International Social Work Conference | Boston 2008

Alberto Godenzi is Professor and Dean of the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work. Dr. Godenzi serves on CSWE’s Board of Directors and is co-chair of NADD’s International Task Force. His research interests include interpersonal violence, peace and conflict, gender and society and HIV/AIDS. He has published extensively in the United States and in Europe, and has social work experience in a number of countries and fields. During his tenure as the Director of the Fribourg University School of Social Work in Switzerland, he coordinated a faculty and student exchange program (Socrates) that included university departments from six European countries. At Boston College, he established Global Practice as one of the School’s distinctive field-of-practice concentrations. Dr. Godenzi also serves as secretary general of the International Consortium for Social Development.