preston N. Williams Kelly M. Williamson ■ Kathleen M. Winkworth (SSW’77) and James Shamey Sarah E. Winn (SSW’12) ■ Charles B. Wood (STH’74) and Constance M. Wood (SSW’92) ■ Sally Ann H. Wood (SSW’60) and Loren M. Wood ■ Nelson C. Woodfork (SSW’72) and Ann P. Woodfork Susan K. Yi-Millette (SSW’88, CAS’87, MET’87) Robert E. Yorke (SSW’81, MET’70) and Judith Y. Sullivan Lindsey K. Young (SSW’09) ■ Paul L. Zazow (CAS’72) and Betsy A. Zazow (SSW’82) ■ Lisa D. Zerden (GRS’09) and Matthew L. Zerden Wendy J. Zimman-Smith (SSW’73) and Edward H. Smith ■ Joan L. Zink (SSW’75) and William P. Zink ■ Ernest Zucco (CAS’91, SSW’98)

■ President’s Society (AFLGS) member ■ Young Alumni Giving Society member ■ Faculty/Staff member ■ Parent ■ Three-year consecutive giving ■ First-time donor ■ Deceased

ST U D E N T S C H O L A R S H I P S P OT L I G H T Corporations and Foundations $50,000–$99,999 Svenson Family Foundation $25,000–$49,999 Anonymous Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund William T. Grant Foundation $10,000–$24,999 Combined Jewish Philanthropies $5,000–$9,999 Lois & Samuel Silberman Foundation J. M. Lazarus Foundation $1–$249 Cary N. Mack, PhD, LLC E. N. Psychotherapy, LLC Headlands Farm Kaitz & Siegel Geriatric Care Oceangate Counseling Matching Gifts Analog Devices Inc. Kresge Foundation Philips Electronics North America Corporation Shell Oil Company We strive to list all donor contributions as accurately as possible. If we have inadvertently made an error, please accept our apologies and contact our Director of Development Tracey Rezendes, at trez@bu.edu or 617-358-5599.

2015 DEAN’S ADVISORY BOARD Maki Amano Tokyo, Japan Rhea Bufferd, SSW’74 Newton, MA Cassandra Clay, SSW’79 Campaign Co-Chair Jamaica Plain, MA John Drew, SSW’70 Boston, MA Annette S. Eskind, SSW’51 Nashville, TN Joline Godfrey, SSW’77 Santa Barbara, CA Nancy Karp, SSW’78 Brookline, MA Joan Kwiatkowski, SSW’85 Barrington, RI Carla Meyer, SSW’78 Campaign Co-Chair Boston, MA Doreen Saskin, SSW’81 Toronto, ON Naomi Stanhaus, SSW’70 Chicago, IL Joan Fuld Strauss, SSW’70 New York, NY Steve Tirado, SSW’82 Castro Valley, CA

2015 SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES Lenny Bloksberg Social Welfare Policy Scholarship: None Rhea and Allen Bufferd Scholarship: Sarah Dolaty Wendy Carol Byers Memorial Scholarship: Scott Clark City Year Scholarship: Jaleesa Bell, Victoria de la Llama, Isabel Checa, Danielle Helme, Albert Le, Dexter Stark Richard B. DeWolfe Scholarship: Brittany Mitchell Carolyn Dillon Scholarship: Yelizaveta Dimant Mary Louise Dillon Scholarship: Kailyn Baker John Drew Scholarship: Mariano Humphrey, Nermeen Tahoun Golda Edinburg Scholarship: Crystal Sorabella Annette Schaffer Eskind Scholarship: Christine Brienza, Katey Duchin Deborah Feldstein Bartfeld Scholarship Recipients: Natalie Balleta Jalessa Bell Celeste Brown Rebecca Chernek Scott Clark Carlie Currier Laura Heller Brittany McLaren Ashley Oelkers Maggie Oliveira Amanda Robbins Vanessa Wood Louise and Anna B. Frey Multicultural Education Scholarship: Jessica Long, Brandon Powell

Barbara Locke Memorial Scholarship: Maggie Capwell Annabel Gill Alexandra Yogman Lowy-Gem Recipients: Ashley Adams Ann Ballantine Christine Brienza Sophia Brockenbrough Erin Dodson-Kochmann Kailey Face Michelle Freeman Josephine Galyon Kate Goettge Telisa Holland Aida Manduley Cheryl Mcclune Brittany McLaren Annette Fortier McNamara Emily Murray Meghna Raj Lillian Servera July Suarez Helen Tanchez Sierra Taylor Clarissa Thomas Emily Widor Thomas D. Mackey III Memorial Scholarship: Rachel BowersSword, Haley Falkenberry, Nicholas Rysyck Ina L. Morgan Scholarship: Emily Murray Rosemary Pazol Mundell Memorial Scholarship: Tanya Howard Naomi Osterman Scholarship: Michelle Bothmann, Jacqueline Carpentier Wilma Peebles-Wilkins Human Relations Scholarship: Aida Manduley

