MARCH 31, 2011

James Lubben, Professor and Louise McMahon Ahearn Chair, and Director of the Doctoral Program at the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work, has been selected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare. The Academy is an honorific society of distinguished scholars and practitioners dedicated to achieving excellence in the field of social work and social welfare through high impact work that advances social good. In addition to chairing the GSSW doctoral program, Lubben is director of the Boston College Institute on Aging, and director of the Hartford Doctoral Fellows Program.

The induction ceremony will be held on May 6, 2011, in Washington, DC. More information about the Academy can be found at www.aaswsw.org.

Video » James Lubben talks about his love of flowers and how cultivation and nurturing translates to his relationships with his students.