This year marks Boston University’s decision to change Columbus Day to Indigenous People’s Day. BU School of Social Work alumna Adrienne Young (SSW’21) has led the charge over the past few years to make this shift in the school’s calendar. In an interview with BU Today, Young discusses that journey, and why the change empowers […]
A study led by BUSSW Professor Hyeouk Chris Hahm shows that Asians and Asian Americans aren’t the only ones impacted by anti-Asian racism in the United States – all populations feel the effects. Using qualitative data collected through Hahm’s CARES study – a survey of more than a thousand young adults conducted from March to September […]
BU School of Social Work Professor Renée Spencer is one of several speakers at an upcoming national mentoring roundtable event, “Meaningful Engagement of Caregivers of Color.” The roundtable “seeks to deepen the exploration of the ways in which mentee caregivers are essential to quality matches and to their children’s futures. And consider the ways in […]
“This paper provides empirical evidence that Covid-19-related discrimination is a serious threat to public health.” A study led by Boston University School of Social Work Professor Hyeouk Chris Hahm has found that increases in anti-Asian discrimination during the Covid-19 pandemic were associated with a coinciding increase in symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among Asian […]