The Master of Urban and Regional Policy draws upon an outstanding team of faculty from various disciplines and practices. Consistent with the mission of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, the faculty are actively engaged in addressing issues relevant to current urban communities.
Core Faculty
Len Albright
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Public Policy
Expertise: Urban Sociology, Environmental Sociology, Affordable Housing, Inequality, Qualitative Methods, the Suburbs, Social Theory, Coastal Communities
Contact: 573 Holmes
Barry Bluestone
Stearns Trustee Professor of Political Economy;
Founding Dean, School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs; Director, Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy
Expertise: Housing, Economic Development, Labor Economics, Public Policy
Contact: b.bluestone@neu.edu, 617.373.8595, 343 Holmes
Christopher Bosso
Professor, School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs;
Director, Nanotechnology and Society Group
Expertise: Public Policy, Environmental Policy
Contact: c.bosso@neu.edu, 617.373.4398, 79 Lake Hall
Alan Clayton-Matthews
Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy; Director of Quantitative Methods, School of Public Policy and Affairs; Senior Resesarch Associate, Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy
Expertise: Research Methods, Statistics, Public Finance
Contact: a.clayton-matthews@neu.edu, 617.373.2909, 343 Holmes Hall
James Connolly
Assistant Professor, Public Policy & Political Science
Expertise: Urban Environmental Planning and Policy Environmental Stewardship, Spatial Dynamics of Poverty, Geographic Information Services (GIS), Organizational Networks
Contact: j.connolly@neu.edu, 617.373.8900, 35 Lake Hall
Laurie Dopkins
Director, Professional Graduate Programs, School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs; Senior Research Associate, Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy
Expertise: Program Evaluation; Community-Based Research; Community and Youth Development; Non-Profit, Philanthropic, and Public Administration
Contact: l.dopkins@neu.edu, 617.373.2889, 343 Holmes Hall
Joan Fitzgerald
Interim Dean, School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs
Director, Law and Public Policy Program
Expertise: Urban and State Economic Development, Urban Sustainability and Climate Change Policy and Planning, Workforce Development
Contact: jo.fitzgerald@neu.edu, 617.373.3644, 337 Holmes Hall Curriculum Vitae
Director, John D. O’Bryant African American Institute
Senior Research Fellow, Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy
Expertise: Urban Policy, Technology and Urban Development
Contact: r.o’bryant@neu.edu, 617.373.4397, 100 African-American Institute
Stephanie Pollack
Lecturers & Internship Chair, School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs; Associate Director of Research, The Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy
Expertise: Urban Planning, Transportation and Environmental Policy
Contact: s.pollack@neu.edu, 617.373.8341, 343 Holmes Hall
Matthias Ruth
Professor of Public Policy and Civil and Environmental Engineering
Expertise: Ecological Economics, Dynamic Modeling, Microeconomics and Policy, Resource and Environmental Economics and Policy
Contact: m.ruth@neu.edu
Gavin M. Shatkin
Associate Professor of Public Policy and Architecture
Expertise: Public Policy, Urban Planning, Globalization and Poverty
Contact: g.shatkin@neu.edu
Thomas Vicino
Director, Master of Public Administration Program;
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Expertise: Urban Politics, Urban Development
Contact: t.vicino@neu.edu, 617.373.2619, 301 Meserve Hall
Affiliated Faculty
Michael Dukakis
Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Public Policy
- JD, Harvard Law School
- Former Governor of Massachusetts; 1988 Democratic Nominee for President of the United States
Contact: m.dukakis@neu.edu, 301 Meserve Hall
Neenah Estrella-Luna
Lecturer, School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs
- Ph.D., Northeastern University
- Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs
- Specialization: Education, Public Health Care and Administration
Glenn Hazelton
GIS Lecturer, School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs
- Ph.D., North Carolina State University
- GIS Manager & DB Admin at Mass Water Resources Authority
- Specialization: Geographic Information Systems
Nancy Lee
Lecturer, School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs
Research Associate, Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy
- Ph.D., Washington State University
- Specialization: Economic Development, Sustainability, Energy, Transportation
John Portz
Professor of Political Science
- Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
- Specialization: Public Policy and Administration; Education Policy; State and Local Government
Robert Pritchard
Lecturer, School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs
- Ph.D., Northeastern University
- Fellow in Economics
- Specialization: Public Policy, Transportation Safety, Applied Microeconomics, Law and Economics
David Rochefort
Professor of Political Science
- Ph.D., Brown University
- Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor
- Specialization: Public Policy; Health and Mental Health Care; Social Welfare; Methodology; Community-Based Research; Student Leadership
Daniel Spiess
Lecturer, School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs
Research Associate, Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy
- Ph.D., University of Michigan
- Specialization: Economic and Community Development, Environmental Planning, Environmental Justice
Holly St. Clair
Lecturer, School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs
- M.S., Tufts University
- Data Services Director, Metropolitan Area Planning Council
- Specialization: Urban and Environmental Policy
Liza Weinstein
Assistant Professor of Sociology
- Ph.D., University of Chicago
- Specialization: Urban sociology
