Research Centers and Institutes I
Center for Adaptive Systems
African Studies Center
Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders
Center for Archaeological Studies
Institute for Astrophysical Research
Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology, and
Policy
Center for Defense Journalism
International Center for East Asian Archaeology and Cultural History
Center for Ecology and Conservation Biology
Center for Energy and Environmental Studies
RESEARCH CENTERS AND INSTITUTES II
Elie Wiesel Center For Judaic Studies
Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies and Civilizations
Center for Nanoscience and Nanobiotechnology
Neuromuscular Research Center
Center for Philosophy and History of Science
Institute for Philosophy and Religion
Center for Polymer Studies
Center for Remote Sensing
Science and Mathematics Education Center
Center for Space Physics
Center for Transportation Studies
The several interdisciplinary research centers and institutes of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences complement its academic departments. Although some of these units do not offer degree programs or courses, all faculty associated with them hold departmental appointments. Graduate students are admitted to degree programs by the academic departments but may often do much of their work in one of the centers, particularly if they are involved in advanced research. Institutes and centers conduct their own research and sponsor colloquia and guest lecture series.
CENTER FOR ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS
The following list reflects the 2007/2008 faculty.
Director Stephen Grossberg
Faculty
Jelle Atema Professor of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, University of Michigan
Helen Barbas Professor of Health Sciences, Sargent College. BA, Kean College; MS, Kansas State University; PhD, McGill University (Canada)
Daniel Bullock Professor of Cognitive & Neural Systems and Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Reed College; PhD, Stanford University
Catherine Caldwell-Harris Associate Professor of Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Harvard University; PhD, University of California, San Diego
Gail A. Carpenter Director, CNS Technology Laboratory. Professor of Cognitive & Neural Systems and of Mathematics, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, University of Colorado; PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Yongqiang Cao Research Assistant Professor, Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences. BS, Peking University, Beijing (China); MS, University of Technology, Dalian (China); PhD, York University, Toronto (Canada)
Michael A. Cohen Associate Professor of Cognitive & Neural Systems and Computer Science, College of Arts & Sciences. SB, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; PhD, Harvard University
H. Steven Colburn Director, Hearing Research Center; Professor of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering. SM, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Howard Eichenbaum Director, Center for Neuroscience; Director, Center for Memory & Brain; Director, Cognitive Neurobiology Laboratory; Professor of Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences. BS, PhD, University of Michigan
William D. Eldred III Professor of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences. BS, PhD, University of Colorado
Jean Berko Gleason Professor Emerita of Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences. AB, Radcliffe College; AM, PhD, Harvard University
Sucharita Gopal Professor of Geography & Environment, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, MSc, BEd, MPhil, Madras University (India); PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara
Stephen Grossberg Director, Center for Adaptive Systems, College of Arts & Sciences; Director, Center of Excellence for Learning in Education, Science, & Technology (CELEST), College of Arts & Sciences; Wang Professor of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Dartmouth College; MS, Stanford University; PhD, Rockefeller University
Frank Guenther Associate Professor of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences. BS, University of Missouri, Columbia; MSE, Princeton University; PhD, Boston University
Michael E. Hasselmo Associate Director, Center for Memory and Brain; Director, Computational Neurophysiology Laboratory; Professor of Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences. AB, Harvard University; PhD, Oxford University (England)
Allyn Hubbard Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, College of Engineering. BS, MS, PhD, University of Wisconsin
Dae-Shik Kim Director, Center for Biomedical Imaging. Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine. BA/BS, Technical University of Darmstadt (Germany); MA, PhD, Max-Planck-Institute for Brain Research (Germany)
Thomas Kincaid Professor of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering, College of Engineering. BS, Queen’s University (Canada); SM, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mark Kon Professor of Mathematics and statistics, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Cornell University; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nancy Kopell Professor of Mathematics, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Cornell University; MA, PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Jacqueline A. Liederman Professor of Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, City College of New York; PhD, University of Rochester
Ennio Mingolla Chair, Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems; Director, CNS Vision Laboratory; Professor of Cognitive & Neural Systems and Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Harvard University; MEd, Boston University; PhD, University of Connecticut
Joseph Perkell Adjunct Professor of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences. Senior Research Scientist, Research Lab of Electronics and Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. SB, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; DMD, Harvard School of Dental Medicine; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Marc Pomplun Adjunct Assistant Professor of Cognitive & Neural Systems. Vordiplom, Diplom, PhD, University of Bielefeld (Germany)
Adam Reeves Adjunct Professor of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences; Associate Professor of Psychology, Northeastern University. BA, PhD, City University of New York
Elliot Saltzman Associate Professor of Physical Therapy, Sargent College. AB, Harvard University; PhD, University of Minnesota
Robert Savoy Adjunct Associate Professor of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences; President, HyperVision Incorporated; Instructor, Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School. BS, MS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; PhD, Harvard University
Eric Schwartz Professor of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences; Professor of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering, College of Engineering; Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine. AB, Columbia College; MS, PhD, Columbia University
Robert Sekuler Adjunct Professor of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences; Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Frances and Louis H. Salvage Professor of Psychology, Brandeis University. AB, Brandeis University; MS, PhD, Brown University
Barbara Shinn-Cunningham Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems; Associate Professor of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences; Director, Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory; Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering. ScB, Brown University; MS, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
David Somers Director, Percepetual Neuroimaging Laboratory; Associate Professor of Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences. BS, Harvey Mudd College; PhD, Boston University
Chantal Stern Director, Cognitive Neuroimaging Laboratory; Director, Brain, Behavior, and Cognition Program; Associate Professor of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, McGill University (Canada); DPhil, University of Oxford (England)
Malvin Teich Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering. SB, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MS, Stanford University; PhD, Cornell University
