World-class Faculty
Northeastern faculty members integrate professional experience with deep theoretical knowledge. They collaborate with colleagues on campus and on the other side of the world to pursue interdisciplinary research that turns discoveries into practical solutions. Meet a few of our distinguished faculty here, and learn more about our faculty experts.
Master of Business Administration
Harlan Lane, Professor, College of Business Administration
Professor Lane’s research interests are focused in intercultural management and diversity management as well as in organizational learning and strategic renewal. Prior to joining Northeastern University, Lane served on the faculty at the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada. He has served as a consultant with businesses and schools worldwide, and has been a visiting professor at Groupe HEC in France, the Koblenz School of Corporate Management and Nordakademie in Germany, the Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration in Finland, IPADE in Mexico, and INALDE in Colombia.
Master of Education
Leslie Hitch, Assistant Academic Specialist
Leslie Hitch specializes in curriculum development and teaching in the Higher Education Administration program and the Higher Education Administration and Adult and Organizational Learning masters and certificate programs. She is a visiting lecturer for the Swinburne University of Technology–Northeastern University Global Leadership Program in Melbourne, Australia. She has held faculty and administrative positions at Babson and Simmons colleges in Boston. Ms. Hitch earned a doctorate in higher education administration from the University of Massachusetts Boston, and MBA and BA degrees from Simmons College.
Gail Matthews-DeNatale, PhD, Assistant Academic Specialist
Gail Matthews-DeNatale is an assistant academic specialist in the Graduate School of Education, developing and teaching blended and fully online courses on topics like emerging educational trends and adult learning. Dr. Matthews-DeNatale also leads the ePortfolio Initiative and serves as co-principal investigator for the Connect to Learning grant work for the US Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE). Prior to joining, Dr. Matthews-DeNatale was a faculty member at a number of prestigious institutions–including George Mason University, Simmons College and Indiana University–and a consultant to the Educause Learning Initiative, National Endowment for the Arts, and Yale University Summer Programs. She is a founding member of the Board of Trustees for the Association for Authentic, Experiential, and Evidence-Based Learning (AAEEBL), is a former member of the NERCOMP Board of Trustees. She earned her doctorate from Indiana University-Bloomington and BA from Kenyon College.
Lydia Young, Assistant Academic Specialist
Lydia Young is a full-time faculty member and Director of Field Placement. Prior to joining the College, she served as the Program Coordinator for Boston College’s College Bound program. During that time, she consulted with schools on Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum. Her consultation work also encompassed working to increase equitable distribution of college partnerships in Boston Public Schools, and has experience teaching 7th through 11th grade English. She holds a B.A. in English and secondary education from the University of Iowa and a M.Ed. from Boston College through the Donovan Urban Scholars program. Ms. Young is pursuing her Ph.D. at Boston College and is currently completing research for her dissertation, which focuses on students who graduated from a college preparation program.
Master of Science in Finance
Harlan Platt, Professor, College of Business Administration
Harlan Platt is a member of the board of directors of Republic Financial Corporation and the chairman of John Hancock Collateral Investment Trust. He has served on the boards of companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the Dublin Stock Exchange, and the NASDAQ. Platt was the faculty dean for the Turnaround Management Association from 1993 to 2003, where he created its certification exam. He earned a PhD in economics from the University of Maine, an MA from the University of Michigan, and a BA from Northwestern University.
Master of Science in Health Informatics
Daniel Feinberg, Clinical Faculty Member; Director of the Graduate Health Informatics Program, College of Computer and Information Science
Daniel Feinberg has overseen the health informatics programs since 2009. He is the founder of the healthcare information technology and medical device company, RetinaCheck. Feinberg served as president of the New England chapter of the Health Informatics Management Systems Society in 2009–2010. He holds an MBA with a healthcare management focus from Boston University.
Master of Science in Leadership
Jane C. Edmonds, Assistant Academic Specialist
Jane C. Edmonds is a Senior Teaching Fellow at the College of Professional Studies. She teaches graduate-level courses in higher education and leadership in Northeastern University’s domestic and international programs. Prior to joining the College, Dr. Edmonds founded and ran a workforce diversity consulting and training business for more than 20 years—helping organizations such as GE Capital Corporation, Fidelity, Bureau of the Census, United Technologies, and the American Red Cross expand the contributions of their diverse human resources through leadership development, coaching, team building, dispute resolution, and discrimination prevention. She has also served as a member of Governor Mitt Romney’s cabinet, head of the Massachusetts Department of Workforce Development, chair of the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, member of the Massachusetts State Board of Higher Education and recently was appointed to the Massachusetts Memorial Goodwill Industries board. Dr. Edmonds received her JD from Boston College Law School.
