Tunde Kovacs
Assistant Professor of Finance
corporate finance, financial management and investments, market efficiency, security issues and analysts
Engin Kirda
Sy and Laurie Sternberg Interdisciplinary Associate Professor of Information Assurance
cybersecurity issues with the potential to affect a large number of people
Jerome (Jerry) Hajjar
Professor, Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
computational analysis, earthquake engineering, experimental testing, steel and composite steel/concrete structures, structural stability
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Roger I. Abrams
Title
Richardson Professor of Law
Expertise
administrative law, admission to law school, alternative dispute resolution, antitrust law, careers in law, civil rights, cooperative legal education, employment law, labor law, legal education, products liability, race, racism and the law, Sports law, supreme court, torts and torts reform
Contact
r.abrams@neu.edu
617.373.2068
Dan Adams
Title
Assistant Professor of Architecture
Expertise
global production and transport of salt, integration of salt industry with communities and ecology, urban landscape
Contact
James Alan Fox
Title
The Lipman Family Professor of Criminology, Law and Public Policy
Expertise
capital punishment, multiple murder, school and campus violence, workplace violence, youth crime
Contact
j.fox@neu.edu
617.373.3296
Anand Asthagiri
Title
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Expertise
cancer biology, cell-biomaterial interactions, engineering morphodynamics, living cell and tissue engineering
Contact
a.asthagiri@neu.edu
617.373.2996
Albert-Laszlo Barabasi
Title
Distinguished Professor of Physics, Director of the Center for Complex Network Research
Expertise
Google, human mobility, predictability, social and technological networks, spreading of mobile viruses, theoretical condensed matter physics
Contact
a.barabasi@neu.edu
617.373.7774
Gia Barboza
Title
Assistant Professor of African American Studies
Expertise
bullying and cyber bullying, health and the law, health as a mediator of educational and criminal justice outcomes, health disparities, public health policy, sexual violence prevention, youth violence
Contact
g.barboza@neu.edu
617.373.4374
Lisa Feldman Barrett
Title
Distinguished Professor of Psychology
Expertise
affective and cognitive neuroscience, perception of emotional expressions, sex differences in emotion, the science of emotion
Contact
l.barrett@neu.edu
617.373.2044
Leo Beletsky
Title
Associate Professor of Law and Health Sciences
Expertise
criminal justice policy, drug policy, health and human rights, role of law as a structural determinant of health, social epidemiology of HIV-AIDS and drug addiction
Contact
l.beletsky@neu.edu
617.373.5540
James Benneyan
Title
Professor and Director of the Healthcare Systems Engineering Program and the Center for Health Organization Transformation
Expertise
healthcare process improvement, healthcare systems engineering, operations research, patient safety, quality and reliability engineering, statistical quality control
Contact
benneyan@coe.neu.edu
617.373.2975
Tim Bickmore
Title
Associate Professor of Computer and Information Science
Contact
t.bickmore@neu.edu
617.373.5477
Barry Bluestone
Title
Dean of the School of Law, Policy and Society; Director of the Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy; Russell B. and Andree B. Stearns Professor of Political Economy
Expertise
labor market analysis, political economy, poverty and income distribution, public policy, urban development
Contact
b.bluestone@neu.edu
617.373.8595
Erika Boeckeler
Title
Assistant Professor of English
Expertise
alphabets and alphabetic literature, early modern Northern European visual art, early Slavic print culture, history of the book, language theory, Renaissance lyric poetry, Shakespeare
Contact
e.boeckeler@neu.edu
617.373.7047
Ahmed Busnaina
Title
William Lincoln Smith Chair Professor in the College of Electrical and Computer Engineeringand Director of NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC) for High-rate Nanomanufacturing.
