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 […]
Patrick Kinney
Dr. Kinney joined the School of Public Health faculty in January 2017 as the inaugural Beverly Brown Professor of Urban Health. He was trained as an air pollution epidemiologist at Harvard School of Public Health and came to BU after two decades at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. In his time at […]
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 […]
Kimberly Landaverde Guillen
Kimberly (she/her) is a fourth-year student at the College of Arts & Sciences, pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Political Science. With aspirations in law and policymaking, she is enthusiastic about supporting the IOC’s ongoing research into the effects of gentrification on communities within the Greater Boston area. A native of East Boston—a […]
Molly Lawrence
Molly Lawrence, a 2015 Masters in Public Health graduate from the BU School of Public Health, is serving as the IOC’s annual Boston Summer Fellow. Working with City of Boston Mayor Martin Walsh‘s Office of New Urban Mechanics, Lawrence focused on civic innovation and improving city services.
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 […]
Dan Lesser
Read more about Dan’s experience as the 2016 MONUM Summer Fellow Dan Lesser graduated from Oberlin College with a Bachelor’s Degree in American Government and Politics. He went on to pursue a Master of Business Administration at Boston University Questrom School of Business, where he graduated with high honors. Since his internship at the Mayor’s […]
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 […]