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Lama Elhatow

Part-time Lecturer in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs

Dr. Elhatow has 20+ years of work experience in the environmental field, 15 of which are as an Environmental and Social (E&S) specialist at the International Finance Corporation (IFC, part of the World Bank Group) working on projects across South West Asia and North Africa (SWANA), sub-Saharan Africa, and the Latin America region. Many of her projects include complex infrastructure, such as hydropower development in a transboundary watershed in Pakistan and the world’s largest solar park – the Benban Solar Park in Aswan, Egypt. Dr. Elhatow has a B.Sc. in Construction Engineering, an M.Sc. in Environmental Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Sustainability and Sustainable Development. She participated in the UNFCCC climate change negotiations from 2009-2014 as a climate policy officer, and again in 2022-23, working with governments in the Arab region on the mitigation and adaptation tracks.

Dr. Elhatow was voted Top 100 Middle East “Energy Addition” Sustainability Voices for 2026.
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Lama’s Colleagues

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Barry Bluestone

Russell B. and Andree B. Stearns Trustee Professor Emeritus of Political Economy; Founding Director of the Dukakis Center; Founding Dean of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs

Christopher Bosso

Professor Emeritus of Public Policy and Political Science

Joan Fitzgerald

Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs
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Brian Helmuth

Professor of Environmental Science and Public Policy

Timothy Hoff

Professor of Management, Healthcare Systems and Public Policy
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Dietmar Offenhuber

Professor of Design and Public Policy
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John Portz

Professor of Political Science

Gavin Shatkin

Director, MS in Urban Planning and Policy; Professor of Public Policy & Architecture
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Lori Gardinier

Director and Teaching Professor of Human Services; Senior Research Associate, Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy
Emily Mann

Emily Mann

Teaching Professor of Human Services; Senior Research Associate, Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy
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Richard L. O'Bryant

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

Alicia Sasser Modestino

Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Economics; Director of the Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy
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Daniel T. O'Brien

Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Criminology and Criminal Justice; Director, Boston Area Research Initiative; Director, PhD in Public Policy Program
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Mai'a K. Davis Cross

Dean’s Professor of Political Science, International Affairs, and Diplomacy; Director of the Center for International Affairs and World Cultures

Daniel Urman

Director of Hybrid and Online Programs in the School of Law; Director of the Law and Public Policy Minor