Expertise
Contact
busnaina@coe.neu.edu
617.373.2992
J. David Cisneros
Title
Assistant Professor of Communications
Expertise
contemporary transnational political movements for immigrant rights, democratic theory, race and ethnic studies, rhetorical perspective
Contact
j.cisneros@neu.edu
617.373.8263
Heather Clark
Title
Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Contact
h.clark@neu.edu
617.373.3091
Bruce Clark
Title
Associate Professor of Marketing, Frank Murphy Family Fellow, MBA Marketing Career Track Chair
Expertise
competition and performance measurement, managerial decision-making, marketing management, marketing strategy
Contact
b.clark@neu.edu
617.373.4783
Alan Clayton-Matthews
Title
Professor, Director of Quantitative Methods in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs
Expertise
Contact
a.clayton-matthews@neu.edu
617.373.2909
William (Bill) Crotty
Title
Professor of Political Science
Expertise
American political parties and elections, democratization and democratic government, political representation, public policy
Contact
w.crotty@neu.edu
617.373.2349
Richard Daynard
Title
Professor of Law
Expertise
administrative law, civil liability/litigation, consumer protection, health law, products liability, public health law, public interest advocacy/litigation, tobacco, tort reform
Contact
r.daynard@neu.edu
617.373.2026
Peter Desnoyers
Title
Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Science
Expertise
Contact
pjd@ccs.neu.edu
617.373.8683
William (Bill) Dickens
Title
Distinguished Professor of Economics and Social Policy
Expertise
intelligence testing, labor markets, psychology and economics, unemployment, wage determination
Contact
Silvia Dominguez
Title
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Expertise
international migration, qualitative and ethnographic methods, race and ethnic relations, social networks, violence and mental health
Contact
s.dominguez@neu.edu
617.373.4989
Michael Dukakis
Title
Distinguished Professor of Political Science
Expertise
campaigning, gubernatorial issues, national health care policy reform, political leadership, politics and public service as a career, state reform
Contact
m.dukakis@neu.edu
617.373.4396
Deniz Erdogmus
Title
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Director of the Cognitive Systems Laboratory
Expertise
biomedical image segmentation, biomedical signal and image processing, brain computer interfaces, information theory, machine learning, statistical signal processing and inference
Contact
erdogmus@ece.neu.edu
617.373.3021
Joan Fitzgerald
Title
Professor of Law and Public Policy; Director of Law and Public Policy Program; Director of Urban Studies Undergraduate Minor
Expertise
climate-change planning, economic development, renewable energy, urban economic development, urban sustainability
Contact
jo.fitzgerald@neu.edu
617.373.3644
Stephen Flynn
Title
Professor of Political Science, Founding Co-Director of the George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security
Expertise
catastrophic terrorism, community resilience, critical infrastructure protection, homeland security, maritime and port security, national security, transportation security
Contact
s.flynn@neu.edu
617.470.7675
Murray Forman
Title
Associate Professor of Communication Studies
Expertise
critical analysis of media industries, cultural production and communication, Hip-hop, issues of youth and age in society, race and identity, social uses of popular music
Contact
m.forman@neu.edu
617.373.5004
William Fowler
Title
Distinguished Professor of History
Expertise
American colonial and revolutionary history, history of Boston and New England, maritime history
Contact
w.fowler@neu.edu
617.373.5236
Laura Frader
Title
Professor of History, Associate Dean of Faculty for the College of Social Sciences and Humanities
Contact
l.frader@neu.edu
617.373.4442
Debra Franko
Title
Professor of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology
Expertise
Contact
d.franko@neu.edu
617.373.5454
Terry Fulmer
Title
Dean of the Bouve College of Health Sciences
Contact
t.fulmer@neu.edu
617.373.3323
Auroop Ganguly
Title
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Contact
a.ganguly@neu.edu
617.373.3710
Murray Gibson
Title
Dean of the College of Science
Expertise
atomic structure of nanomaterials using electron microscopes, nanophysics, the role of science and how science and research fits into larger society
Contact
m.gibson@neu.edu
617.373.5089
Joseph Giglio
Title
Senior Academic Specialist and Executive Professor of General Management
Expertise
Contact
j.giglio@neu.edu
617.373.4762
Robert Gilbert
Title
Edward W. Brooke Professor of Political Science
Contact
r.gilbert@neu.edu
617.373.2799
Greg Goodale
Title
Assistant Professor of Communication Studies
Expertise
advocacy and citizenship, foster care policy, legal argumentation, persuasion and rhetoric, political communication, public speaking
