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Department Info
210 Renaissance Park
617.373.3074
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Director
Doreen Lee
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Associate Director
Denise Khor
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Academic Advisor
Maureen Desmond
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617.373.7972
Co-op Coordinator
Joani Lamachia
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617.373.8158
Department Info
204 Churchill Hall
617.373.3327
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Director
Amy Farrell
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Associate Director
Kevin Drakulich
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617.373.7427
Undergraduate Program Director
Krista Larsen
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Administrative Assistant
Linda Cook
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617-373-8071
Academic Advisors
Shakyra Antoine (Last Names A – H, & R)
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Caitlin Greene (Last Names I – Q)
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Kendel Hall (Last Names S – Z)
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Co-op Coordinator
Becky Buchmelter
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Department Info
900 Renaissance Park
617.373.2686
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Interim Chair
Alisa Lincoln
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617.373.4274
Undergraduate Program Director
Carie Hersh
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617.373.2686
Administrative Assistant
Elizabeth Walker
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Academic Advisors
Shakyra Antoine (Last Names A – D)
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Alain Akasa (Last Names E – T)
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Lingheshwari Kakkanaiah (Last Names U – Z)
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617.373.7160
Co-op Coordinator
Lisa Worsh
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617.373.4773
Department Info
201 Renaissance Park
617.373.5155
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Chair
Régine Jean-Charles
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Programs
Africana Studies Program
American Sign Language & Interpreting Education Program
Global Asian Studies Program
Health, Humanities, and Society Program
History, Culture, and Law Program
Latinx, Latin American, & Caribbean Studies (LLACS) Minor
Department Info
Cultures, Societies and Global Studies
201 Renaissance Park
617.373.2234
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Chair
Régine Jean-Charles
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Director
Katherine Luongo *effective Fall 2026*
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Academic Advisor
Emma Pittore
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617.373.3564
Department Info
Cultures, Societies and Global Studies
201 Renaissance Park
617.373.2234
Undergraduate Program Director
Lori Whynot
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617.373.3064
Administrative Assistant
Tilde Edington
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Academic Advisor
Emma Pittore
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Co-op Coordinator
Jonathan Andrew
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617.373.3453
Department Info
World Languages and Cultures
400 Meserve Hall
617.373.2234
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Chair
Stacey Katz Bourns
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Program Manger
Boris Rasting-Sera
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Department Info
World Languages and Cultures
400 Meserve Hall
617.373.2234
Chair
Stacey Katz Bourns
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Undergraduate Program Director
Christina Agostinelli-Fucile
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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
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Chinese
Professor Vanessa Wei
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French
Professor Sali Ziane
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German
Professor Carolin Fuchs
[email protected]
Hebrew
Professor Vanessa Wei
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Italian
Professor Gina Maiellaro
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Japanese
Professor Rei Inouye
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Portuguese
Professor Boris Yelin
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Russian
Professor Vanessa Wei
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Spanish
Professor Christina Agostinelli-Fucile
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Department Info
World Languge and Cultures
400 Meserve Hall
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Chair
Stacey Katz Bourns
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Department Info
301 Lake Hall
617.373.2882
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Chair
Asha Sundaram
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Undergraduate Program Director
Gustavo Vicentini
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617.373.2882
Administrative Assistant
Katie Thorp
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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]
Alain Akasa (Last Names T – W)
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Co-op Coordinators
Weitong “TongTong” Yin
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Becky Buchmelter
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Department Info
405 Lake Hall
617.373.2512
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Chair
Theo Davis
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617.373.4540
Administrative Officer
Leslie Prime
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Undergraduate Program Directors
Laurie Nardone (Writing Program)
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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)
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Dan Metzger (Director of First-Year Writing)
d.metzger@northeastern.edu
Academic Advisors
Caitlin Greene (Last Names A – G)
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Shakyra Antoine (Last Names H – M)
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Alain Akasa (Last Names N – Z)
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Co-op Coordinator
Gabrielle Fiorenza-Hagopian
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617.373.4140
Department Info
249 Meserve Hall
617.373.2660
Chair
Dr. Gretchen Heefner
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617-373-2662
Undergraduate Program Director
Louise Walker
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Administrative Assistant
Grace Dolan
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617-373-5556
Academic Advisor
Maureen Desmond
617-373-7972
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Co-op Coordinators
Rebecca Westerling
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617.373.7488
Department Info
249 Meserve Hall
617.373.2660
Chair
Dr. Gretchen Heefner
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617-373-2662
Undergraduate Program Director
Louise Walker
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Academic Advisor
Kendel Hall
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Co-op Coordinators
Rebecca Westerling
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617.373.7488
Program Info
310 Renaissance Park
617.373.2624
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Director
Lori Gardinier
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617.373.5918
Undergraduate Program Director
Lori Gardinier
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617-373-5918
Program Manager
Natalia Stone
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617-373-2624
Academic Advisor
Kendel Hall
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Co-op Coordinator
Lisa Worsh
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617.373.4773
Department Info
201 Renaissance Park
617.373.5472
Director
Ioannis Livanis
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617.373.4697
Undergraduate Program Director
Panagoula (Youly) Diamanti-Karanou
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617.373.4697
Program Coordinator
Julie Boudoukara
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617-373-5472
Academic Advisors
Maureen Desmond (Last Names A-G)
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617-373-7972
Caitlin Greene (Last Names H – N)
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Shakyra Antoine (Last Names O – Z)
[email protected]
Co-op Coordinators
Joani Lamachia
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617.373.8158
Jonathan Andrew
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617.373.3453
Department Info
405 Nightingale Hall
617.373.7045
Director
Lori Lefkovitz
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Interim Undergraduate Program Director
Simon Rabinovitch
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617.373.8437
Administrative Assistant
Deborah Levisohn
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Academic Advisor
Caitlin Greene
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Department Info
360 Holmes Hall
617.373.3636
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Chair
Rory Smead
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617-373-3636
Undergraduate Program Director
Philosophy:
Jacob Stump
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Religious Studies:
Jung Lee
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617-373-2028
Academic Advisor
Caitlin Greene
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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
Academic Advisors
Kendel Hall (Last Names A – L)
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Alain Akasa (Last Names M – Z)
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Co-op Coordinators
Rebecca Westerling
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617.373.7488
Department Info
900 Renaissance Park
617.373.2796
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Department Chair
Lauren MacLean
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617.373.5004
Undergraduate Program Director
Colin Brown
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617.373.8192
Administrative Assistant
Des C. Porte
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Academic Advisors
Lingheshwari Kakkanaiah (Last Names A – F)
[email protected]
617.373.7160
Emma Pittore (Last Names G – N)
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617-373-3564
Alain Akasa (Last Names O – Z)
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Co-op Coordinator
Gabrielle Fiorenza-Hagopian
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617.373.4140
Department Info
900 Renaissance Park
617.373.2686
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Interim Chair
Alisa Lincoln
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Matthew Hunt *effective Fall 2026*
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Undergraduate Program Director
Carie Hersh
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617.373.2686
Administrative Assistant
Elizabeth Walker
[email protected]
617-373-3235
Academic Advisors
Shakyra Antoine (Last Names A – D)
[email protected]
Alain Akasa (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)
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Chris Parsons (interim)
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Information Ethics
401 Renaissance Park
617.373.3636
Jung Lee
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617.373.2028
Latinx, Latin American, and Caribbean Studies
201 Renaissance Park
617.373.5155
Nicole Guidotti-Hernandez
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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)
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617.373.3074
Serena Alexander (interim)
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Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
261 Holmes
617.373.4984
Suzanna Walters
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617.373.8519