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.

The following list reflects the 2010/2011 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)
• Jason Bohland Assistant Professor of Health Sciences, Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences. BS, MS, University of Cincinnati; PhD, Boston University
• Jonathan Brumberg Assistant Professor of Cognitive & Neural Systems. BA, BS, University of Delaware; PhD, Boston University
• 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
• 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)
• 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
• 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
• Uri Eden Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics. PhD, Harvard University
• 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
• Timothy Gardner Assistant Professor of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Princeton University; PhD, The Rockefeller University
• 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
• Anatoli Gorchetchnikov Research Assistant Professor, Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences. BS, Belmont University; MS, Middle Tennessee State University; PhD, Boston University
• 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 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 & 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
• Kathleen Kantak Professor of Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, State University of New York at Potsdam; PhD, Syracuse University
• 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
• Margaret Livingstone Adjunct Professor of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences; Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School. BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; PhD, Harvard University
• Nikos Logothetis Adjunct Professor of Cognitive & Neural Systems. Diploma Mathematics, Kapodistria University (Greece); Diploma Biology, Aristotle University (Greece); PhD, Ludwig-Maximilians University (Germany)
• Earl K. Miller Adjunct Professor of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Kent State University; MA, PhD, Princeton University
• 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 & Neurobiology, School of Medicine. AB, Columbia College; MS, PhD, Columbia University
• Stanley Sclaroff Chair, Department of Computer Science; Professor of Computer Science. BS, Tufts University; SM, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 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
• Kamal Sen Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering. BA, Bates College; MA, PhD, Brandeis University
• Barbara Shinn-Cunningham Director of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies, Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems; Professor of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences; Director, Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory; Professor of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering. ScB, Brown University; MS, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• David Somers Director, Perceptual Neuroimaging Laboratory; Associate Professor of Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences. BS, Harvey Mudd College; PhD, Boston University
• Narayan Srinivasa Adjunct Associate Research Professor of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences. BTechEng, Indian Institute of Technology; MS, University of Rhode Island; PhD, University of Florida
• Chantal Stern Director, Cognitive Neuroimaging Laboratory; Director, Brain, Behavior & Cognition Program; Associate Professor of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, McGill University (Canada); DPhil, University of Oxford (England)
• Can O. Tan Lecturer, Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences. BSc, MSc, Middle East Technical University (Turkey); PhD, Boston University
• Malvin Teich Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering. SB, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MS, Stanford University; PhD, Cornell University
• Jason Tourville Assistant Professor of Cognitive & Neural Systems. BA, Oberlin College; PhD, Boston University
• 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 Staff

• Heather Ames Research Associate, Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, University of California, Berkeley; PhD, Boston University
• Mukund Balasubramanian Research Fellow, Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, BS, University of Texas at Austin; PhD, Boston University
• Virginia Best Research Fellow, Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences. BMS, PhD, University of Sydney (Australia)
• Scott Bressler Research Specialist, Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems. BA, MS, Boston University
• Sufen Chen Research Associate, Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences. BS, Peking University; MS, PhD, Purdue University
• Gaelle Desbordes Research Associate, Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences. Ingénieur des Mines, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines, France; MSc, Laval University, Canada; PhD, Boston University
• Arash Fazl Research Associate, Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences. MD, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (Iran); PhD, Boston University
• Antje Ihlefeld Research Associate, Department of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences, Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, and Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences. Prediploma, Dresden University of Technology (Germany); MA, PhD, Boston University
• Norbert Kopčo Research Associate, Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences. MSc (Dipl Ing), Technicka Univerzita, Kosice (Slovakia); PhD, Boston University
• Adrian K.C. Lee Research Associate, Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences. BE, University of New South Wales; ScD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Simon Overduin Research Associate, Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences. BSc, Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada); PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Praveen Pilly Research Associate, Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences. BTechEng, Indian Institute of Technology; PhD, Boston University
• Florian Raudies Research Associate, Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences. Diploma, PhD, University of Ulm, Germany
• Timothy Streeter Research Associate, Department of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences, Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences. BS, MS, University of New Hampshire; MA, Boston University
• Sarah K. Thompson Research Associate, Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Oxford University; MSc, University College, London; PhD, Cambridge University, UK
• Massimiliano Versace Assistant Director, CNS Technology Lab for Science & Technology Outreach, Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems, College of Arts & Sciences. BA/MA, University of Trieste (Italy); PhD, Boston University

Administrative 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 & Technology (CELEST), College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Indiana University
• Megan Johnson Senior Program Coordinator, Center for Adaptive Systems, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Boston University

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, 232 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215; 617-353-3673.

The following list reflects the 2010/2011 faculty.

Associate Director for Development James McCann

Director Timothy Longman

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 Languages & Comparative Literature, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, University of Strasbourg; MA, PhD, Pennsylvania State University
• Richard W. Clapp Professor of Public Health, School of Public Health. BA, Dartmouth 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
• Steven Cornelius Visiting Associate Professor, Musicology & Ethnomusicology, African Studies. BMEd, University of Wisconsin-Madison; MM, Manhattan School of Music; PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
• 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
• Jeremy DeSilva Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Cornell University; PhD University of Michigan
• 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 Associate Professor, School of Public Health. JD, Yale University Law School; BS, Princeton University
• Matthew Fox Assistant Professor, Center for Global Health & Development, School of Public Health. MPH, Boston University; DSc, Boston 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, Pennsylvania State University
• Roy-Michael Grundmann Assistant Professor, Department of Film & 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
• 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
• Samuel Kauffmann Associate Professor, Department of Film & Television, College of Communication. BA, University of Pennsylvania; MS, (Film) Boston University
• Leslie Kaufman Associate Professor of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
• Gerald T. Keusch Professor of International Health and Associate Dean of the Global Health Initiative. AB, Columbia College; MD, Harvard Medical School
• Giselle Khoury Senior Lecturer in Arabic, Department of Modern Languages & Comparative Literature, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, University of Haifa; MA, Ohio University; PhD, Boston University
• Magaly Koch Research Associate Professor, Center for Remote Sensing. BSc, MSc, University of Cologne, Germany; PhD, Boston University
• Sanjay Krishnan Associate Professor, English Department, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, London University; MA, PhD, Columbia University
• Richard Lawler Assistant Professor of Biological Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, University of Illinois; MA, Southern Illinois University; MPhil, PhD, Yale University
• Margaret Litvin Assistant Professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature, Department of Modern Languages & Comparative Literature, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Yale University; MA, PhD, University of Chicago
• Tim Longman Director, African Studies Center; Associate Professor of Political Science, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Phillips University; MA, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 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
• William Macleod Assistant Professor, Center for International Health. BA, University of California at Davis; MSc, Harvard School of Public Health
• H. Joachim Maître Professor. 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
• James C. McCann Associate Director, African Studies Center; Professor of History, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Northwestern University; MA, PhD, Michigan State University
• Brenda Gael McSweeney Faculty Affiliate, Women’s Studies Program, College of Arts & Sciences. MALD, PhD, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
• Samuel Mendlinger Professor, Administrative Sciences, Metropolitan College. BA, Queens College; MSc, Tel-Aviv University; PhD Hebrew University
• Judith M. Mmari Lecturer, African Languages, College of Arts & Sciences. BS, University of Oregon; MA, Ohio University
• Imani-Sheila Newsome-Camara Assistant Professor, School of Theology. BA, Virginia Union University; MEd, University of Vermont; MDiv, Boston University
• Fallou Ngom Director, African Language Program, African Studies Center; Associate Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences. Licence d’anglais, Maîtrise d’anglais, Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis (Senegal); MA, University of Montana; PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 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
• Elizabeth Parsons Lecturer, School of Theology. BA, Harding University; MA Emerson College, M.Div, Harvard Divinity School; PhD, University of KwaZulu-Natal
• Ronald K. Richardson Associate Professor of History, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, MA, PhD, State University of New York at Binghamton
• Marylee Rambaud Associate Professor, International Educational Development Program, School of Education. BA, Mount Holyoke College; Maitrise, Pshcho-Pedagogie C4, Université de Clermont-Ferrand, France; EdM, EdD, Harvard University
• Dana Robert Associate Professor of International Mission, School of Theology. MA, PhD, Yale University
• Wilfrid Rollman Lecturer, Department 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
• Parker Shipton Associate Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences. AB, Cornell University; MLitt, University of Oxford (England); PhD, University of Cambridge (England)
• 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 Chair, 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
• John Stone Professor of Sociology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, MA, Cambridge University; PhD, Oxford University
• 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
• John Thornton Professor of History, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, University of Michigan; MA, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
• Yesim Tozan Assistant Professor of International Health, School of Public Health. BSc, Istanbul Technical University (Turkey); MSc, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Bogazici University (Turkey); MA, Princeton University; PhD, Woodrow Wilson School of International and Public Affairs, Princeton University
• 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
• Margaret Rose Vendryes Lecturer, Department of Art History, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Amherst College; MA, Tulane University; PhD, Princeton University
• 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
• 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
• Kojo Yeboah-Antwi Assistant Professor, Center for Global Health & Development, School of Public Health. MPH, Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam; MBBChB, University of Ghana Medical School

Emeriti

• 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)
• John Hutchison Associate Professor Emeritus of African Studies, College of Arts & Sciences
• 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

Visiting Researchers

• 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)
• Daivi Rodima (anthropology)
• Walter Sangree (anthropology)
• Heran Sereke-Brhan (African history)
• Marc Sommers (anthropology)
• Jennifer Yanco (linguistics and public health)