Joe Z. Tsien Professor of Pharmacology, School of Medicine. Professor of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering. BS, East China Normal University; PhD, University of Minnesota
Lucia Vaina Professor of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering; Research Professor of Neurology, School of Medicine. MS, University of Timisoara (Romania) and Urbino (Italy); PhD, Université Paris I (France); Dres Science, Institut National Polytechnique (France)
Takeo Watanabe Director, Vision Sciences Laboratory; Professor of Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, MA, PhD, University of Tokyo (Japan)
Jeremy Wolfe Adjunct Professor of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences; Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School; Psychophysicist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Director, Psychophysical Studies, Center for Clinical Cataract Research. AB, Princeton University; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Curtis E. Woodcock Professor, Department of Geography & Environment; Director of Geographic Applications, Center for Remote Sensing, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, MA, PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara
Arash Yazdanbakhsh Research Assistant Professor, Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences. MD, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (Iran); PhD, Boston University
Research Associates
Mukund Balasubramanian Research Associate, Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, BS, University of Texas at Austin; PhD, Boston University
Virginia Best Research Associate, Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences. BMS, PhD, University of Sydney (Australia)
Arash Fazl Research Associate, Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences. MD, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (Iran); PhD, Boston University
Satrajit Ghosh Research Fellow, Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences. BS, National University of Singapore; PhD, Boston University
Anatoli Gorchetchnikov Research Associate, Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences. BS, Belmont University; MS, Middle Tennessee State University; PhD, Boston University
Norbert Kopcŏ Research Associate, Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences. MSc (Dipl Ing), Technicka Univerzita, Kosice (Slovakia); PhD, Boston University
Sulochana Naidoo Research Associate, Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences. BS, University of Durban-Westville (South Africa); MS, Boston University; PhD, Boston University School of Medicine
Simon Overduin Research Associate, Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences. BSc, Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada); PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jonathan Polimeni Research Fellow, Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences. BS, Johns Hopkins University; PhD, Boston University
Timothy Streeter Research Associate, Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. BS, MS, University of New Hampshire; MA, Boston University
Massimiliano Versace Assistant Director, CNS Technology Lab for Science and Technology Outreach, Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences. BA/MA, University of Trieste (Italy); PhD, Boston University
Tony Vladusich Research Associate, Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences. BS, University of Queensland (Australia); PhD, Australian National University
Staff
Brian Bowlby Director of CNS Computation Laboratories, Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Kalamazoo College; PhD, Boston College
Cynthia Bradford Assistant Director, Center for Adaptive Systems, College of Arts & Sciences; Administrative Director, Center of Excellence for Learning in Education, Science, and Technology (CELEST), College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Indiana University
Daniel Franklin CELEST Director of Curriculum Development, Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Williams College; MTS, Harvard University; MBA, Boston University
Megan Johnson Senior Program Coordinator, Center for Adaptive Systems, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Boston University
The Center for Adaptive Systems is an interdisciplinary research and training center whose interests intersect the areas of biology, computer science, engineering, mathematics, and psychology. The center performs interdisciplinary research aimed at discovering and developing principled theories of brain and behavior, notably concerning how individual humans and animals adapt so well on their own to rapidly changing environments that may include rare, ambiguous, and unexpected events. Research and training are carried out both individually and through close collaborative relationships between faculty, students, and postdoctoral fellows. Research projects encompass a broad range of areas concerning Cognitive & Neural Systems, including vision and image processing; audition, speech, and language understanding; adaptive pattern recognition; cognitive information processing; self-organization and development; associative learning and long-term memory; reinforcement and motivation; attention; adaptive sensory-motor control and robotics; navigation and spatial orientation; biological rhythms; consciousness; and the mathematical and computational methods needed to support advanced modeling research and applications. Both normal and abnormal behaviors are analyzed, including Parkinson’s disease, attention deficit disorder, schizophrenia, and depression.
These investigations lead to neural network models that clarify the functional architecture of different brain regions, such as the visual cortex, auditory cortex,- temporal cortex, parietal cortex, motor cortex, prefrontal cortex, hippocampus, hypothalamus, cerebellum, superior colliculus, basal ganglia, reticular formation, thalamus, retina, and spinal cord.
General neural designs that realize specialized functional roles in distinct brain regions are clarified through such models. Different levels of organization are analyzed, ranging from neural systems and architectures to neural modules, local circuits, and cellular, biophysical, and biochemical mechanisms. For example, the center has led the way in modeling how and why the architecture of all sensory and cognitive neocortex is organized into layered circuits. This research clarifies how “laminar computing” contributes to biological intelligence. Such cortical laminar cortical architectures are under investigation in vision, recognition learning and categorization, short-term memory, cognitive information processing, and sensory-motor planning. A typical example on the module level is opponent processing circuits by on-cells and off-cells. Specialized versions of this module play a key role in vision, biological rhythms, reinforcement learning, motor control, and cognitive information processing. Such a comparative analysis clarifies how a single modular design may be adapted to many different behavioral functions. A typical example on the mechanism level is associative learning, which plays a key role in such varied behaviors as recognition, spatial orientation, and sensory-motor control. Contributions of the specialized electrical and chemical dynamics of individual cells are analyzed in every model. The models also provide explanations and predictions of data that link the several levels of behavior, evoked potentials, neurophysiology, anatomy, biophysics, and biochemistry.
These neural models are typically naturally expressed as nonlinear dynamical systems. Numerical and analytical investigations of these systems lead to new mathematical results and problems, as well as to formal bridges to other biological and physical systems, notably dissipative systems that describe aspects of self-organization and nonequilibrium behavior. These formal investigations suggest new designs for computer vision, adaptive pattern recognition machines, autonomous robots, and massively parallel computers, thereby integrating basic science with the design of novel technologies. Faculty and students also interact with working engineers in companies and government laboratories to implement neural network designs in new hardware for technological applications.
For further information about the center, contact the Director, Stephen Grossberg, Center for Adaptive Systems, 677 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02215; 617-353-7857.
AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER
The following list reflects the 2007/2008 faculty.
