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  1. The cupola on top of the Main College Building at Simmons University in the fall.
    Announcement

    Simmons Joins National AmeriCorp Public Health Program to Support Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence

    Simmons University will be one of fourteen universities working with experts to improve the public health response. Simmons University School of Social Work announced today that is joining a grant-funded partnership with the Office of Gender-Based Violence at Arizona State...

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    Faculty Spotlight

    Professor Johnnie Hamilton-Mason Researches South End’s League of Women as King Boston Visiting Scholar

    As King Boston's inaugural Visiting Scholar, School of Social Work Professor Johnnie Hamilton-Mason supports the organization's research infrastructure while delving into her own research on the League of Women for Community Service, an organization created by and for Black women in the South End of Boston in the 1940’s.

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    Faculty Spotlight

    "Narrative Practice as Tapestry" An Interview with Hugo Kamya

    The following interview between Professor Hugo Kamya from the School of Social Work at Simmons University and Taylor Eubanks, graduate student of Gender and Cultural Studies, discusses Professor Kamya's work on narrative practice and how our stories get told. What...

  4. Photo by Christina Morillo
    Faculty Spotlight

    “When Does Resilience Turn into Epistemic Injustice?” An Interview with Renada Goldberg

    The following conversation took place between Dr. Renada Goldberg, Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at Simmons University, and Taylor Eubanks, graduate student in the Gender and Cultural Studies program. Professor Goldberg talks about her current project for...

  5. man in gray hoodie sitting on chair - Photo by Keenan Beasley
    Faculty Spotlight

    "'Healthy Together': Self Management Program for African American Men" An Interview with Vanessa Robinson-Dooley

    The following conversation takes place between Dr. Vanessa Robinson-Dooley, Associate Professor at Simmons University's School of Social Work, and Taylor Eubanks, graduate student in the Gender and Cultural Studies program. Dr. Robinson-Dooley talks through the development and application of the...

  6. Simmons University Main College Building's cupola with the Boston city skyline in the background
    Announcement

    Simmons University Faculty Member Co-Authors New Study Analyzing Preterm Birth Rates among non-Hispanic Black Parents in Massachusetts

    Study examining non-Hispanic Black preterm birth rates by nativity, region, and country of origin raises new questions about impact of discrimination on reproductive health

  7. Simmons University Main College Building's cupola with the Boston city skyline in the background
    Campus & Community

    Interdisciplinary Partnerships Bring Together Simmons Social Work with Tufts Medical School and Emerson College

    The Simmons School of Social Work has teamed with two Boston-area colleges to offer students unique opportunities to partner and learn from medical and physician assistant students and speech pathology students.

  8. Headshot of Gary Bailey
    Campus & Community

    Reflecting on World AIDS Day at the Intersection of Pandemics

    Professor of Practice Gary Bailey, MSW, ACSW reflects on the 33rd annual World AIDS Day, a time to honor and remember those we have lost to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

  9. Simmons University Main College Building in the fall
    Faculty Spotlight

    Simmons Faculty Recognized for Innovative Teaching During the Pandemic

    Simmons University received a $10,000 Presidential Grant through the Davis Education Foundation to fund a Post-Pandemic Innovative Teaching Award.

  10. Christina Sellers, assistant professor of social work program
    Announcement

    Simmons University Faculty Member Awarded Grant to Treat Suicidal Ideation Among Adolescents Who Use Substances

    Assistant Professor of Social Work Christina M. Sellers has received a Young Investigator Innovation grant of $89,992 from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.