Irena Vodenska
Irena Vodenska, core faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is a Professor of Finance and Director of Finance Programs at Boston University’s Metropolitan College. She is also a chair of the Administrative Sciences Department at Metropolitan College, Boston University. Her research focuses on network theory and complexity science in macroeconomics. She […]
Monica Wang
Dr. Monica Wang, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is an Associate Professor at Boston University School of Public Health, an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Executive Editor of Public Health Post. She is an award-winning public health leader, researcher, educator, and author of The […]
Gregory Wellenius
Gregory Wellenius, core faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), serves as the Beverly A. Brown Professor for the Improvement of Urban Health, a Professor in the Department of Environmental Health, and Director of the BUSPH Center for Climate and Health. He is an environmental epidemiologist committed to reducing the health threats […]
Chris Wells
Chris Wells, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is a Professor in the College of Communication and a founding member of the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences at Boston University. He is also project lead for the Focused Research Program on data and misinformation jointly sponsored by IGS. Wells […]
Joerg Werner
Joerg Werner, core faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), received his PhD from Cornell University with Prof. Uli Wiesner. His research focused on functional and precise three-dimensional (3D) nanomaterials from block copolymer self-assembly for energy storage applications, including the demonstration of the first functional nano-interdigitated battery. In his postdoc at Harvard […]
Amelia Wesselink
Dr. Amelia Wesselink, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is a Research Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH). Her research focuses on how environmental exposures influence reproductive and gynecologic health, with a specific focus on factors related to neighborhoods and climate change. She […]
Ronald Wheeler
Ronald Wheeler, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is a recognized leader in the area of legal research instruction having served in various law library management roles at law schools across the country. Wheeler has taught legal research in various contexts including in stand-alone 1L legal research courses, upper division […]
Brooke Williams
Brooke Williams, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is an investigative reporter and educator who specializes in data journalism. Her work has contributed to a Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting, a George Polk Award, and a Gerald Loeb Award, among many others. Williams’ students help cover the city of Newton […]
Darien Alexander Williams
Darien Alexander Williams, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is an assistant professor in the Macro Practice Department, with a focus on climate & environmental justice. His research broadly engages Black and Muslim urban planning history, hurricane disaster recovery, climate change, and community organizing. Williams’ research examines methods of counter-institution […]
Mary Willis
Mary D. Willis, core faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Boston University School of Public Health. Her expertise lies at the intersection of environmental epidemiology, spatial exposure assessment, and applied data science. Much of her work also leverages econometric-based causal […]