Director James Pritchett
Associate Director for Development James McCann
Affiliated Faculty
Betty Anderson Assistant Professor of History, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Trinity College; MA, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
Mary Bachman-Desilva Assistant Professor, International Health, School of Public Health. BA, Dartmouth College; BA, MS, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service; MD, DSC, Harvard School of Public Health
Kathryn Bard Associate Professor of Archaeology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Connecticut College; MFA, Yale University; MA, University of Michigan; MA, PhD, University of Toronto (Canada)
Linda L. Barnes Associate Professor, School of Medicine. BA, Smith College; MA, PhD, Harvard University
Cynthia Becker Assistant Professor of Art History, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, University of New Orleans; MA, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
William J. Bicknell Professor of International Health, School of Public Health. BS, Johns Hopkins University; MPH, University of California, Berkeley; MD, Duke University
Alison Blakely Professor of Modern European & Comparative History, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, University of Oregon; MA, PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Karen Boatman Assistant Clinical Professor, School of Education. AB, University of Michigan
Laurence Breiner Associate Professor of English, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Boston College; MPhil, PhD, Yale University
Edouard J. Bustin Professor of Political Science, College of Arts & Sciences. Doct. en Droit, Lic Sc Dipl, University of Liège (Belgium)
Odile Cazenave Associate Professor, Modern Foreign Languages & Literatures, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, University of Strasbourg; MA, PhD, The Pennsylvania State University
Christophe Chamley Professor of Economics, College of Arts & Sciences. MSc, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg I (France); PhD, Harvard University
Richard W. Clapp Professor of Public Health, School of Public Health. BA, Darmouth Colllege; MPH, Harvard School of Public Heath; MPH, DSc, Boston University School of Public Health
Iain Cockburn Professor of Finance, School of Management. BSc, Queen Mary College University of London; PhD, Harvard University
Neta Crawford Professor, Department of Political Science and African American Studies. BA, Brown University; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Martinius L. Daneel Adjunct Associate Professor of Theology. BA, Stellenbosch University (South Africa); DTheol, Free University of Amsterdam (Netherlands)
André de Quadros Professor of Music, Department of Music Education, College of Fine Arts. BA, University of Bombay; MA, La Trobe University School of Education
Charles Dunbar Professor of International Relations, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Harvard College; MIA, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs
Susan E. Eckstein Professor of Sociology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Beloit College; MA, PhD, Columbia University
Farouk El-Baz Research Professor and Director, Center for Remote Sensing. BSc, Ain Shams University (Egypt); MS, Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy; PhD, University of Missouri-Rolla
Randall Ellis Professor of Economics, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Yale University; MS, London School of Economics (England); PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Susan Foster Professor of International Health and Chair, Department of International Health, School of Public Health. BA, University of Colorado; MA, Ohio University; PhD, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (England)
Frank Feeley Clinical Associate Professor, School of Public Health. JD, Yale University Law School; BS, Princeton University
Irene Gendzier Professor of History and Political Science, College of Arts & Sciences. AB, Barnard College; MA, PhD, Columbia University
Christopher J. Gill Assistant Professor, School of Public Health. BS, Tufts University; MD, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Charles L. Griswold Professor, Department of Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Trinity College; MA, Pennsylvania State University; PhD, PennsylvaniaState University
Roy-Michael Grundmann Assistant Professor, Department of Film and Television, College of Communication. MA, PhD, New York University Harvard University; PhD, Boston University
Marilyn Halter Professor, Department of History, College of Arts & Sciences. AB, Brandeis University; EdM, Harvard University; PhD, Boston University
Davidson H. Hamer Associate Professor, International Health, School of Public Health. BA, Amherst College; MD, University of Vermont College of Medicine
John R. Harris Professor of Economics, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Wheaton College; MA, PhD, Northwestern University
Sued Abu Hasnath Lecturer, Department of Geography, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Rajshahi University, Bangladesh; MSc Econ., University of Wales, UK; PhD, Boston University
Harald Kristian Heggenhougen Professor of International Health; Associate, Center for International Health, School of Public Health. BA, Bowdoin College; MA, PhD, New School for Social Research
Linda Heywood Professor of History, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Brooklyn College; MA, PhD, Columbia University
Robert Jackson Professor of International Relations, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, MA, University of British Columbia; PhD, University of California at Berkeley
David G. Javitch Professor of International Relations, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Ohio State University; PhD, MA, Ohio State University
Leslie Kaufman Associate Professor of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
Samuel Kauffmann Associate Professor, Department of Film & Television, School of Communications. BA, University of Pennsylvania; MS, (Fiim) Boston University
Gerald T. Keusch Professor of International Health and Associate Dean of the Global Health Initiative. AB, Columbia College; MD, Harvard Medical School
Magaly Koch Research Associate Professor, Center for Remote Sensing. BSc, MSc, University of Cologne, Germany; PhD, Boston University
Richard Lawler Assistant Professor of Biological Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, University of Illinois; MA, Southern Illinois University; MPhil, PhD, Yale University
Robert Lucas Professor of Economics, College of Arts & Sciences; Senior Research Associate, Institute for Economic Development, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. BSc, MSc, London School of Economics (England); PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Joachim H. Maitre Professor and Director, Center for Defense Journalism. PhD, McGill University, Montreal