Frances H. Gelber Scholarship: Vanessa Enriquez

Angelina Alberti Ruggie Scholarship: Allyson Delprino

HRSA STIPEND RECIPIENTS

Ruskin Scholarship: None

Donna Merrell Michelle Muraco Kathryn Nunes Maggie Oliveira Tiffani Sylvain Alyssa Zenith

Samaritan’s Stipend: Lauren Branson

Carolyn Jacobs Prize: Carolyn Corrigan Hubie Jones Urban Service Scholarship: Brittany McLaren Miriam Hurwitz Scholarship: Juliana Scherer Josephine Lambert Scholarship: Ashley Slay Legacy for the Future Scholarship: Jacqueline Carpentier, Yelizaveta Dimant, Alexandra Yogman

Muriel Bloch Kolner Sieh Scholarship: Elyssa Gorelick Singer Family Foundation Prize: Aimee Mills, Nicholas Rysyk Social Work & Public Health Stipend: None SSW MSW/MPH Scholarship: Katherine Storer SSW Unrestricted Endowment Fund: Lily Sonis Jane Stewart Memorial Prize: Dawn Shewmaker Holly Margolin Zwerling Scholarship: Lily Sonis

Jennifer Kong (’16)

Second-Year Clinical Student, Trauma Certificate Program, Urban Practice Scholarship Recipient Current field placement: I’m completing my advanced field placement with the Community Violence Response Team at Boston Medical Center. I provide individual and family counseling services to survivors of violence and to family members impacted by violence. Why I chose BUSSW: I chose BUSSW because of the innovative research and the strong urban focus. Having been raised in Oakland, CA, I was ready to gain new experiences and spread my wings in Boston. My scholarship story and my future: I am a proud recipient of the Urban Practice Scholarship. At BUSSW, I have grown as a leader (student organization co-president), a researcher (project coordinator on a major national study funded by the Department of Defense), a clinician, and a truly well-rounded social worker. My training here will provide a strong foundation for my professional and personal goals of promoting resilience, recovery, and treatment for underserved, marginalized communities that have been impacted by trauma. I am so appreciative of having received the Urban Practice Scholarship, enabling me to do all this and more! Interested in learning about more ways to support scholarship opportunities for BUSSW students? Visit www.bu.edu/ssw/ alumni/giving.

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M E S S AG E F R O M T H E A L U M N I A S S O C I AT I O N

The BUSSW Alumni Association has had quite a busy fall! We kicked off the academic year with a very productive Alumni Association Board meeting and Alumni Association awards ceremony on September 26, 2015. The award recipients were truly impressive. I know I speak for my fellow alumni when I say it made me proud to be a social worker, and especially a BUSSW graduate. At the reception, we also celebrated the birthdays of our dear friends Associate Dean Ken Schulman and Clinical Professor Betty Ruth. In honor of their milestone birthdays in 2015, BUSSW is holding a fund-raising campaign to support the MSW/MPH program, and every gift will be doubled! We encourage all alumni to participate in this exciting effort! On November 12, the Alumni Association hosted a continuing education program, “Conversations about Race.” Alumni Board steering committee members Nikki Pollard, Kathleen Mackenzie, and Requina Barnes facilitated an engaging and enlightening discussion of racial injustice and offered strategies for social workers to use in providing leadership toward opening a racial dialogue in their communities. It was wonderful to see so many students, alumni, and faculty attend the event, and it was clear that this topic felt relevant to many people. The steering committee sees a need for continuing conversations on this theme, and we look forward to revisiting this important topic at our spring program, coming in April 2016—stay tuned! We are also working with the BUSSW student organization to host the second

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annual “Social Work in Color” networking event later in the spring, which provides an opportunity for students to connect intentionally with alumni of color. The Alumni Association looks forward to continuing to engage with the School, its students, faculty, and fellow alumni. Many of our Alumni Association chapters—which cover 33 states, the District of Columbia, eastern Canada, Europe, and Indonesia—have cosponsored BUSSW on Wheels events with BUSSW. These events involve local alumni, current Online Program students, and prospective students. We participated in the first alumni-student event of 2015–16 in January 2016. And, we also are active in supporting the new Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health, continued planning for the Macro program, admissions recruiting, and other projects. In recent months, the board has been thrilled to welcome several new members. We always look forward to hearing from alumni who are interested in getting involved with a dynamic group of social workers and giving back to BUSSW. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to me directly anytime at catebjohnston@gmail.com! This past fall has been the start of new leadership of the Alumni Association as I assumed the role of president and Nikki Pollard became vice president. During this transition, we have been extremely grateful for the guidance and support of our predecessors, Amanda Frank and Abby Ross, as well as the rest of the steering committee. We look forward to an active and successful spring season as well! Warm wishes for the new year, Cate Johnston (’12) BUSSW Alumni Association Board President

