Faculty

Faculty May 08, 2026

The Strength of Storytelling in Clinical Work: New Book by Hugo Kamya

“As I work with people, [the stories they share] speak about identity, speak about hope, speak about growth, development, understanding.”

Hugo Kamya smiling against wall of ivy wearing dark blue suit

Faculty February 09, 2026

Faculty and Ph.D. Grad Present at Society for Social Work Research Conference 2026

The Society for Social Work Research (SSWR) annual conference brings together a dive…

Five people including Brandyn-Dior McKinley and Marsha Pruett stand in a row with arms around each other with tan wall and large projector screen behind

Faculty September 29, 2025

Professor Rory Crath Collaborates at MoMA

Professor Rory Crath will present a collaboration with Annette-Carina van der Zaag and a group of QT/BIPOC artists and thinkers at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City on October 24, 2025 from 2-6:30 p.m.

Entrance to the MoMA, photo by Noah Kalina

Faculty September 16, 2025

From Courtrooms to Classrooms: Ruth Spencer’s Social Work Journey

Ruth Spencer J.D., M.S.S.A., L.I.S.W., can’t quit the Smith College School for Social Wo…

Ruth Spencer in the classroom

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…

Ora Nakash speaking holding a mic with wood paneling behind

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…

Kenta Asakura smiles at the camera.

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…

Faculty October 10, 2024

Championing Accessibility: Brittany Brathwaite

Brittany Brathwaite, M.S.W., M.Ph. candidate, and adjunct assistant professor, received th…

Brittany Brathwaite, 2024 Laura Rauscher Teaching Award winner

Faculty October 10, 2023

Simulation Gets Real at SSW

When Kenta Asakura, M.S.W. ’07, Ph.D., joined the SSW faculty in 2022, he came wit…

Katya Cerar, Arianne Napier-White, Kenta Asakura standing together in front of a brick

Faculty October 10, 2023

Seeds of Peace: Marsha Kline Pruett

In another life, says Marsha Kline Pruett, Ph.D., she would have been Oscar Hammerstein. T…

Marsha Kline Pruett wearing purple shirt and blue striped scarf smiling with white background