Zoliswa O.Mali Clinical Assistant Professor, African Languages, School of Education. BA, University of Fort Hare, South Africa; MA, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa; MA, Linguistics, The University of Iowa; PhD, The University of Iowa
Brenda Gael McSweeney Faculty Affiliate, Women’s Studies Program, College of Arts & Sciences. MALD, PhD, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
William Macleod Assistant Professor, Center for International Health. BA, University of California at Davis; MSc, Harvard School of Public Health
James C. McCann Associate Director for Development, African Studies Center; Professor of History, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Northwestern University; MA, PhD, Michigan State University
Judith M. Mmari Lecturer, African Languages, College of Arts & Sciences. BS, University of Oregon; MA, Ohio University
Shakir Mustafa Assistant Professor, Department of Modern Languages & Comparative Literature, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Baghdad University; MA, Baghdad University; PhD, Indiana University
Martin Muller Assistant Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences. MA, PhD, University of Southern California
Imani-Sheila Newsome-Camara Assistant Professor, School of Theology. BA, Virginia Union University; MEd, University of Vermont; MDiv, Boston University
Monica Adhiambo Onyango Lecturer, International Health, School of Public Health. MPH, Boston University
Vincent I. Onyemah Assistant Professor, School of Management. BSc, University of Ibadan Nigeria; MBA, IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Spain; MSc, INSEAD Fonainebleau France; PhD, INSEAD Fontainebleau France
James Pritchett Director, African Studies Center; Associate Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Ohio State University; AM, PhD, Harvard University
Ronald K. Richardson Associate Professor of History, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, MA, PhD, State University of New York at Binghamton
Dana Robert Associate Professor of International Mission, School of Theology. MA, PhD, Yale University
Wilfrid Rollman Lecturer, Dept. of International Relations, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Creighton University; MA, PhD, University of Michigan
Sydney Rosen Assistant Professor, International Health, School of Public Health. AB, Harvard University; MA, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Lora Sabin Assistant Professor, International Health, School of Public Health. AB, Stanford University; AM, PhD, Harvard University
Fereydoun Safizadeh Lecturer, Dept. of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, MA, PhD, Harvard University
Christopher J. Schneider Associate Professor, Department of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences. BS, Lewis and Clark College; MA, University of Texas Austin; PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Caroly Shumway Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Wellesley College; PhD, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Jonathon Lee Simon Associate Professor and Chairman, International Health, School of Public Health. Bsc, MPH, University of California, Berkeley; DSc, Harvard University School of Public Health
Charles R. Stith Adjunct Professor, Department of International Relations, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Baker University; MDiv, Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta; ThM, Harvard University Divinity School Donald M. Thea Professor, International Health, School of Public Health. BS, Antioch College; MD, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons; MSc, University of London, School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Parker Shipton Associate Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences. AB, Cornell University; MLitt, University of Oxford (England); PhD, University of Cambridge (England)
John Stone Professor of Sociology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, MA, Cambridge University; PhD, Oxford University
John Thornton Professor of History, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, University of Michigan; MA, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
Sushil Vachani Associate Professor, School of Management. BTech, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur; DBA, Harvard Graduate School of Business
Hannelore Vanderschmidt Associate Professor, School of Public Health. BA, Wellesley College; EdM, Harvard University; PhD, Boston College
Taryn Vian Assistant Professor, International Health, School of Public Health. BA, Colgate University; MSc, Harvard School of Public Health; PhD, Boston University
Susan Walker Associate Professor, Department of Journalism, College of Communication. BA, Brown University
Brenda J. Waning Assistant Professor, International Health, School of Public Health. BS, Massachussetts College of Pharmacy; MPH, Boston University School of Public Health
Roberta F. White Professor, Environmental Health, School of Public Health. BA, Michigan State University; MA, PhD, Wayne State University
Diana Wylie Professor of History, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Goucher College; MLitt, Edinburgh University (Scotland); PhD, Yale University
Emeriti
Richard N. Bail Jr. Adjunct Assistant Professor Emeritus of International Health, School of Public Health. BA, Bowdoin College; BS, Dartmouth College; MD, Harvard University
Norman R. Bennett Professor Emeritus of History, College of Arts & Sciences; Editor, International Journal of African Historical Studies. AB, Tufts University; AM, Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; PhD, Boston University
Gillian Cooper-Driver Associate Professor Emeritus of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences. BSc, MSc, PhD, University of London (England)
Vivian R. Johnson Associate Professor Emerita of Education, School of Education. BA, University of California, Los Angeles; CAGS, EdD, Harvard University
Kay Jones Clinical Associate Professor Emerita of Social Work, School of Social Work
Stephen Lyne Professor Emeritus of International Relations and History, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Amherst College, Massachusetts; MA, PhD, Stanford University
Robert Seidman Professor Emeritus of Law, School of Law; Professor of Political Science, College of Arts & Sciences. AB, Harvard University; LLB, Columbia University
Research Fellows
Michael DiBlasi (archaeology)
John Gay (theology)
Jeanne Koopman (economics)
Victor Manfredi (linguistics, social anthropology)
Ivor Miller (African studies)
Shaheen Mozaffar (political science)
Jeanne Penvenne (history)
Walter Sangree (anthropology)
Patrick Seyon (education)
Marc Sommers (anthropology)
Jennifer Yanco (linguistics and public health)
The graduate program for research and teaching in African Studies is interdisciplinary. A major aim of the program is to provide specialized training and research experience in African studies to advanced students interested in research, teaching, and nonacademic careers. The resources of the center are also available to agencies, groups, and individuals with general or specialized interests in African affairs.
