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  Isabella Abraham

  Student Office Assistant

  Isabella is a senior in the Pardee School in the College of Arts and Sciences pursuing a BA in International Relations and an Arabic minor. In her second year working with the IOC, she is looking forward to further exploring urban planning and policy, especially as it relates to housing inequality, policing, and food justice. […]
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  Daniel Abramson

  College of Arts & Sciences Director of Architectural Studies; Professor of American & European Architecture

  Daniel M. Abramson’s scholarship focuses on issues of architecture, society, economics, and government, from the eighteenth through twentieth centuries with a specialization in American and European topics. Current work focuses on architecture and citizenship in American government centers since 1900, including a recent article in Grey Room 78 (Winter 2020) on the Massachusetts State Service Center and the American welfare state. Before coming to Boston University in 2016, Abramson taught at Tufts University and Connecticut College. He […]
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  Dolores Acevedo-Garcia

  Director, Institute for Equity in Child Opportunity & Healthy Development; Professor of Human Behavior, Research, & Policy

  Dolores Acevedo-Garcia is a professor of Human Behavior, Research, & Policy and director of the Institute for Equity in Child Opportunity & Healthy Development (IECOHD). Her research focuses on the social determinants of racial/ethnic inequities in health (e.g., residential segregation, neighborhood inequality, immigrant adaptation); the role of social policies in reducing those inequities (e.g., housing, […]
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  Gary Adamkiewicz

  Associate Professor of Environmental Health and Exposure Disparities at Harvard School of Public Health

  Gary Adamkiewicz's research is motivated by a desire to alleviate environmental health disparities. A question we frequently ask in public health is: Why does place matter? In an effort to answer this question, my work aims to identify the specific aspects of housing, communities, and neighborhoods that shape an individual's health. Can we understand the […]
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  Lara Adekeye

  2017 MORRE Summer Fellow

  Read more about Lara's experience as the 2017 MORRE Summer Fellow Lara studied Political Science and African American studies. Her passion for social justice stems from her experience as a Cambridge, MA resident, her leadership in the African American Studies Center at Boston University, and more recently her experience working with the American Civil Liberties […]
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  Fida Adely

  Associate Professor at Georgetown University

  Fida Adely is an Associate Professor at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and the Clovis and Hala Salaam Maksoud Chair in Arab Studies. She is also currently serving as the Director of the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown. Dr. Adely is an anthropologist and her research […]
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  Darien Alexander Williams

  Assistant Professor of Macro Practice, School of Social Work; 2025 Public Impact Scholar

  Urban H Interests: Heat, Housing, Health Darien Alexander Williams is an assistant professor in the Macro Practice Department with a focus on environmental & climate justice. His research broadly engages Black and Muslim urban planning history, hurricane disaster recovery, climate change, and community organizing. Williams’ research examines methods of counter-institution building developed by Black and […]
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  Isabella Alvarado

  2025-2026 NLC Menino Fellow

  Isabella is a junior at Boston University studying Political Science with minors in Public Policy Analysis and Urban Studies. Originally from San Antonio, Texas, she is passionate about creating cities that are equitable, sustainable, and vibrant for all. She has gained experience in local government, political campaigns, and policy research, which have shaped her commitment […]
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  Gloria Ampadu-Darko

  2021–2022 NLC Menino Fellow

  Gloria is a sophomore majoring in International Relations with a minor in Political Science and Public Health. Her interests include international development, human rights, civil rights, and social justice. She aspires to pursue a career in which she can make a meaningful impact in one of these areas. Gloria’s directed study will be centered around […]
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  Betty Anderson

  Professor of History

  Betty Anderson is the author of Nationalist Voices in Jordan: The Street and the State (University of Texas Press, 2005), The American University of Beirut:  Arab Nationalism and Liberal Education (University of Texas Press, 2011), and A History of the Modern Middle East:  Rulers, Rebels and Rogues (Stanford University Press, Spring 2016), as well as a co-author with Carol Berkin of […]
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  Abhay Aneja

  Professor of Law, UC Berkeley

  Abhay studies how legal institutions affect economic and social inequality. His areas of interest include the law of democracy, criminal justice, and law and economics.
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  Michel Anteby

