Wilma Peebles-Wilkins
Ph.D., Dean and Professor

wpeebles@bu.edu

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Dr. Peebles-Wilkins' scholarship focuses on contribution of African Americans to social welfare, historical developments, managed care services, and a range of issues associated with human diversity, inequality and discrimination. (See Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare Special Issue March, 2000)

 SSW HB 735 Implications of Racism for Social Work Practice

This course provides a framework for analyzing the history, structure, mechanisms, and dynamics of racism. Students explore in depth how institutional, cultural, group, and interpersonal racism affect the lives of diverse racial/ethnic groups, and impact social work practice. The course emphasizes developing skills for identifying and responding to racism; understanding beliefs, values, roles, and norms of culturally different clients; and using culture to inform practice.

SSW SP 741 Social Work Practice Ethics

This integrative seminar, taken during the student's final semester at the School, covers diverse issues, dilemmas, value conflicts, and ethical imperatives encountered in practice. Students make oral presentations on selected issues for consideration, discourse, and debate by class members. In addition, students can develop their own skills in raising and answering questions, defending positions, and mediating disagreements

SSW SP 782 Issues for the Social Work Profession

A seminar led by the Dean which explores contemporary challenges and issues facing the social work profession. Examples of topics include licensure, impaired professionals, anti-discrimination and human diversity, managed care, and other issues. (Available Spring 2000)

14 January 1999