Degrees are not awarded in African studies. Candidates interested in African studies take advanced degrees in the departments of their choice with specialized work in the African field. The African specialization consists of approved courses and directed research as listed below. Programs involving work in more than one department are encouraged. A Graduate Certificate in African Studies can be obtained by graduate students who fulfill basic requirements in African area studies within a degree program. The certificate will be useful for students taking professional degrees in law, management, international relations, communication, education, fine arts, medicine, or public health where official recognition of African area studies expertise is necessary. Course descriptions and prerequisites may be found under appropriate departmental listings.
Several fellowships, including Department of Education Title VI National Resource Fellowships, are available to qualified candidates for the MA or PhD degrees who plan to specialize in African studies. For further details, write to the director, African Studies Center, 270 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215; 617-353-3673.
For descriptions of the following courses, see the departmental listings.
African American Studies
CAS AA 588 Women, Power, and Culture in Africa
CAS AA 871 African-American History
CAS AA 885 Atlantic History
Anthropology
GRS AN 571 Seminar: Political Anthropology
GRS AN 585 Seminar: Advanced Reading in African Ethnography
GRS AN 589 Seminar: Development Anthropology
GRS AN 594 Seminar: Topics in Cultural Anthropology
GRS AN 703 Proseminar: Anthropology
GRS AN 704 Proseminar: Anthropology
GRS AN 712 Studies in African Ethnography
GRS AN 731 Human Origins
GRS AN 732 Primate Behavioral Adaptation
GRS AN 751 Graduate Study in Language, Culture, and Society
GRS AN 761 Graduate Study in Social Anthropology
GRS AN 901 Directed Study in Anthropology
GRS AN 902 Directed Study in Anthropology
GRS AN 931 Directed Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology
GRS AN 932 Directed Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology
GRS AN 965 African Anthropological Studies
GRS AN 966 African Anthropological Studies
Archaeology
GRS AR 513 African Archaeology
GRS AR 532 Near East Archaeology
GRS AR 706 Archaeology of Complex Societies
GRS AR 746 Archaeology of Ancient Egypt
GRS AR 800 Seminar: Food-Gathering Societies
GRS AR 905, 906 Directed Research in Old-World Prehistoric Archaeology
Art History
GRS AH 715 Arts of Africa
GRS AH 716 Africa Diaspora Arts
Economics
GRS EC 521 Development Theory and Policy
GRS EC 524 The Economy of the Middle East
GRS EC 527 Economic Development of Africa
GRS EC 531 Rural and Agricultural Development
GRS EC 561 Economic History of the Non-Western World
GRS EC 568 Public Finance Policy Issues in Less-Developed Countries
GRS EC 588 Health Economics in Developing Countries
GRS EC 742 Money and Finance in Developing Countries
GRS EC 753 International Trade and Finance I
GRS EC 806 Applied Macroeconomics
GRS EC 832 Seminar: Rural and Agricultural Development
GRS EC 901 Dissertation Workshop in Macro and Monetary Economics
GRS EC 902 Dissertation Workshop in Macro and Monetary Economics
GRS EC 941 Dissertation Workshop in Economic Development
GRS EC 942 Dissertation Workshop in Economic Development
Geography
GRS GG 806 Topics in Political Geography
GRS GG 901 Topics in Regional Geography
GRS GG 902 Topics in Regional Geography
GRS GG 941 Problems in Political Geography
GRS GG 942 Problems in Political Geography
History
CAS HI 588 Women, Power Culture in Africa
CAS HI 589 History of Environment and Society
CAS HI 595 History of Morocco
GRS HI 777 Problems in African History
GRS HI 779 African Historiography
GRS HI 894 Environmental History of Africa
GRS HI 903 Directed Study: African History
GRS HI 960 Directed Research: Oral History
GRS HI 973 Directed Research: African History
International Relations
CAS IR 548 United Nations Peacekeeping System
CAS IR 587 Political Economy in the Middle East
African Languages
HausaCAS LA 111 First-Semester Hausa
CAS LA 112 Second-Semester Hausa
CAS LA 211 Third-Semester Hausa
CAS LA 212 Fourth-Semester Hausa
Mandinka
CAS LD 113 First-Semester Mandinka (Bambara)
CAS LD 114 Second-Semester Mandinka (Bambara)
CAS LD 213 Third-Semester Mandinka (Bambara)
CAS LD 214 Fourth-Semester Mandinka (Bambara)
Sesotho
CAS LD 117 First-Semester Sesotho
CAS LD 118 Second-Semester Sesotho
Swahili
CAS LE 111 First-Semester Swahili
CAS LE 112 Second-Semester Swahili
CAS LE 211 Third-Semester Swahili
CAS LE 212 Fourth-Semester Swahili
CAS LE 311 Fifth-Semester Swahili
CAS LE 312 Sixth-Semester Swahili
Yoruba
CAS LO 111 First-Semester Yoruba
CAS LO 112 Second-Semester Yoruba
CAS LO 211 Third-Semester Yoruba
CAS LO 212 Fourth-Semester Yoruba
Xhosa
CAS LM 111 First-Semester Xhosa
CAS LM 112 Second-Semester Xhosa
Zulu
CAS LD 115 First-Semester Zulu
CAS LD 116 Second-Semester Zulu
Other African Languages and Linguistics
CAS LD 111, 112 Introduction to the Study of an African Language
CAS LD 491, 492 Directed Study in African Languages and Linguistics
CAS LD 951, 952 Directed Study in African Languages and Linguistics
CAS LL 556 African Literature and Culture
Political Science
GRS PO 560 Politics and Society in North Africa and the Middle East
GRS PO 565 Government and Politics of Contemporary Africa
GRS PO 566 Political Systems of Southern Africa
GRS PO 786 African International Relations
GRS PO 866 Politics of French-Speaking Africa
GRS PO 951 Directed Study in Comparative Politics
GRS PO 952 Directed Study in Comparative Politics
GRS PO 971 Directed Study in International Relations
GRS PO 972 Directed Study in International Relations
Religion
GRS RN 714 West African Religion
GRS RN 715 Traditional African Religion
Sociology
GRS SO 820 Women and Social Change in the Developing World
Directed Study or Research
GRS EC 941 Dissertation Workshop in Economic Development
GRS EC 942 Dissertation Workshop in Economic Development
GRS GG 901 Topics in Regional Geography
GRS GG 902 Topics in Regional Geography
GRS GG 941 Problems in Political Geography
GRS GG 942 Problems in Political Geography
GRS HI 903 Directed Study: African History
GRS HI 957 Directed Research: Oral History
GRS HI 973 Directed Research: African History
GRS PO 951 Directed Study in African Political Studies
GRS PO 952 Directed Study in African Political Studies
GRS PO 971 Directed Study in International Politics
GRS PO 972 Directed Study in International Politics
Interdisciplinary Research Foci
The African Studies Center encourages formal and informal collaboration among a growing community of Africanist scholars. Faculty, research fellows, and graduate students regularly share their insights and- disciplinary perspectives on topics of mutual concern. As a result of these interactions, several clusters of research activities have developed around the following themes: strategies for economic development; migration, employment, and the functioning of the labor market; rural and agricultural change; women and development; health care and delivery; language planning and literacy; political economy; new themes in the humanities; religion and belief systems; economic history; environmental history and human ecology; the archaeology of complex societies; and urbanization.
CENTER FOR ANXIETY AND RELATED DISORDERS
The following list reflects the 2007/2008 faculty.
Director Michael W. Otto
Nurse Administrator Bonnie Brown
Faculty
David H. Barlow Founder and Director Emeritus, Center for Anxiety & Related Disorders, Department of Psychology; Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry
Michael W. Otto Director, Center for Anxiety & Related Disorders, Department of Psychology; Professor, Department of Psychology
Timothy A. Brown Director of Research & Research Administration; Professor, Department of Psychology
Lisa C. Smith Clinical Director, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Katherine C. Eisenmenger Director, Medical Programs & Training; Research Associate, Department of Psychology
Stefan G. Hofmann Director, Social Anxiety Program; Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Donna B. Pincus Director, Child & Adolescent Anxiety Treatment Program; Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Sarah Whitton Clinical Associate Director, Child & Adolescent Anxiety Treatment Programs; Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Heather Thompson Brenner Director, Eating Disorders Program; Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Elizabeth Pratt Associate Director, Eating Disorders Program; Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychology
Todd J. Farchione Director, Anxiety & Substance Abuse Program; Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Jennifer Trachtenberg Senior Research Associate, Child Adolescent Anxiety Treatment Program
Heather Murray PhD Research Assistant Professor
The Center for Anxiety & Related Disorders at Boston University began in August 1996 as a clinical research and training site, primarily for students in the Department of Psychology as well as postdoctoral fellows and residents in psychiatry. The center is one of the largest of its kind in North America and maintains international recognition for its specialized work in the area of anxiety and related disorders. The center is staffed by doctoral-level clinical psychologists, a psychiatrist, a registered nurse, research assistants, and administrative support staff. Doctoral-level students in clinical psychology and residents in psychiatry from the Department of Psychiatry of the Boston University School of Medicine also carry on activities, including providing clinical services and participating in research related to the mission of the center. Undergraduate and master’s degree students in psychology also are involved in the center, earning credit for Directed Study and participating in ongoing clinical research projects to gain experience relevant to future endeavors. Graduate students in social work, counseling, psychology, and religion also utilize the resources of the center to further their training and research objectives.
In the pursuit of its teaching and research mission, CARD offers clinical services to patients referred from the community suffering from anxiety and related disorders (e.g., depression, eating disorders, and related somatoform and personality disorders). All of these services are either provided by, or directly supervised by, licensed mental health professionals at Boston University with recognized expertise in treating these disorders. Patients at CARD come from throughout the United States and from various countries around the world to receive brief, intensive services provided only at CARD. Most patients, however, are referred from primary care physicians or other resources in the Greater Boston area.
The research mission of CARD is to improve existing treatments or develop new treatments for these chronic disorders and to conduct more basic research into the nature of anxiety, depression, and related emotional disorders. This work is supported by well over $1,000,000 annually from funding sources such as the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute of Drug Abuse, the National Institute of Alcohol and Alcohol Abuse, as well as various foundations and pharmaceutical companies. Current programs focus on the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents experiencing anxiety and panic attacks, the efficacy of combined psychological and pharmacological treatments for panic disorder, and innovative Virtual Reality treatments for specific phobias. Many other related programs, most of them funded by external sources, are also ongoing.
CENTER FOR ARCHAEOLGICAL STUDIES
The following reflects the 2007/2008 faculty.
