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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 …
Joan Fitzgerald is a Professor of Urban and Public Policy. She focuses on urban climate action and strategies for linking it to equity, economic development, and innovation. In her fourth book, Greenovation: Urban Leadership on Climate Change (Oxford…
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…
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…
Cara Michell is an urban planner with a background in sculpture from Princeton University. Cara holds a Masters in Urban Planning from Harvard University. She was a Senior Urban Planner and Associate at WXY Studio in New York. Cara’s conceptual art h…
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 …
Dr. Kaitlyn S. Alvarez Noli, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Health Sciences, holds a joint appointment in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs (College of Social Sciences and Humanities) and the Department of Health Sciences (Bouvé…
Dr. Daniel T. O’Brien is a leader of the burgeoning field of “urban informatics”, which uses modern digital data to better understand and serve local communities. He is Associate Professor in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and the Scho…
Gavin Shatkin’s research focuses on globalization, social equity, and sustainability in the rapidly urbanizing societies of Asia. His recent research includes a National Science Foundation funded project investigating the impacts of climate change-in…
Lily Song is an Assistant Professor of Race and Social Justice in the Built Environment at Northeastern University. She holds a PhD in Urban and Regional Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA in Urban and Regional Planning from …
* Prof. Stephens is on leave from Northeastern in 2024-2025 * Jennie C. Stephens’ research, teaching, and community engagement focus on social-political aspects of renewable energy transformation, energy democracy, climate resilience, reducing …
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…
Moira Zellner’s academic background lies at the intersection of Urban and Regional Planning, Environmental Science, and Complexity. She has served as Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator in interdisciplinary projects examining how specifi…
Tim Love is the founding principal of Utile, a 50-person Boston-based architecture and planning firm. Love’s primary focus is the relationship between individual works of architecture and the larger city. His work is not driven by aesthetics, but by…
Dietmar Offenhuber’s research focuses on the relationship between design, technology, and governance. He is the author of the award-winning monograph “Waste is Information” (MIT Press) and has published books on urban data and accountability technolo…
Michelle Laboy is an Assistant Professor of Architecture at Northeastern University, with an affiliate appointment in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering. As a designer with degrees in architecture, engineering and urban planning…
Sara Jensen Carr’s teaching and research focuses on the connections between landscape, human health, urban ecology, and design. Her current book in progress, The Topography of Wellness: Health and the American Urban Landscape, examines landscape res…
Nicholas Brown teaches in the Urban Landscape Program and the Department of History at Northeastern University. He holds a PhD in Landscape Architecture (History & Theory) from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, a MFA degree from UIUC’…
Dan Adams is Director and Associate Professor of the School of Architecture at Northeastern University. Dan teaches design studios and seminars, in both the architecture and sustainable urban environments programs. These courses focus on negotiating…