Contact
g.goodale@neu.edu
617.373.5518
Matthew Goodwin
Title
Assistant Professor of Health Informatics
Contact
m.goodwin@neu.edu
617.373.4192
Matthew Gray
Title
Assistant Professor of Theater
Expertise
acting, contemporary contexts for classical drama, design, directing, eReaders, robotics and live performance, technology, textbook technologies
Contact
ma.gray@neu.edu
617.373.4147
Jerome (Jerry) Hajjar
Title
Professor, Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Expertise
computational analysis, earthquake engineering, experimental testing, steel and composite steel/concrete structures, structural stability
Contact
jf.hajjar@neu.edu
617.373.3242
Robert Hall
Title
Associate Professor of African American Studies and History
Expertise
abolitionism, African American history, African American religion, Atlantic slave trade, blacks in higher education, civil rights, colonial America, comparative slavery, food, nutrition, and health in the African diaspora, race relations, urban society
Contact
ro.hall@neu.edu
617.373.2621
Inez Hedges
Title
Professor of French, German and Cinema Studies
Expertise
film as historical memory, film noir, film theory, French film, German literature and film, surrealism, the myth of Faust
Contact
i.hedges@neu.edu
617.373.3654
Karen Horbowicz
Title
Assistant Clinical Professor of Pharmacy
Contact
k.parkinson@neu.edu
617.373.3801
Derek Isaacowitz
Title
Associate Professor of Psychology
Expertise
and emotion throughout adulthood and old age, happiness and age, the interplay between cognitive processes, particularly visual attention
Contact
dmi@neu.edu
617.373.3846
Kimberly Jones
Title
Faculty Associate at the Middle East Center for Peace, Culture and Development, Associate Director of International Affairs, Head Advisor of Middle East Studies
Expertise
counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, insurgency, international humanitarian law, national security, terrorism
Contact
Graham Jones
Title
Professor and Department Chair, Chemistry
Expertise
biopharmaceutical technology, development of diagnostic and therapeutic agents, synthetic organic chemistry
Contact
gr.jones@neu.edu
617.373.8619
Richard Katula
Title
Professor of Communications Studies, Group Leader of Dialogue of Civilizations: Greece - Culture and History
Expertise
argumentation and debate, classical rhetorical theory, contemporary rhetorical theory, Greek culture and history, international communication abroad, public speaking, rhetorical criticism
Contact
r.katula@neu.edu
617.373.5040
Engin Kirda
Title
Sy and Laurie Sternberg Interdisciplinary Associate Professor of Information Assurance
Contact
ek@ccs.neu.edu
617.373.7484
Steven Klosterman
Title
Professor of Practice in Engineering Leadership
Expertise
developing personal networks, engineering and executive management, hardware and software IT systems, leadership development, manufacturing and outsourcing, new product development, power systems, product management, renewable energy systems, systems engineering
Contact
s.klosterman@neu.edu
617.373.8255
Tunde Kovacs
Title
Assistant Professor of Finance
Expertise
corporate finance, financial management and investments, market efficiency, security issues and analysts
Contact
t.kovacs@neu.edu
617.373.3155
John LaBrie
Title
Dean of the College of Professional Studies and Vice President for Professional Education
Expertise
continuing education, global collaboration, online and on-site education, professional and graduate-program development
Contact
j.labrie@neu.edu
617.373.2412
Harlan Lane
Title
Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Psychology
Expertise
culture and manual language of the deaf world, perception in hearing and deaf people, speech production
Contact
lane@neu.edu
617.373.3076
David Lazer
Title
Associate Professor of Computer and Information Science, Associate Professor of Political Science
Expertise
governance, how the patterns of institutional relations yield functional or dysfunctional systems, social networks, technology and its use in communication, Twitter and mood of the nation
Contact
Jack Levin
Title
Brudnick Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Anthropology
Expertise
Contact
j.levin@neu.edu
781.784.7362
Laura Lewis
Title
Cabot Professor & Chair of Chemical Engineering
Expertise
materials for energy systems, oxide/chalcogenide electronic materials systems and nanocrystalline materials, permanent magnetic systems, recording media
Contact
lhlewis@neu.edu
617.373.3419
Alexandros Makriyannis
Title
George D. Behrakis Chair in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Director of the Center for Drug Discovery
Expertise
drug design synthesis, endocannabinoid system in drug discovery, interactions of drugs with membranes
Contact
a.makriyannis@neu.edu
617.373.4200
Donald Margotta
Title
Associate Professor of Finance and Insurance
Contact
d.margotta@neu.edu
617.373.4739
Ramiro Martinez, Jr.
