Japonica Brown-Saracino
Japonica Brown-Saracino is an ethnographer who specializes in urban and community sociology, cultural sociology, and the study of gender and sexualities. 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 neighborhoods) and introduces […]
Taylor Cain
Read more about Taylor’s experience as the 2017 MONUM Summer Fellow Taylor Cain is the Chief of Staff at the Boston Housing Authority, the largest housing provider in the City of Boston. She is the former Director of Boston’s Housing Innovation Lab, where she led citywide efforts to pioneer innovative housing models and systems, and […]
David Carballo
David Carballo is a specialist in Mesoamerican archaeology, with a particular focus on the pre-Hispanic civilizations of central Mexico. He received an Early Stage Urban Research Award from the IOC in 2018.
Deborah Carr
Deborah Carr is director of the Center of Innovation in Social Science and A&S Distinguished Professor of sociology. She is a life course sociologist who uses survey data and quantitative methods to study social factors linked with health and well-being in later life. She has written extensively on inequality in old age, death and dying, […]
Elizabeth Champion
Read more about Elizabeth’s experience as the 2018 Greater Manchester Combined Authority Fellow Elizabeth Champion studied economics in the College of Arts and Science. Avid about the economics and history of cities, she hopes to eventually pursue her Masters in City Planning. Last fall, she worked as a Community Planning Intern for the City of […]
Levi Chen
Levi Chen is majoring in Architectural Studies (BA) with a minor in Urban Studies. Levi has lived in Shanghai, Singapore, and California. He is one of the cofounders of the BU Urbanism Club (BUrbanists), which informs students about local urban issues and advocates for a safer, greener campus. Levi is particularly interested in community engagement […]
Louis Chude-Sokei
Louis Chude-Sokei is a writer and scholar who is currently Professor of English and Director of the African American and Black Diaspora Studies Program at Boston University where he holds the George and Joyce Wein Chair. His books include the award-winning, The Last Darky: Bert Williams, Black on Black Minstrelsy, and the African Diaspora (2005), The Sound of Culture: Diaspora and Black Technopoetics (2015) and the […]
Elizabeth Clackson
Elizabeth is a graduate in Political Science who hopes to work in public policy and urban governance. Through the NLC Menino Fellowship, Elizabeth spent the fall semester paired with IOC Director and Professor Graham Wilson in an on-campus Directed Study program. Through her Directed Study and her internship with the NLC, Elizabeth examined the Boston Centers for […]
Iliana Colie
Iliana Colie is a rising senior at Boston University pursuing a BA in Economics and History of Art and Architecture. A New York City native, Iliana developed an early fascination with the way cities are built, moved through, and experienced — an interest that has grown to encompass urban planning, public space design, and landscape […]
Kathya Correa Almanza
Kathya was the 2024-2025 Menino Fellow. Passionate about mental health, education, and public policy, Kathya aims to create a more equitable world for youth. Originally from San Francisco, she has been actively involved in community organizing, addressing immigration, gentrification, and educational inequality. She is an advocate who believes in the power of art, policy, and […]