Danielle Mulligan

Danielle Mulligan is the Associate Director of the Boston University Initiative on Cities (IOC). In this role, she works with the IOC’s Executive Director and Director to help shape and carry out the center’s strategic initiatives such as the center’s new Urban-H agenda. Danielle joins the IOC from the Scholars Strategy Network (SSN), with a […]

Fatima Blanca Munoz

Fatima was the Program Manager & Administrator of the Initiative on Cities at Boston University. In this role, she managed IOC’s events and programs along with overseeing the IOC’s student staff. Additionally, she coordinated the IOC’s urban student government fellowships, managed the seed grant fund, and provided administrative support to the team. Prior to joining […]

Amelia Murray-Cooper

Amelia graduated with a dual-degree in the College of Arts & Sciences in Environmental Analysis & Policy and an MS in Energy & Environment. On campus, she served as Managing Editor for the Emerald Review and Marketing Director for BU Clean Tech Club. She was also an active member of the Epsilon Eta professional environmental […]

Avi Nguyen

Read more about Avi’s experience as the Summer 2021 MORRE Fellow Avi Mguyen majored in Political Science and Economics. He is from Boston and grew up in the Dorchester neighborhood. He is involved with grassroots organizing within Dorchester and is passionate about voter registration and police reform. Avi has volunteered and worked with The City […]

Timothy Ogino

Timothy Ogino spent his summer working with the Sustainability Branch for the City of Melbourne, Australia. Ogino is focusing on coordinating the Sustainability Branch and their partners at Citipower around an effort to build a roadmap for Melbourne’s future electricity supply.

Maxwell Palmer

Maxwell Palmer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, the Director of Advanced Programs (BA/MA and Honors Programs), and a Junior Faculty Fellow at the Hariri Institute for Computing. He joined the department and Boston University in 2014, after receiving his Ph.D. in Political Science at Harvard University. His research and teaching interests include American political […]

Songhyun Park

Song is the Doctoral Research Fellow of the Initiative on Cities. She received her B.A. in International Relations and Russian Language & Cultures from Emory University in 2015. After two years working for a start-up company in the education industry and for the UNHCR, Song entered the PhD program in Political Science at Boston University […]

Deep Patel

Read more about Deep’s experience as the 2021 Mayor’s Office of Policy & Planning Summer Fellow Deep Patel was in BU’s Kilachand Honors College and College of Arts and Sciences double majoring in Economics and Political Science. Born and raised in New York City, Deep’s interactions with his local and city level officials in the […]

Destiny Perkins

Read about Destiny’s experience as the summer 2023 Boston Equity & Inclusion Cabinet Intern. Destiny Perkins is a sophomore International Relations major at Boston University from Pittsburgh, PA. Destiny is excited to be interning with the Boston Equity and Inclusion Cabinet for the summer of 2023 and has previously worked extensively with nonprofits, local government, […]