Research Centers and Institutes I

Center for Adaptive Systems
African Studies Center
Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders
Center for Archaeological Studies
Institute for Astrophysical Research
Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology, and Policy
Center for Defense Journalism
International Center for East Asian Archaeology and Cultural History
Center for Ecology and Conservation Biology
Institute for Economic Development
Center for Energy and Environmental Studies
International History Institute

The several interdisciplinary research centers and institutes of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences complement its academic departments. Although some of these units do not offer degree programs or courses, all faculty associated with them hold departmental appointments. Graduate students are admitted to degree programs by the academic departments but may often do much of their work in one of the centers, particularly if they are involved in advanced research. Institutes and centers conduct their own research and sponsor colloquia and guest lecture series.

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CENTER FOR ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS

The following list reflects the 2006/2007 faculty.

Director Stephen Grossberg

Faculty

Jelle Atema Professor of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, University of Michigan

Helen Barbas Professor of Health Sciences, Sargent College. BA, Kean College; MS, Kansas State University; PhD, McGill University (Canada)

Daniel Bullock Associate Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems and of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Reed College; PhD, Stanford University

Gail A. Carpenter Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems and of Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, University of Colorado; PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Michael A. Cohen Associate Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems and of Computer Science, College of Arts and Sciences. SB, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; PhD, Harvard University

H. Steven Colburn Director, Hearing Research Center; Professor of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering. SM, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Howard Eichenbaum Director, Center for Memory and Brain; Director, Cognitive Neurobiology Laboratory; Professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences. BS, PhD, University of Michigan

William D. Eldred III Professor of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences. BS, PhD, University of Colorado

Jean Berko Gleason Professor Emerita of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences. AB, Radcliffe College; AM, PhD, Harvard University

Sucharita Gopal Professor of Geography and Environment, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, MSc, BEd, MPhil, Madras University (India); PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara

Stephen Grossberg Director, Center for Adaptive Systems, College of Arts and Sciences; Chairman, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems; Director, Center of Excellence for Learning in Education, Science, and Technology (CELEST), College of Arts and Sciences; Wang Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Dartmouth College; MS, Stanford University; PhD, Rockefeller University

Frank Guenther Associate Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems, College of Arts and Sciences. BS, University of Missouri, Columbia; MSE, Princeton University; PhD, Boston University

Catherine Harris Associate Professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Harvard University; PhD, University of California, San Diego

Michael E. Hasselmo Director, Computational Neurophysiology Laboratory; Professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences. AB, Harvard University; PhD, Oxford University (England)

Allyn Hubbard Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering. BS, MS, PhD, University of Wisconsin

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, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Cornell University; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Nancy Kopell Professor of Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Cornell University; MA, PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Jacqueline A. Liederman Professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, City College of New York; PhD, University of Rochester

Ennio Mingolla Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems and of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Harvard University; MEd, Boston University; PhD, University of Connecticut

Joseph Perkell Adjunct Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems, College of Arts and 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 and Neural Systems. Vordiplom, Diplom, PhD, University of Bielefeld (Germany)

Adam Reeves Adjunct Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems, College of Arts and Sciences; Associate Professor of Psychology, Northeastern University. BA, PhD, City University of New York

Michele Rucci Assistant Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, MA, University of Florence, Firenze (Italy); PhD, Scuola Superiore, Pisa (Italy)

Elliot Saltzman Associate Professor of Physical Therapy, Sargent College. AB, Harvard University; PhD, University of Minnesota

Robert Savoy Adjunct Associate Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems, College of Arts and 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 and Neural Systems, College of Arts and Sciences; Professor of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering, College of Engineering; Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine. AB, Columbia College; MS, PhD, Columbia University

Robert Sekuler Adjunct Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems, College of Arts and Sciences; Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Frances and Louis H. Salvage Professor of Psychology, Brandeis University. AB, Brandeis University; MS, PhD, Brown University

Barbara Shinn-Cunningham Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems; Associate Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems, College of Arts and Sciences; Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering. ScB, Brown University; MS, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

David Somers Associate Professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences. BS, Harvey Mudd College; PhD, Boston University

Chantal Stern Director, Cognitive Neuroimaging Laboratory; Director, Brain, Behavior, and Cognition Program; Associate Professor of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, McGill University (Canada); DPhil, University of Oxford (England)

Malvin Teich Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering. SB, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MS, Stanford University; PhD, Cornell University

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; Associate Professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, MA, PhD, University of Tokyo (Japan)

Jeremy Wolfe Adjunct Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems, College of Arts and 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 and Environment; Director of Geographic Applications, Center for Remote Sensing, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, MA, PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara

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Research Associates

Mukund Balasubramanian Research Associate, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, BS, University of Texas at Austin; PhD, Boston University

Virginia Best Research Associate, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems, College of Arts and Sciences. BMS, PhD, University of Sydney (Australia)

Yongqiang Cao Research Assistant Professor, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems, College of Arts and Sciences. BS, Peking University, Beijing (China); MS, University of Technology, Dalian (China); PhD, York University, Toronto (Canada)

Arash Fazl Research Associate, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems, College of Arts and Sciences. MD, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (Iran); PhD, Boston University

Satrajit Ghosh Research Fellow, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems, College of Arts and Sciences. BS, National University of Singapore; PhD, Boston University

Anatoly Gorshechnikov Research Associate, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems, College of Arts and Sciences. BS, Belmont University; MS, Middle Tennessee State University; PhD, Boston University

Norbert Kop č o Research Associate, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems, College of Arts and Sciences. MSc (Dipl Ing), Technicka Univerzita, Kosice (Slovakia); PhD, Boston University

Geoffrey Stewart Morrison Research Fellow, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems, College of Arts and Sciences. BS, University of Dundee (Scotland); MTS, Vancouver School of Theology (Canada); MA, Simon Fraser University (Canada); PhD, University of Ottawa (Canada)

