Alumni

Alumni September 06, 2024

Turning Pages, Changing Lives: The Magic of Bibliotherapy

In 2020, Emely Rumble, M.S.W. ’10, LCSW, was settled in a career she loved as a sc…

Portrait of Emely Rumble

Alumni September 04, 2024

East Coast Sunrise to West Coast Sunset: Decolonizing Mental Health

JD Fuller, M.S.W. ‘99, LCSW, doesn’t sleep much. She wakes up early to commute t…

Portrait of JD Fuller

Alumni August 20, 2024

Smith SSW Creating Connections and Community

The Smith College School for Social Work Office of Alumni Engagement has partnered with ar…

Creating Connections and Community Smith College School for Social Work

Alumni February 22, 2024

SSW Hosting Dinner at AGPA Connect

The SSW Office of Alumni Engagement is pleased to be hosting the SSW Alumni Dinner at Grac…

Photo of Grace's Mandarin in National Harbor courtesy of Grace's Mandarin.

Alumni February 02, 2024

Therapeutic Impact: Beats Rhymes and Life Celebrates 20th Anniversary with an Appearance on the Kelly Clarkson Show with Rapper Common

How many organizations get to hear directly from Common, rapper extraordinaire, about how…

Rob Jackson co-founder of Beats, Rhymes, Life with two SSW alums, Tomas Alvarez and John Gill, speaks on the Kelly Clarkson show with rapper Common.

Alumni October 10, 2023

Missing From The Narrative: How Mixed Race Clinicians Are Filling Gaps in Clinical Experiences

When Sarah Yang Mumma was earning her M.S.W. in the late aughts, her academic studies felt…

Ann Augustine and EJ Seibert standing on a balcony in the Campus Center

Alumni May 18, 2023

A Generous Supporter: Mary Elizabeth Haskell '54

Mary Elizabeth Haskell ’54 had a modest, disciplined existence. Haskell, who for decades…

Mary Elizabeth Haskell '54 during a trip to China.

Alumni March 24, 2023

Navigating Identity Challenges: Kelly Wise, M.S.W. '05, Ph.D.

As a college student, Kelly Wise, M.S.W. ’05, Ph.D., was the person who friends sought o…

Kelly Wise listens to a person just out of frame.

Alumni March 08, 2023

Challenging Norms in Sexual and Cultural Study: Alice Kahn Ladas, A.B. '43, M.S.S. '46

A trailblazer in body psychotherapy, Lamaze childbirth, breastfeeding and women’s sexuality, Alice Kahn Ladas, A.B. ’43, M.S.S. ’46, never hesitated to push boundaries. At 101, she is a somatic psychologist in New Mexico still passionate about her work and family.

Alice Kahn Ladas stands in front of a yellow wall wearing a blue tank top.

Alumni March 08, 2023

Life's Continuum: Glendon Geikie, M.S.W. '72

When Glendon Geikie, M.S.W. ‘72, retired in 2012 after 40 years as a Massachusetts-based social worker, his daughter convinced him to move out to California. But rather than slip into a leisurely retirement in the beautifully temperate climate, Geikie decided he wasn’t quite done performing acts of service for others.

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