Faculty Advisory Board

Representing Boston University’s diverse range of expertise, IOC Faculty Advisory Board members bring a rich perspective to the Initiative’s mission of advancing urban leadership and connecting the academic world with the practice of urban governance. Members meet twice a semester to provide consult on the Initiative’s objectives and programming. Faculty Advisory Board members serve two-year terms.

Daniel Abramson

Professor of American & European Architecture, Director of Architectural Studies
Azer Bestavros

Associate Provost for The Faculty of Computing and Data Sciences, William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, Founding Director of the Hariri Institute for Computing
Rébecca Bourgault

Assistant Professor of Art, Art Education, Chair of Art Education
Jade Brown

Clinical Associate Professor of Law
David Carballo

Professor of Archaeology, Anthropology, and Latin American Studies
Mary Churchill

Professor of the Practice, Higher Education Policy, Associate Dean, Strategic Initiatives & Community Engagement; Program Director, Higher Education Administration
James Feigenbaum

Assistant Professor, Economics
Kevin Gallagher

Professor of Global Development Policy, Director of the Global Development Policy Center
Jonathan Jay

Assistant Professor, Community Health Sciences
Gina Powers

Master Lecturer, Markets, Public Policy & Law
Carrie Preston

Professor of English and Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, Associate Director of the Center on Forced Displacement
Benjamin Sovacool

Professor of Earth & Environment, Director of the Institute for Global Sustainability
Ian Sue Wing

Professor of Earth and Environment
Yeşim Sungu-Eryilmaz

Assistant Professor and Director of City Planning and Urban Affairs Program
Pamela Templer

Distinguished Professor and Chair of Biology, Director of the BU URBAN Program
Ana Villarreal

Assistant Professor of Sociology
Marcus Walton

Assistant Professor of Political Science
Gregory Wellenius

Professor of Environmental Health, Director of the Center for Climate & Health

For a full list of former IOC faculty Board members, please follow this link.