Alfonso Nieto-Castanon Research Associate, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems, College of Arts and Sciences. BS, MS, University of Valladolid (Spain); PhD, Boston University

Simon Overduin Research Associate, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems, College of Arts and Sciences. BSc, Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada); PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jonathan Polimeni Research Fellow, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems, College of Arts and Sciences. BS, Johns Hopkins University; PhD, Boston University

Kevin Reilly Research Associate, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, College of the Holy Cross; MS, Columbia University; PhD, University of Washington, Seattle

Fabrizio Santini Research Associate, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems, College of Arts and Sciences. MS, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Rome (Italy); PhD, University of Florence (Italy)

Timothy Streeter Research Associate, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems, College of Arts and Sciences. BS, MS, University of New Hampshire; MA, Boston University

Massimiliano Versace Assistant Director, CNS Technology Lab for Science and Technology Outreach, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems, College of Arts and Sciences. BA/MA, University of Trieste (Italy); PhD, Boston University

Tony Vladusich Research Associate, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems, College of Arts and Sciences. BS, University of Queensland (Australia); PhD, Australian National University

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Staff

Brian Bowlby Director of CNS Computation Laboratories, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Kalamazoo College; PhD, Boston College

Cynthia Bradford Assistant Director, Center for Adaptive Systems, College of Arts and Sciences; Administrative Director, Center of Excellence for Learning in Education, Science, and Technology (CELEST), College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Indiana University

Daniel Franklin CELEST Director of Curriculum Development, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Williams College; MTS, Harvard University; MBA, Boston University

Megan Johnson Senior Program Coordinator, Center for Adaptive Systems, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Boston University

The Center for Adaptive Systems is an interdisciplinary research and training center whose interests intersect the areas of biology, computer science, engineering, mathematics, and psychology. The center performs interdisciplinary research aimed at discovering and developing principled theories of brain and behavior, notably concerning how individual humans and animals adapt so well on their own to rapidly changing environments that may include rare, ambiguous, and unexpected events. Research and training are carried out both individually and through close collaborative relationships between faculty, students, and postdoctoral fellows. Research projects encompass a broad range of areas concerning cognitive and 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.

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AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER

The following list reflects the 2006/2007 faculty.

Director James Pritchett

Associate Director for Development James McCann

Affiliated Faculty

Betty Anderson Assistant Professor of History, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Trinity College; MA, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

Kathryn Bard Associate Professor of Archaeology, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Connecticut College; MFA, Yale University; MA, University of Michigan; MA, PhD, University of Toronto (Canada)

Cynthia Becker Assistant Professor of Art History, College of Arts and 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 and Comparative History, College of Arts and 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 and Sciences. BA, Boston College; MPhil, PhD, Yale University

Edouard J. Bustin Professor of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences. Doct. en Droit, Lic Sc Dipl, University of Liège (Belgium)

Odile Cazenave Associate Professor, Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, University of Strasbourg; MA, PhD, The Pennsylvania State University

Christophe Chamley Professor of Economics, College of Arts and Sciences. MSc, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg I (France); PhD, Harvard University

Neta Crawford Professor, Department of Political Science and African American Studies. BA, Brown University; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Martinius L. Daneel Adjunct Associate Professor of Theology. BA, Stellenbosch University (South Africa); DTheol, Free University of Amsterdam (Netherlands)

Charles Dunbar Professor of International Relations, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Harvard College; MIA, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs

Susan E. Eckstein Professor of Sociology, College of Arts and 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 and 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)

Irene Gendzier Professor of History and Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences. AB, Barnard College; MA, PhD, Columbia University

Roy-Michael Grundmann Assistant Professor, Department of Film and Television, College of Communication. MA, PhD, New York University

John R. Harris Professor of Economics, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Wheaton College; MA, PhD, Northwestern University

Harald Kristian Heggenhougen Professor of International Health; Associate, Center for International Health, School of Public Health. BA, Bowdoin College; MA, PhD, New School for Social Research

Linda Heywood Professor of History, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Brooklyn College; MA, PhD, Columbia University

John Hutchison Associate Professor of African Languages and African Language Coordinator, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Pomona College; MA, PhD, Indiana University

Robert Jackson Professor of International Relations, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, MA, University of British Columbia; PhD, University of California at Berkeley

Leslie Kaufman Associate Professor of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, PhD, Johns Hopkins University

Richard Laing Associate Professor of International Health, School of Public Health. DA, College of Medicine (South Africa); MSc, University of London (England); MB, ChB, MD, University of Zimbabwe

Richard Lawler Assistant Professor of Biological Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, University of Illinois; MA, Southern Illinois University; MPhil, PhD (Anthropology), Yale University

Robert Lucas Professor of Economics, College of Arts and Sciences; Senior Research Associate, Institute for Economic Development, Graduate School of Arts and 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

James C. McCann Associate Director for Development, African Studies Center; Professor of History, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Northwestern University; MA, PhD, Michigan State University

Martin Muller Assistant Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences. MA, PhD, University of Southern California

James Pritchett Director, African Studies Center; Associate Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Ohio State University; AM, PhD, Harvard University

Dana Robert Associate Professor of International Mission, School of Theology. MA, PhD, Yale University

Parker Shipton Associate Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences. AB, Cornell University; MLitt, University of Oxford (England); PhD, University of Cambridge (England)

John Stone Professor of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, MA, Cambridge University; PhD, Oxford University

John Thornton Professor of History, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, University of Michigan; MA, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

Diana Wylie Professor of History, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Goucher College; MLitt, Edinburgh University (Scotland); PhD, Yale University

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Emeriti

Richard N. Bail Jr. Adjunct Assistant Professor Emeritus of International Health, School of Public Health. BA, Bowdoin College; BS, Dartmouth College; MD, Harvard University

Norman R. Bennett Professor Emeritus of History, College of Arts and 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 and Sciences. BSc, MSc, PhD, University of London (England)

