Our Current Students

PARTIAL LIST OF CURRENT STUDENTS.

Sarah Abbott-Carr

Sara received her M.A. in Criminal Justice in 2000 at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA. Prior to that she received her B.A. (hons) in Community Studies in 1992 at Bradford and Ilkley College, Ilkley, England.

She is currently the Program Director for the Framingham Jail Diversion Program at the Framingham Police Department, MA

Sara also does volunteer work as a Clinician for Critical Incident Stress Management team in Central MA, providing a variety of critical incident stress debriefings to first responders exposed to critical incidents.

Taghreed Abu-Sarhan

My name is Taghreed Abu Sarhan, Jordanian, I have done a BA at Yarmouk University then a Master's degree in UK at Leicester University and now a PhD at Northeastern. " As an international student , I had mixed feelings when I entered the department in the beginning. But, everyone in the LPS program was supportive. They encouraged me, pushed me to achieve my goal and build in me determination and confidence. I must say that I regard my admission to the LPS program as a great honor , but more as a high responsibility and obligation for hard work and burden on me to work harder and to lead change in my country".

Michael Burns

Master of Business Administration, Northeastern University (1988)
Master of Science in Taxation, Northeastern University (2000))
Master of Science in Financial Planning, Bentley College (2006))

Currently Mike is working at Sun Life Retirement Services in Boston. He has worked in several mutual fund companies, banks, and software companies, in technical and communications roles, most recently as a tax researcher and writer, policies and procedures manager, and product developer for financial institutions.

Mike's interests are in political economics and moral and political philosophy, especially concentrating in social welfare and most specifically, taxation policies.

Sarah Damberger

Sarah received an M.A. in Arts Administration from Saint Mary�s University and a B.A. in Architecture from the University of Minnesota. Professionally she has broad experience in nonprofit and cultural management; she currently manages business development and marketing for an international museum architecture firm and volunteers at the Boston Center for the Arts.".

Fabio De Sa E Silva

Fabio earned a Law Degree in 2002 at the University of Sao Paulo (USP) and a Master's Degree in Law in 2007 at the University of Brasilia (UnB). He practiced civil and criminal law at my own small firm from 2003 to 2004, when he was invited to work for the Ministry of Justice, at the National Department for Prisons Policy. Fabio worked there from 2004-2006 and was especially assigned the task of developing educational programs for correctional officers and criminal justice officers. I think we can do a better job in building a more egalitarian society, but I guess it will demand a new set of attitudes and therefore a new educational background. It is this alternative pedagogic framework that I currently try to come up with, based on the analysis of public interest programs in the United States. Considering the dauting scene that public interest practioners have been facing, one can say that this will not be a very easy task. But here I am to resist -- and I am happy I am not alone in Northeastern.

Jerome Dean

Jerome earned his BS in Urban and Regional Studies and his Masters in Regional Planning from Cornell University. His current interests are in the connections between social policies and social movements of the past few decades and their effects on labor market outcomes. He has worked over the past decade and a half in workforce development in priamrily in Boston. He currently works at Northeastern University.

Corey Denenberg Dehner

Corey received her Juris Doctor, as well as a certificate for specialization in Environmental Law, from Boston College Law School and soon thereafter was admitted to the Massachusetts bar. She has done legal work for Alaska Legal Services in Ketchikan, Alaska; for the Natural Resources Council in Augusta, Maine and conducted ecological and conservation work in Botswana, Africa. Prior to coming to Northeastern University, Ms. Dehner taught Environmental Law and Policy at Boston College where her passion for teaching was solidified. She worked as a student attorney in the Government Bureau of the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General. After graduating from Boston College Law School Ms. Dehner clerked for the Judges of the Massachusetts Superior Court. Subsequently she practiced law in the Community Builders, Inc.'s General Counsel's office and has conducted pro bono work for both the Conservation Law Foundation and the Massachusetts' Executive Office of Environmental Affairs. In addition to teaching, Ms. Dehner is currently pursuing a Ph.D in the Northeastern University Law, Policy and Society program. Her area of expertise is environmental law and policy, more specifically water policy and environmental justice. Her current research focuses on the impact of nongovernmental organizations, particularly watershed associations, on the biological integrity of Massachusetts, rivers.

