Mary F. Hall, M.A., Ph.D.
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Dr. Hall’s teaching assignments are diverse and across all five sequence areas of the School. During her tenure at SSW, she has held numerous administrative positions including those of Director of Continuing Education, Clinical Coordinator in the Doctoral Program, Area Coordinator in the Field Work Department and Chair of the Clinical Research Institute. Her areas of clinical interest include direct practice with individuals and families, at-risk populations and clinical supervision. Dr. Hall’s areas of research and scholarship include substance abuse in women (policy and treatment), the implications of race and racism in clinical practice and the interface between race and gender.
Dr. Hall began her teaching career as an Assistant Professor at the NYU School of Social Work followed by a position as Associate Professor and Chair of the HB/SE Sequence at the Boston University School of Social Work. Dr Hall is the 2012 recipient of the “Greatest Contribution to Social Work Education Award” from the MA Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW).
Dr. Hall has been a long-standing and active member of NASW where she has held numerous elected and appointed positions at the state, region (New England) and national levels including those as President of the MA Chapter (8,400 members), Co-Chair of two Region Delegations to the Delegate Assembly and Region Representative on the National Board. She recently completed a three-year term as the New England Representative on the National Committee on Leadership Identification (NCNLI) that is charged with developing the slate for national elections, oversight of campaign guideline compliance and review of allegations of violations.
Dr. Hall Dr. Hall was reappointed to a third four-year term on the Board of Trustees at Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio where she received her bachelor degree. Her assignments on the Board include serving as Chairperson of the Academic Committee and as a member on the Student Life Committee.
Education
Ph.D., Simmons College School of Social Work
M.A. (applied sociology), Boston University
M.S.W., Smith College School for Social Work
B. A., Otterbein College
Professional Interests
- Direct practice with individuals and families
- The interface of race and gender
- Clinical supervision and consultation
- Clinical social work education
Areas of Current Research
- The significance of race in clinical practice
- The process of change in substance abuse treatment with pregnant women
- The legacy of slavery and undoing racism
Selected Publications and Juried Presentations
Hall, M. F. (2002). Race, gender and transference in psychotherapy. In J. Magnavita (Ed.), Comprehensive Handbook of Pychotherapy: Psychodynamic/object Relations (Vol. 1, pp. 565–585). New York: John Wiley and Son.
Hall, M. F. (1997). The war on drugs: A continuation of the war on the black family. Smith College Studies in Social Work, 67(3), 609–621.
Selected Presentations
April, 2011: Ending Racism: Reflections on the Work Ahead. Atlanta Georgia. Smith College Speaker Series
June, 2010: Silent Racism: Citizens of African Decent in the American Imagination. Monday Night Lecture Series, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
March, 2005: The Residue of Slavery and Jim Crow in the Black Family. Five College
Learning in Retirement Symposium, Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA.
January 1999: Correlates of Growth in Day Treatment with Low Income, Substance Abusing, Pregnant and Postpartum Women, Third Annual Conference, Society For Social Work & Research, Austin, TX.
May 1998: The Multiple Meanings of Race in Treatment: A Psychoanalytic Perspective, Ninth Annual Frantz Fanon, M.D. Memorial Lecturer, Scientific Series, Prostgraduate Center for Mental Health, New York, NY.