Director James R. Wiseman
Managing Editor, Publications Margaret L. Wiseman
Administrative Assistant Marta Ostovich
Faculty
Kathryn Bard Associate Professor of Archaeology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Connecticut College; MFA, Yale University; MA, University of Michigan; MA, PhD, University of Toronto (Canada)
Mary Beaudry Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Archaeology; Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, College of William and Mary; MA, PhD, Brown University
Ksenija Borojevic Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Archaeology; Assistant Professor of Archaeology, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, Washington University, St. Louis
Clemency C. Coggins Professor of Archaeology and Art History, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Wellesley College; MA, San Jose State University; MFA, PhD, Harvard University
David J. Cohen Adjunct Assistant Professor of Archaeology, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, Harvard University
Michael Danti Assistant Professor, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Michael DiBlasi Adjunct Assistant Professor of Archaeology. BA, Pennsylvania State University; MA, PhD, Boston University
Ricardo J. Elia Chair, Department of Archaeology; Associate Professor of Archaeology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, PhD, Boston University; MA, Ohio State University
Paul Goldberg Professor of Archaeology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, University of Colorado; MS, PhD, University of Michigan
Norman Hammond Professor of Archaeology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, MA, PhD, ScD, University of Cambridge (England)
Fred S. Kleiner Professor of Archaeology and Art History, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, University of Pennsylvania; MA, PhD, Columbia University
Patricia A. McAnany Professor of Archaeology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, University of Alaska; MS, PhD, University of New Mexico
Rafique Mughal Professor of Archaeology. BA, Gordon College (Pakistan); MA, University of the Punjab (Pakistan); PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Robert Murowchick Research Associate Professor of Archaeology and Anthropology; Director, International Center for East Asian Archaeology and Cultural History; Editor, Journal of East Asian Archaeology. BA, Yale College; MA, PhD, Harvard University
Amalia Perez-Juez Adjunct Assistant Professor of Archaeology; Assistant Director, Boston University Program Madrid. PhD, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
Christopher Roosevelt Director of Graduate Admissions; Assistant Professor of Archaeology, Collge of Arts & Sciences. BA, Colby College; MA, PhD, Cornell University
Curtis N. Runnels Professor of Archaeology, College of Arts & Sciences; Editor, Journal of Field Archaeology. BA, University of Kansas; MA, PhD, Indiana University
William Saturno Assistant Professor of Archaeology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, University of Oregon; MA, PhD, Harvard University
James R. Wiseman Director, Center for Archaeological Studies; Professor of Archaeology, Art History, and Classics, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, University of Missouri; MA, PhD, University of Chicago
Paul E. Zimansky Adjunct Professor of Archaeology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Johns Hopkins University; MA, PhD, University of Chicago
Associated Faculty
Farouk El-Baz Research Professor of the Center for Remote Sensing
Research Fellows
Ihsan Ali
Trina Arpin
Mary Lee Bartlett
Francesco Berna
Claire Calcagno
Rudolph Dornemann
Francisco Estrada Belli
Rudolfo Fattovich
Lorinda Goodwin
Eleanor Harrison-Buck
Britt Hartenberger
Dan Hicks
Christine Hodge
Ilean Isaza-Aizpurua
Donald Keller
Christina Luke
Richard I. Macphail
Anna Marguerite McCann
Karen Metheny
Michele Miller
Priscilla Murray
Polly Peterson
Sheldon Sandler
Nancy Seasholes
Lauren Sullivan
Ben Thomas
Gair Tourtellot III
Eric Vrba
Daniel Welch
Howard Wellman
Al B. Wesolowsky
Emerita
Julie Hansen Professor Emerita of Archaeology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, University of Wisconsin; MA, PhD, Unviersity of Minnesota
The principal aims of the Center for Archaeological Studies are the development and coordination of local, national, and international interdisciplinary archaeological programs in education and research. By involving professional archaeologists, scholars in other fields, and the general public, the center intends to increase awareness of the importance of understanding and preserving the world’s cultural heritage.
The center also sponsors special seminars, lectures, and trips, and publishes a journal, Context, which has an international reading.
The facilities of the center include teaching and research laboratories, a slide library, computers, and a reference collection of artifacts and specimens. Activities include seminars, field schools, and summer programs. Current and recent research projects have been conducted in New England, Albania, Belize, Cyprus, Ethiopia, Greece, Spain, Turkey, and Portugal. Membership in the center is open to the general public.
In addition to the archaeological books in the Mugar Library, there is an important collection of archaeological books in the Stone Science Library, which primarily serves the departments and centers in the Stone Science Building where the Department of Archaeology is located. The collection is on the fourth floor in an attractive reading room where reserve readings for advanced archaeology courses are housed, along with computers, online catalogs, archaeological bibliographical reference works, maps, and other archaeological reference materials.
INSTITUTE FOR ASTROPHYSICAL RESEARCH
The following list reflects the 2007/2008 faculty.
Director Tereasa Brainerd
Faculty
Thomas Bania Professor of Astronomy, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Brown University; MA, PhD, University of Virginia
Elizabeth Blanton Assistant Professor of Astronomy, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Vassar College; PhD, Columbia University
Tereasa Brainerd Associate Professor of Astronomy, College of Arts & Sciences. BSc, University of Alberta (Canada); PhD, Ohio State University
Dan Clemens Professor of Astronomy, College of Arts & Sciences. BS, BS, University of California, Davis; MS, MS, PhD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
James Jackson Professor of Astronomy, College of Arts & Sciences. BS, Pennsylvania State University; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kenneth Janes Professor of Astronomy, College of Arts & Sciences. AB, Harvard College; MS, San Diego State University; MA, MPhil, PhD, Yale University
Alan Marscher Professor of Astronomy, College of Arts & Sciences. Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences. BS, Cornell University; MS, PhD, University of Virginia
Research Associates and Fellows
Amanda Bosh Senior Research Associate. SB, SB, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Svetlana Jorstad Senior Research Associate. BS, PhD, St. Petersburg State University (Russia)
Kathleen Kraemer Research Fellow. BA, California Institute of Technology; MA, PhD, Boston University
Irena Stojimirovic Research Associate. BS, University of Belgrade; PhD, University of Massachusetts
Brian Taylor Research Associate. BS, MNS, University of Oklahoma
The mission of the Institute for Astrophysical Research is to promote and facilitate research and education in astrophysics at Boston University. This goal is accomplished via coordinating and managing externally sponsored research programs, providing visibility for institute members with funding agencies and the community at large, coordinating use of astrophysics research facilities in which the University has significant interests, and promoting the design, development, and operation of instruments and telescopes for astrophysics research.
The institute conducts a weekly astrophysics journal club and seminar series, monthly meetings of the institute faculty, quarterly rounds of calls for proposals for use of the Perkins telescope, an annual internal seminar, and various occasional and informal events.
The institute oversees the Boston University partnership with Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, to jointly operate the 1.8 m (72”) Perkins telescope on Anderson Mesa. Boston University astronomers utilize half of the telescope nights and are actively using existing instruments on the telescope and developing new instruments to solve current research problems.
Institute members are developing a new mid-infrared instrument for use on large telescopes on Hawaii’s Mauna Kea mountaintop. In addition, research is conducted using large telescopes and telescope systems around the world, in earth orbit, and using state-of-the-art fast computers.
INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CONFLICT, IDEOLOGY AND POLICY
The following list reflects the 2007/2008 faculty and staff.
Director University Professor Uri Ra’anan
Deputy Director Susan J. Cavan
National Defense Fellow Col. Carol Northrup
Program Manager Monika Shepherd
First chartered in 1988, the Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology & Policy focuses on the policy implications of domestic, especially ethnic, tensions and international problems facing decision makers in Russia and its neighbors.
A proponent of active, rather than passive, education, the institute offers graduate students full participation in the faculty-student research team and in its regularly scheduled diplomatic crisis simulation exercises. The institute’s researchers have established a sophisticated computerized database on current developments in Russia/Newly Independent States. The institute provides students with opportunities for meeting with senior policymakers, former and present, international and American, at conferences and ongoing lecture series.
Institute alumni have pursued careers in prestigious policy centers and have formed an informal network of contacts.
