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Amanda Schwartz, MS ’11

Partnerships Manager, Partners in Health • Amanda was recently promoted to Partnerships Manager, working with partner organizations who can help Partners in Health to further their mission to break the cycle of poverty and disease. Partners In Health is a Boston-based non-profit organization dedicated to providing high-quality medical care and social justice to the destitute...

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Dawna Thomas

Dawna Thomas, PhD ’01

Associate Professor of Africana and Women’s and Gender Studies, Simmons College | Professor Thomas teaches classes on research methods, health and disability, and violence in the family. Her research work has focused on disability policy, economic disparities for individuals with disabilities from culturally diverse communities, community-based participatory research, race and gender disparities in health care,...

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Mary Ellen Mastrorilli

Mary Ellen Mastrorilli, PhD ’08

Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Boston University Metropolitan College | Professor Mastrorilli’s research interests focus on female offenders, community corrections, and law and society. She holds over twenty-four years of experience in positions ranging from correction officer to prison administrator....

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JD/MS Law and Public Policy

JD/MS Law and Public Policy

This interdisciplinary graduate program is designed for students who want a solid background in public policy as well as law. After completing the Juris Doctor (JD), students then take one year of courses in Law and Public Policy, ending with a capstone course. The program covers a full range of strategies for creating policy change, including legislation,...

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PhD Law and Public Policy

PhD Law & Public Policy

An interdisciplinary public policy program that provides a comprehensive view of the policy making process and its outcomes. Our interdisciplinary focus means that students come from a variety of backgrounds. And our students typically have several years of work experience. Students quickly find that engaging in a classroom with other students who hold degrees such...

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Michelle Meiser

Michelle Meiser, MS ’06

Director of Homeownership & Asset Manager • Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation • In her capacity at ABCD, Michelle is responsible for management of 10 affordable rental developments (509 units). Through their Homeownership Program Michelle and her staff assists low- and moderate-income home buyers in overcoming obstacles to homeownership by providing home buyer education, individual...

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Steve L. Antonakes, PhD ’98

Head of Bank Supervision, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau • Antonakes was appointed by President Obama to the post in November 2010. Antonakes will be responsible for monitoring how the nation’s largest banks market and sell consumer products such as credit cards, checking accounts, and home loans to ensure they do not mislead or exploit...

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MS Law and Public Policy

The master of science degree provides professional graduate training in public policy with a grounding in law and legal reasoning. Most other public policy primarily emphasize economic analysis and assume that policy is created exclusively through legislation. The M.S. in Law and Public Policy takes a more interdisciplinary approach that recognizes the different dynamics that...

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Roderick Ireland, PhD ’98

Chief Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court | “Northeastern has a proud track-record of educating future leaders in public service,” said President Joseph E. Aoun. “Justice Ireland’s career exemplifies an unwavering commitment to serving others. As a member of our faculty, he strengthens our commitment to experiential learning by bringing the judicial system to life for...

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Joan Fitzgerald appointed Interim Dean of the School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs

Professor Joan Fitzgerald has assumed the post of Interim Dean of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs. Georges Van Den Abbeele, Dean of the College of Social Sciences and Humanities announced the appointment. Joan will lead the continued development and expansion of the Policy School.  She follows in the footsteps of Founding Dean

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Dan Urman admitted to Supreme Court Bar

Dan Urman, director of the Executive Doctorate in Law & Policy and lecturer in the Law & Public Policy program was admitted to the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States during a ceremony in Washington, D.C., on Monday, June 18, 2012. Urman said, “It is a true honor to become a member

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Richard Maloney, PhD ’10, presents paper at Brookings/NEA symposium on economic impact of art and culture

Richard G. Maloney recently presented at a symposium on the economic impact of art and culture. The event, held on May 10th, co-hosted by the Brookings Institution and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), examined new growth theory as a tool for assessing the impact of art and culture on the U.S. economy, including the theory that cities play a major role in facilitating economic growth

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The Constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act

Charles Fried, Professor, Harvard Law School
Friday, April 13th | 1-3pm | John D O’Bryant Cabral Center | African American Institute | Northeastern University
Charles Fried, the Beneficial Professor of Law, has been teaching at Harvard Law School since 1961. He was Solicitor General of the United States, 1985-89, and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, 1995-99. His scholarly and teaching interests have been moved by the connection between normative theory and the concrete institutions of public and private law. During his career at Harvard he has taught Criminal Law, Commercial Law, Roman Law, Torts, Contracts,

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Guest Speakers on Urban Development

Neal Howard - Associate with the Beal Companies
Brian Coleman - Executive Director of Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center
March 28th
5:15-7:45
Room 315 Behrakis
This session of the Urban Economic Development class is open to all students to hear these guest speakers.

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Corey Denenberg Dehner ’09 appointed Co-Director of the Worcester Community Project Center

Corey Denenberg Dehner (Ph.D. '09) was recently appointed Co-Director of the Worcester Community Project Center at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The Worcester Community Project Center works with its many community partners on issues of social, environmental and economic significance to the city of Worcester, its many distinct neighborhoods and region. Corey will also be a faculty member in the Interdisciplinary and Global Studies Department.

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  • Upcoming Info Sessions

    Students

    On-campus
    Wednesday, March 20
    5:00 - 6:00pm
    Location 440 Curry Student Center
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    Webinar
    Wednesday, February 27
    12:00 - 1:00 pm EST
    Wednesday, March 27
    12:00 - 1:00 pm EDT
    Wednesday, April 24
    12:00 - 1:00 pm EDT
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    Join us for an upcoming information session to learn more about our programs and hear directly from administrators, faculty and current students.

  • Alumni Spotlight

    Amanda Schwartz

    Amanda Schwartz, MS '11

    Partnerships Manager
    Partners in Health

    Amanda works with partner organizations who can help Partners in Health further their mission to break the cycle of poverty and disease. Partners In Health is a Boston-based non-profit organization dedicated to providing high-quality medical care and social justice to the destitute sick living in some of the world's poorest places.