Brandy Barents
Brandy Barents has been teaching in the Writing Program since 2007. Her recent seminars explore the lives and works of Massachusetts writers; the history, films, and literature of Boston; contemporary theater; and the plight of the unhoused in Boston. Brandy loves traveling and living abroad: she taught English in Japan for three years and Irish […]
Mary Battenfeld
Mary Battenfeld comes to BU’s American and New England Studies Program from Wheelock College, where she was a tenured full professor of Humanities and Chair of General Education. At Wheelock, she served on numerous faculty committees, including Faculty Senate and Curriculum Committee, and in 2012 was awarded the Edward H. Ladd Award for Academic Excellence […]
Cynthia Becker
Cynthia Becker (BA, University of New Orleans; MA, PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison) is Professor of African art history in the History of Art & Architecture Department at Boston University. Her research has been supported by grants from Fulbright, the Council of American Overseas Centers, Fulbright-Hays, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, the American Institute of […]
Andrea Beltrán-Lizarazo
Andrea Beltrán-Lizarazo is a PhD student in the Department of Sociology. She received an Early Stage Urban Research Award from the IOC in 2019.
Jaclyn Berman
Jaclyn (she/her) is a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences pursuing a BA in Political Science. As an aspiring housing and urban policy professional, she is extremely excited to continue exploring urban issues faced on campus and beyond, especially through the IOC’s #BUandBoston series. Passionate about affordable housing, immigrant rights, and feminist & […]
Jennifer Bhatnagar
Jennifer Bhatnagar and her lab study the ecology, chemistry, and biology of microorganisms in the environment. Microbes are the engines of carbon and nutrient cycling through ecosystems. The goal of their research is to uncover the biochemical mechanisms that microbes use to drive these large-scale processes. To do this, they use a combination of biochemical […]
Adam Bieda
Adam is a graduate with a double major in Economics and English. Through the NLC Menino Fellowship, Adam spent the fall semester paired with IOC Director and Professor Graham Wilson and Professor of Economics Robert Margo in an on-campus Directed Study program. He spent the 2019 spring semester in Boston University’s (BU) Washington, DC study abroad program, where […]
Shaina Brady
Shaina is a second-year Ph.D. student in the Developmental Science program. Prior to joining the BEE Lab at BU, she led various longitudinal developmental studies at Columbia University and Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, and earned an MS in Neuroscience and Education from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a BA in Cognitive Science […]
Jacob Brown
Urban-H Interests: Housing, Mental Health Jacob Brown is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Boston University. He joined the Department and Boston University in 2023, after receiving his Ph.D. in Political Science at Harvard University. His primary research focuses on where people live, and how where they live influences their politics. […]
Japonica Brown-Saracino
Japonica Brown-Saracino is an ethnographer who specializes in urban and community sociology, cultural sociology, and the study of race, ethnicity, and sexuality. In 2004, City and Community published her article, “Social Preservationists and the Quest for Authentic Community,” which draws on her study of four gentrifying communities (two small New England towns and two Chicago […]