Global Understanding

Nicole Aljoe

Director of Africana Studies Program; Associate Professor of English and Africana Studies

Professor Nicole N. Aljoe’s fields of specialization are eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Black Atlantic Literature, the Slave Narrative, Postcolonial Studies, and eighteenth-century British Novel. Professor Aljoe’s recent publications includ…

Amílcar Antonio Barreto

Professor & Interim Chair, Cultures, Societies, and Global Studies; Professor, Political Science; Professor, International Affairs

Professor Amílcar Antonio Barreto specializes in nationalism & ethnic politics, citizenship and race. Most of his work has focused on Puerto Rico and Latinos in the United States. His most recent books are The Politics of Language in Puerto Rico …

Jonathan Benda

Associate Teaching Professor in English

Jonathan Benda teaches first-year writing and advanced writing in the disciplines in the Writing Program in the Department of English, mostly working with international and multilingual students. Prior to coming to Northeastern University, he taught …

Erika Boeckeler

Associate Professor of English

Erika Boeckeler’s work spans multiple genres and disciplines: Shakespeare, early modern poetry, History of the Book, sixteenth century German art history, early Slavic print culture. Her book, Playful Letters: A Study in Early Modern Alphabetics (Uni…

Elizabeth Bucar

Professor of Religion

Liz Bucar is a religious ethicist who studies sexuality, gender, and moral transformation within Islamic and Christian traditions and communities. She is author of three books, including the award-winning Pious Fashion: How Muslim Women Dress (Harvar…

Mai’a Cross

Edward W. Brooke Professor of Political Science & International Affairs

Mai’a K. Davis Cross researches international cooperation, especially in the areas of European foreign and security policy, epistemic communities, crises, diplomacy, and public diplomacy. She is the author of three books: The Politics of Crisis in Eu…

Silvia Dominguez

Associate Professor of Sociology

Dr. Silvia Domínguez, PhD, MSW, specializes in the welfare of women, children and minority populations in the United States and abroad, with additional emphasis on sexual and gender-based violence, race relations and immigration issues. She serves as…

Chris Gallagher

Vice Chancellor for Global Learning Opportunities; Professor of English

Chris Gallagher has published widely on the teaching and assessment of writing and on educational “reform” at both the K-12 and higher education levels. He is author or co-author of four books and many articles in writing studies and education journa…

Matthew Hunt

Professor of Sociology

Matthew O. Hunt is a professor of sociology at Northeastern University. His primary research interests involve intersections of race/ethnicity, social psychology, and inequality in the United States. His work has appeared in the American Sociological…

M. Whitney Kelting

Associate Professor of Religious Studies

M. Whitney Kelting is an associate professor of religious studies. She received her B.A from Colby College, and her MA and PhD in South Asian Language and Literature from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Professor Kelting is the author of Singin…

Alan Klein

Professor of Anthropology

Professor Klein has spent his career examining the intersection of culture, politics and sport. His research has taken him to study baseball in the Dominican Republic, Mexico and other far flung sites; bodybuilders in southern California; and Lakota …

Jung Lee

Associate Professor of Religious Studies

Jung Lee is an associate professor of religious studies at Northeastern University. He received his B.A. from Amherst College, and his Ph.D. from Brown University in religious studies. Professor Lee teaches and publishes in the areas of religious eth…

Neal Lerner

Chair and Professor of English

Neal Lerner teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on writing, literacy, teaching/tutoring writing, and creative nonfiction. He is the author of The Idea of a Writing Laboratory, which won the 2011 NCTE David H. Russell Award for Distinguished Re…

Ineke Marshall

Professor of Sociology and Criminology and Criminal Justice

Professor Ineke Haen Marshall specializes in the study of comparative criminology, minorities and crime, self-report methodology, juvenile delinquency and criminal careers. Her current research focuses on cross-national surveys of juvenile delinquenc…

Valentine M. Moghadam

Professor of Sociology and International Affairs

Professor Moghadam came to Northeastern University in January 2012 as Director of the International Affairs Program, which she led for five years. She teaches Middle East Studies, Capstone (International Affairs), Women and World Politics, and Social…

