Max A. Greenberg
Max A. Greenberg researches and teaches in the areas of political sociology, youth and families, and gender. His most recent book, Twelve Weeks to Change a Life: At Risk Youth in a Fractured State, examines the reorganization of state power around short-term grants and fleeting programs. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and historical research, the book […]
Binyomin Abrams
Dr. Binyomin Abrams is a Research Associate Professor of Chemistry, the Director of General Chemistry, and the Director of the College of Arts and Sciences Program in Science Education. Professor Abrams’s research is in the area of Chemical Education, and he is the lead investigator on this project.
Célia Bianconi
Dr. Célia Bianconi is a Master Lecturer and head of the Portuguese Language Program at Boston University, where she teaches courses on Portuguese language and Brazilian culture. She holds a PhD in Educational Studies from Lesley University. Dr. Bianconi’s main research and publication are devoted to teaching and learning of Portuguese as a foreign language […]
Japonica Brown-Saracino
Japonica Brown-Saracino is an ethnographer who specializes in urban and community sociology, cultural sociology, and the study of sexualities. Her most recent book, How Places Make Us: Novel LBQ Identities in Four Small Cities, was published in 2018 by the University of Chicago Press. The book draws on her comparative ethnography of four small cities […]
Laura Brusetti
Laura Brusetti, Master Lecturer, teaches various levels of Italian language. She has served as Overall Coordinator of the Italian Language Program since 2016. Laura has also taught French as a doctoral candidate at Boston University. After successfully defending her dissertation, entitled Réflexions worth Reflection in Marivaux’s La Vie de Marianne, Laura was responsible for the […]
Alison Carberry Gottlieb
Alison Carberry Gottlieb is a Master Lecturer in Spanish and has been teaching at Boston University since 2004. Originally from western Massachusetts, Alison began learning Spanish as a high school sophomore and quickly discovered a passion for exploring diverse cultures through language study. After receiving her B.A. from Wellesley College in Spanish in 2003, Alison […]
Deborah Carr
Deborah Carr is Professor and Chair of the Boston University sociology department. She is a life course sociologist who has written extensively on health and aging among older adults, late-life family relationships, and death and dying. Dr. Carr has authored several books including the undergraduate textbooks Introduction to Sociology, Essentials of Sociology, and The Art […]
Keying Chen
Dr. Keying Chen is a lecturer in the Department of Chemistry, where she teaches the General Chemistry sequence (CH101/102) and oversees the associated laboratory courses. As part of the Large Scale Course Transformation project, her work focuses on redesigning the traditional large-enrollment lab curriculum to enhance student engagement and improve learning outcomes.
María Datel
María Datel is a Master Lecturer and has been teaching at Boston University since 1999. She serves as the overall coordinator for the Spanish Language Program, is a fellow in the Designing Anti Racism Curricula Fellowship Program, and co-organizes the Second-Language Learning and Disabilities Conference. She teaches courses in Spanish language, Spanish for heritage learners, […]
Sue Griffin
Sue Griffin first encountered Spanish fresh out of high school when, as an exchange student, she spent a year living with a family in A Coruña, Spain. Having fallen in love with both the language and culture, Sue returned to South Africa and continued her studies at the University of KwaZulu Natal, where she earned […]