Faculty

CORE FACULTY

Core LPS faculty have faculty appointments in LPS, teach a core course or serve on the Executive Committee.

LPS Director

Joan Fitzgerald

Professor of Law, Policy and Society
Expertise: Urban and State Economic Development, Urban Sustainability and Climate Change Policy and Planning, Workforce Development.
Courses Taught: Strategizing Public Policy, Cities, Climate Change, and Sustainability Contact: jo.fitzgerald@neu.edu, 617.373.3644, 337 Holmes Hall

Judith Barr

Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice
Expertise: Health policy and evaluation, Patient-centered outcome assessment, Pharmacoeconomics, Assessment of teaching and learning
Courses Taught:
Contact: j.barr@neu.edu. 617.373-4188, 105 Dockser Hall

Barry Bluestone

Stearns Trustee Professor of Sociology, Dean, School of Social Science, Urban Affairs, & Public Policy, Director, Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy.
Expertise:
Courses Taught:
Contact: bbbluestone@aol.com, 617.373.8595, 346 Holmes Hall

Christopher Bosso

Professor and Associate Dean School of Social Science, Public Affairs, and Public Policy.
Expertise:
Courses Taught:
Contact: c.bosso@neu.edu, Phone 617.373.4398, 341 Meserve Hall

Ballard Campbell

Professor of History, OAH Distinguished Lecturer.
Expertise: History of American Public Policy, Federalism, Research Methods.
Courses Taught: LPS Research Seminar.
Contact: campbell@neu.edu, 617.373.4448, 233 Holmes Hall

Richard Daynard

Professor of Law.
Expertise: Products Liability, Psychiatry and Law, Litigative Strategies
Courses Taught: Introduction to Law, Policy and Society
Contact: r.daynard@neu.edu, Phone 617.373.2026, 117 Cushing Hall

James Alan Fox

Lipman Family Professor of Criminal Justice and Professor of Law, Policy and Society.
Expertise: Homicide, Youth Violence, Quantitative Methods
Courses Taught: Introduction to Law, Policy and Society
Contact: j.fox@neu.edu, Phone 617.373.3296, 423 Churchill Hall

Paul Harrington

Associate Professor of Law, Policy and Society, Associate Director, Center for Labor Market Research.
Expertise:
Courses Taught: Education Policy, Economics for Public Policy Analysis
Contact: p.harrington@neu.edu, Phone 617.373.2242, 301 Lake Hall

Thomas Koenig

Professor of Sociology and Acting Chair in the College of Arts and Sciences
Expertise: Sociological Theory, Sociology of Business and Public Agencies
Courses Taught: Theories in Law,Policy and Society
Contact: t.koenig@neu.edu, Phone 617.373.3854, 513 Holmes Hall

Stephen Nathanson

Professor of Philosophy
Expertise: Ethics, Political Philosophy, War and Peace, Economic Justice, Epistemology. Courses Taught: Moral and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law
Contact: s.nathanson@neu.edu, Phone 617.373.4169, 373 Holmes Hall

Stephanie Pollack

Professor of Practice in Law, Policy and Society. Associate Director Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy
Expertise: Law and Legal Reasoning, Policy Strategy, Transportation, Environment and Energy, Smart Growth, Sustainability
Courses Taught: Strategizing Public Policy, Introduction to Law and Legal Reasoning
Contact: s.pollack@neu.edu,617.373.8341, 345 Holmes Hall

Michael Tolley

Associate Professor of Political Science
Expertise:Public Law, Judicial Process, Comparative Constitutionalism, American Politics Courses Taught: Contact: m.tolley@neu.edu, 617.373.2780, 311 Meserve Hall

Gregory Wassall

Associate Professor of Economics
Expertise:Cultural Economics, Taxation and Public Policy
Courses Taught:Economics of Law and Regulation Contact: g.wassall@neu.edu, 617.373.2196, 305 Lake Hall

AFFILIATED FACULTY

Affiliated LPS faculty teach courses of interest to LPS students and serve on dissertation committees.

