David Gross
David is the Program Manager for MetroBridge, the experiential learning program of the Boston University Initiative on Cities (IOC). In this role, he works to embed real-world projects for municipalities and community organizations into courses at BU, providing research support to communities and hands-on learning experiences to students. Students in MetroBridge courses gain transferable skills […]
Nic Gunkel
Nic is the lead on two of the Initiative’s ongoing research projects: a special report on collaboration and governance structures within and between city networks, particularly in the climate realm, and an oral history project of US mayors, who left a significant legacy. Prior to joining the IOC, Nic completed his MPA from the London […]
Nicolas Gunkel
Nic is the lead on two of the Initiative’s ongoing research projects: a special report on collaboration and governance structures within and between city networks, particularly in the climate realm, and an oral history project of US mayors, who left a significant legacy. Prior to joining the IOC, Nic completed his MPA from the London […]
Joseph Harris
Joseph Harris is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Boston University and IOC MetroBridge Faculty Director. He conducts comparative historical research that lies at the intersection of sociology, political science, and global health. He is author of Achieving Access: Professional Movements and the Politics of Health Universalism (Cornell University Press, 2017). He was recently elected […]
Lucy Hutyra
Professor Lucy Hutyra joined the Faculty of Earth & Environment at Boston University in 2009. Her areas of specialization include urban climate and biogeochemistry, remote sensing, and vegetation ecology. Trained as a physical scientist, Professor Hutyra’s research has become ever more focused on the climate and ecology of cities, working at the science-policy interface. She is […]
Jonathan S. Jay
Dr. Jonathan Jay studies urban health, with a concentration in youth exposure to gun violence, as an assistant professor at Boston University School of Public Health. He works at the intersection of data science and community health, focusing on relationships between the built environment and health and safety risks. He leads Shape-Up, a project using […]
Augustine Jimenez
Augustine Jimenez is a graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations. Through his Fellowship, Jimenez spent the fall semester paired with a faculty member in an on-campus Directed Study program. He spent the 2018 spring semester in Boston University’s (BU) Washington DC study abroad program, where he took classes and participated in a […]
Sana Johnson
Sana was the IOC’s inaugural NLC Menino Fellow. She focused her on-campus directed study on gender in the juvenile justice system and continued her research with the NLC’s Institute for Youth, Education and Families in Washington, D.C. Sana graduated with a degree in international relations in Spring 2017. She graduated in 2019 with a Master […]
Dhruv Kapadia
Dhruv Kapadia graduated with a dual degree in Political Science and Economics and minoring in Statistics at the College of Arts and Sciences. Dhruv is from Pennington, New Jersey and before coming to Boston, spearheaded a number of feats of activism centered around racial and religious justice in his hometown. Since arriving on campus, Dhruv […]
Julia Kapusta
Julia (she/her) is a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences pursuing a BA in Psychology. She is passionate about combining interdisciplinary research, management, and communications approaches to combat city inequality. Most recently, she was the Engagement Intern at Brookings Metro, where she collaborated with fellows to organize multiple in-person and virtual events to benefit […]