Organizing Committee

Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science

Michael S. Dukakis is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Northeastern University, and a visiting professor at the Luskin School of Public Affairs at UCLA. He and former U.S. Senator Paul Simon authored How to Get Into Politics –…

Dean, College of Social Sciences and Humanities; Professor of History

Uta G. Poiger is Dean of the College of Social Science and Humanities and Professor of History at Northeastern University. With the college’s faculty, staff and students, she works to enhance the college’s and the university’s leadership in Experient…

Assistant Director, Center for Intercultural Engagement

Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice; Co-Director of the Violence and Justice Research Lab

Carlos Cuevas’s research interests are in the area of victimization and trauma, sexual violence and sexual offending, family violence, and psychological assessment. Specifically, his work focuses examining victimization among Latinos and how it…

Vice President, Office of Student Affairs

Dean, School of Law and Professor of Law

Senior Advisor for Diversity and Inclusion; Dean for Cultural and Spiritual Life, Office of Student Affairs (ex-officio member)

Executive Director, Center for Spirituality, Dialogue, and Service

Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs; Director, Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy

As Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s first appointment to the Boston Planning and Development Agency’s Board of Directors, Ted Landsmark has brought to the board a wealth of expertise in architecture, urban design, civic leadership, architectural and con…

Ruderman Professor of Jewish Studies; Director of Jewish Studies Program; Director of Humanities Center; Professor of English

Lori Hope Lefkovitz is the author of In Scripture: The First Stories of Jewish Sexual Identity (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010), which was named a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award in the category of Women’s Studies. Her awards i…

Professor of the Practice in Criminology and Criminal Justice; Director, Institute on Race and Justice

Jack McDevitt is the co-author of three books: Hate Crimes: The Rising Tide of Bigotry and Bloodshed, Hate Crime Revisited: American War on Those Who Are Different (both with Jack Levin) and Victimology (with Judy Sgarzy). He has spoken on hate crime…

Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Health Sciences

Director, Asian American Center

Advisory Board Member, Humanities Center; Director of the John D. O’Bryant African American Institute, and and Research Associate of the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy

Professor of Philosophy; Director of Politics, Philosophy and Economics Program

Serena Parekh is a Professor of Philosophy and the director of the Politics, Philosophy, and Economics Program. She co-edits the journal, Feminist Philosophy Quarterly. She is the author of three books, including her most recent book, No Refuge: Ethi…

Associate Professor of Sociology; Director of the Brudnick Center on Violence and Conflict

Gordana Rabrenovic’s research and publications are in the area of community studies and intergroup conflict and violence. Her current work focuses on the initiation, escalation, and persistence/de-sistance of conflict and violence in three conf…

Professor of Sociology; Professor and Director of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Dr. Suzanna Danuta Walters’ work centers on questions of gender, feminist theory and politics, sexuality, and popular culture and she is a frequent commentator on these issues for the media. Her most recent book, The Tolerance Trap: How God, Genes, a…