Mary Ballou

Professor; Director, Counseling Psychology MS Program
Expertise: Developmental Psychology and Gender Counseling Psychology, Rehabilitation and Special Education
Courses Taught: Contact: m.ballou@neu.edu, 617.373.5937, 206 Lake Hall

Martha F. Davis

Professor of Law
Expertise: Developmental Psychology and Gender Counseling Psychology, Rehabilitation and Special Education
Courses Taught: Contact: m.davis@neu.edu, 617.373.8921, 35 Cargill Hall

Daniel Faber

Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of Graduate Studies.
Expertise: Environmental Sociology, Political Economy, Central America, Social Theory.
Courses Taught:
Contact: dannyfaber@comcast.net, 617.373.2878, 509 Holmes Hall

Daniel J. Givelber

Professor of Law
Expertise: Courses Taught:
Contact: .givelber@neu.edu, 617.373.4298, 22 Cargill Hall

Robert Hall

Associate Professor of Aftrican-American Studies
Expertise:African-American History, Colonial America
Courses Taught:
Contact: r.hall@neu.edu, 617.373.2621,132 Nightingale Hall

Michael Handel

Associate Professor of Sociology
Expertise: Economic Sociology, Sociology of Work, Organizations, and Labor Markets, Social Stratification
Courses Taught:
Contact: m.handel@neu.edu, 617.373.3620,539 Holmes Hall

Christopher E. Hopey

Vice President and Dean School of Professional and Continuing Studies Northeastern University
Expertise:
Courses Taught:
Contact: c.hopey@neu.edu, 617.373.2412,295 Richard's Hall

Patricia Illingworth

Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion
Expertise:Medical Ethics, Ethics, Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy
Courses Taught:
Contact: p.illingworth@neu.edu, 617.373.4167,361 Holmes Hall

William Kay

Associate Professor of Political Science
Expertise:Public Policy and Administration, Science and Technology Policy
Courses Taught:
Contact: w.kay@neu.edu, 617.373.4401,329 Meserve Hall

Jack Levin

Professor of Sociology
Expertise:Sociology of Violence and Conflict, Gerontology
Courses Taught:
Contact: jlevin1049@aol.com, 617.373.4983,569 Holmes Hall

Daniel J. McCarthy

Professor of Business Management
Expertise:Management Systems, Business-governmental Relations
Courses Taught:
Contact: da.mccarthy@neu.edu, 617.373.4758,313 Hayden Hall

Steven A. Morrison

Professor and Chair Transportation Economics Expertise:
Courses Taught:
Contact: s.morrison@neu.edu, 617.373.2872,301 Lake Hall

Peter C. Murrell, Jr.

Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Urban Education
Expertise:
Courses Taught:
Contact: p.murrell@neu.edu, 617.373.5668,50 Nightingale Hall

Carl Nelson

Associate Professor and Group Coordinator General Management
Expertise:
Health Care Management and Policy
Courses Taught:
Contact: ca.nelson@neu.edu, 617.373.4751,319 Hayden Hall

Richard O'Bryant

Assistant Professor of Political Science
Expertise: Science and Technology Policy and politics, Urban and Regional studies and Politics, Urban and Community Technology, and Community -Based Research.
Courses Taught:
Contact: obryant@neu.edu , 617.373.4397,377 Meserve Hall

Kwamina Panford

Associate Professor of African American Studies
Expertise:Comparative Economic Development and Labor Policy
Courses Taught:
Contact: k.panford@hotmail.com, 617.373.4333,347 Meserve Hall

Wendy E. Parmet

Professor of Law
Expertise:
Courses Taught:
Contact: w.parmet@neu.edu, 617.373.2019,77 Cargill Hall

Glenn Pierce

Expertise:Criminal Justice Policy Research
Courses Taught:
Contact: g.pierce@neu.edu, 617.373.3702,204 Churchill Hall

Gordana Rabrenovic

Expertise: Organizations, Urban Sociology, the Family
Courses Taught:
Contact: g.rabrenovic@neu.edu, 617.373.4998,571 Holmes Hall

Nicole Rafter

Professor Emerita of Criminal Justice
Expertise:Feminist Issues in Law, Women in the Criminal Justice System
Courses Taught:
Contact: n.rafter@neu.edu, 617.373.3327,204 Churchill Hall

Susan Setta

Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Expertise:American Religion and Culture, Biomedical/Religious Ethics, Sociology of Religion, Biblical Studies, Women and Religion
Courses Taught:
Contact: s.setta@neu.edu, 617.373.7699,371 Holmes Hall

Andrew M. Sum

Professor of Economics
Expertise:
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Contact: a.sum@neu.edu, 617.373.2242,315 Holmes Hall

Bruce Wallin

Associate Professor of Political Science
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Contact: b.wallin@neu.edu, 617.373.4405,339 Meserve Hall

Lucy A. Williams

Professor of Law
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Contact: lu.williams@neu.edu, 617.373.4537,37 Cargill Hall

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