Interdisciplinary Programs

The many interdisciplinary programs and research centers housed within CAS or in collaboration with other BU schools and colleges bring together scholars from different disciplines who work together to advance our understanding in many of the most critical areas of contemporary research and education. For a full list of degree programs, see the full list of undergraduate majors and minors and graduate degrees.

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  Adaptive Systems, Center for

  Stephen Grossberg, Director
  677 Beacon Street 617-353-7857

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  African Studies

  Timothy Longman, Director
  232 Bay State Road 617-353-9751

• Academics

  Departments

  Interdisciplinary Programs

  Undergraduate Education

  Graduate Education

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  African American Studies

  Linda Heywood, Director
  138 Mountfort Street 617-353-2796

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  American & New England Studies

  Kim Sichel, Director
  725 Commonwealth Avenue 617-353-1462

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  American Political History, Institute for

  Bruce Schulman, Director
  226 Bay State Road, Room 407 617-353-8306

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  Anxiety & Related Disorders, Center for

  Lisa Smith, Director
  648 Beacon Street (6th floor) 617-353-9610

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  Applied Linguistics

  linguist@bu.edu
  96 Cummington St (Room 246) 617-353-6197

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  Archaeological Studies, Center for

  James Wiseman, Director
  675 Commonwealth Avenue 617-353-3242

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  Asia, Center for the Study of

  Joe Fewsmith, Director
  156 Bay State Road 617-353-6344

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  Astrophysical Research, Institute for

  Alan Marscher, Director
  725 Commonwealth Avenue 617-353-5209

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  Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

  John L. Celenza, Director
  24 Cummington Street, Room 305 617-353-2445

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  Bioinformatics, Intercollegiate Program

  Tom Tullius, Director
  24 Cummington Street 617-353-2482

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  Biostatistics

  Lisa Sullivan, Director
  801 Massachusetts Avenue 3rd Floor 617-638-5172

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  BUMP (BU Marine Program)

  John Finnerty, Director
  5 Cummington Street 617-353-6984

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  Chemical Methodology & Library Development, Center for

  John Porco, Director
  24 Cummington Street 617-358-2848

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  Classical Tradition, Institute for the

  Wolfgang Haase, Director
  745 Commonwealth Avenue 617-353-7370

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  Center for Computational Neuroscience and Neural Technologies (CompNet)

  677 Beacon Street

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  Computational Science, Center for

  Claudio Rebbi, Director
  3 Cummington Street 617-353-6078

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  Creative Writing

  Leslie Epstein
  236 Bay State Road 617-353-2519

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  East Asian Archaeology & Cultural History, International Center for

  Robert Murowchick, Director
  650 Beacon Street 617-358-8000

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  East Asian Studies

  Min Ye, Director
  152 Bay State Road 617-353-9278

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  Ecology & Conservation Biology, Center for

  Thomas Kunz, Director
  5 Cummington Street (Room 431) 617-353-6982

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  Economic Development, Institute for

  Dilip Mookherjee, Director
  264 Bay State Road 617-353-4030

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  Editorial Institute

  editinst@bu.edu
  143 Bay State Road 617-353-6631

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  Energy & Environmental Studies, Center for

  Robert Kaufmann, Director
  675 Commonwealth Avenue 617-353-3083

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  Europe, Center for the Study of

  Vivien Ann Schmidt, Director
  154 Bay State Rd (Room 201) 617-358-0192

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  Humanities, Center for the

  James Winn, Director
  725 Commonwealth Avenue 617-353-6250

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  Integrated Space Weather Modeling, Center for

  W. Jeffrey Hughes, Director
  725 Commonwealth Avenue 617-353-2471

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  International History Institute

  William Keylor, Director
  725 Commonwealth Avenue 617-353-1165

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  International Relations, Center for

  Andrew Bacevich, Director
  154 Bay State Road 617-358-0194

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  Judaic Studies, Elie Wiesel Center for

  Michael Zank, Director
  147 Bay State Road 617-353-4434

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  Latin American Studies

  Susan Eckstein, Director
  152 Bay State Road 617-353-2591

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  Linguistics

  Jonathan Barnes (interim), Director
  621 Commonwealth Avenue 617-353-6222

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  Memory & Brain, Center for

  Howard Eichenbaum, Director
  2 Cummington Street 617-358-3297

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  Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, & Biochemistry

  Ulla Hansen, Director
  5 Cummington Street, Room 105 617-353-8730

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  Muslim Societies & Civilizations

  Thomas J. Barfield, Director
  745 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 639 617-353-2195

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  Nanoscience & Nanobiotechnology, Center for

  Bennett Goldberg, Director
  8 St. Mary’s Street 617-358-1793

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  Neuroscience (graduate program)

  Shelley Russek, Director 72 East Concord Street A 617-638-4319

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  Neuroscience (undergraduate program)

  Howard Eichenbaum, Director 2 Cummington Street 617-353-1426

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  Philosophy & History of Science, Center for

  Alfred Tauber, Director
  745 Commonwealth Avenue 617-353-2604

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  Philosophy & Religion, Institute for

  Allen Speight, Director
  745 Commonwealth Avenue (Room 523) 617-353-3067

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  Polymer Studies, Center for

  H. Eugene Stanley, Director
  590 Commonwealth Avenue 617-353-8000

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  Preservation Studies

  Claire Dempsey, Director
  226 Bay State Road (Room 106) 617-353-2948

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  Religious & Theological Studies

  kcn@bu.edu
  145 Bay State Road, 3rd Floor 617-353-2636

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  Remote Sensing, Center for

  Farouk El-Baz, Director
  725 Commonwealth Avenue 617-353-9709

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  Russian & Eastern European Studies

  Igor Lukes, Director
  232 Bay State Road 617-353-9278

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  Science & Mathematics Education Center

  Kenneth Brecher, Director
  2 Silber Way 617-353-7100

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  Sociology & Social Work

  Sara Bachman, Director
  264 Bay State Road 617-353-3750

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  Space Physics, Center for

  John Clarke, Director
  725 Commonwealth Avenue 617-353-0247

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  Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies

  Deborah Belle, Director
  704 Commonwealth Avenue (Room 101)617-358-2370