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Advising splits noted in parenthesis based on student last name.

Department Info
210 Renaissance Park
617.373.3074

Director
Doreen Lee
[email protected]

Associate Director
Denise Khor
[email protected]

Academic Advisor
Maureen Desmond
[email protected]
617.373.7972

Co-op Coordinator
Joani Lamachia
[email protected]
617.373.8158

Department Info
204 Churchill Hall
617.373.3327

Director
Amy Farrell
[email protected]

Associate Director
Kevin Drakulich
[email protected]
617.373.7427

Undergraduate Program Director
Krista Larsen
[email protected]

Administrative Assistant
Linda Cook
[email protected]
617-373-8071

Academic Advisors

Shakyra Antoine (Last Names A – H, & R)
[email protected]

Caitlin Greene (Last Names I – Q)
[email protected]

Kendel Hall (Last Names S – Z)
[email protected]

Co-op Coordinator
Becky Buchmelter
[email protected]

Department Info
900 Renaissance Park
617.373.2686

Interim Chair
Alisa Lincoln
[email protected]
617.373.4274

Undergraduate Program Director
Carie Hersh
[email protected]
617.373.2686

Administrative Assistant
Elizabeth Walker
[email protected]

Academic Advisors
Shakyra Antoine (Last Names A – D)
[email protected]

Ashley Thibodeau (Last Names E – T)
[email protected]

Lingheshwari Kakkanaiah (Last Names U – Z)
[email protected]
617.373.7160

Co-op Coordinator
Lisa Worsh
[email protected]
617.373.4773

Department Info
Cultures, Societies and Global Studies
201 Renaissance Park
617.373.2234

Chair
Régine Jean-Charles
[email protected]

Undergraduate Program Director
Régine Jean-Charles
[email protected]

Academic Advisor
Emma Pittore
[email protected]
617.373.3564

 

Department Info
Cultures, Societies and Global Studies
201 Renaissance Park
617.373.2234

Chair
Régine Jean-Charles
[email protected]

Undergraduate Program Director
Lori Whynot
[email protected]
617.373.3064

Administrative Assistant 
Tilde Edington
[email protected]

Academic Advisor
Emma Pittore
[email protected]

Co-op Coordinator
Jonathan Andrew
[email protected]
617.373.3453

Department Info
World Language and Cultures
400 Meserve Hall
617.373.2234

Chair
Stacey Katz Bourns
[email protected]

Program Manger
Boris Rasting-Sera
[email protected]

Department Info
Department of World Language and Cultures
Meserve 400

Chair
Stacey Katz Bourns
[email protected]

Undergraduate Program Director
Christina Agostinelli-Fucile
[email protected]

Academic Advisor
Linghesh Kakkanaiah
[email protected]
617.373.7160

Co-op Coordinator
Jonathan Andrew
[email protected]
617.373.3453

Course substitution or language minor questions should be directed to the contacts listed in the table below. If the language minor contact approves a course substitution, those substitutions can be made by Boris Rasting-Sera ([email protected]). He can also remove registration restrictions for language courses.

For questions about Spanish placement tests: Professor Boris Yelin ([email protected])

For questions about other language placement tests, please contact the faculty member listed below:

Arabic
Professor Vanessa Wei
[email protected]

Chinese
Professor Vanessa Wei
[email protected]

French
Professor Sali Ziane
[email protected]

German
Professor Carolin Fuchs
[email protected]

Hebrew
Professor Vanessa Wei
[email protected]

Italian
Professor Gina Maiellaro
[email protected]

Japanese
Professor Rei Inouye
[email protected]

Portuguese
Professor Boris Yelin
[email protected]

Russian
Professor Vanessa Wei
[email protected]

Spanish
Professor Christina Agostinelli-Fucile
[email protected]

Department Info
World Languge and Cultures
400 Meserve Hall

Chair
Stacey Katz Bourns
[email protected]

Department Info
301 Lake Hall
617.373.2882

Chair
Michael P. Stone
[email protected]

Undergraduate Program Director
Gustavo Vicentini
[email protected]
617.373.2882

Administrative Assistant
Katie Thorp
[email protected]
617-373-2882

Academic Advisors
Lingheshwari Kakkanaiah (Last names A – K)
[email protected]
617.373.7160

Emma Pittore (Last names L – R, & X -Z)
[email protected]
617-373-3564

Kendel Hall (Last Name S)
[email protected]

Ashley Thibodeau (Last Names T – W)
[email protected]

Co-op Coordinators
Weitong “TongTong” Yin
[email protected]

Becky Buchmelter 
[email protected]

 

Department Info
405 Lake Hall
617.373.2512

Chair
Theo Davis
[email protected]
617.373.4540

Undergraduate Program Directors
Laurie Nardone (Writing Program)
[email protected]

Laurie Edwards (Director of Advanced Writing in the Disciplines) [email protected]

Isabel Sobral Campos (English Major and Minor, Rhetoric Minor)
i.sobralcampos@northeastern.edu

Caitlin Thornbrugh (Writing Minor)
[email protected]

Academic Advisors
Caitlin Greene (Last Names A – G)
[email protected]

Shakyra Antoine (Last Names H – M)
[email protected]

Ashley Thibodeau (Last Names N – Z)
[email protected]

Co-op Coordinator
Gabrielle Fiorenza-Hagopian
[email protected]
617.373.4140

Administrative Coordinator
Kaitlin Lucarelli
[email protected]

Department Info
249 Meserve Hall
617.373.2660

Chair
Dr. Gretchen Heefner
[email protected]
617-373-2662

Undergraduate Program Director
Simon Rabinovitch
[email protected]

Administrative Assistant
Grace Dolan
[email protected]
617-373-5556

Academic Advisor
Maureen Desmond
617-373-7972
[email protected]