Vivian R. Johnson Associate Professor Emerita of Education, School of Education. BA, University of California, Los Angeles; CAGS, EdD, Harvard University

Kay Jones Clinical Associate Professor Emerita of Social Work, School of Social Work

Stephen Lyne Professor Emeritus of International Relations and History, College of Arts and 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 and Sciences. AB, Harvard University; LLB, Columbia University

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Research Fellows

Eric Allina-Pisano (history)

Michael DiBlasi (archaeology)

John Gay (theology)

Heidi Gengenbach (history)

Jeanne Koopman (economics)


Victor Manfredi (linguistics, social anthropology)


Ivor Miller (African studies)


Shaheen Mozaffar (political science)


Jeanne Penvenne (history)


Walter Sangree (anthropology)


Patrick Seyon (education)


Marc Sommers (anthropology)


Leigh Swigart (anthropology)


Jennifer Yanco (linguistics and public health)

The graduate program for research and teaching in African Studies is interdisciplinary. A major aim of the program is to provide specialized training and research experience in African studies to advanced students interested in research, teaching, and nonacademic careers. The resources of the center are also available to agencies, groups, and individuals with general or specialized interests in African affairs.

Degrees are not awarded in African studies. Candidates interested in African studies take advanced degrees in the departments of their choice with specialized work in the African field. The African specialization consists of approved courses and directed research as listed below. Programs involving work in more than one department are encouraged. A Graduate Certificate in African Studies can be obtained by graduate students who fulfill basic requirements in African area studies within a degree program. The certificate will be useful for students taking professional degrees in law, management, international relations, communication, education, fine arts, medicine, or public health where official recognition of African area studies expertise is necessary. Course descriptions and prerequisites may be found under appropriate departmental listings.

Several fellowships, including Department of Education Title VI National Resource Fellowships, are available to qualified candidates for the MA or PhD degrees who plan to specialize in African studies. For further details, write to the director, African Studies Center, 270 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215; 617-353-3673.

For descriptions of the following courses, see the departmental listings.

African American Studies

CAS AA 588 Women, Power, and Culture in Africa


CAS AA 871 African-American History


CAS AA 885 Atlantic History

Anthropology

GRS AN 571 Seminar: Political Anthropology


GRS AN 585 Seminar: Advanced Reading in African Ethnography


GRS AN 589 Seminar: Development Anthropology


GRS AN 594 Seminar: Topics in Cultural Anthropology


GRS AN 703 Proseminar: Anthropology


GRS AN 704 Proseminar: Anthropology


GRS AN 712 Studies in African Ethnography


GRS AN 731 Human Origins


GRS AN 732 Primate Behavioral Adaptation


GRS AN 751 Graduate Study in Language, Culture, and Society


GRS AN 761 Graduate Study in Social Anthropology


GRS AN 901 Directed Study in Anthropology


GRS AN 902 Directed Study in Anthropology


GRS AN 931 Directed Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology


GRS AN 932 Directed Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology


GRS AN 965 African Anthropological Studies


GRS AN 966 African Anthropological Studies

Archaeology

GRS AR 513 African Archaeology


GRS AR 532 Near East Archaeology


GRS AR 706 Archaeology of Complex Societies


GRS AR 746 Archaeology of Ancient Egypt


GRS AR 800 Seminar: Food-Gathering Societies


GRS AR 905, 906 Directed Research in Old-World Prehistoric Archaeology

Economics

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

English

GRS EN 794 Post Colonial Theory

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

GRS HI 777 Problems in African History


GRS HI 779 African Historiography


GRS HI 892 The Middle East


GRS HI 893 History of Northern Africa


GRS HI 894 Environmental History of Africa


GRS HI 895 South Africa in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries


GRS HI 896 History of Modern Africa II


GRS HI 903 Directed Study: African History


GRS HI 960 Directed Research: Oral History


GRS HI 973 Directed Research: African History

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International Relations

GRS IR 548 United Nations Peacekeeping System


GRS IR 587 Political Economy in the Middle East

Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures

Bantu Languages

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 LQ 111, 112 Introduction to the Study of Bantu Languages and Linguistics

Igbo

CAS LD 111 First-Semester Igbo


CAS LD 112 Second-Semester Igbo

Mandinka

CAS LD 113 First-Semester Mandinka (Bambara)


CAS LD 114 Second-Semester Mandinka (Bambara)


CAS LD 213 Third-Semester Mandinka (Bambara)


CAS LD 214 Fourth-Semester Mandinka (Bambara)

Sesotho

CAS LD 117 First-Semester Sesotho


CAS LD 118 Second-Semester Sesotho

Swahili

CAS LE 111 First-Semester Swahili


CAS LE 112 Second-Semester Swahili


CAS LE 211 Third-Semester Swahili


CAS LE 212 Fourth-Semester Swahili


CAS LE 311 Fifth-Semester Swahili


CAS LE 312 Sixth-Semester Swahili

Yoruba

CAS LO 111 First-Semester Yoruba


CAS LO 112 Second-Semester Yoruba


CAS LO 211 Third-Semester Yoruba


CAS LO 212 Fourth-Semester Yoruba

Zulu

CAS LD 215 First-Semester Zulu


CAS LD 216 Second-Semester Zulu

Literature

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Political Science

Religion

Sociology

Directed Study or Research

Interdisciplinary Research Foci

The African Studies Center encourages formal and informal collaboration among a growing community of Africanist scholars. Faculty, research fellows, and graduate students regularly share their insights and disciplinary perspectives on topics of mutual concern. As a result of these interactions, several clusters of research activities have developed around the following themes: strategies for economic development; migration, employment, and the functioning of the labor market; rural and agricultural change; women and development; health care and delivery; language planning and literacy; political economy; new themes in the humanities; religion and belief systems; economic history; environmental history and human ecology; the archaeology of complex societies; and urbanization.

CENTER FOR ANXIETY AND RELATED DISORDERS

The following list reflects the 2006/2007 faculty.

