Dr. Daniel Jacobson López
Assistant Professor
Boston University School of Social Work
Dr. Daniel Jacobson López research focuses on the effects of racism, homophobia, and xenophobia on the reporting process for gay Latino and/or Black sexual assault survivors and on the services provided to them. He also researches violence against gay Black and Latino men, LGBTQ individuals and the effects of COVID-19 on people living with HIV/AIDS.
Dr. Jacobson López was a T32 postdoctoral associate in the Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, where he was selected as a CEED diversity scholar for the Institute for Clinical Research Education and the Clinical and Translational Science Institute. He was the first ever Latinx PhD graduate at the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work. In 2020, he was appointed as the inaugural chair of diversity and inclusion for the University of Pittsburgh Postdoctoral Association.
Dr. Jacobson López has a doctoral certificate in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies from the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences and a certification in business from Katz Graduate School of Business from the University of Pittsburgh. He is a former intern with the United Nations Development Programme, a Schweitzer Fellow Alumnus and a SAMSHA CSWE Doctoral Minority Fellow alumnus. He has received awards from Black Men at Penn and the Center for Hispanic Excellence for his leadership and advocacy for Black and Latino students on campus from the University of Pennsylvania, where he received his Master’s degree. In addition to his scholarship and research, Jacobson López is a certified sexual assault counselor, a licensed certified social worker, and an anti-bias facilitator with the Anti-Defamation League. He received his PhD from the University of Pittsburgh, his MSW from the University of Pennsylvania