Co-op Coordinators

Rebecca Westerling
[email protected]
617.373.7488

Richard Conley
[email protected]
617.373.3451

Department Info
249 Meserve Hall
617.373.2660

Chair
Dr. Gretchen Heefner
[email protected]
617-373-2662

Undergraduate Program Director
Simon Rabinovitch
[email protected]

Academic Advisor
Kendel Hall
[email protected]

Co-op Coordinators

Rebecca Westerling
[email protected]
617.373.7488

Richard Conley
[email protected]
617.373.3451

Program Info
310 Renaissance Park
617.373.2624

Director
Lori Gardinier
[email protected]
617.373.5918

Undergraduate Program Director
Lori Gardinier
[email protected]
617-373-5918

Program Manager
Natalia Stone
[email protected]
617-373-2624

Academic Advisor

Kendel Hall
[email protected]

Co-op Coordinator
Lisa Worsh
[email protected]
617.373.4773

 

Department Info
201 Renaissance Park
617.373.5472

Director
Ioannis Livanis
[email protected]
617.373.4697

Undergraduate Program Director
Panagoula (Youly) Diamanti-Karanou
[email protected]
617.373.4697

Program Coordinator
Julie Boudoukara
[email protected]
617-373-5472

Academic Advisors
Maureen Desmond (Last Names A-G)
[email protected]
617-373-7972

Caitlin Greene (Last Names H – N)
[email protected]

Shakyra Antoine (Last Names O – Z)
[email protected]

Co-op Coordinators
Joani Lamachia
[email protected]
617.373.8158

Jonathan Andrew
[email protected]
617.373.3453

Department Info
405 Nightingale Hall
617.373.7045

Director
Lori Lefkovitz
[email protected]

Interim Undergraduate Program Director
Simon Rabinovitch
[email protected]
617.373.8437

Administrative Assistant
Deborah Levisohn
[email protected]

Academic Advisor
Caitlin Greene
[email protected]

Department Info
360 Holmes Hall
617.373.3636

Chair
Rory Smead
[email protected]
617-373-3636

Undergraduate Program Director
Philosophy:
Jacob Stump
[email protected]

Religious Studies:
Jung Lee
[email protected]
617-373-2028

Administrative Assistant
Deryni Mahoney
[email protected]

Academic Advisor
Caitlin Greene
[email protected]

Co-op Coordinator
Joani LaMachia
[email protected]
617.373.4210

Department Info
371 Holmes Hall
617.373.6151

Undergraduate Program Director
Adam Hosein
a.hosein@northeastern.edu
617.373.3636

Administrative Assistant
Deryni Mahoney
[email protected]

Academic Advisors

Kendel Hall (Last Names A – L)
[email protected]

Ashley Thibodeau (Last Names M – Z)
[email protected]

Co-op Coordinators

Rebecca Westerling
[email protected]
617.373.7488

Richard Conley
[email protected]
617.373.3451

Department Info
900 Renaissance Park
617.373.2796

Department Chair
Lauren MacLean
[email protected]
617.373.5004

Undergraduate Program Director
Colin Brown
[email protected]
617.373.8192

Administrative Assistant
Des C. Porte
[email protected]

Academic Advisors
Lingheshwari Kakkanaiah (Last Names A – F)
[email protected]
617.373.7160

Emma Pittore (Last Names G – N)
[email protected]
617-373-3564

Ashley Thibodeau (Last Names O – Z)
[email protected]

Co-op Coordinator
Gabrielle Fiorenza-Hagopian
[email protected]
617.373.4140

Department Info
900 Renaissance Park
617.373.2686

Interim Chair
Alisa Lincoln
[email protected]
617.373.4274

Undergraduate Program Director
Carie Hersh
[email protected]
617.373.2686

Program Coordinator
Pamela Simmons
[email protected]

Administrative Assistant
Elizabeth Walker
[email protected]
617-373-3235

Academic Advisors
Shakyra Antoine (Last Names A – D)
[email protected]

Ashley Thibodeau (Last Names E – T)
[email protected]

Lingheshwari Kakkanaiah (Last Names U – Z)
[email protected]
617.373.7160

Co-op Coordinator
Lisa Worsh
[email protected]
617.373.4773

Employer Engagement and Career Design

Career Advisor
Leah Bohmbach
[email protected]
617.373.3243

Pre-Law /Graduate School Advisor
Leah Bohmbach
[email protected]
617.373.3243

Additional Minors

Computational Social Sciences
900 Renaissance Park
617.373.2686
Liza Weinstein
[email protected]
617.373.4274

Digital Methods in the Humanities
405 Lake Hall
617.373.2512
Elizabeth Dillon
[email protected]
617.373.4544

Food Systems Sustainability, Health, and Equity
360K Renaissance Park
617.373.8900
Christopher Bosso
[email protected]
617.373.4398

Health, Humanities, and Society
450 Renaissance Park
617.373.4140
Sari Altschuler (on sabbatical)
[email protected]

Chris Parsons (interim)
[email protected]

Information Ethics
401 Renaissance Park
617.373.3636
Jung Lee
[email protected]
617.373.2028

Latinx, Latin American, and Caribbean Studies
201 Renaissance Park
617.373.5155
Nicole Guidotti-Hernandez
[email protected]

Law and Public Policy
310 Renaissance Park
617.373.8900
Dan Urman
[email protected]
617.373.6145

Middle Eastern Studies
201 Renaissance Park
617.373.5472
Ioannis Livannis
[email protected]
617.373.4697

Urban Studies
360F Renaissance Park
617.373.8900
Gavin Shatkin (on sabbatical)
[email protected]
617.373.3074

Serena Alexander (interim)
[email protected]

Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
261 Holmes
617.373.4984
Suzanna Walters
[email protected]
617.373.8519