Maggie Kormann
Read more about Maggie’s experience as the Summer 2022 MORRE Fellow Maggie Kormann is originally from New Jersey, and she studied Political Science and Psychology with a minor in Public Policy in the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS). Maggie has been interested in issues of social justice and public policy since she was a […]
Loretta Lees
Professor Loretta Lees is the Director of the Initiative on Cities and a Professor of Sociology at Boston University. An urban geographer committed to justice, Professor Lees is internationally known for her research on gentrification and urban regeneration, global urbanism, urban policy, urban public space, architecture, and urban social theory. The author of multiple books, […]
Chenyue Lei
Chenyue is a PhD candidate in the Economics department. Her research interests lie in the broad areas of macroeconomics, with a focus on dynamism, productivity and growth. Her recent work studies the survival of indebted zombie firms and credit misallocation in Europe during the sovereign debt crisis. Currently, she is exploring how various credit policies would […]
Katherine Levine Einstein
Katherine Einstein joined the Political Science department in 2012 after receiving her Ph.D. in Government and Social Policy at Harvard University. Her research and teaching interests broadly include American public policy, racial and ethnic politics, political geography, and urban politics and policy. Her first book, Do Facts Matter? Information and Misinformation in Democratic Politics (with Jennifer Hochschild, […]
Dan Li
Dan Li is the current Urban-H Associate Director of Heat, joining our Urban-H team on July 1, 2024. In this capacity, he will be at the forefront of the IOC, spearheading the development of innovative solutions to urban heat challenges and our center’s ongoing efforts to work on policy-oriented solutions to mitigate urban heat as a […]
Ting Wei Li
Ting Wei Li is the IOC’s Communications Manager and Administrator. In this role, he facilitates the IOC’s branding, messaging, and design strategies, manages events, and supervises student staff. Prior to joining the IOC, Ting is a graduate of Boston University’s College of Arts & Sciences magna cum laude, majoring in Political Science and History. Born in […]
Ariana Lim
Ari (she/her) is a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences pursuing a BA in economics and a minor in French from Harrington Park, New Jersey. She joined the IOC as a research assistant! As an economics major, I’m passionate about learning about behavioral economics, a combination of economics and psychology that helps to […]
Meghann Lucy
Read more about Meghann’s experience as the 2020 MONUM Summer Fellow Meghann is a PhD student in Sociology at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, whose research focuses on consumption, economic sociology, and medical sociology. Before starting her PhD, she worked for the children’s book publisher Scholastic and for the Cardiovascular Research Foundation. Meghann […]
Yaxiong Ma
Yaxiong Ma is a former Doctoral student in the Department of Earth & Environment. He received an Early Stage Urban Research Award in 2017.
Benjamin Marx
Benjamin Marx is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics at Boston University. His research interests are mainly in political economy and development. One strand of his research studies the determinants of political accountability, state capacity, and voting behavior in developing countries. He has worked in various countries including Kenya, Senegal, and Uganda as […]