For descriptions of the following courses, see the course 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 520 Nilotic Peoples: African Culture in Depth
• GRS AN 524 Language and Culture Contacts in Africa
• GRS AN 538 Human Ecology of Modern Africa
• GRS AN 540 Anthropology and Aesthetics
• GRS AN 563 Public Religion and Politics Across Cultures
• 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 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 770 African Historiography
• GRS HI 777 Problems in African History
• 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

Amharic

• CAS LD 111 Amharic 1
• CAS LD 112 Amharic 2
• CAS LD 211 Amharic 3
• CAS LD 212 Amharic 4
• CAS LD 311 Amharic 5
• CAS LD 312 Amharic 6

Arabic

• CAS LY 111 Elementary Modern Arabic I
• CAS LY 112 Elementary Modern Arabic II
• CAS LY 211 Second-Year Modern Arabic I
• CAS LY 212 Second-Year Modern Arabic II
• CAS LY 303 Third-Year Modern Arabic I
• CAS LY 304 Third-Year Modern Arabic II

Hausa

• CAS LA 111 First-Semester Hausa
• CAS LA 112 Second-Semester Hausa
• CAS LA 211 Third-Semester Hausa
• CAS LA 212 Fourth-Semester Hausa
• CAS LA 311 Fifth-Semester Hausa
• CAS LA 312 Sixth-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)

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

Wolof

• CAS LW 111 First-Semester Wolof
• CAS LW 112 Second-Semester Wolof
• CAS LW 211 Third-Semester Wolof
• CAS LW 212 Fourth-Semester Wolof

Xhosa

• CAS LM 111 First-Semester Xhosa
• CAS LM 112 Second-Semester Xhosa
• CAS LM 211 Third-Semester Xhosa
• CAS LM 212 Fourth-Semester Xhosa

Zulu

• CAS LD 115 First-Semester Zulu
• CAS LD 116 Second-Semester Zulu
• CAS LD 215 Third-Semester Zulu
• CAS LD 216 Fourth-Semester Zulu

Other African Languages and Linguistics

• CAS LD 111, 112 Introduction to the Study of an African Language
• CAS LD 211
• CAS LD 212
• CAS LD 311
• CAS LD 312
• CAS LD 491, 492 Directed Study in African Languages and Linguistics
• CAS LD 951, 952 Directed Study in African Languages and Linguistics

Pulaar

• CAS LU 111 First-Semester Pulaar
• CAS LU 112 Second-Semester Pulaar
• CAS LU 211 Third-Semester Pulaar
• CAS LU 212 Fourth-Semester Pulaar

Other languages offered as needed.

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 587 International Human Rights
• 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.

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, and psychology, 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 child, adolescent, and adult 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 $10,000,000 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, innovative new treatments for generalized anxiety disorder and social anxiety disorder, and 3-day treatments for specific phobias. Many other related programs, most of them funded by external sources, are also ongoing.

The following list reflects the 2010/2011 faculty.

Director Lisa Smith

Nurse Administrator Bonnie Brown

Faculty

• David H. Barlow Founder and Director Emeritus, Center for Anxiety & Related Disorders; Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry
• Timothy A. Brown Director of Research & Research Administration; Professor, Department of Psychology
• Stefan G. Hofmann Director, Social Anxiety Program; Professor, Department of Psychology
• Donna B. Pincus Research Director, Child & Adolescent Anxiety Treatment Program; Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
• Michael W. Otto Director, Translational Research Program; Professor, Department of Psychology
• Lisa C. Smith Director, Center for Anxiety & Related Disorders; Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
• Katherine C. Eisenmenger Director, Medical Programs & Training; Research Associate, Department of Psychology
• Heather Thompson Brenner Director, Eating Disorders Program; Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
• Elizabeth Pratt Associate Director, Eating Disorders Program; Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
• Todd J. Farchione Director, Intensive Treatment Program; Assistant Director, Unified Treatment Program; Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
• Heather Murray Director, Emotional Processing Research Program; Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology

Director Joseph Fewsmith

The Boston University Center for the Study of Asia (BUCSA), established in 2008, is at the center of Asian Studies at Boston University. BUCSA sponsors a variety of activities, including scholarly lectures and conferences, film series and musical performances, and cultural events. It also contributes to curriculum development, faculty recruitment, and acquisition of library and audiovisual resources, and helps to manage community outreach programs.

Asian Studies at Boston University has grown over the last two decades into one of the best and most comprehensive clusters of faculty and resources in New England. Over seventy faculty and instructors focus on Asia across nearly all relevant fields and geographical areas, from East Asia all the way to Turkey.

Students in consultation with their departments can take a full range of Asian Studies and language courses across a variety disciplines. Many post-baccalaureate students at Boston University specialize in Asia while pursuing graduate and professional degrees in departments such as Anthropology, Archaeology, Art History, Energy & Environmental Studies, International Relations, Music, Political Science, Religion & Theological Studies, and Sociology in the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, as well as programs in other schools and colleges such as Law, Management, and Public Health. In recognition of such specialization, BUCSA offers the Graduate Certificate in Asian Studies (requirements listed below). The Graduate Certificate is available to students who complete their graduate degree programs in any of Boston University’s schools and colleges. Students with a particular interest in art and architecture may also pursue a Master of Arts in Asian Art History through the Department of Art History.

Students wishing to learn more about pursuing a graduate degree should consult with appropriate Asian Studies faculty, refer to department or school websites, or consult the relevant sections of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences bulletin. For more information on BUCSA and Asian Studies at Boston University, please refer to http://www.bu.edu/asian.

Affiliated Faculty

• Qianshen Bai (AH)
• Thomas Barfield (AN)
• Linda L. Barnes (MED)
• Thomas Berger (IR)
• John Berthrong (STH)
• Tianyu Cao (PH)
• Kee Chan (SAR)
• Hsiao-Chih Chang (MLCL)
• Houchang Chehabi (IR/HI)
• Chai-sik Chung (STH)
• Gina Cogan (RN)
• David J. Cohen (AR)
• Edward Cunningham (GE)
• Wiebke Denecke (MLCL)
• M. David Eckel (RN)
• Anna Elliott (MLCL)
• Emine Fetvaci (AH)
• Joseph Fewsmith (IR/PO)
• Sarah Frederick (MLCL)
• Julian Go (SO)
• William Grimes (IR)
• Shahla Haeri (AN)
• Husain Haqqani (IR)
• Robert Hefner (AN)
• Mariko Itoh Henstock (MLCL)
• Esther T. Hu (EN)
• Weijia Huang (MLCL)
• Emily Hudson (RN)
• Karen Jacobs (SAR)
• Xuefei Jin (Ha Jin) (EN/Creative Writing)
• Nazli Kibria (SO)
• Jay Kim (SMG0
• Cheryl Knott (AN)
• Frank Korom (AN/RN)
• Sanjay Krishnan (EN)
• Diana Lobel (RN/STH)
• Brenda G. McSweeney (WS)
• Eugenio Menegon (HI)
• Roberta Micallef (MLCL)
• Tom Michael (RN)
• Manjari Chatterjee Miller (IR)
• Mohammad Mughal (AR)
• Robert Murowchick (AR)
• Adil Najam (IR)
• Suzanne O’Brien (HI)
• Simon Payaslian (HI)
• Teena Purohit (RN)
• Jaemin Roh (MLCL)
• Lora Sabin (SPH)
• Robert B. Saper (MED)
• Sunil Sharma (MLCL)
• Nancy Smith-Hefner (AN)
• Alice Tseng (AH)
• Sushil Vachani (SMG)
• Keith Vincent (MLCL)
• Yanbo Wang (SMG)
• Robert Weller (AN)
• Merry White (AN)
• Aimin Yan (SMG)
• Min Ye (IR)
• Catherine Yeh (MLCL)
• Xiaoyang Zhou (MLCL)

Graduate Certificate in Asian Studies

The Graduate Certificate in Asian Studies can be earned by post-baccalaureate students in any Boston University graduate or professional programs who fulfill the following requirements in addition to the requirements of their degree programs.

Requirements of the Graduate Certificate Program

• Students must successfully complete at least 16 credits of coursework (4 standard courses) in courses primarily focused on Asia, with a minimum grade of B in each course.
• Concentration requirement: At least three of the four courses must focus on a subregional or substantive area (e.g. East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Central Asia; comparative government, cultural/archeological preservation, Buddhism).
• Courses must be chosen from at least two departments or schools.
• No more than 4 credits can be in directed study or research, except with written permission of the Director of BUCSA.
• Students must complete a piece of significant independent work such as an MA or MFA thesis, doctoral dissertation, or two substantial research papers in graduate-level seminars.
• Demonstrate reading knowledge of an Asian language relevant to the course of study. This will be demonstrated by passing the language proficiency test of the student’s own department where it is required; for students in schools or departments that do not offer language proficiency testing, BUCSA will arrange an assessment of reading proficiency based on a dictionary-aided, timed translation of a professionally relevant scholarly (or equivalent) document.
• Receive approval of completion from the Director of BUCSA and the student’s departmental faculty advisor. Students are expected to consult with the BUCSA Director at the beginning of their studies in order to ensure that their planned courses will fulfill the goals of the certificate program.

Pre-Approved Courses

(Note: Other courses my be applied to the Graduate Certificate with permission of the Director of BUCSA.)