Director Michael W. Otto

Nurse Administrator Bonnie Brown

Faculty

David H. Barlow Director Emeritus, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Department of Psychology; Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry

Michael W. Otto Director, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Department of Psychology; Professor, Department of Psychology

Timothy A. Brown Director of Research and Research Administration; Professor, Department of Psychology

Lisa C. Smith Clinical Director, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychology

Katherine C. Eisenmenger Director, Medical Programs and Training; Research Associate, Department of Psychology

Stefan G. Hofmann Director, Social Anxiety Program; Associate Professor, Department of Psychology

Donna B. Pincus Director, Child and Adolescent Anxiety Treatment Program; Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology

Jill T. Ehrenreich Associate Director, Child and Adolescent Anxiety Treatment Programs; Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology

Heather Thompson Brenner Director, Eating Disorders Program; Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology

Elizabeth Pratt Associate Director, Eating Disorders Program; Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychology

Todd J. Farchione Director, Anxiety and Substance Abuse Program; Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pscyhology

Evelyn Behar Director, Emotional Processing Research Program; Research Professor, Department of Psychology

Aleta Angelosante, MA PhD Project Director, Adolescent Intensive Panic Treatment Program

Heather Murray PhD Research Associate

The Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University began in August 1996 as a clinical research and training site, primarily for students in the Department of Psychology as well as postdoctoral fellows and residents in psychiatry. The center is one of the largest of its kind in North America and maintains international recognition for its specialized work in the area of anxiety and related disorders. The center is staffed by doctoral-level clinical psychologists, a psychiatrist, a registered nurse, research assistants, and administrative support staff. Doctoral-level students in clinical psychology and residents in psychiatry from the Department of Psychiatry of the Boston University School of Medicine also carry on activities, including providing clinical services and participating in research related to the mission of the center. Undergraduate and Master’s degree students in psychology also are involved in the center, earning credit for Directed Study and participating in ongoing clinical research projects to gain experience relevant to future endeavors. Graduate students in social work, counseling, psychology, and religion also utilize the resources of the center to further their training and research objectives.

In the pursuit of its teaching and research mission, CARD offers clinical services to patients referred from the community suffering from anxiety and related disorders (e.g., depression, eating disorders, and related somatoform and personality disorders). All of these services are either provided by, or directly supervised by, licensed mental health professionals at Boston University with recognized expertise in treating these disorders. Patients at CARD come from throughout the United States and from various countries around the world to receive brief, intensive services provided only at CARD. Most patients, however, are referred from primary care physicians or other resources in the Greater Boston area.

The research mission of CARD is to improve existing treatments or develop new treatments for these chronic disorders and to conduct more basic research into the nature of anxiety, depression, and related emotional disorders. This work is supported by well over $1,000,000 annually from funding sources such as the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute of Drug Abuse, the National Institute of Alcohol and Alcohol Abuse, as well as various foundations and pharmaceutical companies. Current programs focus on the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents experiencing anxiety and panic attacks, the efficacy of combined psychological and pharmacological treatments for panic disorder, and innovative Virtual Reality treatments for specific phobias. Many other related programs, most of them funded by external sources, are also ongoing.

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CENTER FOR ARCHAEOLGICAL STUDIES

The following reflects the 2006/2007 faculty.

Director James R. Wiseman

Managing Editor, Publications Margaret L. Wiseman

Administrative Assistant Marta Ostovich

Faculty

Kathryn Bard Associate Professor of Archaeology, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Connecticut College; MFA, Yale University; MA, University of Michigan; MA, PhD, University of Toronto (Canada)

Mary Beaudry Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, College of William and Mary; MA, PhD, Brown University

Ksenija Borojevic Assistant Professor of Archaeology, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, Washington University, St. Louis

Clemency C. Coggins Professor of Archaeology and Art History, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Wellesley College; MA, San Jose State University; MFA, PhD, Harvard University

David J. Cohen Adjunct Assistant Professor of Archaeology, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, Harvard University

Michael Danti Visiting Assistant Professor, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, University of Pennsylvania

Michael DiBlasi Adjunct Assistant Professor of Archaeology. BA, Pennsylvania State University; MA, PhD, Boston University

Ricardo J. Elia Director of Graduate Studies; Associate Professor of Archaeology, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, PhD, Boston University; MA, Ohio State University

Paul Goldberg Professor of Archaeology, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, University of Colorado; MS, PhD, University of Michigan

Norman Hammond Chairman, Department of Archaeology; Professor of Archaeology, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, MA, PhD, ScD, University of Cambridge (England)

Fred S. Kleiner Professor of Archaeology and Art History, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, University of Pennsylvania; MA, PhD, Columbia University

Patricia A. McAnany Director, Undergraduate Studies, Professor of Archaeology, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, University of Alaska; MS, PhD, University of New Mexico

Rafique Mughal Professor of Archaeology. BA, Gordon College (Pakistan); MA, University of the Punjab (Pakistan); PhD, University of Pennsylvania

Robert Murowchick Research Associate Professor of Archaeology and Anthropology; Director, International Center for East Asian Archaeology and Cultural History; Editor, Journal of East Asian Archaeology. BA, Yale College; MA, PhD, Harvard University

Amalia Perez-Juez Adjunct Assistant Professor of Archaeology; Assistant Director, Boston University Program Madrid. PhD, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

Christopher Roosevelt Director of Graduate Admissions; Assistant Professor of Archaeology, Collge of Arts and Sciences. BA, Colby College; MA, PhD, Cornell University

Curtis N. Runnels Professor of Archaeology, College of Arts and Sciences; Editor, Journal of Field Archaeology. BA, University of Kansas; MA, PhD, Indiana University

James R. Wiseman Director, Center for Archaeological Studies; Professor of Archaeology, Art History, and Classics, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, University of Missouri; MA, PhD, University of Chicago

Paul E. Zimansky Professor of Archaeology, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Johns Hopkins University; MA, PhD, University of Chicago

