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.