• CAS AH 530 Chinese and Japanese Calligraphy: History, Theory, and Practice
• CAS AH 532 Japanese Print Culture
• CAS AH 726 Colloquium in Japanese Art
• CAS AN 505 Asian Development: The Case of Women
• CAS AN 563/IR 563 Public Relations and Politics Across Cultures
• CAS AN 573 The Ethnography of China and Taiwan
• CAS AR 560 Civilizations of Central South Asia
• CAS AR 795 Politics, Nationalism, and Archaeology
• CAS HI 549 Nationalism in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
• CAS HI 589 Nature’s Past: Histories of Environment and Society
• CAS IR 506 India: An Emerging World Power
• CAS IR 520/PO 562 The State and Public Purpose in Asia
• CAS IR 527/PO 527 Political Economy of China
• CAS IR 570/PO 569 Politics and Social Change in Postwar Japan
• CAS IR 577/PO 578 Foreign Policy of the People’s Republic of China
• CAS IR 577 The Foreign Policy of the People’s Republic of China
• CAS IR 579/PO 579 Japan in International Politics
• CAS IR 584 Muslim Republics in Central Asia and Caucasia
• CAS IR 585/PO 558 Problems and Issues in Post-Mao China
• CAS IR 586 Islam in South Asia Politics
• CAS TT 815 Introduction to Chinese Philosophy
• CAS RN 675/AN 775 Culture, Society and Religion in South Asia
• CAS RN 687/AN 784 Anthropology of Religion
• CAS RN 688/AN 726 Oral Tradition as Verbal Art
• CAS RN 625 Topics in South Asian Religions
• CAS RN 725 Topics in South Asian Religion
• CAS RN 643 Islam in a Global Perspective
• CFA MU 559 Performance and Practice of Bali, Indonesia and Indian Classical Music
• GMS MA 720 World Religions and Healing
• GRS AN 706 Comparative Family Systems in Asia
• GRS AN 718 Southeast Asia: Tradition and Development
• GRS AR 790 The Archaeology of Southeast Asia
• GRS HI 850 History of International Relations Since 1945
• GRS IR 758/PO 785 Comparative Political Economy of China and India
• GRS IR 761/RN 759 Topics of International Relations and Religion
• GRS IR 764/PO 764 Seminar on China in the Contemporary World
• GRS IR 765/PO 759 Japanese Political Economy
• GRS IR 788/PO 789 International Relations of Asia-Pacific
• GRS PH 647 Asian Philosophy
• GRS PO 789 The United States and the International Relations of the Asia Pacific
• GRS RN 660 Daoist Religion
• GRS RN 662 Chinese Medicine
• GRS EC 721 Topics in Development Economics
• GRS HI 890 Modern Chinese History
• GSM IM 834 Competing in China
• GSM IM 842 Bus Asia-Pacific
• GSM IM 845 Asian Field Seminar
• GSM IM 853 India Field Seminar
• LAW JD 875 Human Rights: Institutions and Authorities
• MET AD 667 Innovation, Global Competitiveness, and National Economic Development
• MET AD 753 International Commerce: Pacific Basin and East Asia
• MET ML 634 Culture and Cuisine: Asia
• SED IE 593 Child Labor, Children’s Rights and Education
• SPH IH 790 Leading Organizations to Achieve the Millenium Development Goals for Health
• SPH IH 885 Global Trade, Intellectual Property and Public Health
• STH TS 837 Comparative Religious Ethics
• STH TS 846/TM846 Comparative and Historical Study of the Interaction of Religion and Society in East Asia
• STH TS 862 Global Ethics in Cultural Contexts
• STH TT 815 The Confucian Way
• STH TT 838/TX 852 Religious Thought East and West: Maimonides in Comparative Perspective
• STH TT 945 Spirituality, Medicine and Health

The following list reflects the 2010/2011 faculty.

Director Tereasa Brainerd

The mission of the Institute for Astrophysical Research (IAR) is to promote and facilitate research and education in astrophysics at Boston University. The IAR coordinates and manages externally funded research programs, provides visibility for its members with funding agencies and the community at large, coordinates the use of astrophysics research facilities in which the University has significant interests, and promotes the design, development, and operation of instruments and telescopes for astrophysics research. All IAR members are actively engaged in the supervision of research projects that are being conducted by graduate and undergraduate students.

The IAR sponsors weekly astrophysics seminars and a weekly journal club. Over the past 10 years the IAR has hosted 6 major scientific meetings, many of which included participation from the international astrophysics community. The research interests of the IAR astronomers include stars and star formation, the interstellar medium, blazars and other active galaxies, galaxy clusters, dark matter, and the large-scale structure of the universe.

The IAR astronomers conduct their research over all wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum, acquiring the data for their studies from numerous ground-based and space-based observatories. The IAR maintains Boston University’s partnership with Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff Arizona to jointly operate the 1.8m Perkins Telescope. The IAR astronomers utilize half the available nights on the Perkins Telescope and they were responsible for designing and building the two primary instruments that are used on the Perkins Telescope: PRISM (used for optical imaging, spectroscopy, and polarization) and Mimir (used for near-infrared imaging, spectroscopy, and polarization).

Faculty

• Thomas Bania Professor of Astronomy, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Brown University; MSc, PhD, University of Virginia
• Elizabeth Blanton Assistant Professor of Astronomy, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Vassar College; MA, MPhil, 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
• Andrew West Assistant Professor of Astronomy, College of Arts & Sciences. BS, Haverford College; MS, PhD, University of Washington

Research Associates and Fellows

• Ivan Agudo Research Associate. BS, Universidad de la Laguna, Tenerife (Spain); MS, PhD, Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia-CSIC/Universidad de Granada, Granada (Spain)
• Jonathan Foster Research Associate. BS, California Institute for Technology; MS, PhD Harvard University
• Svetlana Jorstad Senior Research Associate. BS, PhD, St. Petersburg State University (Russia)
• Manasvita Joshi Research Associate. BS, Delhi University; MS, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (India); PhD, Ohio University
• Kathleen Kraemer Research Fellow. BA, California Institute of Technology; MA, PhD, Boston University
• Brian Taylor Research Associate. BS, MNS, University of Oklahoma

The International Center for East Asian Archaeology & Cultural History (ICEAACH), 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 and teaching 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 and Southeast 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 center also houses an extensive library on East Asian archaeology and anthropology that includes slides, photographs, maps, international journals, and over 8,000 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, http://www.bu.edu/asianarc/.

Asia-related faculty and courses are found in a variety of departments and colleges at Boston University. Interested students should visit www.bu.edu/asian 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; Email: asianarc@bu.edu.

The following list reflects the 2010/2011 Executive Committee.

Director Robert E. Murowchick

Executive Committee

• Qianshen Bai Associate Professor of Art History, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, MA, Beijing University, China; MA, Rutgers University; PhD, Yale University
• Thomas J. Barfield Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences, and Director of the Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies & Civilizations. 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, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, PhD, Boston University
• Joseph Fewsmith III Professor of International Relations, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Northwestern University; MA, 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 Associate Professor of History, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Università Ca’ Foscari, Venezia (Italy); MA, PhD, University of California, Berkeley
• 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 Assistant 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
• Robert P. Weller Chair, Department of Anthropology. Professor of Anthropology, Research Associate in the Institute on Culture, Religion & World Affairs, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Yale University; PhD, Johns Hopkins University

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 Center Administrator Lindsay Grossman 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. CECB, along with Boston University Study Abroad, manages 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 email to cecb@bu.edu.

The following list reflects the 2010/2011 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
• 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
• Peter Buston Assistant Professor of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, Cornell University
• 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 Chair, Department of Earth Sciences; Professor of Geography & Environment; College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Robinson Fulweiler Assistant Professor of Earth Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, University of Rhode Island
• Stjepko Golubic Professor of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, University of Zagreb (Croatia)
• Leslie Kaufman Professor of Biology, Boston University Marine Program, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, Johns Hopkins University
• Robert K. Kaufmann Chair of Geography & Environment; Chair of Energy & Environmental Studies; 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
• Sean P. Mullen Assistant Professor of Biology, Boston University, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, Cornell 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
• Lisa G. Sorenson Research Assistant Professor of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, University of Minnesota
• Michael D. Sorenson Chair of Biology; 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 Institute for Economic Development (IED) is an umbrella organization within Boston University’s Department of Economics focusing on the economic problems of developing countries. To this end, the institute provides facilities and a supportive intellectual environment for students, faculty, and visiting scholars pursuing research in the problems of economic development, and in related areas of economic growth, international economics, and financial institutions. It consolidates previous economic development research centers at the University that focused on specific regions.

Activities of the institute include a weekly seminar series, organization of workshops and conferences, production and dissemination of discussion papers, a variety of special programs focused on specific areas, and administration of research grants. The institute hosts the Distinguished Visitors Program, which brings experts in various fields of economics to lecture, give seminars, and meet with students and faculty. It also hosts visitors on both a short-term and long-term basis. A prize for the best graduate student essay in development economics is awarded annually, in memory of Paul Rosenstein-Rodan, founder of the Center for Latin American Development Studies from which the institute derives its origin. Research grants are offered to graduate students for various purposes, in addition to services such as dissertation editing and peer advising. The institute offers career planning services for graduate students, inviting alumni and potential employer organizations to participate in panel discussions to assist students on the job market. Students are offered résumé, writing, and interviewing workshops. The institute maintains four computer labs catering exclusively to graduate students’ need for sophisticated programs along with standard computing software. It also supports social activities organized by the Graduate Economics Association (GEA).

Active areas of research and discussion at the institute span a broad range of issues that include trade, international finance, labor migration and labor markets, human capital, poverty and discrimination, economics of the family, social norms and cultural values, agrarian contracts, land reform, wage and income inequality, social security, health, public finance, reforms in governance and public enterprises, privatization, decentralization, deforestation, and comparative business strategy. The research methodologies employed represent a combination of theoretical, empirical, historical, and policy analyses, which uniformly aim for high standards of rigor.