Teresa Goode, Assistant Academic Specialist
Teresa M. Goode researches, designs, and teaches graduate-level leadership courses, utilizing her expertise in consulting, process improvement, culture change, organization development, and executive coaching. Dr. Goode brings a global perspective to her work as a result of international work in Mexico and Australia and extensive travel throughout Australia, India, and Europe. Before transitioning to academia, Dr. Goode worked in the telecommunications industry in a number of leadership positions, including as a workforce performance manager for Verizon Inc., an international process consultant for Bell Atlantic, and a management trainer for NYNEX. She is a member of the American Society for Training and Development, and is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources. Dr. Goode is the founder of Goode Leadership Development, a consulting firm that specializes in designing and implementing leadership development programs. She earned her EdD and MA from Columbia University as well as an MBA from Suffolk University.
Julia Ivy, Assistant Academic Specialist
Julia Ivy’s research interests include stakeholder relationships, social capital, and business management in ethically and structurally challenging business environments in emerging economies. Prior to joining Northeastern, Dr. Ivy served as faculty at the University of Alaska Southeast, the International Institute of Business in Ukraine, and at the Institute of Privatization and Management in Belarus, and the University of New Haven. Dr. Ivy launched and managed an international training and consulting firm in the United States, Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. She is a PhD in Management candidate at Lancaster University in the United Kingdom but also has earned a PhD in Social and Educational Psychology from Belarusian State P. University.
Master of Science in Project Management
Leigh Geiger, Assistant Academic Specialist
Leigh Geiger is a certified Project Management Professional with a PhD in survey research and two master’s degrees in education. In addition to teaching, Geiger has owned and operated Leigh Geiger & Associates, Inc. since 1983. The firm offers project management as well as statistical and information technology consulting for government and private sector clients. She is currently consulting for a federal intelligence agency, guiding and mentoring project managers in the development of sophisticated IT systems to fight international terrorism.
Joseph Griffin, Assistant Academic Specialist
Joseph A. Griffin not only teaches and designs courses, but also serves as a mentor to adjunct faculty members and participates in development work to reach out to new students and build key partnerships with business leaders. Having worked in the residential construction industry, he has published numerous articles related to project management, and is the author of the textbook, Residential Construction Management: Managing According to the Project Lifecycle. Mr. Griffin is an active member of the local and international chapters of the Project Management Institute and the U.S. Green Building Council. A certified Project Management Professional (PMP®), he earned his MBA from Lenoir-Rhyne University and MPM from Western Carolina University.
Master of Science in Taxation
Timothy Gagnon, Assistant Academic Specialist, College of Business Administration
Timothy Gagnon is a partner at Coleman & Gagnon, a practice covering personal law, corporate, and taxation areas, including estate planning and administration, probate, nonprofit organizations, taxation, corporate governance and entity structuring. Gagnon is a CPA and has worked for several public accounting firms. He is a member of the American, Massachusetts, Boston, and Rhode Island Bar Associations, and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He received a JD from Boston College Law School, an MBA from Sacred Heart University, an MS from Bentley University, and a BS from the University of Maine.
Timothy Rupert, Professor and Golemme Administrative Chair in Accounting, College of Business Administration
A member of the editorial board for the journal Advances in Accounting Education, Professor Rupert’s research interests include cognitive and decision-making processes of taxpayers and tax practitioners. His research uses behavioral methodologies to examine the impact of changes in the structure of the tax system on decision-making and fairness perceptions. He holds a PhD in accounting from Pennsylvania State University, an MS in taxation, and a BS in accounting from the University of Akron.
Master of Science in Sports Leadership
Robert M. Prior, Assistant Academic Specialist, College of Professional Studies
Dr. Robert M. Prior brings a wealth of experience as a practitioner in the sports industry–having worked at both the professional and collegiate levels–to Northeastern. Dr. Prior is also a Master teacher who oversees the course design and instruction of select courses delivered by the Sports Leadership faculty. Professionally he has worked for the Boston Celtics, Major League Soccer, Atlanta Braves and the Olympic Committee during the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. His experience at higher education institutions includes playing an integral role in transitioning the Nova Southeastern University athletic program into the NCAA Division II and founding the Sports Management Master’s program at Lasell College. He is a board member for the Commission on Sport Management Accreditation as well as a member of the group’s Publicity and Promotions Committee. In addition, Dr. Prior is a member of the North American Society for Sport Management, and the National Sports Marketing Network; he earned his EdD from Nova Southeastern University and MS from Saint Thomas University.
