Research leaders.
Committed practitioners.
Proven educators.
Faculty
Faculty
Our faculty are recognized nationally and internationally for their research and practice. Dedicated to mentorship, these scholars, clinicians, scientists, and leaders draw on diverse disciplines鈥攆rom social work and sociology to public health, epidemiology, and neuroscience鈥攊n their teaching and work.
By the Numbers
32
Full-time faculty
87
Part-time faculty
48%
Faculty diversity
$10M
In grant expenditures (2024)
Faculty Expertise
Current faculty members conduct research that promotes maternal and child well-being, reduces mental health disparities, and improves our understanding of how policies and public services impact low-wage workers, refugees, and immigrants. Their expertise spans areas such as food security in resource-poor households, parenting and male caregiving, the effects of longer working lives, social-behavioral responses to environmental changes, and more.聽
Global Practice
Theresa S. Betancourt
Salem Professor in Global Practice
Research interests include the developmental and psychosocial consequences of concentrated adversity on children, youth and families; resilience and protective processes in child and adolescent mental health and child development; refugee families; and applied cross-cultural mental health research.
Latinx Communities
Roc铆o Calvo
Professor
Using a community-centered approach in the design and implementation of interventions that address the needs identified by the community, Professor Calvo's research focuses on understanding how to improve access to social services for diverse Latinx populations (especially in health care and education).
Workplace Equity
Samuel Bradley, Jr.
Assistant Professor
Expertise lies in diversity and inclusion, public health, and program innovation. He is particularly passionate about utilizing design thinking as a strategy for developing innovation in higher education as well as leveraging higher education programs to support community outcomes in marginalized communities.
Meet Our Faculty
Our聽renowned faculty are researchers and scholars as well as practicing clinicians, policymakers, and nonprofit directors who specialize in a variety of critical topics such as mental health, global migration, child protection, and productive aging.
Faculty News
聽Global Symposium on Forced Migration
"鈥溂缆槎筰s a global university, and opportunities to come together and talk about issues that extend far beyond our campus are critically important.鈥�
At a time when the number of forcibly displaced people worldwide has reached unprecedented levels, the Boston College School of Social Work鈥檚 Research Program on Children and Adversity (RPCA) and the Trinity College Dublin Centre for Forced Migration Studies gathered together at a symposium in Dublin to discuss the spectrum of resources and services necessary to aid such populations in remaking their lives.
Featured News Publications
CBS News聽
Ed-Dee G. Williams,聽Assistant professor
B集美麻豆News
Theresa S. Betancourt, Salem Professor in Global Practice
Hispanic Outlook on Education
Roc铆o Calvo,聽Professor and Director, Latinx Leadership Initiative
The Boston Globe
Maryanne Loughry, Part-Time Faculty
Yahoo Money
Cal Halvorsen, Assistant Professor
CNN
Theresa S. Betancourt, Salem Professor in Global Practice