The following list reflects the 2010/2011 faculty.

Director Dilip Mookherjee

Faculty

• Marianne Baxter Professor of Economics, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, University of Rochester; PhD, University of Chicago
• Christophe Chamley Professor of Economics, College of Arts & Sciences. MSc, Université Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg I) (France); PhD, Harvard University
• Peter B. Doeringer Professor of Economics, College of Arts & Sciences and School of Management; Associate Dean for Faculty, College of Arts & Sciences; Senior Research Associate, Institute for Economic Development, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. AB, Harvard College; MA, PhD, Harvard University
• Randall P. Ellis Associate Chair, Department of Economics; Professor of Economics, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Yale University; MS, London School of Economics (England); PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Stefania Garetto Assistant Professor of Economics, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Bocconi University (Italy), MA, PhD, University of Chicago
• Simon Gilchrist Professor of Economics, College of Arts & Sciences. BS, Iowa State University; MS, PhD, London School of Economics (England)
• John R. Harris Professor of Economics, College of Arts & Sciences; Senior Research Associate, Institute for Economic Development, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. BA, Wheaton College; MA, PhD, Northwestern University
• Leroy Jones Professor of Economics, College of Arts & Sciences; Research Associate, Institute for Economic Development, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. BA, University of Washington; MA, American University; PhD, Harvard University
• Robert G. King Professor of Economics, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, PhD, Brown University
• Laurence J. Kotlikoff Professor of Economics, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, University of Pennsylvania; MA, PhD, Harvard University
• Kevin Lang Chair, Department of Economics; Professor of Economics, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, St. Catherine’s College; MSc, University of Montreal (Canada); PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Robert E. B. Lucas Director, Master’s Programs; 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
• Robert Margo Professor of Economics; Professor of African American Studies, College of Arts & Sciences. AB, University of Michigan; AM, PhD, Harvard University
• Jianjun Miao Assistant Professor of Economics, College of Arts & Sciences. BS, University of Science and Technology of China (China); MA, Lingnan College, Zhongshan University (China); MA, Queen’s University (Canada); MA, PhD, University of Rochester
• Dilip Mookherjee Director, Institute for Economic Development; Professor of Economics, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Presidency College, Calcutta (India); MSc, PhD, London School of Economics (England)
• Andrew F. Newman Professor of Economics, College of Arts & Sciences. AB, Harvard College; AM, PhD, Harvard University
• Pankaj Tandon Associate Professor of Economics, College of Arts & Sciences. BA,
• Wesly Yin Assistant Professor of Economics, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, BS, University of Maryland; MA, PhD, Princeton University

Emeriti

• Shane Hunt Professor Emeritus of Economics, College of Arts & Sciences. BS, University of Miami; MA, PhD, Yale University
• Gustav F. Papanek Professor Emeritus, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Cornell University; MA, PhD, Harvard University
• Paul Streeten Professor Emeritus of Economics, College of Arts & Sciences. DLitt, University of Oxford (England); Honorary LLD, Aberdeen University (Scotland)

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 Programs section.

The following list reflects the 2010/2011 faculty.

Director Nathan Phillips

Director of Graduate Studies Nathan Phillips

Faculty Advisory Committee

• Bruce Anderson Associate Professor of Geography & Environment. BS, University of California, Santa Barbara; PhD, Scripps Institute of Oceanography
• Paul Anderson Adjunct Assistant Professor of Geography & Environment. BA, Boston University; MA, PhD, Harvard University
• 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
• Dana Bauer Assistant Professor of Geography & Environment. BS, State University of New York at Buffalo; MS, Northeastern University; MA, Tufts University; PhD, University of Rhode Island
• Richard Clapp Professor of Environmental Health, School of Public Health. MPH, Harvard University; DSc, Boston University
• Cutler J. Cleveland Professor of Geography & Environment, College of Arts & Sciences. BS, Cornell University; MS, Louisiana State University; PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
• Adrien Finzi Associate Professor of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences. BS, University of New Hampshire; MS, PhD, University of Connecticut
• Mark Friedl Chair, Department of Earth Sciences, Professor of Geography & Environment, College of Arts & Sciences. BS, McGill University (Canada); MA, PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Kevin Gallagher Director of Graduate Studies; Associate Professor of International Relations, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Northeastern University; MA, PhD, Tufts University
• Michael A. Gevelber Associate Professor of Manufacturing Engineering. SB, Brown University; SM, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Sucharita Gopal Professor of Geography & Environment. MSc, MPhil, Madras University (India); PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Les Kaufman Professor of Biology, Boston University Marine Program. PhD, Johns Hopkins University
• Robert Kaufmann Chair and 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
• Scott C. Mohr Professor of Chemistry, College of Arts & Sciences (Biophysical Chemistry). BA, Williams College; AM, PhD, Harvard University
• Ranga Myneni Professor of Geography & Environment. BSc, Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University; MSc, Punjab Agricultural University (India); PhD, University of Antwerp (Belgium)
• Adil Najam Director,Frederick Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Professor of International Relations, Professor of Geography & Environment. BS, University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan; MS, MS, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• David 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 of Pennsylvania
• Uday B. Pal Chair ad interim, Department of Manufacturing Engineering, Professor of Manufacturing Engineering. BTech, Indian Institute of Technology (Madras, India); PhD, Pennsylvania State University
• David Scott Palmer Professor of International Relations and Political Science, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, Cornell University
• Nathan Phillips Director, Center for Energy & Environmental Studies; Associate Professor of Geography & Environment. BS, California State University; PhD, Duke University
• James E. Post Chair, Professor of Strategy & Policy, School of Management. JD, Villanova University School of Law; MBA, PhD, State University of New York at Buffalo
• Richard B. Primack Professor of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences. AB, Harvard University; PhD, Duke University
• Uri Ra’anan University Professor; Professor of International Relations; Director, Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology & Policy. MA, MLitt, University of Oxford (England)
• Richard Reibstein Adjunct Professor of Geography & Environment and Center for Energy & Environmental Studies. JD, Brooklyn Law School
• Christine H. Rossell Professor of Political Science, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, University of California, Los Angeles; PhD, University of Southern California
• Guido D. Salvucci Professor of Earth Sciences and Geography & Environment, College of Arts & Sciences. BE, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Arts & Sciences; BS, New York University; MS, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Henrik Selin Assistant Professor of International Relations. MA, Lund University (Sweden); PhD, Linköping University (Sweden)
• Alan Strahler Professor of Geography & Environment. BA, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
• Pamela H. Templar Assistant Professor of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences (Environmental Biology) and Center for Energy and Environmental Studies. BA, University of California, Santa Cruz; PhD, Cornell University
• Ian Sue Wing Associate Professor of Geography & Environment, College of Arts & Sciences, and Center for Energy & Environmental Studies. BA, BE, Dartmouth College; MSc, Oxford University; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Curtis Woodcock Professor of Geography & Environment; Director of Geographic Applications, Center for Remote Sensing. BA, MA, PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara

Director Steven T. Katz

The Boston University Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies coordinates and supports all academic programs relating to Judaic Studies at the University. The services and programs of the center are available to Judaic Studies concentrators in the Department of Religion and all others interested in the subject area.

Advising

Judaica concentrators are assigned members of the Judaica faculty as advisors, who help students formulate their concentrations in accordance with department requirements. Students considering a Judaic Studies concentration are encouraged to make an appointment with the center director to discuss their plans.

Courses, Library Enhancement, and University Programs

The center seeks to coordinate all courses in Judaic Studies at Boston University. Its ambition is to provide a broad-based, academically rigorous curriculum in the most important areas of Jewish history, literature, and thought. In addition to supporting the University teaching program in Hebrew language study, the center actively works to support the enhancement of relevant library resources and to sponsor relevant lectures, conferences, and publications in Judaic studies. The center is committed to the support of all types of research in Judaic Studies.

Special Events

The center hosts special events of high quality and interest to further the integration of Judaic Studies into the life of the University and the community at large. These include programs in film, theatre, and music, all of which contribute to the cultural life of the University.

The following list reflects the 2010/2011 faculty.