Title
Professor in Criminology and Criminal Justice and in Sociology and Anthropology
Expertise
Mexico's drug violence, violence and crime along US/Mexican border and US/Caribbean border, violent crime across ecological settings and across racial, ethnic, and immigrant groups
Contact
R.Martinez@neu.edu
617.373.7066
Terrance Masson
Title
Associate Professor and Director of Creative Industries
Expertise
animation and game development supervision, business development and pipeline consulting, video production, visual effects
Contact
t.masson@neu.edu
617.373.7645
William G. Mayer
Title
Associate Professor of Political Science
Expertise
Contact
w.mayer@neu.edu
617.373.4410
Steven McGonagle
Title
Professor of Practice in Engineering Leadership, Lieutenant Colonel US Army (retired)
Expertise
core leadership competency training, decision-making, interpersonal skills, leadership presence, military operations planning, non-combatant evacuation operation (NEO) planning and execution, team development skills; presentation and communication skills
Contact
s.mcgonagle@neu.edu
617.373.2184
Michael Meltsner
Title
George J. and Kathleen Waters Matthews Distinguished University Professor
Contact
m.meltsner@neu.edu
617.373.3218
Marc Meyer
Title
Robert Shillman Professor of Entrepreneurship, Matthews Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship, Director High Tech MBA
Expertise
development of next generation products, health care providers, new product development, product development within computer manufacturers, software firms, technological entrepreneurship
Contact
ma.meyer@neu.edu
617.373.5948
Alan Mislove
Title
Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Science
Contact
a.mislove@neu.edu
617.373.7069
Valentine Moghadam
Title
Director of International Affairs Program, Professor of Sociology
Expertise
development and globalization, political sociology of the Middle East and North Africa, social movements, transnational activism, transnational feminist networks
Contact
v.moghadam@neu.edu
617.373.6163
Susan Barbieri Montgomery
Title
Executive Professor of Law and Business
Expertise
business and commercial law, computer and internet law, copyright, intellectual property, international law, patent and trademark law
Contact
s.montgomery@neu.edu
617.373.7071
Sanjeev Mukerjee
Title
Professor of Physical/Materials Chemistry
Expertise
electrochemical energy conversion and storage, electrochemistry of electrode materials, proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells, solid state chemistry, spectroscopy
Contact
s.mukerjee@neu.edu
617.373.2382
Shashi Murthy
Title
Associate Professor & Acting Chair, Chemical Engineering
Expertise
cell surface and intracellular phenomena, microfluidic devices for applications in clinical diagnostics and regenerative medicine
Contact
smurthy@coe.neu.edu
617.373.4017
Pran Nath
Title
Matthews Distinguished Professor of Physics
Expertise
first supergravity theory, high energy particle colliders, supersymmetric particles (sparticles), theoretical particle physics
Contact
p.nath@neu.edu
617.373.4669
Guevara Noubir
Title
Professor of Computer and Information Science
Expertise
design, theory and prototyping of scalable and secure heterogeneous wireless communication systems
Contact
noubir@ccs.neu.edu
617.373.5205
Themis Papageorge
Title
Associate Clinical Professor of Computer and Information Science, Director of Graduate Information Assurance Program
Expertise
auditing, authentication, cyber security, engineering economics, identity access management, information assurance, real-time database security, risk management
Contact
Serena Parekh
Title
Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion
Expertise
continental philosophy, feminist theory, philosophy of human rights, social and political philosophy
Contact
s.parekh@neu.edu
617.373.6151
Wendy Parmet
Title
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and George J. and Kathleen Waters Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Law
Expertise
Contact
w.parmet@neu.edu
617.373.2019
