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Past Visitor

David S. Byers

Affiliation

Social Science

Field of Study

Social Work
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David S. Byers studies applied ethics among mental health and social service workers in cases of stigmatized and contested care. This year, he is developing a series of articles on social work in the West Bank, Palestine, since 1994, and a book on the history of queer- and trans-affirmative mental health care in the U.S. since the 1960s.

Dates at IAS

Visitor
School of Social Science
Spring

Degrees

Smith College School for Social Work
Ph.D.
2016

Appointments

Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research
2023
Associate Professor
Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research
2017–2023
Assistant Professor