Director Thomas Barfield (AN)

Faculty

• Kecia Ali Assistant Professor of Religion, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Stanford University; MA, PhD, Duke University
• Betty S. Anderson Associate Professor of History, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Trinity College; MA, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
• Thomas J. Barfield President, American Institute of Afghanistan Studies; Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, University of Pennsylvania; MA, PhD, Harvard University
• Fredrik Barth Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, Cambridge University
• Cynthia J. Becker Assistant Professor of Art History, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, University of New Orleans; MA, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Houchang E. Chehabi Professor of International Relations and History, College of Arts & Sciences. Licence, Université de Caen; Diplôme, Institut d’Etudes Politiques; MA, PhD, Yale University
• André de Quadros Director, School of Music, College of Fine Arts; Artistic Director, Boston University Tanglewood Institute. BA, University of Bombay; GD in Movement and Dance, University of Melbourne; MEd, La Trobe University
• Charles F. Dunbar Professor of International Relations. BA, Harvard University; MIA, Columbia University. Former Ambassador to Qatar and Yemen.
• Emine Fetvaci Assistant Professor of Art History, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Williams College; MA, PhD, Harvard University
• Irene L. Gendzier Professor of Political Science, College of Arts & Sciences (Comparative Politics). AB, Barnard College; MA, PhD, Columbia University
• Thomas F. Glick Director, Institute for Medieval History, Graduate School; Professor of History and Geography, College of Arts & Sciences. AB, Harvard College; MA, Columbia University; PhD, Harvard University
• Erik Goldstein Professor of International Relations, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Tufts University; MA, MALD, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; PhD, University of Cambridge
• Shala Haeri Director, Women’s Studies Program; Assistant Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Boston State College; MA, Northeastern University; PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
• Husain Haqqani Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States. Associate Professor of International Relations, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, MA, University of Karachi (on leave)
• Robert Hefner Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, MA, PhD, University of Michigan
• Nazli Kibria Chair, Department of Sociology; Associate Professor of Sociology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Wellesley College; MA, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
• Frank Korom Associate Professor of Religion and Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, University of Colorado; MA, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
• Charles Lindholm Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, MA, PhD, Columbia University
• Margaret Litvin Assistant Professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Yale University; MA, PhD, University of Chicago
• Diana Lobel Assistant Professor of Religion, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Oberlin College; MTS, Harvard Divinity School; PhD, Harvard University
• Herbert W. Mason William Goodwin Aurelio Professor Emeritus of History and Religious Thought, College of Arts & Sciences. AB, AM, PhD, Harvard University
• Roberta Mícallef Master Lecturer, Turkish. BA, Oberlin College; MA, PhD, University of Texas, Austin
• Mohammad Rafique Mughal Professor of Archeology and Heritage Management, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Gordon College; MA, University of the Punjab; PhD, University of Pennsylvania
• Fallou Ngom Associate Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences; Director, African Language Program, African Studies Center. MA, University of Montana; PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Augustus Richard Norton Professor of International Relations and Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, MA, University of Miami; PhD, University of Chicago
• Elizabeth H. Prodromou Assistant Professor of International Relations, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Tufts University; MALD, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; SM, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Teena Purohit Assistant Professor of Religion, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Kenyon College; MTS, Harvard Divinity School; PhD, Columbia University
• C. H. Roosevelt Associate Professor of Archaeology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Colby College; MA, PhD, Cornell University
• Sunil Sharma Assistant Professor of Persian, Department of Modern Languages & Comparative Literature. BA, New York University; PhD, University of Chicago
• Nancy Smith-Hefner Associate Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, University of Michigan
• Merlin Swartz Professor Emeritus of Religion, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Eastern Mennonite College; BA, Goshen College; PhD, Harvard University
• Sassan Tabatabai Instructor, Core Curriculum. BA, MA, PhD, Boston University
• Jenny B. White Associate Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, City University of New York; MA, Hacettepe University (Turkey); PhD, University of Texas, Austin
• Diana Wylie Professor of History, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Goucher College; MLitt, University of Edinburgh; PhD, Yale University

Courses

Members of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences humanities and social science faculty offer a broad range of courses focusing on the Muslim civilizations of the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. A concentration in Islamic Studies is possible within the MA and PhD programs offered through the Division of Religious & Theological Studies. For complete descriptions of the courses listed below, refer to departmental sections of this website or visit www.bu.edu/smscinst.

• CAS AN 547 Topics: Muslim Societies and Islamic Civilizations
• CAS AN 548 Topics: Muslim Societies and Islamic Civilizations
• GRS AN 707 Turkey and Middle East Perspective
• GRS AN 717 Power and Society in the Middle East
• GRS AN 718 Southeast Asia: Tradition and Development
• GRS AN 720 Women and the Muslim World
• GRS AN 755 Religious Fundamentalism in Anthropological Perspective
• GRS AN 760 The Nomadic Alternative
• GRS AN 784 Anthropological Study of Religion
• CAS AR 532 Studies in Near Eastern and Middle Eastern Archaeology
• CAS AR 560 Civilizations of Central and South Asia
• GRS AR 741 Archaeology of Mesopotamia
• GRS AR 743 Anatolian Archaeology
• GRS HI 827 Early Medieval Spain
• GRS HI 892 The Middle East
• GRS HI 893 History of Northern Africa
• GRS HI 903 Directed Study in African History
• GRS HI 905 Directed Study in Middle Eastern History
• CAS IR 503 U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East (meets with CAS PO 570)
• CAS IR 504 The Persian Gulf/Arabian Peninsula
• CAS IR 507 The Muslim and Western Worlds—Prospects of a “Clash of Civilizations”
• CAS IR 509 Islam in Middle East Politics (meets with CAS PO 573)
• CAS IR 511 The Middle East Today
• GRS IR 706 The Iranian Revolution and Its Impact on the Middle East
• GRS IR 707 Political Reform in the Middle East
• GRS IR 757 Transnational Shi’ism
• GRS IR 762 Turkey and the European Union
• GRS IR 897 History of Modern Iran, 1900–Present (meets with GRS HI 897)
• GRS LY 781 Contemporary Arabic Cultures
• CAS PO 560 Politics and Society in North Africa and the Middle East
• GRS RN 640 The Quran
• GRS RN 643 Global Islam
• GRS RN 644 Islam and the West
• GRS RN 647 Islamic Philosophy and Theology
• GRS RN 675 Culture, Society, and Religion in South Asia (meets with GRS AN 775)
• GRS RN 735 Women, Gender, and Islam
• GRS RN 745 Islamic Law
• GRS RN 991, 992 Directed Study in Islamic Studies
• CAS RN 993, 994 Directed Study in Classical Arabic

Director Professor B. B. Goldberg

Deputy Director Mario Cabodi

Associate Director M. S. Ünlü

Boston University formed the Center for Nanoscience & Nanobiotechnology (CNN) to advance academic and technological research and development by extending discoveries in nanoscale materials and platforms toward applications that examine and seek to understand and manipulate biological systems. The center serves as a hub for nanoscience researchers from the Charles River and Medical campuses and builds interdisciplinary research and training. The center connects scientists and engineers from disparate disciplines with each other in seminars, meetings, joint visitor programs, interdisciplinary courses, industrial collaborations, and seeded projects.

CNN has three core functions: first, to develop interdisciplinary research and education in nanoscience and nanobiotechnology; second, to develop and run an industrial liaison program that partners researchers with external companies for mutual benefit; and third, to connect researchers to resources for technological commercialization. CNN and affiliated faculty are also involved in outreach activities, organizing hands-on activities, discussions, and panels around nanoscience for grade school students and working with local organizations and museums.

The NeuroMuscular Research Center (NMRC) was established as an independent unit at Boston University in October 1984. The NMRC charter focuses on advancing and disseminating knowledge in the fields of biomedical engineering, neuroscience, rehabilitation medicine, and related fields by the application of principles of natural sciences, life sciences, and mathematics. The mission of the Center is to explore the workings of the central nervous system (CNS) and to develop new technologies for assessing the performance of the neuromuscular system. We have expertise in electromyography, biomechanics, motor control, and technology innovation. The NMRC is comprised of over 20 faculty, staff, and graduate students. Our members are drawn from engineering, medicine, allied health, and natural sciences. Our research interests range from basic studies to design of medical devices.

The NMRC brings together faculty, students, and staff from the College of Engineering, the School of Medicine, and Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences. This interdisciplinary mingling provides an environment where novel concepts germinate. The center regularly attracts researchers from around the world.

The NMRC is organized into four laboratories: Design Laboratory, L. Donald Gilmore, Lab Supervisor; Motion Analysis Laboratory; Motor Unit Laboratory, Carlo J. De Luca and Serge H. Roy, Lab Supervisors; and Muscle Fatigue Laboratory, Serge H. Roy, Lab Supervisor.

For more information, call or write the director, Dr. Carlo J. De Luca, NeuroMuscular Research Center, 19 Deerfield Street, Boston, MA 02215; 617-353-9757.

The following list reflects the 2010/2011 faculty.

Director Carlo J. De Luca

Faculty

• Carlo J. De Luca Director, NeuroMuscular Research Center; Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Research Professor of Neurology. BASc, University of British Columbia (Canada); MSc, University of New Brunswick (Canada); PhD, Queen’s University (Canada)
• Joseph F. Jabre Adjunct Research Professor, NeuroMuscular Research Center; Associate Professor of Neurology, School of Medicine. BS, Christian Brothers (Lebanon); MD, St. Joseph University (Lebanon)
• S. Hamid Nawab Research Professor, Neuromuscular Research Center; Professor of Electrical Engineering; Professor of Biomedical Engineering. SB, SM, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Serge H. Roy Research Professor and Supervisor, Muscle Fatigue Laboratory and Co-Supervisor, Motor Unit Laboratory, NeuroMuscular Research Center; Research Associate Professor of Physical Therapy, Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences. BS, New York University; MS, ScD, Boston University
• Conrad Wall, III Adjunct Associate Professor, NeuroMuscular Research Center. BS, MS, Tulane University; PhD, Carnegie-Mellon University

The center is devoted to post-graduate research, special conferences of scholars, public education, and publication in the philosophy and history of the sciences. The Boston Colloquium for Philosophy of Science offers frequent public lectures on a wide range of topics in the conceptual and historical foundations of the natural and social sciences, logic, and mathematics. Emphasis is on epistemological, metaphysical, and methodological issues raised within the sciences, as well as on the social relations of science, its ethical implications, and its relation to the humanities. Closely related is the Center for Einstein Studies. Research conferences are held periodically to stimulate interdisciplinary discussions and investigations. The center has been host to visiting research associates from 35 countries.

Publications derived from the Boston Colloquium and other work of the center include major contributions to Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Kluwer Academic Publishers.

The programs of the Boston University Center for Philosophy & History of Science are an important resource for graduate students.

For further information, please contact Professor Alfred I. Tauber, Director, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215; 617-353-2604; email: atauber@bu.edu; website at www.bu.edu/cphs.

