BUSSW Announces Spring 2007 Colloquia and Seminars
The Boston University School of Social Work is pleased to announce its spring 2007 colloquia and seminars. Unless otherwise noted, all programs are held in the School of Social Work’s Conant Lounge at 264 Bay State Road (second floor).
February 22, 2007 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Social Welfare Analysis Colloquium
Topic: "Who Cares? Finding a Sustainable Research Agenda in Non-Sustaining Times"
Presenter: Ann Withorn, Professor, UMASS Boston Department of Social Policy and Welfare Rights
February 28, 2007 12:00-1.45 p.m.
Diversity Committee Colloquium
Topic: "Life is calling" Service & Adventure after Graduation: Scenes from The Peace Corps & AMERICORPS.
Presenters: Rilda Letourneau and Amy Dunaway, Boston University School of Social Work
March 1, 2007, 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Social Welfare Analysis Colloquium
Presenter: Ellen Devoe, Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Social Work
March 2, 2007, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Informal Conversation With Monica McGoldrick (for Faculty and Doctoral Students)
Topic: Scholarly and Teaching Issues Related to Culture, Diversity, and Family Issues
Presenter: Monica McGoldrick, MSW, PhD (h.c.), Director of The Multicultural Family Institute, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
March 3, 2007, 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
BU George Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Avenue
Twenty-fifth Annual Miriam Hurwitz Memorial Lecture
Topic: Family Contexts and Connections: Using Genograms to Help Clients Transform Their Life Narratives
Presenter: Monica McGoldrick, MSW, PhD (h.c.), Director of The Multicultural Family Institute, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
March 7, 2007, 12.15–2.00 p.m.
Family Therapy Certificate Program Colloquium
Topic: Considerations for working with families affected by mass community trauma: Lessons learned from September 11th
Presenter: Ellen Devoe, Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Social Work
March 8, 2007, 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Social Welfare Analysis Colloquium
Presenter: Randy Albelda, Professor, UMASS Department of Economics
March 20, 2007, 12.15–2.00 p.m.
Faculty Teaching Colloquium
Topic: “Grading Issues and Concerns”
March 21, 2007, 12.15-1.45 p.m.
SSW Student Lounge
Diversity Committee Colloquium
Panel Discussion: "What It Is Like and What One Should Know Working in Agencies that Serve Ethnically and Culturally Diverse Populations."
Co-sponsored with the SW Career Center
March 22, 2007, 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Social Welfare Analysis Colloquium
Presenter: Susan Curnan, Associate Professor and Director, Center for Youth and Communities, Brandeis University
March 29, 2007, 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Social Welfare Analysis Colloquium
Presenter: Cathy Reissman, Professor Emerita Boston University, Research Professor Boston College SSW
April 5, 2007, 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Social Welfare Analysis Colloquium
Presenters: Luz Lopez, Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Social Work, Lisa Zerden, Doctoral Candidate, Social Work and Sociology, Boston University
April 11, 2007, 12.00-1.45 p.m.
SSW Room 121
Diversity Committee Colloquium
Topic: "Is It Missing in the Curriculum?: An Overview of LGBT Issues."
Presenter: NASW’s LGBT group
April 12, 2007, 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Social Welfare Analysis Colloquium
Presenter: Marah A. Curtis, Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Social Work
For more information on these programs, please contact Anna Chuyeva at achuyeva@bu.edu or at 617-353-3750.