Sara Deritter

Sara is Assistant Director & Program Coordinator at Northeastern University's Center of Community Service she has her degrees in M.A. Energy & Environmental Analysis, Boston University, B.A. Economics and Environmental Analysis & Policy, Boston Unviersity

Dante Gatmaytan

Dan is an Associate Professor in the University of the Philippines, College of Law. He has a degree in Management (B.S.) from the Ateneo de Manila University and a law degree (LL.B.) from the University of the Philippines. He holds a Masters of Studies in Environmental Law (MSEL) from Vermont Law School and his Master of Laws ( LL.M.) from the University of California, Los Angles.

Before he entered the academe in 1998, he practiced law through public interest law offices involved in environment and natural resources law, indigenous peoples' rights, agrarian reform, and local governance. His research interests focus on the interplay of law on gender, the environment, and politics.

Catherine Gildae

Catherine earned her MTS from Harvard Divinity School (1999) where she concentrated on social justice, liberation theologies, and sociology of religion. Prior to that she earned her BA from Emmanuel College, Boston (1996).

She teaches in the sociology department at Northeastern. Previously she has been a lecturer at schools including Mass Bay Community College, NC State University and Durham Technical Community College. Her dissertation explores the significance of legally available marriage for same-sex couples with children. She has presented preliminary research on her work at both the Law and Society Association annual meeting and the annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society.

When not writing or working Catherine enjoys spending time with her family, trips to the beach, and playing with her dogs.

Jennifer Greenwood

Jennifer is in the LPS JD/MS program and is currently a first year student at Northeastern Law School. She graduated from BU in 2000 with a BA in Economics and Politcal Science. Jennifer is also currently a part time Princeton Review LSAT teacher.

Anne-Marie Hakstian

Anne-Marie Hakstian is an Associate Professor at the Bertolon School of Business at Salem State College in Salem, Massachusetts where she teaches courses in "Business Law." She holds a J.D. from the George Washington University Law School.

Anne-Marie's research interests focus on race and gender discrimination. Both independently and in collaboration with co-authors, Anne-Marie has published articles in the Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law (2006), the Journal of Public Policy and Marketing (2005), the Law Enforcement Executive Forum (2005), the University of Michigan Journal of Race and Law (2003), the Boston College Third World Law Journal (2003). Her research was in the NAACP's "friend of the court" (amicus curiae) brief filed with the United States Supreme Court in support of the petitioners in Arguello v. Conoco (September 2003). She has presented findings of her research in venues across the country and internationally.

Prior to joining academia, Anne-Marie worked as a consultant to federal government agencies on all aspects of Equal Employment Opportunity law and policy. In addition to investigating claims of discrimination and writing Final Agency Decisions, she designed, developed, and conducted customized training sessions for public and private client organizations.

Elizabeth Hayden

Elizabeth has a BA in English and Psychology from the College of Holy Cross. She has a MA in Community Psychology with a concentration in Program Evaluation and Development from the University of New Haven. In addition, she has done graduate work at Harvard University in Irish Studies. Elizabeth teaches Research Methods at Bridgewater State College. She is a also a consultant and program evaluator for Non-Profit organizations. Her most recent evaluation project involves the Northeastern University Center for the Study of Sport in Society, in particular the "Project Teamwork" program which is a conflict-resolution program offered to middle school and high school students.

Her research interests include welfare law and policy, developing evaluation theory, post-structural practices and theory, Bayesian methodology, and international as well as cross-cultural evaluation.

Erin Hoffer

Erin Hoffer is Industry Programs Manager with Autodesk Inc, where she fosters awareness in the trends in design and practice based on her years of experience in the field. Previously, she was Executive Vice-President for the Boston Architectural College, overseeing programs for students pursuing professional design degrees. She is a LEED Accredited Professional and member of the AIA. Erin received a Master in Architecture from UCLA, an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management, and is a registered architect in California. Her specialization/interest areas are Technology Policy and Sustainability Policy for Design and Construction.

