Simmons College School of Social Work
300 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115
Office: Room: P-408A
Phone: 617/521-3948; FAX: 617/521-3980
Email: hugo.kamya@simmons.edu
B.A., University of Nairobi
M.Div., Harvard University
M.S.W., Boston College
Ph.D., Boston University
421: Social Work Practice I & II
558: Human Services in Developing Countries: Uganda
616: Narrative Therapy Approaches
630: Advanced Clinical Practice
I am proud to be part of a distinguished group of colleagues at Simmons College School of Social Work. As an Associate Professor, I teach courses in clinical practice, and narrative therapies at both the masters and doctoral levels. My professional identity weaves together several backgrounds and narratives. Originally from Uganda, I came to the United States over twenty years ago. I studied at Harvard University, Boston University, Boston College, and began a career in the interrelated practices and trainings of social work, psychology, and theology.
I have integrated several realms of teaching, research, clinical, and social justice work. I have practiced in community mental health settings with a variety of populations. My teaching, research, clinical work and larger systems interventions greatly enrich each other. In 1995, I participated in a network assembly for the Children's AIDS Project at Boston Medical Center. This work helped me begin to combine social network and community work with consulting for organizations working with children affected by HIV. My commitment to providing collaborative family services to children living in HIV-affected families has been very rewarding, particularly in Uganda, where I bring students and colleagues to interact and work with people in HIV/AIDS clinics, and where I continue to do research on child and granny headed families. My work in Uganda has culminated in serving on the Makula Fund for Children, an organization which provides tuition, medical attention and breakfast to children living with HIV. In 2004, I received a U.S. State Department Grant to conduct service learning Citizens Exchange project between U.S. and Uganda citizens. As a member of CSWE, I serve on the Global Education Commission, and chair the track for International Issues.
I work extensively with Sudanese and other African refugees and immigrants and I am frequently called as an expert witness in refugee asylum cases. My interests also include trauma, war, spirituality, narrative and group work. I continue to consult to, and develop collaborative partnerships with, agencies and organizations and to present nationally and internationally, and to research, train, write and publish on these topics and on multicultural, diversity and cultural competence issues. I serve on a number of boards in the greater Boston area. I am a founding member of the Boston Institute for Culturally Accountable Practices (BICAP), for which several colleagues and I are engaged in a number of writing, teaching, and social justice projects. In 2003, the American Family Therapy Academy recognized my work with an award for Distinguished Contribution to Social and Economic Justice.
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