The following list reflects the 2010/2011 faculty.

Director Alicia Bokulich

Affiliated Faculty

• Alisa Bokulich Director, Center for Philosophy & History of Science; Associate Professor of Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Washington State University; PhD, University of Notre Dame
• Peter Bokulich Associate Director of CPHS; Assistant Professor of Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, University of California, Berkeley; PhD, University of Notre Dame
• Tian Yu Cao Associate Professor of Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Peking University; PhD, University of Cambridge
• Charles P. DeLisi Metcalf Professor of Science and Engineering, College of Engineering; Professor of Biomedical Engineering. BA, City College of New York University; PhD, New York University
• Juliet Floyd Associate Professor of Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Wellesley College; PhD, Harvard University
• Thomas F. Glick Professor of History and Geography, College of Arts & Sciences. AB, Harvard College; MA, Columbia University; PhD, Harvard University
• Michael A. Grodin Professor of Health Law, Sociomedical Sciences, and Community Medicine (Medical Ethics), Schools of Medicine and Public Health; Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences; Director, Program in Bioethics. BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• Stephen Grossberg Chair, Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems; Director, Center for Adaptive Systems; Wang Professor of Cognitive & Neural Systems
• Jaakko Hintikka Professor of Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences. Candidate Philosophy, LIC. Philosophy; PhD, Helsingen Yliopisto (Finland)
• Akihiro Kanamori Professor of Mathematics, College of Arts & Sciences. BS, California Institute of Technology; PhD, University of Cambridge (England)
• John J. Stachel Director, Center for Einstein Studies, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences; Professor Emeritus of Physics, College of Arts & Sciences (general relativity). BS, City University of New York, City College; MS, PhD, Stevens Institute of Technology
• Alfred I. Tauber Director Emeritus, Center for Philosophy & History of Science; Professor of Medicine and Pathology, School of Medicine; Professor of Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences. BS, Tufts University; MD, Tufts University School of Medicine

The institute was established in 1970 as a cooperative venture of the University’s Department of Philosophy, Department of Religion, and School of Theology. The purpose of the institute is threefold. It sponsors a series of lectures on topics of interdisciplinary interest where philosophy, theology, and religion meet. It publishes Boston University Studies in Philosophy and Religion. It also draws on the considerable resources of scholarship within Boston University relating to philosophy and religion to enhance the curriculum of the Division of Religious & Theological Studies in the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.

For further information contact Professor C. Allen Speight, Director, Institute for Philosophy & Religion, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215; 617-353-3067; email: ipr@bu.edu; website at www.bu.edu/ipr/.

The following list reflects the 2010/2011 faculty.

Director C. Allen Speight

Affiliated Faculty

• Peter L. Berger Director, Institute on Culture, Religion & World Affairs; University Professor Emeritus; Professor Emeritus of the Sociology of Religion, School of Theology; Professor Emeritus of Religion and Sociology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Wagner College; MA, PhD, New School for Social Research
• John H. Berthrong Associate Dean for Academic and Administrative Affairs, School of Theology; Associate Professor of Comparative Theology. BA, University of Kansas; MA, PhD, University of Chicago
• Daniel O. Dahlstrom Chair and Professor, Department of Philosophy. BA, St. Xavier University (Ohio); MA, PhD, St. Louis University
• M. David Eckel Associate Professor of Religion, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, MA, Oxford University (United Kingdom); BA, PhD, Harvard University
• Juliet Floyd Professor, Department of Philosophy. BA, Wellesley College; MA, PhD, Harvard University
• Charles L. Griswold Jr. Professor of Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Trinity College; MA, PhD, Pennsylvania State University
• Ray L. Hart Dean Emeritus, School of Theology; Professor of Religion and Philosophical and Systematic Theology, College of Arts & Sciences and School of Theology. BA, University of Texas; BD, Southern Methodist University; PhD, Yale University
• Steven Katz Director, Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences; Professor of Religion, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Rutgers University; MA, New York University; PhD, University of Cambridge (England)
• Manfred Kuehn Professor, Department of Philosophy. BA, MA, University of Waterloo (Ontario); PhD, McGill University
• Diana Lobel Associate Professor of Religion. BA, Oberlin College; MTS, Harvard Divinity School; PhD, Harvard University
• Robert C. Neville Professor of Philosophy, Religion, and Theology, College of Arts & Sciences and School of Theology. BA, MA, PhD, Yale University
• Alan M. Olson Professor of Religion and Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, St. Olaf College; MDiv, Luther Theological Seminary; PhD, Boston University
• C. Allen Speight Director, Institute for Philosophy & Religion; Associate Professor of Philosophy; BA, St. John’s College; MA, Ph.D., University of Chicago
• Elie Wiesel Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities; University Professor; Professor of Philosophy and Religion, College of Arts & Sciences and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. LittD (hon.), Jewish Theological Seminary; LHD (hon.), Hebrew Union College, Boston University, Yale University, Brandeis University, University of Notre Dame
• Michael Zank Associate Professor of Religion. Erstes Theologisches Examen, Speyer, Rhineland-Palatine; PhD, Brandeis University

The center is devoted to research, academic programs, special conferences of scholars, and a range of publications in polymer studies. Each year, a series of public seminars brings speakers from over 20 countries to the Boston University campus.

The primary interest of the Polymer Center is understanding polymer systems on a fundamental microscopic level. To this end, it focuses on describing the basic spatial configurations assumed by polymer molecules. This information can then be used to predict the macroscopic behavior of polymer materials. The center’s work involves the development and application of modern methods of statistical mechanics: series, Monte Carlo, and renormalization group. In addition, there is a considerable effort devoted to understanding the percolation problem and its application to various physical systems, e.g., polymer elastomeric networks and fluid flow through porous media.

The experimental program is largely concerned with studying the structure of polymers at the molecular level, primarily using the techniques of Raman and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy to probe the molecular structure and molecular conformation of polymers. Particular emphasis is placed on the application of this technique to polymer gels and to biological polymers.

Another area of active investigation concerns structural studies of biological polymers, and of natural and model cell membrane systems.

Recently, the center has come to play a leading role in the applications of advanced technologies to the integrated teaching of science and mathematics in secondary schools. Using a mixture of hands-on experiments and computer simulations, the student is led along a path of exploration designed to involve him or her in discovering recent results in statistical science, fractals, and polymer physics.

Courses and seminars in polymer studies and in biophysics are offered at both graduate and undergraduate levels in the College of Arts & Sciences and in the School of Medicine. The center also sponsors a series of international exchange programs involving visiting professors from all over the world.

For further information, contact the Director, Professor H. Eugene Stanley, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215; 617-353-2617.

The following list reflects the 2010/2011 faculty.

Director H. Eugene Stanley

Associate Director William Klein

Faculty

• Rama Bansil Professor of Physics, College of Arts & Sciences; Assistant Professor of Physiology, School of Medicine. BSc, MSc, University of Delhi (India); PhD, University of Rochester
• Antonio Coniglio Research Professor of Physics, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. PhD, Università degli Studi di Napoli (Italy)
• William Klein Associate Director, Center for Polymer Studies, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences; Professor of Physics, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, PhD, Temple University
• Sidney Redner Professor of Physics, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, University of California, Berkeley; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Kenneth J. Rothschild Professor of Physics, College of Arts & Sciences; Associate Professor of Physiology, School of Medicine. BS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• H. Eugene Stanley Director, Center for Polymer Studies, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences; Professor of Chemistry, College of Arts & Sciences; Professor of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering; University Professor; Professor of Physics, College of Arts & Sciences; Professor of Physiology, School of Medicine. BA, Wesleyan University; PhD, Harvard University; PhD (hon), Bar-Ilan University (Israel); PhD (hon), Eötvös Lorand University (Hungary); PhD (hon), University of Liège (Belgium); PhD (hon), University of Dortmund (Germany); PhD (hon), University of Wroclaw (Poland); PhD (hon), Northwestern University

