Steketee Awarded 2010 Rosen Lectureship

Boston University School of Social Work Dean Gail Steketee has been awarded the 2010 Aaron Rosen Lecture Award from the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR). This prestigious award recognizes a leading social work scholar who has accumulated a body of significant and innovative scholarship relevant to practice, the research base for practice, or effective utilization of research in practice.  As recipient of this award, Dean Steketee will deliver a lecture at the 2010 SSWR Annual Conference in San Francisco.

Shared Dean Steketee, "I am simply delighted to receive this honor and hope I can do Dr. Rosen justice with my lecture. It is a special pleasure to give this Lecture at SSWR where I am a founding member from its inception 15 years ago through the foresight of Janet Williams who was a social work pioneer in mental health and its treatment. I am also indebted to my many psychology and psychiatry collaborators for this honor."

In addition to leading the School of Social Work, Dean Steketee is one of the nation’s leading researchers and clinicians who specializes in the treatment of compulsive hoarding. Two of her most recent books are Buried in treasures: Help for compulsive hoarding (with David Tolin and Randy Frost), and Compulsive hoarding and acquiring, a therapist’s guide and client workbook (with Randy Frost).

Established by the Society for Social Work and Research, in conjunction with the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis, the Aaron Rosen Lecture Award honors the lifetime achievement of Dr. Rosen and provides the SSWR membership with an annual scholarly lecture that furthers the field’s focus on the integration of practice and research.

Learn more about Dean Steketee’s research.