Selected Community Engagement Awards in 2025/26

Daniel Aldrich, Dean’s Professor of Resilience, Director, MS Resilience Studies Program

Northeastern University Excellence in Teaching Award Winner

Northeastern University 

Excellence in Consulting Award

National Council on Public History

N. Fadeke Castor, Associate Professor of Religion and Africana Studies

Wenner-Gren Fellowship in Anthropology and Black Experiences at School for Advanced Research

Wenner-Gren Foundation 

Ellen Cushman, Dean’s Professor of Civic Sustainability; Professor of English

Excellence in Research and Creative Activity Award for DAILP

Northeastern University

Maria Ivanova, Director of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs; Professor of Public Policy; Co-Director of the Plastics Center at Northeastern

Top 20 Most-Read Thought Leaders in Sustainable Business

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Tiffany Joseph, Associate Professor of Sociology and International Affairs

Robin M. Williams, Jr. Lecture Award

Eastern Sociological Society 

Alicia Sasser Modestino, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Economics; Director, Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy

Data Champion

National Youth Employment Coalition 

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

International Anti-Corruption Excellence Award

The Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Center

K.J. Rawson, Professor of English and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies

Global Network Accelerator Award

Northeastern University

Sasha Sabherwal, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Global Asian Studies

Innovation Lab Grant

Mills Institute 

Jacob Stowell, Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Guggenheim Foundation Distinguished Scholars Award

Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation