Faculty
CORE FACULTY
Core LPS faculty have faculty appointments in LPS, teach a core course or serve on the Executive Committee.
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Joan Fitzgerald, LPS Director
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 |
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Judith Barr
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice Expertise: Health policy and evaluation, Patient-centered outcome assessment, Pharmacoeconomics, Assessment of teaching and learning Contact: j.barr@neu.edu. 617.373-4188, 105 Dockser Hall |
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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. |
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Professor and Associate Dean
School of Social Science, Public Affairs, and Public Policy. |
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Professor of History, OAH Distinguished Lecturer.
Expertise: History of American Public Policy, Federalism, Research Methods.
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Richard Daynard
Professor of Law.
Expertise: Products Liability, Psychiatry and Law, Litigative Strategies
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Lipman Family Professor of Criminal Justice and Professor of Law, Policy and Society.
Expertise: Homicide, Youth Violence, Quantitative Methods |
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Associate Professor of Law, Policy and Society, Associate Director, Center for Labor Market Research.
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Professor of Sociology and Acting Chair in the College of Arts and Sciences
Expertise: Sociological Theory, Sociology of Business and Public Agencies |
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Stephen Nathanson Professor of Philosophy |
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Stephanie Pollack
Professor of Practice in Law, Policy and Society. Associate Director Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy |
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Michael Tolley
Associate Professor of Political Science |
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Gregory Wassall
Associate Professor of Economics |
AFFILIATED FACULTY
Affiliated LPS faculty teach courses of interest to LPS students and serve on dissertation committees.
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Mary BallouProfessor; Director, Counseling Psychology MS Program |
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Martha F. DavisProfessor of Law |
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Daniel FaberAssociate Professor of Sociology and Director of Graduate Studies.
Expertise: Environmental Sociology, Political Economy, Central America, Social Theory. |
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Daniel J. GivelberProfessor of Law Contact: d.givelber@neu.edu, 617.373.4298, 22 Cargill Hall |
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Robert HallAssociate Professor of Aftrican-American Studies |
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Michael HandelAssociate Professor of Sociology |
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Christopher E. HopeyVice President and Dean
School of Professional and Continuing Studies
Northeastern University |
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Patricia IllingworthAssociate Professor of Philosophy and Religion |
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William KayAssociate Professor of Political Science |
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Jack LevinProfessor of Sociology |
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Daniel J. McCarthyProfessor of Business Management |
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Steven A. MorrisonProfessor and Chair Transportation Economics Contact: s.morrison@neu.edu, 617.373.2872,301 Lake Hall |
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Peter C. Murrell, Jr.Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Urban EducationContact:, 617.373.5668,50 Nightingale Hall |
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Carl NelsonAssociate Professor and Group Coordinator General ManagementExpertise: Health Care Management and Policy Contact: ca.nelson@neu.edu, 617.373.4751,319 Hayden Hall |
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Richard O'BryantAssistant Professor of Political ScienceExpertise: Science and Technology Policy and politics, Urban and Regional studies and Politics, Urban and Community Technology, and Community-based Research. Contact: obryant@neu.edu , 617.373.4397,377 Meserve Hall |
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Kwamina PanfordAssociate Professor of African American StudiesExpertise:Comparative Economic Development and Labor Policy Contact: k.panford@hotmail.com, 617.373.4333,347 Meserve Hall |
Wendy E. ParmetProfessor of LawContact: w.parmet@neu.edu, 617.373.2019,77 Cargill Hall |
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Glenn PierceExpertise:Criminal Justice Policy ResearchContact: g.pierce@neu.edu, 617.373.3702,204 Churchill Hall |
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Gordana RabrenovicExpertise: Organizations, Urban Sociology, the FamilyContact:g.rabrenovic@neu.edu, 617.373.4998,571 Holmes Hall |
Nicole RafterProfessor Emerita of Criminal JusticeExpertise:Feminist Issues in Law, Women in the Criminal Justice System Contact: n.rafter@neu.edu, 617.373.3327,204 Churchill Hall |
Susan SettaAssociate Professor of Religious StudiesExpertise:American Religion and Culture, Biomedical/Religious Ethics, Sociology of Religion, Biblical Studies, Women and Religion Contact:s.setta@neu.edu, 617.373.7699,371 Holmes Hall |
Andrew M. SumProfessor of EconomicsContact:a.sum@neu.edu, 617.373.2242,315 Holmes Hall |
Bruce WallinAssociate Professor of Political ScienceContact: b.wallin@neu.edu, 617.373.4405,339 Meserve Hall |
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Lucy A. WilliamsProfessor of LawContact: lu.williams@neu.edu, 617.373.4537,37 Cargill Hall |























