In an article for Spark on Medium.com, Prof. Jennifer M. Gómez from BU School of Social Work and M. Colleen McDaniel, PhD, discuss how current Title IX policies for reducing sexual violence on college campuses are similar to prison systems by treating systemic issues with individual solutions. To improve how college campuses respond to rape […]
When older adults are financially exploited, the harm is more than just monetary – especially when the perpetrators are their family members. Jennifer M. Gómez, an assistant professor at Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW), examines the ripple effect of financial victimization in an article in Aging & Mental Health coauthored by LaToya Hall […]
“When Enough Became Too Much: Institutional Betrayal, Resignation, & Institutional Courage for Change,” an essay authored by Prof. Jennifer M. Gómez from BU School of Social Work (BUSSW), is featured in a special issue of The ADVANCE Journal. The essay details the interpersonal and systemic discrimination she experienced at her former institution, while offering institutionally […]
Jennifer M. Gómez, an assistant professor at Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW), contributed an important chapter on sexual abuse and healing in a new book examining Black activism from 2000-2022. Her chapter, titled “Black Activism from the Ivory Tower: Cultural Betrayal, Sexual Abuse, and Healing for Black Women and Girls,” offers a Black […]