Serena Parekh

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

Serena Parekh is an associate professor of philosophy at Northeastern University in Boston, where she is the director of the Politics, Philosophy, and Economics Program. She is the co-editor of Feminist Philosophy Quarterly. Her most recent book, No …

Nikos Passas

Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice; Co-Director, Institute for Security and Public Policy

Professor Nikos Passas specializes in the study of corruption, illicit financial/trade flows, sanctions, informal fund transfers, remittances, terrorism, white-collar crime, financial regulation, organized crime and international crimes. He has publi…

Mya Poe

Associate Professor of English; Director of the Writing Program

Mya Poe’s research focuses on writing assessment and writing development with particular attention to equity and fairness. She is the co-author of Learning to Communicate in Science and Engineering (CCCC Advancement of Knowledge Award, 2012), c…

Gordana Rabrenovic

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

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…

Kirsten Rodine-Hardy

Associate Professor of Political Science

Kirsten Rodine-Hardy teaches international political economy, comparative politics, and international relations for undergraduates and graduates. She has lived and worked in France, the Czech Republic (1990-1994), Washington, D.C., Berkeley, CA, and …

Heather Streets-Salter

Professor of History

Heather Streets-Salter’s research focuses on world history, the structure of empires and colonial relationships, and the scholarship of pedagogy. She is the author of World War One in Southeast Asia: Colonialism and Anti-Colonialism in an Era of Glob…

Denis Sullivan

Professor of Political Science and International Affairs; Co-Director of Middle East Center

Dr. Sullivan is the author of dozens of journal articles, book chapters, policy briefs, blogs and encyclopedia entries plus a number of books, with special focus on Egypt, civil society, Islamism, and Egyptian-American security and economic relations…

Michael Tolley

Associate Professor of Political Science

Professor Tolley’s research interests are at the intersection of law and politics. In recent years, he has written on courts in Europe, including the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights. …

Steven Vallas

Professor of Sociology

Steven Vallas is Professor of Sociology at Northeastern University in Boston. Most of his research is concerned with the transformation of work, struggles over new technologies, and responses to the demands of the new economy. His books and articles …

Alan West-Durán

Associate Professor of Cultures, Societies and Global Studies

Alan West-Durán was born in Cuba and raised in Puerto Rico. He is a poet, translator, essayist, and critic. His interests and research are in Caribbean literature, Afro-Cuban culture (art, music, religions, and literature) and Latin American Film. …

Kathrin Zippel

Professor of Sociology

Kathrin Zippel has published on gender politics in the workplace, public and social policy, social movements, welfare states, and globalization in the United States and Europe. Her book The Politics of Sexual Harassment in the United States, the Euro…

Affiliated Faculty

Nicole Aljoe

Director of Africana Studies Program; Associate Professor of English and Africana Studies

Amílcar Antonio Barreto

Professor & Interim Chair, Cultures, Societies, and Global Studies; Professor, Political Science; Professor, International Affairs

Jonathan Benda

Associate Teaching Professor in English

Erika Boeckeler

Associate Professor of English

Elizabeth Bucar

Professor of Religion

Mai’a Cross

Edward W. Brooke Professor of Political Science & International Affairs

Silvia Dominguez

Associate Professor of Sociology

Chris Gallagher

Vice Chancellor for Global Learning Opportunities; Professor of English

Matthew Hunt

Professor of Sociology

M. Whitney Kelting

Associate Professor of Religious Studies

Alan Klein

Professor of Anthropology

Jung Lee

Associate Professor of Religious Studies

Neal Lerner

Chair and Professor of English

Ineke Marshall

Professor of Sociology and Criminology and Criminal Justice

Valentine M. Moghadam

Professor of Sociology and International Affairs

Serena Parekh

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

Nikos Passas

Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice; Co-Director, Institute for Security and Public Policy

Mya Poe

Associate Professor of English; Director of the Writing Program

Gordana Rabrenovic

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

Kirsten Rodine-Hardy

Associate Professor of Political Science

Heather Streets-Salter

Professor of History

Denis Sullivan

Professor of Political Science and International Affairs; Co-Director of Middle East Center

Michael Tolley

Associate Professor of Political Science

Steven Vallas

Professor of Sociology

Alan West-Durán

Associate Professor of Cultures, Societies and Global Studies

Kathrin Zippel

Professor of Sociology