The following is an excerpt from the BU Today article “23 Charles River Campus Faculty Promoted to Full Professor” featuring Professor of Theology Shelly Rambo, published on May 21, 2025.
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Among the nearly two dozen faculty on Boston University’s Charles River Campus recently promoted to full professor are a computer scientist who studies methods to make computer programs more secure; an expert in the physics of droplets and bubbles, with applications that include disease transmission; a leader in the field of music education; a researcher studying the veracity of online information about climate change; and a social policy expert whose work is primarily focused on poverty, food insecurity, and food and nutrition assistance programs.
“As the world and institutions like BU navigate daily change that impacts our communities and missions, [these faculty] are rising to the challenge by pursuing new areas of inquiry, employing innovative approaches, and helping launch entirely new fields of study through exciting collaborations with colleagues across departments, schools, and campuses,” BU provost Gloria Waters wrote in an email to BU faculty and staff announcing the promotions. “In doing so, they exemplify each day the depth and excellence of Boston University’s talented academic community.”
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Shelly Rambo, School of Theology professor of theology, is a constructive theologian whose research connects theology to trauma theories, sociology, psychology, neuroscience, ethnography, feminist philosophy, literary analysis, and chaplaincy studies.
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