School June 25, 2025 Recent SSW Publications & Media Mentions Entries are chronological based on submission date. Send us your news hereShreya…
Ph.D. June 17, 2025 Living Between Here and There: María Ximena Maldonado-Morales' Dissertation Getting to the final step of a Ph.D. and defending the dissertation you’ve worked…
Ph.D. May 29, 2025 Lifting Every Voice: Nicole Wilson-Faniel’s Dissertation on Black Clinicians’ Experiences Shared stories and experiences, including in the course of doing dissertation research, ca…
Alumni April 11, 2025 Bridging Innovation and Personal Passion: Helen Chao Receiving the 2024 SSW Emerging Leader Award, says Helen Chao M.S.W. ’19, feels like con…
School April 10, 2025 Dean Yoshioka Announces Retirement In a letter to the community on April 3, 2025, Dean Marianne Yoshioka, M.S.W., MBA, Ph.D.,…
Alumni April 09, 2025 SSW Alumni Awards Recognize Leadership and Innovation- Seeking 2025 Nominees After a pause during COVID-19 lockdown, the SSW Alumni Awards were refreshed and expanded…
Letters from the Dean April 08, 2025 A Personal Message from Marianne Yoshioka Dean Yoshioka will retire in June 2026 after ten years leading Smith College School for Social Work.
Faculty March 31, 2025 National Center for Mental Health Award: Ora Nakash Helping to Expand Access to Care Professor Ora Nakash is an expert in creating provider interventions to improve the qualit…
Faculty March 17, 2025 Turning Rejections into Research Wins: Professor Kenta Asakura Receives Award Resident professor Kenta Asakura, M.S.W. ’04, received the 2024 Best Research Note…
Faculty March 12, 2025 Ora Nakash Receives Grant to Advance Equity in Postpartum Mental Health Care Professor Ora Nakash and her colleague at Rutgers University, Christina Kang-Yi, were rece…