The Department of Political Science and College of Social Sciences and Humanities relies heavily on an interdisciplinary environment in which full-time faculty and lecturers from other Departments and Programs at Northeastern teach and work with our students and faculty. We also utilize part-time lecturers to teach individual courses. These lecturers often bring years of academic or professional experience to the courses they teach, supplementing those taught by our full-time faculty. Some of these are Doctoral Candidates teaching undergraduate courses in their areas of interest.
Affiliated Full-time Faculty from other Departments at Northeastern
Barry Bluestone
Stearns Trustee Professor of Political Economy, Director of the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy, and Dean of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs
Areas of Study: Political Economy, Income Distribution, Business and Industrial Policy, Labor-management Relations, Higher Education Finance, Urban and Regional Economic Development
Peter Boynton
Founding Co-Director of Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security Northeastern University
Areas of Study: Homeland Security
Christopher J. Bosso
Professor and Associate Dean in School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, and Director of Nanotechnology & Society Research Group
Areas of Study: Science and Technology Policy, Environmental Policy, the Politics of Food Safety, Public Policymaking
Alan Clayton-Matthews
Associate Professor in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs
Areas of Study: Economics, Quantitative Methodology, Public Policy, Social Welfare Policy
Laurie Dopkins
Director of Graduate Programs for School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Director of Online Operations for Master of Public Administration Program
Areas of Study: Non-profit Capacity Building, Outcomes Measurement and Evaluation
Joan Fitzgerald
Professor and Director of Law and Public Policy Program
Areas of Study: Urban and State Economic Development, Urban Sustainability and Climate Change Policy and Planning, Workforce Development
Lori M. Gardinier
Associate Academic Specialist and Director of Human Services Program
Areas of Study: Non-profit Program Planning, Development and Management, Tenant/landlord Law, Homelessness, Counseling and Advocacy Services for Victims of Domestic Violence
Greg Goodale
Assistant Professor in Communication Studies
Areas of Study: Political Communication, Political Rhetoric, Legal Argumentation, Advocacy, and Citizenship
Richard Katula
Professor in Communication Studies
Areas of Study: Political Communication, Political Rhetoric, Public Discourse
Ioannis Livanis
Lecturer for International Affairs Program
Areas of Study: International Affairs, Comparative Public Policy, The European Union and Governance
Marion Mason
Assistant Director of John D. O’Bryant African-American Institute
Areas of Study: Social Change & Inequities, Community Development, Capacity Building in Urban Communities, Multi-Ethnic Churches, Public Administration, Management & Policy
Stephen Nathanson
Professor of Philosophy
Areas of Study: Terrorism, ethics, nationalism, patriotism, peace studies
Richard L. O’Bryant
Director of John D. O’Bryant African-American Institute
Areas of Study: Science and Technology Policy and politics, Urban and Regional studies and Politics, Urban and Community Technology, Community-Based Research
Daniel Urman
Visiting Scholar and Director of Executive Doctorate of Law and Public Policy
Areas of Study: Law and Legal Reasoning, Judicial Nominations and Processes, American Foreign Policy, American Politics
Part-time Faculty
Dan Ahern
MPA, Northeastern University
President, Clarus Group
f.ahern@neu.edu
Richard Arenberg
MA, Boston University
Former Staff to Senators Paul Tsongas, George Mitchell, and Carl Levin
Click here for an oral history on Professor Arenberg’s many years of service in the U.S. Senate
r.arenberg@neu.edu
Thomas F. Birmingham
JD, Harvard Law School; Rhodes Scholar, Oxford University
Senior Counsel at the law firm of Edwards, Angell, Palmer & Dodge, and Former President of the Massachusetts Senate
t.birmingham@neu.edu
Ann Braga
JD, Suffolk University Law School; MPA, The University of Connecticut
Compliance Officer for the City of Boston
a.braga@neu.edu
Brittany Carpenter Cunningham
PhD, University of Louisville
Research Analyst for the American Institutes for Research
b.carpenter@neu.edu
Ian Coyle
MPA, State University of New York, University at Albany
Deputy County Administrator for the County of Livingston, New York
i.coyle@neu.edu
John Dunlap
MPA, Northeastern University
Chief of Personnel & Labor Relations, City of Boston
j.dunlap@neu.edu
Neenah Estrella-Luna
PhD, Northeastern University; MPH, Boston University
Alysha G. Glazier
JD, Suffolk University
Assistant Director, Office of Human Resources, City of Boston
a.glazier@neu.edu
James J. Gorske
MBA, Nichols College
Executive Director, AdCare Educational Institute
j.gorske@neu.edu
James Hoyte
JD, Harvard University
Assistant to the President and Lecturer on Environmental Science and Public Policy at Harvard University
j.hoyte@neu.edu
Mel Kleckner
MPA, Suffolk University; Senior Executives in State and Local Government Program, Harvard University
Town Administrator, Town of Brookline
m.kleckner@neu.edu
William Lovely III
w.lovelyiii@neu.edu
Yoav Mehozay
PhD, New School for Social Research
y.mehozay@neu.edu
Lawrence Overlan
MBA, University of Notre Dame; MA, University of Alabama
l.overlan@neu.edu
Robert D. Pritchard
Ph.D., Northeastern University
r.pritchard@neu.edu
Jennifer Ring
MPA, Indiana University-Bloomington
Senior Director of Development Operations, United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley
j.ring@neu.edu
Anny Rivera-Ottenberger
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
a.rivera-ottenberger@neu.edu
Gary Sasse
MPA, University of Missouri
Former Executive Director of the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council
g.sasse@neu.edu
Sarah Stanton
MPA, Northeastern University
Director of Purchasing for City of Woburn
s.stanton@neu.edu
Elaine M. Walker
MBA, Eastern Michigan University
el.walker@neu.edu
Martha M. Walz
JD, New York University; MPA, Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government
Massachusetts State Representative
m.walz@neu.edu
Doctoral Candidate Lecturers
Guy Bellino
Diane Bulpett
Jarvis Chen
Panagoula Diamanti Karanou
Julie Garey
Mladen Mrdalj
David Smith