Ana Ilha Barreto Viana

Ana received a B.A. in Communication Studies/Journalism from University of Brasilia (UnB) in 1994 and a M.A. in Journalism Research from Northeastern University in 2000

She has be a lecturer in Communication Studies, Northeastern University (2000-2004) and a reporter with Radio Cultura and Correio Braziliense in Brasilia, Brazil (1992-1995)

Ana's areas of research interests are: Unauthorized immigration; labor rights of low-wage immigrant workers; media and policy

Tej Kumar Karki

Tej has a master's degree in urban planning from the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok. Since then he has worked for 18 years as a town planner in Nepal. He recently presented a paper, "Efficiency and Equity Issues of the Land Readjustment Projects Implemented in Nepal," at the Urban Research Symposium organized by the World Bank. His focus area in LPS is on housing and land use policy.

Sonya Larrieux

Sonya Larrieux, is the director of the post baccalaureate doctor of Physical Therapy programs at Northeastern University. As faculty member in NU's PT department she teaches in courses addressing the foundations of Physical Therapy ,human development, neurological management and PT professional seminars. Sonya attained her undergraduate degree, in Physical Therapy and Psychology from Hunter College and master's degree in Applied Physiology from Columbia University. She has practiced in various areas of Physical Therapy but pediatric rehabilitation ; specifically the developmentally and neurologically impaired child ; is the focus of her clinical practice and she consults with a Boston early intervention program.

Sonya' s focal points of interest lie in disparities in health and health care and the delivery of culturally competent health care. A significant amount of the service component of her work has an emphasis on workforce development among secondary school students via enrichment an acculturation to potential medical and health professions as a means to address these compelling issues in healthcare. Through programs and initiatives with the Boston Public School's Health Careers Academy, she coordinates a Meet the Healthcare Professional speaker series, an NU/HCa Shadowing Day and will be initiating a mentor program between Bouve College and HCa students in Fall 2007 . Sonya hopes to pursue this area of interest for research in the LPS program

Cielo Magno-Gatmaytan

Cielo is a Fulbright scholar from the Philippines. She graduated with a degree in Business Economics from the University of the Philippines in 1998 and a Masters degree in Economics in 2001 from the same university. She has worked with private institutions, different non-government institutions, the House of Representatives, the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Department of Finance in the Philippines. She is currently a research fellow at the Insitute of Urban Health Research.

Ronald Marlow

Ron earned his BA in General Arts and Sciences with a focus on policy analysis from Penn State University. He currently works for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the Governor's office where he serves as the Director of the Development Cabinet. In this role, he is responsible for the coordination of policy, planning and implementation of economic development projects. His academic interests are in understanding the role of community-based economic development to achieve broader economic development objectives.

Christopher Mathias

Christopher received his BS in Criminal Justice Administration at Boise State University and his JD from Vermont Law School.

Some of his past employment includes Veteran, U.S. Coast Guard; Trustee, Vermont Law School (2005-2007); Law Clerk, U.S. Senator Patrick J. Leahy (VT).

I am interested in virtually anything and everything. But when the pencil hits the paper, I'm interested in issues of governance and legislative processes, law, rights and justice theory. On a personal note: A headstrong Taurus born on Mother's Day, I'm an early riser and I love good questions. I'm honest and disciplined and I don't hate. I take quick showers and I brew my own beer. My girlfriend says that's enough.

Binah Palmer

A Seattle native, I got my B.A. from Colby College, where I majored in History and American Studies. For the past four years, I was the Field and Legislative Associate for the ACLU of Washington State. Prior to that, I was the Public Policy and Communications Coordinator for an afterschool advocacy organization. My area of interest in Law, Policy, and Society is the influence of technology on political participation and the legislative process. I'm also a karaoke and trivia enthusiast, and love rain, dancing, and the ocean.

Joseph Perry

Prema Popat

Patrick Michael Ryle

Patrick Michael Ryle is an attorney with experience in both the public and private sectors. Attorney Ryle obtained his B.S. from the College of Management at the University of Massachusetts at Boston (Accounting) in 1992, a J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law in 1995, an LL.M. in Taxation from the Boston University School of Law in 2004, and an M.P.A. from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 2005, as well as an LL.M. in Trial Advocacy from the Beasley School of Law at Temple University in 2007. His interests include taxation and government fiscal policy, criminology, and dispute resolution.