Faculty

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

Lori Gardinier has practiced in the area of antipoverty/social justice work in community-based settings and as a counselor in organizations addressing intimate partner violence. In her role at Northeastern, she is a leader in experiential education p…

Associate Teaching Professor of Human Services and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies

Margot Abels has a joint appointment in the Human Services and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies programs. After many years of professional work in the public health and public education fields, she completed her doctorate at Northeastern. Her sc…

Associate Teaching Professor

Dr. Cali-Ryan Collin is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Human Services Program.  Dr. Collin is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker with more than ten years of clinical practice experience. Her research and practice activities focus o…

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

Emily Mann is a teaching professor in the Human Services Program and a senior research associate at the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University. She is a founding member of the Northeastern University Public Evaluation…

Visiting Lecturer

Ricardo Diego Suárez Rojas, PhD, MSW, MA, is a bioethicist and social worker specializing in trauma, imagination, stress, and community development. He has over 15 years of experience integrating the humanities, the arts, and social and biomedical sc…

Founder and Juffali Family Director of the Social Impact Lab and Professor of the Practice

Rebecca Riccio is a social change practitioner and educator whose work bridges more than three decades of professional experience with teaching and pedagogical innovation in higher education. She has pioneered experiential approaches to philanthropy …

Assistant Teaching Professor

Lea Vugić is an assistant teaching professor in the Human Services Program. She is a licensed social worker with years of experience providing mental health services and program development in non-profit, community, and hospital settings. In these ro…

Lecturer of Human Services; Senior Director of Integrative Engagement & Global Impact

Dr. Becca Berkey (she/her) has been at Northeastern University since February 2013, where she serves as the Senior Director of Integrative Engagement & Global Impact, a role through which she oversees both Community-Engaged Teaching & Researc…

Lecturer of Human Services

Ruth Economou, LICSW has been a Clinical Social Worker in the Boston area for 20 years. Her areas of specialization include Adolescent Mental Health, Mindfulness Based Clinical Care, Community Mental Health, Trauma Informed Care and Clinician Self Ca…

Lecturer, Human Services Program

Rochelle James, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 12 years of experience working with children and adults. Rochelle specializes in CBT, TF-CBT, Psychodynamic and Humanistic Therapy. She currently works at Boston Children’s Hospital in Pr…