Visiting Scholars and Research Associates

• Preben Alstrom PhD, Kobenhavns Universitet (Denmark)
• Carlos Argolo PhD, Universidade Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil)
• Yossi Ashkenazy PhD, Bar-Ilan University (Israel)
• Marcia Barbosa PhD, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
• Marc Barthelemy PhD, Université Paris (France)
• Pedro Bernaola PhD, University of Granada (Spain)
• Lidia Braunstein PhD, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (Argentina)
• Sergey Buldyrev PhD, Leningrad State University (Russia)
• Armin Bunde PhD, Justus Liebig-Universität Giessen (Germany)
• Viktor Chukanov PhD, University of Moscow (Russia)
• Pierre Cizeau PhD, Université Paris (France)
• Jose Cressoni PhD, Imperial College (England)
• Luis Cruz-Cruz PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Rodolfo Cuerno PhD, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain)
• Mohamed Daoud PhD, Université Paris (France)
• Ivan Fittipaldi PhD, University of Cambridge (England)
• Giancarlo Franzese PhD, Università di Napoli (Italy)
• Kensuke Fukuda PhD, University of Tokyo (Japan)
• Alfons Geiger BS, PhD, Universität Fridericiana Karlsruhe (Germany)
• Shlomo Havlin PhD, Bar-Ilan University (Israel)
• Hans Herrmann PhD, Universität zu Köln (Germany)
• Masaki Hoshiyama PhD, University of Tokyo (Japan)
• Greg Huber PhD, Boston University
• Plamen Ivanov PhD, Boston University
• Naeem Jan PhD, University of Cambridge (England)
• Pablo Jensen PhD, Université de Lyon (France)
• Woo-Sung Jung PhD, K.A.I.S.T., Korea
• Jan Kantelhardt PhD, Justus Liebig University, Giessen (Germany)
• Janos Kertesz PhD, Budapesti Müszaki Egyetem (Hungary)
• Peter R. King PhD, University of Cambridge (England)
• Paul Krapivsky PhD, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (Russia)
• Pradeep Kumar PhD, Boston University
• Brigita Kutnjac-Urbanc PhD, Univerza v Ljubljani (Slovenia)
• Youngki Lee PhD, Korea University (Korea)
• Fredrik Liljeros PhD, University of Stockholm (Sweden)
• Philipp Maass PhD, Universität Hamburg (Germany)
• Rosario Mantegna PhD, Università degli Studi di Palermo (Italy)
• Martin Meyer PhD, Justus Liebig-Universität Giessen (Germany)
• Sava Milosevíc PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Sasuke Miyazima PhD, University of Osaka (Japan)
• Sadha Moodley PhD, Boston University
• Stefano Mossa PhD, University of L’Aquila (Italy)
• Jon Nagler PhD, University of Brewen (Germany)
• Johann Nittmann PhD, Universität Wien (Austria)
• Fabio Pammolli PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Gerald Paul PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Chung-kang Peng PhD, Boston University
• Thadeu Penna PhD, Universidade Federal Fluminense (Brazil)
• Vivienne Plerou PhD, Boston College
• Boris Podobnik PhD, University of Zagreb (Croatia)
• Manuel Marqués Ponce PhD, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain)
• Linda Ponta PhD, Univeristy of Genoa (Italy)
• Massimo Riccaboni PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Michael Rosenblum PhD, Moscow State University (Russia)
• Bernard Rosenow PhD, Würzburg University (Germany)
• Sri Sastry PhD, Boston University
• Daniel T. Schmitt PhD, University Ulm (Germany)
• Verena Schulte-Frohlinde PhD, Freie Universität Berlin (Germany)
• Francesco Sciortino PhD, Università degli Studi di Palermo (Italy)
• Luciano Rodrigues da Silva PhD, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas (Brazil)
• Robin Speedy PhD, University of London (England)
• Dietrich Stauffer PhD, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Germany)
• Borko Stosic PhD, Univerzitet u Beogradu (Serbia)
• Toshi Tanizawa PhD, University of Tokyo (Japan)
• Jose Teixeira BS, PhD, Université de Grenoble (France)
• Constantino Tsallis BS, PhD, Université de Paris (France)
• Tamas Vicsek PhD, Budapesti Egyetem (Hungary)
• Kazuko Yamasaki PhD, University of Tokyo (Japan)

The Boston University Center for Remote Sensing was established in 1986. It is an interdisciplinary facility sponsored by the departments of Anthropology, Archaeology, Earth Sciences, and Geography & Environment. The center is designed to provide the following three primary objectives: interdisciplinary research that uses remotely sensed data; undergraduate and graduate education in remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS); and training for professionals in several fields in the application of remote sensing techniques and GIS methodologies. Initial funding was provided by Boston University and was followed by program support from the W. M. Keck Foundation of Los Angeles, California.

Research at the center concentrates on the applications of satellite images to the study of the environment of the earth. Research was conducted on forests, wetlands, agricultural areas, and arid lands. Multi-year projects in support of environmental effects of war in Kuwait and of groundwater exploration and use in agriculture were conducted in Turky, Egypt, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.). Recently, the center’s faculty also defined the location and mapped the highest levels of a dry lake that filled a depression in North Darfur during past geologic times. In addition, leading research is conducted in instrument development (such as Lidar) and satellite data product (algorithm) validation. Projects through UNESCO and NSF relate to the applications of remote sensing to archaeological investigations at numerous world heritage sites.

The center also conducts specialized training for mid-career professionals as part of capacity building programs. This is commonly requested and supported by government agencies. For example, special training programs have been designed for geologists and mapmakers from Jordan-Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Lebanon, Spain, and the U.A.E. Training is conducted at the facility in Boston University. In addition, the center has hosted Fulbright Scholars and EU-funded scholars seeking training in remote sensing and GIS. The center also organizes workshops on remote sensing applications in cooperation with NSF and the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) in Triente, Italy.

The center is equipped with servers and Sun and Dell workstations. The main server is a Linux-based server-storage system, a Dell Opteron with 6Gb of RAM and 5 Tb of storage. Researchers have access to ten Sun workstations—9 Sun Ultra 10’s and one Sun Ultra 1-along with 5 Dell Precision workstations for applications requiring windows. In addition to these in-house facilities, researchers and students have access to the Center for Excellence in Remote Sensing Laboratory, which houses 3 Sun servers and 13 Windows workstations.

Image processing software includes PCI Geomatica, ENVI, ERDAS Image, IDL, and Image Processing Workbench (IPW). Geographic Information Systems software includes ARCINFO, ARCGIS, GRASS and the SPLUS statistical package. Space is available on several servers for storing image files and map sets used in the center’s applications software.

The center’s combination of hardware and software provides a powerful and diverse environment for image processing and GIS research and education.

The center’s other facilities include multiple photo-quality inkjet printers, multiple black and color laser printers, and an HP Designjet 800ps plotter, capable of printing media up to 42 inches across and 20 feet long. The center’s photographic archive includes images of the moon and planets as well as photographs of the earth obtained by NASA missions. Ground sensors at the center include an electromagnetic conductivity meter, ground penetrating radar, a multispectral camera, a proton magnetometer, and a spectral radiometer.

The Center for Remote Sensing is staffed by the director, deputy director, a computer resources manager and software specialist, and an administrative assistant. All research activities are conducted by faculty members, research associates, and graduate students enrolled in affiliated departments of Boston University.

The following list reflects the 2010/2011 faculty.

Director Farouk El-Baz

Faculty

• Farouk El-Baz Director, Center for Remote Sensing; Research Professor of Remote Sensing; Research Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering; Research Professor of Archaeology. BSc, Ain Shams University (Egypt); MS, Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy; PhD, University of Missouri, Rolla
• Alan Strahler Chair, Department of Geography; Professor of Geography; Deputy Director, Center for Remote Sensing. BA, PhD, Johns Hopkins University

Affiliated Faculty

• Thomas J. Barfield Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, University of Pennsylvania; MA, PhD, Harvard University
• Cutler Cleveland Professor of Geography & Environment. BS, Cornell University; MA, Louisiana State University; PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
• Ricardo J. Elia Chair, Department of Archaeology; Associate Professor of Archaeology, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, PhD, Boston University; MA, Ohio State University
• Duncan M. FitzGerald Associate Professor of Earth Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences (Sedimentology, Coastal Processes, Marine Geology). BA, University of New Hampshire; MS, Texas A & M, University; PhD, University of South Carolina
• Mark Friedl Chair, Department of Earth Sciences; Associate Professor of Geography (Physical Climatology, Remote Sensing, Geographic Information Systems), College of Arts & Sciences. BS, McGill University (Canada); MA, PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Eman Ghoneim Research Assistant Professor, Center for Remote Sensing (Geomorphology, Physical Geography). BA, MSc, Tanta University (Egypt); MPhil, PhD, Southampton University (U.K.)
• Sucharita Gopal Professor of Geography, College of Arts & Sciences. MSc, MPhil, Madras University (India); PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Magaly Koch Research Associate Professor, Center for Remote Sensing (Geology, Remote Sensing, Geographic Information Systems). MS, Universität zu Köln, (Germany); PhD, Boston University
• Xiaowen Li Research Professor of Geography. MA, MS, PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Richard W. Murray Associate Professor of Earth Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences (Paleoceanography, Marine Biogeo-chemistry). AB, Hamilton College; PhD, University of California, Berkeley
• Ranga B. Myneni Professor of Geography, College of Arts & Sciences. PhD, University of Antwerp (Belgium)
• Mutlu Ozdogan Research Associate. BS, Istanbul University; MS, North Carolina State University; MA, PhD, Boston University
• Cordula Robinson Research Associate Professor, Center for Remote Sensing. BSC, Durham University, (England); PhD, University College London (England)
• Guido D. Salvucci Associate Professor of Earth Sciences and Geography. BS, New York University; BE, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Arts & Sciences; MS, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Crystal Schaaf Research Associate Professor, Center for Remote Sensing, College of Arts & Sciences (Remote Sensing, Meteorology). SB, SM, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; ALM, Harvard University; PhD, Boston University
• James R. Wiseman Director, Center for Archaeological Studies; Emeritus Professor of Archaeology, Classics, and Art History, College of Arts & Sciences. AB, University of Missouri; AM, PhD, University of Chicago
• Curtis Woodcock Professor of Geography, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, MA, PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara

The aim of the center is to improve the quality of formal college and precollege science and mathematics learning, instruction, materials, and curricula, as well as to promote informal and public science education. The center is addressing these issues by (1) drawing on the faculty resources of all of the appropriate schools and colleges within the University to develop and improve curricula and materials, and to explore the uses of new technologies in helping students to learn science and mathematics; (2) serving as a resource to elementary and secondary schools by designing and offering enrichment, development, and training programs for current and prospective precollege science and mathematics teachers; and (3) developing joint ventures with local, state, national, and international science, mathematics and technology-related groups including universities and other nonprofit institutions, as well as private corporations.

