Faculty and Staff Years of Service
5 Years
- Dawn Whitcher, Project Coordinator in American Sign Language and Interpreting Education
- Rachel Berman-Kobylarz, Principal Lecturer of American Sign Language and Interpreting Education
- Krishna Madaparthi, Senior Lecturer of American Sign Language and Interpreting Education
- Jianfei Cao, Assistant Professor of Economics
- Shariq Mohammed, Assistant Professor of Economics
- Xiaolin Shi, Associate Teaching Professor of Economics
- Christopher Ayala, Teaching Professor of English
- Kelsey Costa, Graduate Programs and Communication Coordinator in English
- Michael McCluskey, Teaching Professor, English
- Dan Metzger, Associate Teaching Professor in English; Director of First Year Writing
- Tariq Sachleben, Research Systems Engineer in Political Science
- Kelliann Henry, Associate Director of Undergraduate Student Engagement of Academic Advising
- Régine Jean-Charles, Chair, Cultures, Societies, and Global Studies; Director of Africana Studies; Dean’s Professor of Culture and Social Justice; Professor of Africana Studies and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies
- Alain Akasa, Senior Academic Advisor of Academic Advising
- Lingheshwari Kakkanaiah, Academic Advisor of Academic Advising
- Maureen Desmond, Senior Academic Advisor of Academic Advising
- Kabria Baumgartner, Dean’s Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies
- Malcolm Purinton, Assistant Teaching Professor of History
- Sina Fazelpour, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Computer Science
- Meica Magnani, Associate Teaching Professor of Philosophy and Computer Science
- Vance Ricks, Teaching Professor of Philosophy and Religion
- Dean Massey, Participatory Systems Modeler in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs
- Kaitlyn Alvarez Noli, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Health Sciences
- Moira Zellner, Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs; Director of Participatory Modeling and Data Science; Director, MS in Urban Informatics Program; Co-Director of NULab for Digital Humanities and Computational Social Science
- Chris Bruell, Teaching Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Layla Brown, Assistant Professor of Sociology
- Eileen Otis, Associate Professor of Sociology
10 Years
- Mindy Marks, Associate Professor of Economics
- Sari Altschuler, Associate Professor of English; Founding Director, Health, Humanities, and Society Program
- Emily Avery-Miller, Teaching Professor of English
- Hillary Chute, Distinguished Professor of English and Art + Design
- Stacey Katz Bourns, Professor of French; Chair, World Languages and Cultures Department
- Heather Stellberger, Assistant Director of Undergraduate Academic Advising & Support
- Robert Cross, Associate Teaching Professor of History
- Peter Fraunholtz, Assistant Teaching Professor of History
- Sarah Connell, Associate Director, NULab for Digital Humanities and Computational Social Science; Women Writers Project
- Branden Fitelson, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Religion
- Benjamin Yelle, Teaching Professor of Philosophy and Religion
- Linda Kowalcky, Professor of the Practice in Public Policy and Urban Affairs; Associate Director, School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs
- Laura Kuhl, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and International Affairs
- Jennie Stephens, Dean’s Professor of Sustainability Science and Policy
15 Years
- Jonathan Benda, Teaching Professor of English
- Neal Lerner, Professor of English
- Andy Casasanto-Ferro, Director of Undergraduate Academic Advising
- Serena Parekh, Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs; Distinguished Professor of Philosophy
- Uta Poiger, Professor of History
- Rebecca Riccio, Khaled and Olfat Juffali Director of the Social Impact Lab; Lecturer of Human Services
- Ramiro Martinez, Professor of Sociology and Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Jacob Stowell, Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice
- David Plancon, Budget Coordinator, (American Sign Language & World Languages and Cultures Department)
- Alessio Tognetti, Principal Lecturer in Italian
20 Years
- Carla Kaplan, Stanton W. and Elisabeth K. Davis Distinguished Professor of American Literature
- Bret Keeling, Teaching Professor of English
- Denise Garcia, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
- Carlos Cuevas, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice; Co-Director of the Violence and Justice Research Lab
- Ineke Marshall, Professor of Sociology and Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Hua Dong, Principal Lecturer in Chinese
25 Years
- John Kwoka, Neal F. Finnegan Distinguished Professor of Economics
- Amy Farrell, Director and Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice; Co-Director of the Violence and Justice Research Lab
- Laura Green, Senior Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education; Professor of English and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- Simon Singer, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Claudia Sokol , Teaching Professor of Spanish
30+ Years
- Amilcar Barreto, Professor, Cultures, Societies, and Global Studies; Professor, International Affairs; Professor, Political Science; Affiliated faculty member of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies; Affiliated faculty member in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs (30 Years)
- William Mayer, Professor of Political Science (35 Years)
- Kathleen Coyne Kelly, Professor of English (40 Years)
Faculty and Staff Retiring in Academic Year 2026
- Linda Blum, Professor of Sociology & Anthropology
- Chris Bosso, Professor of Policy School and Political Science
- Margaret Burnham, University Distinguished Professor of Law and Affiliate Professor of Africana Studies
- Elly Jackson, Assistant Teaching Professor of English
- Neal Lerner, Professor of English
- Simon Singer, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Claudia Sokol, Teaching Processor of World Languages and Cultures
- Laura Senier, Associate Professor of Sociology & Anthropology and Health Sciences
- Sally Sololmon, Associate Director of Undergraduate Student Support
- Michael Tolley, Associate Professor of Political Science
- Alan West-Duran, Professor of Cultures, Societies and Global Studies
Student Recognition
2026 Huntington 100
- Dashiell Davis, BS International Affairs & International Business ’27
- Ami Farrell, BS Criminal Justice & Psychology ’27
- Tate Hinkemeyer, BS Criminal Justice & International Affairs ’27
- Sophia Idrissou, BS Politics, Philosophy, and Economics ’27
- Dario Nardini, BA International Affairs ’27
- Yaelle Ortiz, BA Criminal Justice and International Affairs ’27
- Thomas Popelka, BS Economics ’27
- Aishani Raju, BA International Affairs ’27
- Oliver Roy, BS Political Science ’27
- Natalie Sieren, BA History, Culture, and Law ’27
- Hailey Wang, BS Political Science and Economics ’27
2026 Hodgkinson Award
- Leah Fitzpayne, BA Political Science ’26
2026 Condit Award
- Nikki Dong, BA Political Science ’27
2026 Compass Award
- Grayson Bunting, BA International Affairs and International Business ’26
2026 Schwarzman Scholar
- Debbie Madueke, BS Economics and Business Administration ’19
Northeastern University Outstanding Graduate Student Awards
- Claire Lavarreda, PhD History ’27 (Experiential Award)
- Alaina Kinol, PhD Public Policy ’26 (Research Award)
- Clara Bay, PhD in Network Science ’26 (Research Award)
- Cassidy Loft, MA in History ’26 (Community Impact Award)
CSSH Outstanding Graduate Student Awards
- Haimanot Tarekegne, MPP ’26 (Arlington)
- Alexa Richman, MA History ’26
- Matthew Fleming, PhD Political Science ’29
- Yimeng Yang, PhD Public Policy ’26
Student Employee Award (Seattle)
- Niyam Alami, MS Economics ’26