In March 2006, the Institute presented “Forum 2006: War in Iraq: A Strategic Outlook,” which brought senior members of the Joint Staff, Defense Department and State Department to Boston University to discuss the war in Iraq.
The institute sponsored a conference to examine Russian succession struggles in April 2004. “Sic transit...Power Transfer Moscow Style” featured presentations by the institute’s Director on the succession of “Stalin’s Heirs” as well as papers by noted academicians on the conflicts of the Kruschev era, the Gorbachev to Yeltsin transition, and the Putin accession.
An earlier conference on “Gorbachev’s USSR: A System in Crisis” featured Lieutenant General William E. Odom, director of the National Security Agency, 1985–88; the conference on “The Soviet Empire: The Challenge of National and Democratic Movements” featured the renowned Yugoslav dissident Milovan Djilas. The conference on “Ethnic Conflict and Conflict Resolution” was held in Vienna with the co-sponsorship of the Austrian Renner Institute and Boston University’s Institute for the Study of Economic Culture, and included distinguished participants from Eastern Europe, as well as from the West. The symposium on “Soviet Pluralism—Now Irreversible?” included leading personalities from the Soviet democratic movement, as well as major figures from the academic sector and the media. The gathering on “Russia: A Return to Imperialism?” focused on the increasing imperial trend Russia has been exhibiting toward other former Soviet republics.
The institute’s distinguished lecturer and round table series has included such personalities as Dr. Robert Conquest, Yelena Bonner, General John Shaud, Admiral Leon Edney, General Barry McCaffrey, Major General Anthony Zinni, and the late Sidney Hook. Under the sponsorship of the visiting National Defense Fellow and Federal Executive Fellow, students participate in simulation exercises that enable them to play crisis decision-making roles.
To date, the institute has published six major books, the most recent being Flawed Succession; Russia’s Power Transfer Crises; and Russian Pluralism—Now Irreversible? Twelve issues of the ISCIP Publication Series have appeared, as well as 18 volumes of the institute’s journal, the bimonthly Perspective, which has received favorable responses from prominent analysts of Soviet affairs here and abroad. Featuring contributions from well-known American, British, French, German, and Russian scholars and practitioners, Perspective provides timely, thoughtful commentary on current developments, as well as publishing the findings of substantive research on the post-Soviet states. The institute has also launched an electronic publication, available biweekly, The ISCIP Analyst, containing signed contributions from the graduate student researchers, and occasional publications, Behind the Breaking News, which is available electronically and via the Institute’s website.
Designed to enhance comprehension of central issues in international relations and political theory, the institute, as such, is not a teaching or degree-conferring entity. However, its faculty, together with colleagues from the various departments, offers graduate-level courses that relate closely to its work. Some of these courses are listed below; please refer to departmental sections of the bulletin for complete course descriptions.
UNI SS 541/CAS IR 541 Russia’s International Policies I (Sometimes offered as directed study.)
UNI SS 544/CAS IR 544 Comparative Political Systems and Foreign Policies
UNI SS 545/CAS IR 545 Central and East European Diplomatic History, 1789—1918
UNI SS 802/GRS IR 802 Russia’s International Policies II (Sometimes offered as directed study.)
CENTER FOR DEFENSE JOURNALISM
Director H. Joachim Maître
The center maintains a specialized library and reference center on military and defense-related information to assist journalists conducting research projects.
For further information about the Center for Defense Journalism, visit the Center for Defense Journalism or contact Dr. H. Joachim Maître, Director, Center for Defense Journalism, 67 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215; 617-353-6186; fax: 617-353-8707; E-mail: defjourn@bu.edu.
INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR EAST ASIAN ARCHAEOLOGY & CULTURAL HISTORY
The following list reflects the 2007/2008 Executive Committee.
Director Robert E. Murowchick
Executive Committee
Qianshen Bai Associate Professor of Art History, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Peking University, China; MA, Peking University, Rutgers University; PhD, Yale University
Thomas J. Barfield Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, University of Pennsylvania; MA, PhD, Harvard University
John H. Berthrong Associate Dean for Academic & Administrative Affairs, Associate Professor of Comparative Theology, Deputy Director of the Division of Religious & Theological Studies, School of Theology. BA, Kansas University; MA, PhD, University of Chicago
Ricardo Elia Chair, Department of Archaeology; Associate Professor of Archaeology. Director of Archaeology Graduate Studies, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, PhD, Boston University
Joseph Fewsmith III Professor of International Relations, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Northwestern University; PhD, University of Chicago
Norman Hammond Professor of Archaeology, College of Arts & Sciences. MA, Diploma in Classical Archaeology, PhD, ScD, University of Cambridge; DSc honoris causa, University of Bradford
Eugenio Menegon Assistant Professor of History, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Università Ca’ Foscari, Venezia (Italy)
M. Rafique Mughal Professor of Archaeology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Gordon College, Pakistan; MA, University of the Punjab, Pakistan; PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Robert E. Murowchick Research Associate Professor of Archaeology and Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Yale College; MA, PhD, Harvard University
Alice Y. Tseng Assistant Professor of Art History, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Columbia University; MA, PhD, Harvard University
Susan R. Weld General Counsel, Congressional Executive Commission on China; Research Fellow, East Asian Legal Studies, Harvard Law School. BA, Radcliffe College; JD, PhD, Harvard University
Robert P. Weller Chair, Department of Anthropology. Professor of Anthropology, Research Associate in the Institute for the Study of Economic Culture, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Yale University; PhD, Johns Hopkins University
James R. Wiseman Professor of Archaeology, Art History, and Classics, College of Arts & Sciences; Director, Center for Archaeological Studies. AB, University of Missouri; AM, PhD, University of Chicago
The International Center for East Asian Archaeology & Cultural History (ICEA ACH), part of the Department of Archaeology, is an interdisciplinary research facility open to the academic community as well as the interested public. It supports archaeological and related research on East Asia (including China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, mainland Southeast Asia, Siberia, and Central Asia) and coordinates fieldwork, laboratory analyses, publication, and a range of research projects. The center is currently implementing ARC/Base, a comprehensive, multilingual, bibliographic database of publications in East Asian archaeology and related fields. ICEAACH serves as an important community resource, promoting awareness of East Asian archaeology, cultural heritage, and related topics through public outreach programs, teacher training, museum programs, and as a media liaison. It is also an internationally recognized resource for scholars of East Asian archaeology, art history, anthropology, international relations, history, and religion, and hosts a visiting scholars program designed to foster collaborative research between Asian and Western colleagues.
The editorial facilities of the Journal of East Asian Archaeology, published by Brill Academic Publishers in The Netherlands, are located at ICEAACH. The center also houses an extensive library on East Asian archaeology and anthropology that includes slides, photographs, maps, international journals, and over 6,000 volumes in East Asian and Western languages. The library is open to the general public during regular business hours. The library catalogue may be searched online at the center’s website, ICEAACH.
