Pinderhughes Diversity Lecture Series
Pinderhughes Diversity Lecture Series
The Pinderhughes Diversity Lecture Series, which launched in 2007, is named in honor of 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. Over the past years, the series has featured doctors, anthropologists, and journalists, among others, who have reflected on topics like poverty, racism, and same-sex marriage.
SPRING 2025 LECTURE
Resilience and Care: Understanding Black Autistic Youths' Mental Health and Innovative Mental Health Interventions
Monday, April 28
12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Format: Online via Zoom
This year's speaker:
Ed-Dee Williams
PhD, MSW
Assistant Professor in the Boston College School of Social Work
From the Archives
- 2007 - Dr. Nancy Boyd-Franklin, Clinical Psychology Professor, Rutgers University,
“The Treatment of African American Clients and Families”
- 2008 - Dr. Monica McGoldrick, Director of Multicultural Family Institute in Highland Park, NJ,
“Culture Matters: But What Difference Does It Make?”
- 2009 - Dr. Beverly Greene, PhD, ABPP, Professor of Psychology at St. John's University, NY,
“Social Marginalization By and Between the Marginalized: What the Same Sex Marriage Debate Hath Wrought. Implications for Mental Health Providers.”
- 2010 - Dr. Usha George, Professor and Dean, Faculty of Community Services, Ryerson University, Toronto,
“Immigrants and Refugees: Settlement Issues and Service Delivery Models”
- 2011 - Dr. Jack Kirkland, Professor, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis,
“The Black Masses—Permanently in Poverty—Slavery—Depression—Recession—as Far as the Eye Can See. Unless...”
- 2012 - Vincent D. Rougeau, Dean, Boston College Law School,
“Reflections on Justice and Religious Diversity: Why Living Together Is Better than Apart”
- 2013 - Christine Griffin, Executive Director, The Disability Law Centerm,
“Diversity and Inclusion: When Will People with Disabilities Be Included?”
- 2014 - Mary Catherine Bateson, Writer and Cultural Anthropologist,
“On the Work of Societal Healing: The Age of Active Wisdom”
- 2015 - Salome Raheim, Dean and Professor at the University of Connecticut School of Social Work,
“Race and Justice: From Analysis to Action”
- 2016 - Elaine Pinderhughes, Professor Ermerita at Boston College School of Social Work, Patricia Romney, Licensed Clinical and Organizational Psychologist at Romney Associates, Inc., Vanessa Jackson, Soul Doula at Healing Circles,
“Understanding Power: 21st Century Human Services Imperative”
- 2017 - Pam Cross, Journalist, News Reporter and Social Entrepreneur,
“What Phenomenal Women Know”
- 2018 - Cia Verschelden, Executive Director of Institutional Assessment, Office of Academic Effectiveness, University of Central Oklahoma,
“Bandwidth Recovery: Reclaiming Cognitive Resources Lost to Poverty, Racism, and Other ‘Differentisms’"
- 2019 - Renée Boynton-Jarrett, MD, ScD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, and Founding Director, Vital Village Community Engagement Network,
“An Ounce of Prevention: Building Communities of Opportunity to Mitigate Structural Inequities and Childhood Adversities”
This event was presented in partnership with YW Boston.
- 2020 - Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
- 2021 - Sheretta Butler-Barnes, Associate Professor in the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis,
“Ain’t I a Woman? Revisiting and Reclaiming African American Girls’ Racialized and Gendered Experiences within the Classroom”
- 2022 - Samuel Bradley Jr., and Tyrone M. Parchment, Assistant Professors in the School of Social Work, who co-founded the Black Leadership Initiative and the Afrocentric Social Work field of practice, co-hosted the 15th Pinderhughes Diversity Lecture,
"Afrocentric Social Work Practice: Honoring a Legacy of Greatness"
- 2023 - Professor Tanusha Raniga, Professor, University of Johannesburg,
"Developmental Social Welfare and Sustainable Livelihoods: Lessons from South African Innovations"
- 2024 - Karen Bullock, Louise McMahon Ahearn Endowed Professor, Boston College School of Social Work and in Global Public Health,
"Addressing Structural and Systemic Racism in the Care of Older Adults with Incurable Illness and Disease"
Pinderhughes Fellowship Fund
In honor of the many accomplishments and contributions made by Elaine Pinderhughes, noted teacher, scholar, and professor emerita, we invite alumni, students, and their friends and families to lend their support to the Elaine Pinderhughes Fellowship, a fund that provides financial aid each year to outstanding African American doctoral students at the Boston College School of Social Work.
Read about 2019 Pinderhughes Fellowship recipient Melissa Bartholomew
