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The College of Social Sciences and Humanities at Northeastern University offers students the best of both worlds: the intimacy of a liberal arts college, and the state-of-the-art facilities, breadth of offerings, and the accomplished faculty of a global research institution.

One of the distinctive features of our scholarly community is how engaged our faculty and students are in public issues - both locally and globally. We are creating new knowledge and building new frameworks for thinking about the past and making the world a better place in the 21st century.

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Ieke De Vries

Ieke De Vries is a doctoral candidate in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice who brings innovative social science and computational tools to the study of human trafficking. Using a combination of traditional criminological methods and modern digital skill sets, Ieke addresses previously unanswerable questions about sex and labor trafficking and their relationship with illicit—yet public..
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Chelsea Canedy

Chelsea Canedy began her time at Northeastern on a pre-med track, taking classes in biology and neuroscience, but she quickly discovered interests in policy reform and social justice. Her combined major in biology and political science brought together her advocacy work with her knowledge of healthcare and helped her move toward the ultimate goal of fostering equity in the healthcare system. Soon after ..
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