A LU M N I A SSO CIATIO N B OA RD M E M B E RS

Katy Abrams (’97) Austin, TX

Nanci Ginty-Butler (’01) Waban, MA

Allison Srinivasan (’00) Minggu, Indonesia

Jennifer Ahlijanian (’91) Exeter, RI

Mark Goodwin (’87) Poughkeepsie, NY

Taffy (Smith) Ruggeri (’05) Greenfield, MA

Requina Barnes (’04) Steering Committee Member, Cambridge, MA

Anitza Guadarrama-Tiernan (’04), Steering Committee Member, Waltham, MA

Deidra Somerville (’95) South Holland, IL

Betty Bernier (’97) Hyde Park, MA

Will Halpin (’03) Jamaica Plain, MA

Kimberly Bradley (’11) Auburn, WA

Cate Johnson (’12) President, Steering Committee Member, Cambridge, MA

Katie Britton (’03) West Roxbury, MA Sukhi Bubbra (’97) Toronto, Ontario, Canada Pamela Charney (’91) Ft. Lauderdale, FL Yi-Chin Chen (’03) West Roxbury, MA Jasmin N. Choi, (’17) Student Representative, Newton, MA Brett Collins (’07) San Francisco, CA Lisa Cremer (’08) Shaker Heights, OH Kelly Crowley (’03) Concord, MA Sharon Cruz (’00) Rochester, MA Nickie Diggs (’01) Laurel, MD Noelle Dimitri (’00) Quincy, MA Lesley Dixon (’97) West Orange, NJ Daniel Do (‘13) Steering Committee Member, Somerville, MA Erica Farrell (’13) Somerville, MA Marieka Farrenkopf (’00), Portland, OR Amanda Frank (’08) Steering Committee Member, Weymouth, MA Erika Gaitan (’15) Steering Committee Member, Somerville, MA

Students take a snowy stroll past the Free at Last sculpture in BU’s Marsh Plaza.

Kami Kato (’98) Mililani, HI Hope Kenefick (’92) Barrington, NH Barbara Kondilis (’98) Glyfada, Greece Susan Lovett (’98) Jamaica Plain, MA Jamie (Wyatt) Marshall (’06) Great Falls, MT Pandora MacLeanHoover (’95), Newburyport, MA Ann McWalters (’95) Berkeley, CA Rebecca Mulhern (’02) Brooklyn, NY Kristina Normann (’11) Denver, CO Nicole Norton (’14) Westbrook, ME Michael Novack (’97) Steering Committee Member, Waltham, MA Nikki Pollard (’04), Vice President, Steering Committee Member, Cambridge, MA Doreen Reis (’01) Southington, CT Abby Ross (’08), Steering Committee Member, Boston, MA Jill Schreider (‘14) Steering Committee Member, Cambridge, MA Erica Scoppetti (’05) Steering Committee Member, Brookline, MA

Jessica Sousa (’16), Student Representative, Boston, MA Stephanie Stidham (’01) Orange, CA Elizabeth Stookey Sunde (’94) Wilder, VT Sharon Ash Tancredi (’99) Scarborough, ME Stephanie Tesch (’03) Encinitas, CA Michelle Thesing (’92) Tucker, GA Mitchell Thomas (’14) Boston, MA Amneris Torres (’12) Hartford, CT Erika Vargas (’10) Aiea, HI Christina Weeter (’04) Louisville, KY Sarah Winn (’12) Auburn, WA Angela Yarde (’07) Mattapan, MA Lindsey Young (’09) Redondo Beach, CA

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of local and national academic, clinical, advocacy, and policy organizations. “We have assembled a diverse range of talent to participate in each of these communities,” Bachman said. “We think this broad-based experience and expertise will bring real depth to our work.” Each learning community will author a peer-reviewed academic paper on social work and health. These papers will examine economic and social issues, prevention, collaboration, and social work’s current and future impact on population health. Findings from this research will form a supplement to be

published by the American Journal of Public Health in late 2016. “The fact that a prestigious public health journal has committed to publish this work is something new,” Bachman said. “It shows that the field is ready to look at social work’s contributions to addressing health challenges.” BUSSW Dean Gail Steketee said, “People are starting to understand the value of social work in addressing health care challenges and improving outcomes.” Preliminary findings will be presented during a symposium in Boston in May. In addition to their research work, learning

You’re Invited! Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health Spring Symposium Join us May 12 from 11 to 3 in the Hiebert Lounge on the Boston University Medical Campus. RSVP to ciswh@bu.edu.

The Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health Housed at the Boston University Medical Campus, the mission of the Boston University Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health is to expand the impact of social work in health, public health, and global health in order to reduce health costs, improve outcomes and the patient experience, and promote population health and health equity nationally and globally. The Center promotes social work leadership in health through interprofessional and transdisciplinary collaboration with public health, medicine, health economics, technology, and other relevant disciplines. Questions? Email Project Manager Madi Wachman (’14, SPH’15) at madi@bu.edu.

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