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Associated Faculty

Farouk El-Baz Research Professor of the Center for Remote Sensing

Research Fellows

Ihson Ali


Trina Arpin


Mary Lee Bartlett


Francesco Berna


Rudolph Dornemann


Chantal Esquivias


Francisco Estrada Belli


Rudolfo Fattovich


Lorinda Goodwin


Britt Hartenberger


Dan Hicks


Donald Keller


Christina Luke


Richard I. MacPhail


Anna Marguerite McCann


Karen Metheny


Michele Miller


Priscilla Murray


Polly Peterson


Shannon Plank


Sheldon Sandler


Nancy Seasholes


Joanna S. Smith


Elizabeth C. Stone


Lauren Sullivan


Thomas Tartaron


Gair Tourtellot III


Tjeerd van Andel


Dan Welch


Howard Wellman


Al B. Wesolowsky


Caroline White

Emerita

Julie Hansen Professor Emerita of Archaeology, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, University of Wisconsin; MA, PhD, Unviersity of Minnesota

The principal aims of the Center for Archaeological Studies are the development and coordination of local, national, and international interdisciplinary archaeological programs in education and research. By involving professional archaeologists, scholars in other fields, and the general public, the center intends to increase awareness of the importance of understanding and preserving the world’s cultural heritage.

The center also sponsors special seminars, lectures, and trips, and publishes a journal, Context, which has an international reading.

The facilities of the center include teaching and research laboratories, a slide library, computers, and a reference collection of artifacts and specimens. Activities include seminars, field schools, and summer programs. Current and recent research projects have been conducted in New England, Albania, Belize, Cyprus, Ethiopia, Greece, Spain, Turkey, and Portugal. Membership in the center is open to the general public.

In addition to the archaeological books in the Mugar Library, there is an important collection of archaeological books in the Stone Science Library, which primarily serves the departments and centers in the Stone Science Building where the Department of Archaeology is located. The collection is on the fourth floor in an attractive reading room where reserve readings for advanced archaeology courses are housed, along with computers, online catalogs, archaeological bibliographical reference works, maps, and other archaeological reference materials.

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INSTITUTE FOR ASTROPHYSICAL RESEARCH

The following list reflects the 2006/2007 faculty.

Director Tereasa Brainerd

Faculty

Thomas Bania Professor of Astronomy, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Brown University; MA, PhD, University of Virginia

Elizabeth Blanton Assistant Professor of Astronomy, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Vassar College; PhD, Columbia University

Tereasa Brainerd Associate Professor of Astronomy, College of Arts and Sciences. BSc, University of Alberta (Canada); PhD, Ohio State University

Dan Clemens Professor of Astronomy, College of Arts and Sciences. BS, BS, University of California, Davis; MS, MS, PhD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

James Jackson Professor of Astronomy, College of Arts and Sciences. BS, Pennsylvania State University; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Kenneth Janes Professor of Astronomy, College of Arts and Sciences. AB, Harvard College; MS, San Diego State University; MA, MPhil, PhD, Yale University

Alan Marscher Professor of Astronomy, College of Arts and Sciences. Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences. BS, Cornell University; MS, PhD, University of  Virginia

Amanda Bosh Senior Research Associate. SB, SB, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Svetlana Jorstad Senior Research Associate; BS, PhD, St. Petersburg State University (Russia)

Kathleen Kraemer Research Fellow. BA, California Institute of Technology; MA, PhD, Boston University

Ronak Shah Research Associate. BS, Boston University; MA, PhD, University of Virginia

Irena Stojimirovic Research Associate. BS, University of Belgrade; PhD, University of Massachusetts

The mission of the Institute for Astrophysical Research is to promote and facilitate research and education in astrophysics at Boston University. This goal is accomplished via coordinating and managing externally sponsored research programs, providing visibility for institute members with funding agencies and the community at large, coordinating use of astrophysics research facilities in which the University has significant interests, and promoting the design, development, and operation of instruments and telescopes for astrophysics research.

The institute conducts a weekly astrophysics journal club and seminar series, monthly meetings of the institute faculty, quarterly rounds of calls for proposals for use of the Perkins telescope, an annual internal seminar, and various occasional and informal events.

The institute oversees the Boston University partnership with Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, to jointly operate the 1.8 m (72") Perkins telescope on Anderson Mesa. Boston University astronomers utilize half of the telescope nights and are actively using existing instruments on the telescope and developing new instruments to solve current research problems.

Institute members are developing a new mid-infrared instrument for use on large telescopes on Hawaii’s Mauna Kea mountaintop. In addition, research is conducted using large telescopes and telescope systems around the world, in earth orbit, and using state-of-the-art fast computers.

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INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CONFLICT, IDEOLOGY AND POLICY

The following list reflects the 2006/2007 faculty and staff.

Director University Professor Uri Ra’anan

Deputy Director Susan J. Cavan

National Defense Fellows Col Dan Debree, Lt Col Monty Perry

Program Manager Monika Shepherd

First chartered in 1988, the Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology, and Policy focuses on domestic, especially ethnic, tensions and international problems facing decision makers in Russia and its neighbors.

A proponent of active, rather than passive, education, the institute offers graduate students full participation in the faculty-student research team and in its regularly scheduled diplomatic crisis simulation exercises. The institute’s researchers have established a sophisticated computerized database on current developments in Russia/Newly Independent States. The institute provides students with opportunities for meeting with senior policymakers, former and present, international and American, at conferences and ongoing lecture series.

The institute sponsored a conference to examine Russian succession struggles in April 2004. “Sic transit...Power Transfer Moscow Style” featured presentations by the institute’s Director on the succession of “Stalin’s Heirs” as well as papers by noted academicians on the conflicts of the Kruschev era, the Gorbachev to Yel’tsin transition, and the Putin accession.