The center serves as an umbrella for precollege and informal science and mathematics education programs already in place within the Boston University community, as well as for future research and development projects in these fields. Schools that are working with the center include: the College of Arts & Sciences, in which faculty members are engaged in science and mathematics curriculum development projects; the School of Education, which is recognized for its current science teacher training programs; the College of Communication, which awards a master’s degree in science and communication for science and technical writers; the College of Engineering, which conducts research and development in such areas as computer graphics; the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences which, in collaboration with the School of Education, awards a Master of Arts in Teaching for mathematics and science teachers; and other schools within the University whose faculty are interested in developing technology-mediated instruction and curriculum materials.

Current sources of national education funding support large-scale curriculum reform and materials development programs. However, studies suggest that many teachers do not know how to effectively use the materials that are already available. Therefore, other major programs are focusing on the professional growth of current precollege science and mathematics teachers, as well as the development of prospective new precollege science and mathematics teachers. Institutes, seminars, and programs have been offered through the center to attract more teachers to science and mathematics education and to update the knowledge and enhance the skills of those currently teaching science in the precollege setting. These activities also promote improved linkages between precollege teachers and University faculty in science, mathematics, and engineering.

The center has developed cooperative educational research and development projects with other local, state, and national resource centers and corporations. Examples of such organizations involved in science, mathematics, and technology education are: the New England Aquarium, the Boston Museum of Science, the Boston Children’s Museum, the Educational Development Center (EDC), the Technical Education Research Center (TERC), and the Concord Consortium.

For further information about the center, please contact Kenneth Brecher, Director, 2 Silber Way, Boston, MA 02215; 617-353-7100.

The following list reflects the 2010/2011 faculty.

Director Kenneth Brecher

Affiliated Faculty

• Gerald L. Abegg Professor Emeritus of Education, School of Education. AB, AM, Washington University (Missouri); PhD, University of Nebraska
• Paul Blanchard Associate Professor of Mathematics, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Brown University; PhD, Yale University
• Kenneth Brecher Director, Science & Mathematics Education Center; Professor of Astronomy and Professor of Physics, College of Arts & Sciences. BS, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Robert L. Devaney Professor of Mathematics, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, College of the Holy Cross; PhD, University of California, Berkeley
• Dan Dill Professor of Chemistry, College of Arts & Sciences (chemical physics). BA, Boston University; SM, PhD, University of Chicago
• Howard Eichenbaum Professor of Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences. BS, PhD, University of Michigan
• Carol S. Findell Clinical Associate Professor of Education, School of Education. BA, MST, University of New Hampshire; EdD, Boston University
• David Fried Professor of Mathematics, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, MA, University of Chicago; PhD, University of California, Berkeley
• Peter Garik Associate Professor of Education, School of Education. BS, State University of New York, Stony Brook; MS, PhD, Cornell University
• Roscoe Giles Associate Professor of Physics, College of Arts & Sciences; Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, School of Engineering. BA, University of Chicago; MS, PhD, Stanford University
• Elizabeth A. Godrick Professor of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences (cell biology). AB, Bucknell University; MA, PhD, Boston University
• Bennett B. Goldberg Professor of Physics, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Harvard University; MS, PhD, Brown University
• Stephen Grossberg Director, Center for Adaptive Systems; Wang Professor of Cognitive & Neural Systems; Professor of Mathematics, and Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences; Professor of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering. BA, Dartmouth College; MS, Stanford University; PhD, Rockfeller University
• Glen Richard Hall Associate Professor of Mathematics, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Carleton College; PhD, University of Minnesota
• Standish C. Hartman Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, College of Arts & Sciences (biochemistry). SB, SM, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Morton Z. Hoffman Professor Emeritus of Physical Chemistry, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, City University of New York, Hunter College; MS, PhD, University of Michigan
• Judith Schickedanz Professor of Education, School of Education. BS, MS, PhD, University of Illinois
• Mary H. Shann Professor of Education, School of Education. BS, MEd, PhD, Boston College
• H. Eugene Stanley Director, Center for Polymer Studies, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences; University Professor; Professor of Physics, College of Arts & Sciences (condensed water theory); Professor of Physiology, School of Medicine. BA, Wesleyan University; PhD, Harvard University
• Glenn Stevens Professor of Mathematics, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, University of California, Santa Barbara; PhD, Harvard University
• George O. Zimmerman Professor Emeritus of Physics, College of Arts & Sciences. BS, MS, PhD, Yale University

The Center for Space Physics provides a focus for research and graduate training in space physics at Boston University. It is an interdisciplinary center that includes faculty from the College of Engineering and the College of Arts & Sciences/Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.

The primary research aim is to understand the physical processes that govern the behavior of the atmospheres and plasma environments of Earth, Sun, and other solar system bodies. The tenuous upper atmosphere and plasmas surrounding the planets are a rich, natural laboratory in which to study how matter behaves at the very low densities and often very high temperatures found in space. Disturbances in space affect spacecraft, upset communications, and disrupt electrical power grids. Members of the center study the causes of these disturbances and our ability to predict them. Faculty members of the center conduct research programs that study the Earth’s mesosphere, thermosphere, ionosphere, and magnetosphere, as well as the solar wind and the coupling between these regions. Additional activities include cometary plasmas, planetary atmospheres and magnetospheres, and the interplanetary and interstellar media. Research programs carried on in the center include efforts in theory, numerical modeling, observation, and data analysis. Members of the center are involved with various flight missions from balloon and rocket-borne suborbital programs to major space missions such as the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). Our faculty use state-of-the-art super computers for physics modeling and observations around the world, in-orbit to address fundamental questions on the Earth’s neighborhood. Faculty and students also make extensive use of the Millstone Hill Incoherent Scatter Ionospheric Radar (located near Boston), as well as other IS radars in Greenland, Puerto Rico, and Peru. Center expertise includes state-of-the-art optical instrumentation capable of a wide range of ground-based applications in low-light-level imaging, tomographic spectroscopy, and space applications.

For more information about the center, contact Joshua Semeter, Director, Center for Space Physics, 725 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215; 617-353-5990.

The following list reflects the 2010/2011 faculty.

Director Joshua Semeter

Associate Director John Clarke

Faculty

• Supriya Chakrabarti Associate Professor of Astronomy, College of Arts & Sciences. BE, University of Calcutta (India); MS, PhD, University of California, Berkeley
• John Clarke Research Professor of Astronomy & Space Physics, College of Arts & Sciences. BS, Denison University; MA, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
• Timothy Cook Research Professor of Astronomy & Space Physics. BA, Johns Hopkins University; PhD, University of Colorado
• Nancy Crooker Research Professor of Astronomy & Space Physics, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Knox College; MS, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
• Theodore Fritz Professor of Astronomy, College of Arts & Sciences. BS, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, MS, PhD, University of Iowa
• Charles Goodrich Research Professor of Astronomy & Space Physics, College of Arts & Sciences. BSc, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Michael Mendillo Professor of Astronomy, College of Arts & Sciences. BS, Providence College; MA, PhD, Boston University
• William Oliver Associate Professor of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering, College of Engineering. BEE, MS, Auburn University; PhD, University of Illinois
• Meers Oppenheim Associate Professor of Astronomy, College of Arts & Sciences. BS, PhD, Cornell University
• Joshua Semeter Director, Center for Space Physics, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences; Assistant Professor of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering, College of Engineering. BS, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; MS, PhD, Boston University
• George Siscoe Research Professor of Astronomy & Space Physics, College of Arts & Sciences. BS, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Nathan Schwadron Associate Professor of Astronomy & Space Physics. BA, Oberlin College; PhD, University of Michigan
• Harlan Spence Professor of Astronomy, College of Arts & Sciences. BA, Boston University; MS, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

Research Associates

• Jeffrey Baumgardner Senior Research Associate. BA, MA, Boston University
• Yakov Dimant Research Associate. MS, Novosibirsk State University (Russia); PhD, Lebedev Institute of Physics (Russia)
• Marina Galand Research Fellow, Physics, Engineering. Diploma, DEA, University of Strasbourg (France); PhD, University of Grenoble (France)
• Robert Marshall Research Associate. BS, University of Southern California; MS, PhD, Stanford University
• Carlos Martinis Research Associate. BA, University en Fisica; MA, PhD, Boston University
• Luke Moore Research Associate. BS, University of Arizona; MA, PhD, Boston University
• Ingo Muller-Wodarg Research Fellow. MSc, PhD, University College (United Kingdom)
• Duggirala Pallam-Raju Research Fellow. MSc, Osamania University (India); PhD, Physical Research Laboratory (India)
• Henry Rishbeth Research Fellow. BA, MA, PhD, University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
• Steven Smith Senior Research Associate. BS, MS, PhD, University of Canterbury (New Zealand)
• Yann Tambouret Research Associate. BS, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; MA, PhD, Boston University
• Jody K. Wilson Senior Research Associate. BS, Ohio State University; MS, PhD, University of Colorado, Boulder
• Paul Withers Senior Research Associate. BA, MS, Cambridge University (England); PhD, University of Arizona

Staff

• Eric Beiser Project Coordinator. LCI, BS, Boston University
• Nicole Cahill Administrative Assistant. BA, Trinity College
• Michael Golightly Deputy Project Scientist (CRATER). BS, U.S. Naval Academy
• Thomas Heine Project Manager, CRaTER and RBSP–ECT. BS,Western Michigan University
• Paul Jung Mechanical Engineer. BS, Boston University
• Brian Larsen Instrument Suite Scientist (RBSP-ECT). BS, Linfield College; MS, PhD, Montana State University
• Clara Narvaez Staff Research. BA, Boston University
• Kristin Sacca Project Coordinator, CRaTER.
• Christine Bendit Assistant Director. BS, Rutgers University
• Despina Bokios Proposal Development Administrator. BS, Boston University
• Joei Wroten Research Staff. BS, University of Michigan