Asia-related faculty and courses are found in a variety of departments and colleges at Boston University. Interested students should visit ICEAACH or contact the department of their choice for a listing of specialized courses.
For further information, see the ICEAACH website, or contact: Dr. Robert E. Murowchick, Director, International Center for East Asian Archaeology & Cultural History, 650 Beacon Street, Suite 505, Boston, MA 02215; 617-358-8000; fax 617-358-8008; E-mail: asianarc@bu.edu.
CENTER FOR ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
The following list reflects the 2007/2008 faculty.
Director Thomas H. Kunz
Associate Director Christopher J. Schneider
Faculty
Jelle Atema Professor of Biology, Boston University Marine Program, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, University of Michigan
Paul Barber Assistant Professor of Biology, Boston University Marine Program, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Margrit Betke Associate Professor of Computer Science, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peter Busher Professor of Science, College of General Studies. PhD, University of Nevada, Reno
Cutler J. Cleveland Associate Professor of Geography & Environment, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, University of Illinois
Farouk El-Baz Director, Center for Remote Sensing; Research Professor, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, University of Missouri
John Finnerty Assistant Professor of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, University of Chicago
Adrien Finzi Associate Professor of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, University of Connecticut
Mark Friedl Professor of Geography & Environment; Chairman, Department of Geography, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara
Stjepko Golubic Professor of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, University of Zagreb (Croatia)
Les Kaufman Professor of Biology, Boston University Marine Program, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, Johns Hopkins University
Robert K. Kaufmann Professor of Geography & Environment, Director, Center for Energy & Environmental Studies, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Thomas H. Kunz Director, Center for Ecology & Conservation Biology; Professor of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, University of Kansas
Andrew Kurtz Associate Professor, Earth Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, Cornell University
Phillip S. Lobel Associate Professor of Biology, Boston University Marine Program, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, Harvard University
Richard W. Murray Professor of Earth Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Ranga Myneni Associate Professor of Geography, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, University of Antwerp (Belgium)
Nathan Phillips Associate Professor of Geography, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, Duke University
Richard B. Primack Professor of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, Duke University
Guido D. Salvucci Associate Professor of Geography & Environment and Earth Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Christopher J. Schneider Associate Director, Center for Ecology & Conservation Biology; Associate Professor of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Caroly A. Shumway Research Assistant Professor of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Lisa G. Sorenson Research Assistant Professor of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, University of Minnesota
Michael D. Sorenson Associate Professor of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, University of Minnesota
Kelly Swing Director, Boston University Tropical Ecology Program; Adjunct Associate Professor of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, Louisiana State University
Pamela Templer Assistant Professor of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences, PhD, Cornell University
James F. A. Traniello Professor of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, Harvard University
Ivan Valiela Professor of Biology, Boston University Marine Program, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, Cornell University
Karen Warkentin Assistant Professor of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, University of Texas, Austin
Fred E. Wasserman Associate Professor of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, University of Maryland
Curtis E. Woodcock Professor of Geography & Environment, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara
Ayako Yamaguchi Assistant Professor of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, University of California, Davis
The Center for Ecology & Conservation Biology (CECB) provides leadership and expertise in field-based research and training programs in ecology and conservation biology. The center is located in the Biology Research Building, 5 Cummington Street, Room 431, Boston, MA 02215. CECB Director Thomas Kunz and Administrator Freya Hendrickson coordinate all center activities and programs.
CECB addresses national and international research and training needs, especially in tropical ecology, by offering formal courses, workshops, seminars, research opportunities, and internships. The center, along with Boston University’s International Programs, has developed and implemented a semester-long Tropical Ecology Program in collaboration with the Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Ecuador. One of the highlights of this collaboration has been the development of the Tiputini Biodiversity Station, located in one of the most biologically rich regions on the earth. This field station offers exceptional opportunities for training, research, and ecotourism.
For further information, please call 617-353-6982 or send e-mail to cecb@bu.edu.
CENTER FOR ENERGY AND ENVIROMENTAL STUDIES
The following list reflects the 2007/2008 faculty.
Executive Director T. R. Lakshmanan
Director Robert Kaufmann
Director of Graduate Studies Robert Kaufmann
Faculty Advisory Committee
Michael S. Baram Professor of Public Health, School of Public Health; Adjunct Professor of Law, School of Law. BS, Tufts University; LLB, Columbia University Law School
Lata Chatterjee Professor of Geography, Environment, & Urban Affairs, College of Arts & Sciences and Metropolitan College. BA, MA, PhD, Calcutta University (India); PhD, Johns Hopkins University
Cutler J. Cleveland Professor of Geography & Environment, College of Arts & Sciences and Center for Energy & Environmental Studies. BS, Cornell University; MS, Louisiana State University; PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Robert Kaufmann Director, Center for Energy & Environmental Studies; Professor of Geography & Environment, College of Arts & Sciences and Center for Energy & Environmental Studies. BS, Cornell University; MA, University of New Hampshire; PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Thomas H. Kunz Professor of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences. BS, MS, Central Missouri State University; MA, PhD, University of Kansas
T. R. Lakshmanan Executive Director, Center for Energy & Environmental Studies; Professor of Geography & Environment, College of Arts & Sciences. BSc, MA, Madras University (India); PhD, Ohio State University
H. Joachim Maître Professor of International Relations, College of Arts & Sciences; Professor of Journalism, College of Communication. BA, MA, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn (Germany); PhD, McGill University
Farhang Mehr Professor of International Relations and Research Associate, Center for International Relations, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. LenD, BSc, University of Tehran (Iran); LLM, University of London (England); PhD, University of Southampton (England); LLDuu (hon.), University of Pennsylvania
David M. Ozonoff Chair, Environmental Health Department; Associate Professor of Public Health, School of Public Health. BS, University of Wisconsin; MPH, Johns Hopkins University; MD, Cornell University Medical School
Richard B. Primack Associate Professor of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences. AB, Harvard University; PhD, Duke University
The Center for Energy & Environmental Studies (CEES) provides a University-wide focus for instruction, training, and research in energy and environmental analysis and policy studies. Using an interdisciplinary approach, faculty and research associates affiliated with CEES offer graduate students a unique opportunity to explore the interrelationships between energy and the environment. Students work with faculty on such typical research programs as energy and environmental modeling, power systems engineering, planning and operation, facility location, effects of climatic variation on environmental quality, urbanization, air quality climatology, water resources planning, transportation of energy, regional economic analysis, and regional economic and international comparisons of energy use. The perspective of the center is innovative and problem-oriented, its program emphasizing the significance of scientific research to policymaking. CEES offers fellowships and assistantships, exchange programs, and publications designed to deliver information to the community.
The center, through the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, offers a Master of Arts program in Energy & Environmental Studies, Environmental Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems, and, in conjunction with the Department of International Relations, a Master of Arts program in International Relations and Resource & Environmental Management, described in the Departments, Programs, and Courses section of this website.
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