Abby Enevoldsen
Abby is a former IOC Communications Assistant with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics at the College of Arts and Sciences. She continually invests her personal and professional development at the intersection of business strategy, economic policy, and social equity. As a communications assistant for the IOC, she created social media campaigns and marketing materials […]
Bahar Erbas
Urban H Interests: Heat, Health Bahar Erbas teaches various courses at the undergraduate and master’s level, including Environmental Economics and Public Economics. She works on empirical topics related to environmental, resource and energy economics and public economics. Her research mainly focuses on environmental regulations and climate change. She has public sector experience at the US Department […]
Arcadia Ewell
Arcadia is interested in understanding the effects of early, chronic stress on cognitive development. Specifically, she’s interested in identifying mechanisms through which stress gets “under the skin” so that we may identify pathways to ensure that all children are prepared to meet their cognitive potential and succeed academically
James Feigenbaum
James Feigenbaum studies economic history, labor economics, and political economy. His research interests include inequality, intergenerational mobility, health and mortality, and labor markets in the 19th and early 20th century US, spanning cities during the Age of Mass Migration and the epidemiological transition to the postbellum South. He is also a Faculty Research Fellow at […]
Vijay Fisch
Vijay (he/him) is a student in the Faculty of Computing and Data Science (CDS) pursuing a BS in Data Science and a minor in economics. He has been attending IOC events since his freshman year at BU and is excited about the opportunity to get more involved. He enjoys exploring interdisciplinary approaches to problem-solving around […]
Martin Fiszbein
Martin Fiszbein’s research seeks to understand comparative paths of development in historical perspective, drawing on new empirical approaches and conceptual insights from growth theory, development economics, regional/urban economics, political economy, social psychology, and evolutionary approaches. Adopting a long-run perspective, my papers underscore how “initial conditions” shaping economies early in their history may influence subsequent development […]
Caroline Fleming
Caroline Fleming (she/her/hers) is a PhD candidate and an NSF GRFP Award Winner. She is a member of the Rotjan Marine Ecology Lab at BU, where she investigates the energetic trade-offs corals make under anthropogenic stressors. One aspect of this work is investigating the physiological effects of urban pollutants on the temperate coral Astrangia poculata […]
Stacy Fox
Stacy Fox is the Executive Director of the Boston University Initiative on Cities, where she spearheads university-wide programs and research, including the national Menino Survey of Mayors, place-based experiential learning for students, and multi-stakeholder events. She partners with the IOC Director to advance the visibility, stature, and capacity of BU as a renowned urban research […]
Cora Funke
Read more about Cora’s experience as the 2022 City of Chelsea Open Data & Digital Communications Summer Fellow Cora Funke is from Vermont and double-majored in Political Science and Environmental Analysis and Policy in Kilachand Honors College and the College of Arts & Sciences (CAS). On campus, she is a member of Divest BU, plays […]
Sarah Garvey
Sarah Garvey received a Ph.D. from the Department of Earth & Environment at Boston University in 2023 and in her research, focused on the effects of urbanization and forest fragmentation on carbon storage and fluxes.