Public History Faculty

Professor of the Practice of Public History, Emeritus

Marty Blatt served as Professor of the Practice and Director of the Public History Program at Northeastern until Spring 2020. He coordinated bringing the Humanities Action Lab exhibit, States of Incarceration, to campus. Blatt is part of the Universi…

Associate Professor of History

Jeffrey Burds does research in the international history of modern Russia, Ukraine, and the Soviet Union. His current work is devoted to studies of collaboration in the German-occupied Soviet zones during World War II, and the postwar Soviet counteri…

Associate Professor of History

Victoria Cain is a social and cultural historian of the twentieth century United States. She takes special interest in the history of education, media, and technology. Her most recent book, Schools and Screens: A Watchful History (MIT Press, 2021), c…

Chair and Associate Professor of History

Gretchen Heefner teaches and researches the history of the U.S. in the world, with a focus on militarization, the environment, and the surprisingly intimate relations between national security regimes and the everyday. Her current research, “From …

Associate Professor of History

Chris Parsons is an interdisciplinary historian of science, medicine, and the environment in early modern Atlantic World. His current research traces the devastating spread of smallpox and other European illnesses in the northeast (New France, New En…

University Distinguished Professor of Law and Affiliate Professor of Africana Studies

Professor Burnham joined the Northeastern University School of Law faculty in 2002. Her fields of expertise are civil and human rights, comparative constitutional rights, and international criminal law. She is the founder of the School of Law’s Civil…

Professor of Journalism and Affiliate in Jewish Studies

Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Art + Design

Dietmar Offenhuber’s research focuses on the relationship between design, technology, and governance. Dietmar is the author of the award-winning monograph Waste is Information (MIT Press), works as an advisor to the United Nations and published…