Faculty Experts

Boston University faculty members are available to provide expert opinion, comment, and analysis on a broad range of subjects. If you are having trouble finding an expert, please contact Public Relations at 617-353-2240.

Featured Faculty Experts

Nancy Ammerman

Nancy Ammerman, PhD

Professor of Sociology of Religion

  • American congregations
  • sociology and religion
  • politics and religion
George Annas

George Annas, JD, MPH

Edward R. Utley Professor
Chair of the Department of Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights

  • health law
  • bioethics
Andrew Bacevich

Andrew Bacevich, PhD

Professor of International Relations and History

  • U.S. foreign policy
  • U.S. national security policy
  • military affairs
Tobe Berkovitz

Tobe Berkovitz, PhD

Associate Professor of Advertising

  • political campaign communication
  • trends in consumer advertising and marketing
  • media and society
Joan Salge Blake

Joan Salge Blake

Clinical Associate Professor of Nutrition, Health Sciences

  • nutrition
  • diet and weight loss
  • healthy eating & holidays
Hardin Coleman

Hardin Coleman, PhD

Dean of School of Education

  • minority student achievement
  • multicultural recruitment
  • ethnic conflict
Stephen Davidson

Stephen Davidson, PhD

Professor/Faculty Director, Health Care Management Research Center, Business Policy and Law

  • health care management (strategy and policy)
  • health policy
  • health insurance and managed care
Farouk El-Baz

Farouk El-Baz, PhD

Research Professor and Director of the Center for Remote Sensing

  • remote sensing
  • space imaging
  • Middle East current events
Jay A. Halfond

Jay A. Halfond, PhD

Dean of Metropolitan College & Extended Education

  • business ethics
  • higher education
  • continuing education
Cornelius Hurley

Cornelius Hurley

Director, Graduate Program in Banking & Financial Law and the Morin Center
Professor of the Practice of Banking Law

  • banking law
Laurence Kotlikoff

Laurence Kotlikoff, PhD

Professor of Economics

  • macroeconomics
  • fiscal and monetary policy
  • Social Security
Stephen Prothero

Stephen Prothero, PhD

Professor of Religion

  • religion in America
  • religion and politics
  • Buddhism and Hinduism in the United States
Tom Whalen

Thomas Whalen, PhD

Associate Professor of Social Science

  • modern American politics and culture
  • American foreign policy
  • the American presidency
Mark Williams

Mark Williams

Executive-in-Residence/Master Lecturer

  • risk management in the global banking, financial and energy markets
  • market, credit and operational risk management in the energy and banking industry
Robert Zelnick

Robert Zelnick

Professor of Journalism

  • media issues
  • military issues
  • military and the media