An earlier conference on “Gorbachev’s USSR: A System in Crisis” featured Lieutenant General William E. Odom, director of the National Security Agency, 1985 – 88; the conference on “The Soviet Empire: The Challenge of National and Democratic Movements” featured the renowned Yugoslav dissident Milovan Djilas. The conference on “Ethnic Conflict and Conflict Resolution” was held in Vienna with the co-sponsorship of the Austrian Renner Institute and Boston University’s Institute for the Study of Economic Culture, and included distinguished participants from Eastern Europe, as well as from the West. The symposium on “Soviet Pluralism—Now Irreversible?” included leading personalities from the Soviet democratic movement, as well as major figures from the academic sector and the media. The gathering on “Russia: A Return to Imperialism?” focused on the increasing imperial trend Russia has been exhibiting toward other former Soviet republics.

The institute’s distinguished lecturer and “round table” series has included such personalities as Doctor Robert Conquest, Yelena Bonner, General John Shaud, Admiral Leon Edney, General Barry McCaffrey, Major General Anthony Zinni, and the late Sidney Hook. Under the sponsorship of the visiting National Defense Fellow and Federal Executive Fellow, students participate in biannual simulation exercises that enable them to play crisis decision-making roles.

To date, the institute has published six major books, the most recent being Russia—A Return to Imperialism?, Flawed Succession: Russia’s Power Transfer Crises, and Russian Pluralism—Now Irreversible? Twelve issues of the ISCIP Publication Series have appeared, as well as 53 issues of the institute’s journal, the bimonthly Perspective, which has received favorable responses from prominent analysts of Soviet affairs here and abroad. Featuring contributions from well-known American, British, French, German, and Russian scholars and practitioners, Perspective provides timely, thoughtful commentary on current developments, as well as publishing the findings of substantive research on the post-Soviet states. The institute has also launched an electronic publication, available biweekly, The NIS Observed: An Analytical Review, containing signed contributions from the graduate student researchers, and an occasional publication, Behind the Breaking News, which is available electronically and via the Institute’s website.

Designed to enhance comprehension of central issues in international relations and political theory, the institute, as such, is not a teaching or degree-conferring entity. However, its faculty, together with colleagues from the various departments, offers graduate-level courses that relate closely to its work. Some of these courses are listed below; please refer to departmental sections of the bulletin for complete course descriptions.

UNI SS 541/CAS IR 541 Russia’s International Policies (I) (Sometimes offered as directed study.)



UNI SS 544/CAS IR 544 Comparative Political Systems and Foreign Policies



UNI SS 545/CAS IR 545 Central and East European Diplomatic History, 1789 – 1918



UNI SS 802/GRS IR 802 Russia’s International Policies (II) (Sometimes offered as Directed Study)

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CENTER FOR DEFENSE JOURNALISM

Director H. Joachim Maître

The center maintains a specialized library and reference center on military and defense-related information to assist journalists conducting research projects.

For further information about the Center for Defense Journalism, visit the Center for Defense Journalism or contact Dr. H. Joachim Maître, Director, Center for Defense Journalism, 67 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215; 617-353-6186; fax: 617-353-8707; E-mail: defjourn@bu.edu.

INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR EAST ASIAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND CULTURAL HISTORY

The following list reflects the 2006/2007 Executive Committee.

Director Robert E. Murowchick

Executive Committee

Qianshen Bai Associate Professor of Art History, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Peking University, China; MA, Peking University, Rutgers University; PhD, Yale University

Thomas J. Barfield Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, University of Pennsylvania; MA, PhD, Harvard University

John H. Berthrong Associate Dean for Academic and Administrative Affairs, Associate Professor of Comparative Theology, Deputy Director of the Division of Religious and Theological Studies, School of Theology. BA, Kansas University; MA, PhD, University of Chicago

Ricardo Elia Chairman, Department of Archaeology; Associate Professor of Archaeology. Director of Archaeology Graduate Studies, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, PhD, Boston University

Joseph Fewsmith III Professor of Inter-national Relations, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Northwestern University; PhD, University of Chicago

Norman Hammond Professor of Archaeology, College of Arts and Sciences. MA, Diploma in Classical Archaeology. PhD, ScD, University of Cambridge; DSc honoris causa, University of Bradford

Eugenio Menegon Assistant Professor of History, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Università Ca’ Foscari, Venezia (Italy)

M. Rafique Mughal Professor of Archaeology, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Gordon College, Pakistan; MA, University of the Punjab, Pakistan; PhD, University of Pennsylvania

Robert E. Murowchick Research Associate Professor of Archaeology and Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Yale College; MA, PhD, Harvard University

Alice Y. Tseng Assistant Professor of Art History, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Columbia University; MA, PhD, Harvard University

Susan R. Weld General Counsel, Congressional Executive Commission on China; Research Fellow, East Asian Legal Studies, Harvard Law School. BA, Radcliffe College; JD, PhD, Harvard University

Robert P. Weller Chairman, Department of Anthropology. Professor of Anthropology, Research Associate in the Institute for the Study of Economic Culture, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Yale University; PhD, Johns Hopkins University

James R. Wiseman Professor of Archaeology, Art History, and Classics, College of Arts and Sciences; Director, Center for Archaeological Studies. AB, University of Missouri; AM, PhD, University of Chicago

The International Center for East Asian Archaeology and Cultural History (ICEAACH) is an interdisciplinary research facility open to the academic community as well as the interested public part of the Department of Archaeology. It supports archaeological and related research on East Asia (including China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, mainland Southeast Asia, Siberia, and Central Asia) and coordinates fieldwork, laboratory analyses, publication, and a range of research projects. The center is currently implementing ARC/Base, a comprehensive, multilingual, bibliographic database of publications in East Asian archaeology and related fields. ICEAACH serves as an important community resource, promoting awareness of East Asian archaeology, cultural heritage, and related topics through public outreach programs, teacher training, museum programs, and as a media liaison. It is also an internationally recognized resource for scholars of East Asian archaeology, art history, anthropology, international relations, history, and religion, and hosts a visiting scholars program designed to foster collaborative research between Asian and Western colleagues.

