Simmons College School of Social Work
300 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115
Office: Room: P-404K
Phone: 617/521-3911; FAX: 617/521-3980
Email: hamilton@simmons.edu
B.A.: Boston State College
M.S.W.: Simmons College, School of Social Work
Ph.D.: Smith College, School for Social Work
409: Dynamics of Racism and Oppression
411: Human Behavior in the Social Environment
484: Clinical Practice in Low Income Communities
545: Political Action & Strategies for Professional Social Workers
654: Qualitative Research Methods
Dr. Hamilton-Mason is a Professor and Director of the Doctoral Program. Since 2001, she has also been a Harvard University W.E.B. DuBois Institute non-resident fellow in African American research. Her scholarship and research interests are primarily in African American treatment issues, the intersection of cross cultural theory and practice, and HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment. She has published articles such as "Psychoanalytic Theory: Responding to the Assessment Needs of People of Color?" "Using the Color of Fear as a Racial Identity Catalyst" and on children and urban poverty. With over twenty years of full-time teaching experience, she continues to enhance her teaching through clinical practice in urban agencies, as well as through consultation and education locally and internationally.
Dr. Hamilton-Mason presents papers regularly at national and international conferences on such topics as the dynamics of diversity; teaching and learning issues related to diversity; HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment in the United States and Africa; urban practice and urban leadership educational outcomes; cross cultural competency and racial identity theory in clinical work. In 1996, Dr. Hamilton-Mason was appointed as Co-Chair of the HIV/AIDS Task force for the National Association of Black Social Workers and currently serves as the Co-Chair of their Health and Wellness Committee. Dr. Hamilton-Mason has also served for NASW as a delegate and is currently on the editorial board for Health and Social Work. She is currently a member of GADE (The Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education) and is a Board of Trustees member for the AIDS Action Center in Boston as well as for the Massachusetts Association for the Blind.
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