Judith Perrolle
Title
Associate Professor of Sociology
Expertise
environment and technology policy, social impact of computers and communications technology, sociology of science
Contact
perrolle@ccs.neu.edu
617.373.3861
Yury Petrov
Title
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Expertise
low-level visual mechanisms in humans, shape processing, stereoscopic vision, visual masking and crowding
Contact
y.petrov@neu.edu
617.373.6054
Simon Pitts
Title
Professor of Practice in Engineering Leadership, Director of the Gordon Engineering Leadership Program
Expertise
automotive industry, engineering and design, Engineering leadership development, leading engineering and cross-functional teams, manufacturing and advanced powertrain development, product development
Contact
s.pitts@neu.edu
617.373.3630
Hilary Poriss
Title
Associate Professor of Music
Expertise
aesthetics of 19th-century musical culture, diva culture, Italian opera, performance practice
Contact
h.poriss@neu.edu
617.373.4249
Sheila Puffer
Title
Professor, Cherry Fellow of International Business and Strategy
Contact
s.puffer@neu.edu
617.373.5249
Ravi Ramamurti
Title
Distinguished Professor of International Business and Strategy and Director, Center for Emerging Markets
Expertise
globalization, government regulation in emerging markets, India and China, innovation in emerging markets, multinationals from emerging markets, rising power of emerging markets
Contact
r.ramamurti@neu.edu
617.373.4760
Deborah Ramirez
Title
Professor of Law
Expertise
community and law enforcement partnerships, issues of race and criminal justice, racial profiling
Contact
d.ramirez@neu.edu
617.373.4629
Carey Rappaport
Title
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Associate Director of CenSSIS
Contact
c.rappaport@neu.edu
617.373.2043
Joseph Reagle
Title
Assistant Professor of Communications Studies
Expertise
collaborative culture and online community, gender gap in free culture, Wikipedia's history and prosocial normas
Contact
j.reagle@neu.edu
617.373.4855
William Robertson
Title
Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering
Expertise
cyber and systems security, detecting and preventing web based attacks, information assurance
Contact
w.robertson@neu.edu
617.373.2136
Harlow Robinson
Title
Matthews Distinguished University Professor of History
Expertise
history of music, Russian/Soviet and East European cultural history, Soviet film and performing arts
Contact
h.robinson@neu.edu
617.373.2235
Tracy Robinson-Wood
Title
Professor of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology and Program Director of Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology
Expertise
identity development, intersections of race with class and gender and culture, psychometric instrument development
Contact
tr.robinson@neu.edu
617.373.2485
Peter Rosen
Title
Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Director of Marine Studies Program
Expertise
beach accidents, beach processes, coastal construction, coastal flooding, coastal geology, coastal wetlands, nearshore processes., salt marsh processes, sand dunes, sediment transport, shore erosion, shore structures
Contact
p.rosen@neu.edu
617.373.4380
Mehrdad Sasani
Title
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Contact
m.sasani@neu.edu
617.373.5222
Carmen Sceppa
Title
Associate Professor and Director, Graduate Programs in Exercise Science
Expertise
aging, medicine, metabolism, nutrition, physical activity/exercise
Contact
c.sceppa@neu.edu
617.373.5543
Alan Schroeder
Title
Professor of Journalism
Expertise
presidential elections, show business in the White House, televised debates, visual journalism
Contact
a.schroeder@neu.edu
617.373.7227
Magy Seif El-Nasr
Title
Associate Professor of Creative Industries
Expertise
developing computational tools and methods for adaptive games based on psychological theories, education and entertainment, innovative game designs for health
Contact
m.seifel-nasr@neu.edu
617.373.3928
Rebecca Shansky
Title
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Expertise