The editorial facilities of the Journal of East Asian Archaeology, published by Brill Academic Publishers in The Netherlands, are located at ICEAACH. The center also houses an extensive library on East Asian archaeology and anthropology that includes slides, photographs, maps, international journals, and over 6,000 volumes in East Asian and Western languages. The library is open to the general public during regular business hours. The library catalogue may be searched online at the center’s website, ICEAACH.

Asia-related faculty and courses are found in a variety of departments and colleges at Boston University. Interested students should contact the department of their choice for a listing of specialized courses.

For further information, visit ICEAACH website, or contact: Dr. Robert E. Murowchick, Director, International Center for East Asian Archaeology and Cultural History, 650 Beacon Street, Suite 505, Boston, MA 02215; 617-358-8000; fax 617-358-8008; E-mail: asianarc@bu.edu.

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CENTER FOR ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

The following list reflects the 2006/2007 faculty.

Director Thomas H. Kunz

Associate Director Christopher J. Schneider

Faculty

Jelle Atema Professor of Biology, Boston University Marine Program, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, University of Michigan

Paul Barber Assistant Professor of Biology, Boston University Marine Program, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Margrit Betke Associate Professor of Computer Science, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Peter Busher Professor of Science, College of General Studies. PhD, University of Nevada, Reno

Ben Campbell Assistant Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, Harvard University

Cutler J. Cleveland Director, Center for Energy and Environmental Studies; Associate Professor of Geography, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, University of Illinois

William Davis Professor of Science, College of General Studies. PhD, Boston University

Farouk El-Baz Director, Center for Remote Sensing; Research Professor, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, University of Missouri

John Finnerty Assistant Professor of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, University of Chicago

Adrien Finzi Associate Professor of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, University of Connecticut

Mark Friedl Associate Professor of Geography; Chairman, Department of Geography, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara

Stjepko Golubic Professor of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, University of Zagreb (Croatia)

Sucharita Gopal Associate Professor of Geography, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara

Les Kaufman Professor of Biology, Boston University Marine Program, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, Johns Hopkins University

Robert K. Kaufmann Professor of Geography, Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, University of Pennsylvania

Thomas H. Kunz Director, Center for Ecology and Conservation Biology; Professor of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, University of Kansas

Andrew Kurtz Associate Professor, Earth Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, Cornell University

Phillip S. Lobel Associate Professor of Biology, Boston University Marine Program, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, Harvard University

Richard W. Murray Professor of Earth Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Ranga Myneni Associate Professor of Geography, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, University of Antwerp (Belgium)

Nathan Phillips Assistant Professor of Geography, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, Duke University

Richard B. Primack Professor of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, Duke University

Rebeca B. Rosengaus Research Associate, Center for Ecology and Conservation Biology, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, Boston University

Guido D. Salvucci Assistant Professor of Geography and Earth Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Christopher J. Schneider Associate Director, Center for Ecology and Conservation Biology; Associate Professor of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Caroly A. Shumway Research Assistant Professor of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Lisa G. Sorenson Research Assistant Professor of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, University of Minnesota

Michael D. Sorenson Associate Professor of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, University of Minnesota

Kelly Swing Director, Boston University Tropical Ecology Program; Adjunct Associate Professor of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, Louisiana State University

James F. A. Traniello Professor of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, Harvard University

Ivan Valiela Professor of Biology, Boston University Marine Program, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, Cornell University

Karen Warkentin Assistant Professor of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, University of Texas, Austin

Fred E. Wasserman Associate Professor of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, University of Maryland

Curtis E. Woodcock Professor of Geography; College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara

Ayako Yamaguchi Assistant Professor of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, University of California, Davis

The Center for Ecology and Conservation Biology (CECB) provides leadership and expertise in field-based research and training programs in ecology and conservation biology. The center is located in the Biology Research Building, 5 Cummington Street, Room 431, Boston, MA 02215. CECB Director Thomas Kunz and Administrator Maria Lacreta coordinate all center activities and programs.

CECB addresses national and international research and training needs, especially in tropical ecology, by offering formal courses, workshops, seminars, research opportunities, and internships. The center, along with Boston University International Programs, has developed and implemented a semester-long Tropical Ecology Program in collaboration with the Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Ecuador. One of the highlights of this collaboration has been the development of the Tiputini Biodiversity Station, located in one of the most biologically rich regions on the earth. This field station offers exceptional opportunities for training, research, and ecotourism.

For further information, please call 617-353-6982 or send e-mail to cecb@bu.edu.

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INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMICAL DEVELOPMENT

The following list reflects the 2006/2007 faculty.

Director Dilip Mookherjee

Faculty

Marianne Baxter Professor of Economics, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, University of Chicago

Maristella Botticini Associate Professor of Economics, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, Northwestern University

Christophe Chamley Professor of Economics, College of Arts and Sciences. MSc, University of Strasbourg (France); PhD, Harvard University

Peter Doeringer Professor of Economics, College of Arts and Sciences and School of Management; Associate Dean for Faculty, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, MA, PhD, Harvard University

Randall P. Ellis Professor of Economics, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Yale College; MS, London School of Economics and Political Science (England); PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Simon Gilchrist Associate Professor of Economics, College of Arts and Sciences. BS, Iowa State University; MS, PhD, University of Wisconsin

John R. Harris Professor of Economics, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Wheaton College; MA, PhD, Northwestern University

Leroy Jones Professor of Economics, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, University of Washington; MA, American University; PhD, Harvard University

Robert G. King Professor of Economics, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, PhD, Brown University

Laurence J. Kotlikoff Professor of Economics, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, University of Pennsylvania; MA, PhD, Harvard University

Kevin Lang Professor of Economics, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Saint Catherine’s College; MSc, University of Montreal (Canada); PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Robert E. B. Lucas Professor of Economics, College of Arts and 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 and Sciences. AB, University of Michigan; AM, PhD, Harvard University

