Reuben Danyali

Reuben is a rising junior studying Environmental Analysis and Policy and Economics. He is originally from Baltimore, MD, where he gained a passion for urban design and environmental justice. His main academic interests include ecological restoration and planning policy. He does research at BU as a team lead for the Campus Climate Lab at the […]

Daniel Daponte

Daniel is pursuing a BA in Environmental Analysis and Policy with a minor in Urban Studies. He aspires to have a career in city planning or local government to create more sustainable and equitable cities. Through this Fellowship, Daniel will spend the fall semester paired with IOC Director and Professor Graham Wilson in a Directed Study program. […]

Tammy Dong

Tammy was the 2023-2024 Menino Fellow. She studied International Relations at Boston University. Her areas of focus included foreign policy and security studies with a regional specialization in the Middle East and North Africa. She enjoys learning about different parts of the world and piecing together the puzzle of why the world is the way […]

Tori Douglas

Read more about Tori’s Experience as the 2019 Greater Manchester Combined Authority Summer Fellow Tori Douglas majored in Political Science and minoring in Philosophy. She has previously worked for WaterFront Center in New York, where she worked with children to teach them the importance of environmental conservation. She interned at Environment America, where she worked […]

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 […]

Briannya Evans

Briannya Evans (she/her) is a rising senior attending Boston University, studying International Relations and Public Policy, with a focus on international systems and world order. She has professional experience in government affairs as an intern at Emergent Strategies, where she conducted legislative research, tracked federal policy developments, and produced client-facing policy memos, particularly in emerging […]

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 […]