Master of Public Administration

Interim Chair, Department of Political Science; Professor of Public Policy and Political Science

Christopher Bosso’s areas of research and teaching interest are in food and environmental policy. His newest book is Why SNAP Works: A Political History – and Defense – of the Food Stamp Program (University of California Press, 2023). Previous books …

Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science

Michael S. Dukakis is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Northeastern University, and a visiting professor at the Luskin School of Public Affairs at UCLA. He and former U.S. Senator Paul Simon authored How to Get Into Politics –…

Lipman Family Professor of Criminology, Law, and Public Policy

James Alan Fox has published 18 books, dozens of journal and magazine articles, and hundreds of freelance columns in newspapers around the country, primarily in the areas of mass murder, serial murder youth crime, school and campus violence, workpla…

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 Professor of Political Science

Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Economics; Research Director, Dukakis Center

Dr. Modestino is an Associate Professor with appointments in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and the Department of Economics at Northeastern University, where she also serves as the Research Director of the Dukakis Center for Urban and …

Professor of the Practice in Public Policy and Urban Affairs; Associate Director, School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs

Linda Kowalcky teaches public policy, public administration, and works with the school’s internship programs. Her career includes senior positions in government as well as academia. Most recently, Linda served as liaison to higher education to former…

Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs; Director, Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy

Ted Landsmark has been a civic planner, civil rights and equity advocate, higher education administrator, arts and culture researcher, and community-engaged social activist in Boston and nationally. He serves on the leadership committee of the Northe…

Associate Professor Emeritus of Economics and Public Policy

Alan Clayton-Matthews was a professor and director of quantitative methods in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs. He spent his 2007 sabbatical leave at the Dukakis Center. At the Center, he was the chief designer of the Labor Market Assess…

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

Professor of Political Science; Director, Master and PhD Programs in Political Science

John Portz teaches and conducts research in the general areas of state and local politics, public policy, and public education.  His specific research interests include school politics, accountability, and governance, as well as public leadership.  H…

Khaled and Olfat Juffali Director of the Social Impact Lab; Lecturer of Human Services

Rebecca Riccio’s teaching and research centers the use of experiential learning to cultivate systems thinking, ethical reasoning, and self-authorship among students who aspire to engage in social change. Her teaching models were featured in Ash…

Distinguished Professor Emeritus

A member of the department since 1982, David A. Rochefort became Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the end of the 2022-23 academic year after serving as Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor from 2001-23. His specializations include American pu…

Assistant Teaching Professor of Public Policy and Administration

Cristina Stanica is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Public Policy and Administration. Most of her teaching is in critical core courses that support the MPA and MPP programs, in particular Techniques of Policy Analysis and Principles of Public Admi…

Affiliate Professor of Political Science

Dr. Thomas J. Vicino is the Dean of the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University, where he is also Professor of Urban Studies. Previously, he held administrative and professorial roles at Northeastern University, including as…