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Greer Hamilton

Assistant Professor, School of Social Work

Greer Hamilton

Greer Hamilton (she/her) is an assistant professor at the University of Michigan School of Social Work. As a place-based researcher, her work seeks to examine how systems of oppression are embedded into the built environment and subsequently impact people’s health, well-being and use of public spaces. Her work often uses community-engaged, arts-based and embodied approaches to understand study participants’ experiences with places of meaning (e.g., neighborhoods).

In the School of Social Work, she co-coordinates the Community Scholars Program (Community Based Initiative in Detroit and the National Community Scholars Program). She also serves as an advisor for the forthcoming Roots of Reproductive Justice Timeline and a board member to Midwest Access Coalition, a practical support abortion fund serving people in and traveling to the Midwest.

Research Interests/Focus

Place-based research; how systems of oppression are embedded into the built environment and subsequently impact people’s health, well-being and use of public spaces.

Education

Year Degree   School
2023 PhD Social Work Boston University School of Social Work
2016 MSW University of Buffalo, New York
2016 BA Health and Human Services University of Buffalo, New York
Year Description
20224 Littman, D., Hamilton, G., Gutierrez, L., Sonsteng-Person, M., Pinto, R. (2024, January). Democratizing Knowledge through Teaching, Collecting, and Disseminating Arts-Based Research. 2024 Society for Social Work and Research Conference
2024 Hamilton, G., Krings, A., Williams, D. A., Rao, S. (2024, January) Collective Care and Abolition: Implications for Climate Justice. 2024 Society for Social Work and Research Conference.
2024 Hamilton, G., Pinto, R., Anderson, B., Howard, R. (2024) Storytelling for social impact:Using art and critical dialogue to address environmental inequities. 2025 Society for Social Work and Research Conference.
2024 Littman, D., Hamilton, G., Lown, D., (2024) ‘Doing’ person in environment: Using Embodied Geographic Methods (EGMs) in social work research. 2025 Society for Social Work and Research
2024 Hamilton, G., Doherty, F., Lown, J., Bell, F. (2024) Environmental arts and humanities: Interdisciplinary approaches to foster environmental connection, understanding, and action. 2025 Society for Social Work and Research Conference
2022 Hudda, N., Durant, J. L., Hamilton, G. (2022, February) Sustainable Air Quality in Near Highway Affordable Housing. 2022 Building Energy Boston Conference and Trade Show, Northeast Sustainable Energy Association.
2022 Hamilton, G., Beaugard, C., Langis, G. (2022, October). The Harm Reduction Movement in Massachusetts: An Oral History. 13th National Harm Reduction Conference.
2022 Stotz, C., Bosak, J., Lunze, K., Lang, S.W., Walt, G., Sprague Martinez, L., Battaglia, T., Chassler, D., Hamilton, G., McClay, C., Gillen, F., Rodriguez, S., Kim, E., Bell, S., Medley. (2022, November). Community Advisory Board (CAB) Member Perspectives from Early Engagement in the HEALing CommunitiesStudy. 2022 AMERSA Conference
2022 Smeltzer, R., Pustz, J., Stopka, T., Alvarez, T., Baker, T., Chassler, D., Erwin, N.,Glasgow, L., Hamilton, G., Harris, A., LaRochelle, M., Marcelin, F., Oga, E., Pinkhover, A., Quinn, M., Rodriguez, R., Walley, A., Chatterjee, A. (2022, November). 90 Years Later: Redlining and Prevalence of Fatal Opioid Overdose in Massachusetts. 2022 AMERSA Conference.
2021 Tang Yan, C., Hamilton, G., Dimitri, N., & Young, A. (2021, January). Examining Participatory Approaches to Youth & Community-Led Health Promotion Strategies through a Critical Race Theory Lens. Roundtable, 2021 Society for Social Work and Research Conference.
2021 Hudda, N., Hamilton, G. A., Meglio, D., Zamore, W., Reisner, E., & Durant, J. L.(2021, August). Sustainable Air Quality in Near Highway Affordable Housing: A multiple stakeholder engagement study in Somerville, MA. Oral presentation, 2021 International Society of Exposure Science Annual Meeting.

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