The School of Social Work Welcomes Greer Hamilton

Greer Hamilton is a place-based researcher who examines how systems of oppression are embedded into the built environment and how they thus impact individuals’ health, well-being and use of public spaces. As a researcher, she uses community-engaged and arts-based approaches to understand study participants’ experiences with places. Prior to her work as a researcher, she worked in Buffalo, New York for nonprofits focused on health inequities and community capacity building.

Of her decision to come to the University of Michigan School of Social Work, Hamilton said, “It was important to me to be in a school committed to community-engaged and arts-based research and teaching. Commitment to these is evident in the work of the university at large and also in the work of the faculty, staff, and students of the School of Social Work. I am excited to be a part of a community so dedicated to using creative approaches to address social issues.”

Hamilton holds a BA in Health and Human Services and a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Buffalo (New York), and a PhD in Social Work from the Boston University School of Social Work.