  Everett W. Lord Distinguished Faculty Scholar Professor, Management & Organizations

  Michel Anteby is a Professor of Management & Organizations at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business and Sociology at Boston University’s College of Arts and Sciences. He also co-leads Boston University’s Precarity Lab. His research looks at how individuals relate to their work, their occupations, and the organizations they belong to. He examines more specifically the […]
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  Jacqueline Ashmore

  Clean Energy Executive Leader

  Jacqueline Ashmore, PhD is a former Research Associate Professor and former Executive Director of BU's Institute of Global Sustainability.
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  Diya Ashtakala

  Communications Assistant

  Diya is a first-year graduate student pursuing an MA in International Affairs with a specialization in security studies from Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies. She grew up in Bangalore, India. She received a BA in Communicative English, Political Science, and Economics from India. As an undergraduate, she worked with student-run magazines. She served […]
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  Kathryn Atherton

  Bioinformatics PhD Candidate

  Kathryn Atherton is a Bioinformatics PhD candidate and Urban Biogeoscience and Environmental Health Trainee in the Bhatnagar Lab at Boston University. She received her BS in Biological Engineering from Purdue University in 2019. Her research focuses on how the soil microbiome impacts the health of urban street trees. Following her PhD, she hopes to become a […]
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  Astraea Augsberger

  Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Social Work

  Astraea Augsberger is interested in child welfare workforce development and the transition to adulthood for court involved youth, and youth participation in decision-making practices. She is currently teaching courses including Introduction to Clinical Practice with Individuals, Families and Groups and Clinical Practice with Individuals. Augsberger is co-leading a research project along with Mary Collins studying […]
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  Paula Austin

  Assistant Professor of History and African American Studies, Director of Graduate Studies, College of Arts & Sciences

  Paula C. Austin is a U.S. historian with a focus on African American history, the history of race and racism, visual culture, urban, education, and women’s history, the history of social science, and the history of childhood. She is particularly interested in interiority and broadening the narrow definitions of intellectual history. Her book, Coming of Age […]
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  Cristell Bacilio

  Undergraduate Research Assistant

  Cristell Bacilio (she/her) is a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences pursuing a BA in International Relations and Political Science from Dallas, Texas. With a strong interest in social justice and human rights, she hopes to give back to the communities she is a part of and is excited to learn from and […]
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  Angelina Baicu

  Student Office Assistant

  Angie (She/They) is a senior studying Sociology on the pre-law track at Boston University, with a passion for addressing issues at the intersection of urban labor dynamics, workers’ rights, and community engagement. A first generation college student and immigrant raised in New York City, Angie’s work critically explores urban labor environments through hands-on roles, such […]
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  Jessica Bajada-Silva

  2018 MORRE Summer Fellow

  Read more about Jessica's experience as the 2018 MORRE Summer Fellow Jessica Bajada-Silva studied Environmental Analysis and Policy in the College of Arts and Sciences. She worked as a Student Office Assistant at the BU Hariri Institute for Computing and previously interned at the Human Rights Center in Padova, Italy. On campus, she’s involved as […]
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  Jay Baldwin

  BU Alum (CAS ‘73)

  As the co-founder of City Gardens, Inc., Jay Baldwin directed one of the nation’s first interior landscaping companies until 1991. He has focused on retrofitting college campuses for energy efficiency with GreenerY and currently serves as President of Wind River Capital Partners, as well as a strategic advisor specializing in green commercial building.
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  Brandy Barents

  Senior Lecturer; 2022 Public Impact Scholar

  Brandy Barents has been teaching in the Writing Program since 2007. Her recent seminars explore the lives and works of Massachusetts writers; the history, films, and literature of Boston; contemporary theater; and the plight of the unhoused in Boston. Brandy loves traveling and living abroad: she taught English in Japan for three years and Irish […]
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  Corryn Barter

  2025 Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics Fellow

  Corryn Barter received her MPH from the Community Health Department at the Boston University School of Public Health in December 2025. She completed a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from George Washington University, where she first experienced the intersection between public service and population health. Corryn plans to use her Master of Public Health in […]
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  Robin Bartram

  Assistant Professor at the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice

  Robin Bartram is an Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice. She is also currently an Affiliated Scholar with the American Bar Foundation.