hormone and catecholamine interactions, neurobiology and psychology, sex differences in stress-induced prefrontal cortex dysfunction
Contact
r.shansky@neu.edu
617.373.3076
Dennis Shaughnessy
Title
Executive Professor, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group, Founder and Executive Director, NU Social Enterprise Institute
Expertise
angel investing, business and poverty, economic development, emerging markets, impact investing, innovation and intellectual property, microfinance, social entrepreneurship, venture capital
Contact
d.shaughnessy@neu.edu
617.373.7892
David Sherman
Title
Professor of Accounting
Expertise
Facebook IPO, financial literacy issues facing corporate management in global businesses, financial reporting, financial services, methods to improve productivity in health care, other service organizations, performance measurement/management
Contact
h.sherman@neu.edu
617.851.8345
Michael Silevitch
Title
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Contact
msilevit@ece.neu.edu
617.373.3033
Heather Streets-Salter
Title
Associate Professor of History, Director of World History Programs
Expertise
modern British history, network and diffusion theory, race and gender studies, the history of imperialism and colonialism, war and violence, world history
Contact
Denis Sullivan
Title
Professor of International Affairs, Director of the Middle East Center for Peace, Culture and Development
Expertise
Islamist movements, Israel-Palestine, Lebanon, NGOs & civil society in Egypt, US policy in the Middle East
Contact
Andrew Sum
Title
Professor of Economics
Expertise
labor market behavior and problems of young adults, role of education, state labor markets, training in influencing the labor market experiences of adults
Contact
a.sum@neu.edu
617.373.2242
Scott Swain
Title
Assistant Professor of Marketing
Expertise
advertising and promotions for brands, consumer and employee perspectives and outcomes, consumer behavior, consumer perceptions of products and companies as brands, corporate social responsibility, deceptive advertising, dilution, likelihood of confusion, role of research in marketing decision-making, trademark infringement
Contact
s.swain@neu.edu
617.373.2033
Judith Tick
Title
Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Music
Contact
j.tick@neu.edu
617.373.8537
Geoff Trussell
Title
Associate Professor of Biology, Director of Northeastern's Marine Science Center, Chair of Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Contact
g.trussell@neu.edu
781.581.7370 x300
Alex Vespignani
Title
Sternberg Distinguished Professor of Physics, Computer Science and Health Sciences
Expertise
application of statistical and numerical simulation methods in the analysis of epidemics, social and technological networks, spreading of epidemics, study of biological
Contact
Robert Volpe
Title
Assistant Professor of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology
Contact
r.volpe@neu.edu
617.373.7970
Marsette Vona
Title
Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Science
Expertise
algorithms, geometric computation, graphics, human-machine interfaces, manufacturing, software and hardware to address open problems in robotics
Contact
vona@ccs.neu.edu
617.373.8728
Meni Wanunu
Title
Assistant Professor of Physics
Expertise
biomolecular structure and dynamics, gene sequencing, interfacial chemistry and bioconjugate chemistry, micro- and nano-fabrication, scanning probe microscopy, vibrational spectroscopy
Contact
m.wanunu@neu.edu
617.373.7412
Mishac Yegian
Title
Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Contact
m.yegian@neu.edu
617.373.2448
Edmund Yeh
Title
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Expertise
future internet architecture, network science, smart power grids, wireless communication and networking
Contact
Alan Zaremba
Title
Associate Professor of Communication Studies
Expertise
crisis communication, March Madness, organizational communication, public speaking, sports fan subculture
Contact
a.zaremba@neu.edu
617.373.4073