A longstanding tradition in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, the Myra Kraft Open Classroom is a semester-long seminar series for the Northeastern community and the general public. The series seeks to invite diverse audiences to converge around a central theme and generate conversation about current topics relevant to our local and national communities.
Collaborators and Funders
- Amilcar Barreto, Professor and Chair of Cultures, Societies, and Global Studies; Professor and Interim Director of International Affairs; Professor of Political Science
- Ángel Nieves, Professor of Africana Studies, History, and Digital Humanities; Director of Public Humanities
- Claudia Capria, Graduate Student
- Haley D’amico, Graduate Student
- Jack Mcdevitt, Professor of the Practice in Criminology and Criminal Justice; Director, Institute on Race and Justice
- Kabria Baumgartner, Dean’s Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies
- Kim Lucas, Professor of the Practice in Public Policy and Economic Justice (January 2022)
- Lily Song, Assistant Professor of Race, Social Justice, and the Built Environment
- Matt Lee, Teaching Professor of Human Services
- Philip Thai, Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies; Director, Asian Studies
- Rebecca Riccio, Director, Social Impact Lab; Lecturer of Human Services
- Regine Jean-Charles, Dean’s Professor of Culture and Social Justice; Professor of Africana Studies and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies; Director, Africana Studies
- Richard O’Bryant, Director, John D. O’Bryant African American Institute; Research Associate, Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy
- Samantha Canica, Graduate Student
- Tiffany Joseph, Associate Professor of Sociology and International Affairs; Graduate Program Director, Sociology
- Diedra Wrighting, Executive Director, ADVANCE Office of Faculty Development
- Karl Reid, Senior Vice Provost and Chief Inclusion Officer
- Margaret Burnham, Distinguished Professor of Law
- Meredith Clark, Associate Professor and Founding Director of the Center for Communication, Media Innovation and Social Change
- Michelle LaBoy, Assistant Professor of Architecture
- Adrian Walker, Columnist, The Boston Globe
- Andre Tippett, Hall of Fame Linebacker, New England Patriots (1982-1993)
- David Shribman, Pulitzer-Prize Winner; Former Editor, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Dr. April Khadijah Inniss, Director of Community Engaged Research, King Boston
- Joanna Weiss, Editor-in Chief, Experience; Contributing Editor, POLITICO
- John Simons, Executive Editor, Time Magazine
- Josh Kraft, President, Kraft Family Philanthropies
- Josh Zakim, Former City Councilor representing Back Bay, Fenway-Kenmore and Mission Hill; Board Member, The Lenny Zakim Fund; Executive Director, Housing Forward MA
- Menachem Kaiser, Author of Plunder
- Eric Goldstein, Associate Professor of History, Emory University
- Rabbi Mira Rivera
