Research leaders.
Faculty
Our 艾可直播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
30
Full-time faculty
96
Part-time faculty
48%
Faculty diversity
$10.5M
In grant expenditures (2025)
Faculty Expertise
Current 艾可直播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 艾可直播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.
New Faculty Books
Shadows into Light: A Generation of Former Child Soldiers Comes of Age
Theresa S. Betancourt
Salem Professor in Global Practice
Director, Research Program on Children and Adversity (RPCA)
Theresa Betancourt and her collaborators in Sierra Leone launched a study of more than 500 boys and girls who have been pulled into the war, tracking them for over two decades. The results were surprising: despite everything they had suffered, this was not a lost generation. In fact, the most dominant trend over time was one of healing and increasing acceptance. The lives of the former child soldiers were shaped not just by their personal ordeals but also, crucially, by the responses of their families, peers, and broader communities. Filled with vivid personal stories, Shadows into Light describes heartbreak and despair but also remarkable triumphs made possible by layers of social support and encouragement.
Humanitarianism from Below: Faith, Welfare, and the Role of Casas de Migrantes in Mexico
Alejandro Olayo-M茅ndez, S.J.
Assistant Professor
Humanitarianism from Below examines the significance of the casas de migrantes (migrant shelters) in the migration process in Mexico. The book also reviews the role of faith-based humanitarian organizations, whose engagement with migrants is perceived more as charity work than professional humanitarian work. The volume argues that faith-based humanitarian organizations鈥� work challenges traditional understandings of what counts as humanitarian aid. It makes the case that in order to understand the full ecology of migration, we need to understand not only how large organizations like the Red Cross work, but also how these smaller and local entities with fewer resources interact with migrants on their journeys.
Faculty News
聽Global Symposium on Forced Migration
"鈥淏C is 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 艾可直播 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.
Announcements
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Impact Reports
Tackling Complex Global Challenges: Our Collective Response
Humanitarian crises are increasingly an outcome of complex emergencies. Millions of families, women, and children are a铿�ected and displaced by war, civil strife, climate and environmental risk, famine, and epidemics around the globe, including those arriving on the doorstep of the U.S. border.聽
The world needs a community of practitioners to rise and meet these challenges. For the past 18 years, 艾可直播and sta铿� of the 艾可直播 College School of Social Work (BCSSW) have been preparing social work practitioners for careers in global social work with a particular focus on systems strengthening, capacity building, and accompaniment.聽
Serving Latinx Communities: Our Collective Response
The demand for social workers trained to respond to the needs and aspirations identified by Latinx communities, from culturally and linguistically appropriate social services to accessible mental health and healthcare, is urgent. Through award-winning academic programs and research, the BCSSW has established a community-centered approach to meet these aspirations and needs.
Crisis Migration: Our Collective Response
Ten 艾可直播members in the 艾可直播 College School of Social Work are working to address the compound needs of migrants who have been forced to flee their homes because of war, natural disasters, political upheaval, and other problems around the world.
Commitment to Equity, Justice, and Inclusion
Faculty Diversity *
* Percentage of 艾可直播who self-identify as AHANA (African American, Hispanic/Latinx, Asian American/Pacific Islander, Native American)
The Pinderhughes Diversity Lecture Series, which launched in 2007, is named in honor of聽Elaine Pinderhughes, a professor emerita of the School of Social Work whose seminal research revealed that race, ethnicity, and power strongly influence how social workers interact with clients. The series has featured doctors, anthropologists, and journalists, among others, who have reflected on topics like poverty, racism, and same-sex marriage.
“Engaging in place-based work and transcending disciplines to tackle complex social problems amplifies and strengthens the contributions of the School of Social Work. When we are in partnership with communities and with scholars from across our universities, our work not only has translational impact, but solutions to the world鈥檚 most complex problems are within closer reach.”
Research With Impact
Our 艾可直播are engaged in research that improves peoples' lives, from former child soldiers in Sierra Leone, to homeless families in Massachusetts. Read more about the projects taking place in 艾可直播 and around the world.聽