Jianjun Miao Assistant Professor of Economics, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, University of Science and Technology (Hefei, China); MA, PhD, University of Rochester

Dilip Mookherjee Director, Institute for Economic Development; Professor of Economics, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Calcutta University (India); MA, Delhi School of Economics (India); PhD, London School of Economics (England)

Andrew Newman Professor of Economics, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, MA, PhD, Harvard University

Pankaj Tandon Associate Professor of Economics, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, MA, University of Delhi (India); PhD, Harvard University

Adrien Verdelhan Assistant Professor of Economics, College of Arts and Sciences. Engineering deg., Ecole Supérieure d’Electricité (France); BA, Université Paris I, Sorbonne (France); PhD, University of Chicago

Sujata Visaria Assistant Professor of Economics, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, MA, University of Delhi (India); PhD, Columbia University

Emeriti

Shane Hunt Professor Emeritus of Economics, College of Arts and Sciences. BS, University of Miami; MA, PhD, Yale University

Gustav F. Papanek Professor Emeritus of Economics, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Cornell University; MA, PhD, Harvard University

Paul Streeten Professor Emeritus of Economics, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, MA, DLitt, University of Oxford (England); MA (hon.), LLD (hon.), University of Aberdeen (Scotland)

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.

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. It hosts visitors on both a short term and long term basis. The institute maintains a computer room that caters exclusively to the word-processing and computing needs of graduate students. A prize for the best essay in development economics amongst graduate students is awarded annually, in memory of Paul Rosenstein-Rodan, a key figure in the field at Boston University. Partial travel support has also been offered to graduate students for presenting their work at major conferences. Special services for international graduate students include dissertation editing and peer advising.

Active areas of research and discussion at the institute have spanned 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, wage and income inequality, social security, health, public finance, reforms in governance and public enterprises, privatization, decentralization, and comparative business strategy. The research methodologies employed represent a combination of theoretical, empirical, and policy analyses that uniformly aim for high standards of rigor.

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CENTER FOR ENERGY AND ENVIROMENTAL STUDIES

The following list reflects the 2006/2007 faculty.

Executive Director T. R. Lakshmanan

Director Cutler J. Cleveland

Director of Graduate Studies Robert Kaufmann

Faculty Advisory Committee

William P. Anderson Professor of Geography and Environment; Center for Transportation Studies, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, MA, PhD, Boston 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

Lata Chatterjee Professor of Geography, Environment, and Urban Affairs, College of Arts and Sciences and Metropolitan College. BA, MA, PhD, Calcutta University (India); PhD, Johns Hopkins University

Cutler J. Cleveland Director, Center for Energy and Environmental Studies; Professor of Geography and Environment, College of Arts and Sciences. BS, Cornell University; MS, Louisiana State University; PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Robert Kaufmann Professor of Geography and Environment, College of Arts and Sciences and Center for Energy and Environmental Studies. BS, Cornell University; MA, University of New Hampshire; PhD, University of Pennsylvania

Thomas H. Kunz Professor of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences. BS, MS, Central Missouri State University; MA, PhD, University of Kansas

T. R. Lakshmanan Executive Director, Center for Energy and Environmental Studies; Professor of Geography and Environment, College of Arts and Sciences. BSc, MA, Madras University (India); PhD, Ohio State University

Norman N. Lichtin University Professor Emeritus; Professor of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences. BS, Antioch College; MS, Purdue University; PhD, Harvard University

H. Joachim Maître Professor of International Relations, College of Arts and Sciences; Professor of Journalism, College of Communication. BA, MA, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn (Germany); PhD, McGill University

Farhang Mehr Professor of International Relations and Research Associate, Center for International Relations, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. LenD, BSc, University of Tehran (Iran); LLM, University of London (England); PhD, University of Southampton (England); LLDuu (hon.), University of Pennsylvania

David M. Ozonoff Chairman, Environmental Health Department; Associate Professor of Public Health, School of Public Health. BS, University of Wisconsin; MPH, Johns Hopkins University; MD, Cornell University Medical School

Anthony G. Patt Assistant Professor of Geography and Environment, College of Arts and Sciences, Center for Energy and Environmental Studies. MA, PhD, Harvard University

Richard B. Primack Associate Professor of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences. AB, Harvard University; PhD, Duke University

The Center for Energy and 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 and Sciences, offers a Master of Arts program in Energy and Environmental Studies, Environmental Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems, and, in conjunction with the Department of International Relations, a Master of Arts program in International Relations and Resource and Environmental Management, described in the Departments, Programs, and Courses section of this website.

INTERNATIONAL HISTORY INSITITUTE

Director William R. Keylor

The International History Institute (IHI) at Boston University aims to cultivate greater awareness of the importance of international history to a full understanding of international affairs. It supports teaching programs at the graduate and undergraduate levels, promotes collaborative faculty research and publication, and invites wide participation in its scholarly activities. While rooted in international history, the IHI’s interests and activities are interdisciplinary. Affiliated faculty are drawn from History, Political Science, International Relations, the College of Communication, and the College of General Studies, as well as the College of Arts and Sciences. An IHI Faculty Research Seminar meets six times per academic year to consider presentations by members on their ongoing research. The IHI also organizes workshops where eminent international historians join in roundtable discussions of their work. The Institute assists its members to organize conferences and carry out advanced research leading to publication of monographs, edited books, and/or dedicated journal issues. The IHI also sponsors annual University lectures by eminent historians and “witnesses to history.” Research carried out under the auspices of the IHI is considered for publication in affiliated outlets such as the journal Diplomacy & Statecraft (Erik Goldstein, editor) and the Praeger book series, International History (Erik Goldstein, William R. Keylor, and Cathal J. Nolan, editors).

Degrees are not awarded in international history. Candidates interested in international history take advanced degrees in the departments of their choice, with specialized work in the international history field. For further information, contact the Executive Director, International History Institute, 725 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA, 02215; 617-353-1165; e-mail: IHI@bu.edu; International History Institute.

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