IN THE NEWS

Taylor Valley, Political Science PhD Student, has been nominated for an Indie Series Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy for “Pretty … If You Squint,” a sketch comedy web series she wrote, directed, edited and played every role in.


Read "No longer ‘paralyzingly shy,’ this Northeastern Ph.D. candidate found unexpected success making a one-woman sketch comedy series."

Northeastern University’s Truman Scholar pushes forward environmental justice

Northeastern Global News

Amara Ifeji

BA Political Science '24

Racial Equity In Medicine: The Subtle Racism Of Medical Journals Downplaying Black People’s Health Issues

NewsOne

Mya Poe

Associate Professor of English


Cherice Escobar Jones

English PhD Student

You Should Ask a Chatbot to Make You a Drink

The Atlantic

Kathleen Creel

Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Computer Science

This technology could alter the entire planet. These groups want every nation to have a say.

MIT Technology Review

Jennie Stephens

Dean's Professor of Sustainability Science and Policy

Youth crime makes headlines, but solutions take time

NewsNation

Alicia Sasser Modestino

Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Economics; Research Director, Dukakis Center

Authority On Wrongful Convictions Says U.S. Judicial System Is Weighted Against Claims Of Innocence

Omaha Daily Record

Daniel Medwed

University Distinguished Professor of Law and Criminal Justice

Fact check: Claim of link between video games, school shootings refuted by studies

USA Today

James Alan Fox

Lipman Family Professor of Criminology, Law, and Public Policy

‘How to Blow up a Pipeline’: Eco-Terrorism Movie Could Inspire Violence, Critics Say

Delaware Valley Journal

Max Abrahms

Associate Professor of Political Science

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RECOGNITION AND PUBLICATIONS

The EconPress journal has released a new issue for Spring 2023. Undergraduates Owen Graham-O’Regan (President), Vanessa Baquerizo (Co-Vice President), Madeleine King (Co-Vice President), Anna Daraselia, Michael Enriquez, Jane Gullason, Lilly Hover, Umutemre Kaplan, PengSyuan Lin, Emre Muftu, Tamara Schexnider, Shivam Singhal, and Shreya Trivedi contributed to the journal's newest issue.


The journal provides a forum for the undergraduate economics community to engage in active discussion and debate about the topics, theories, and applications they have learned inside and outside the classroom. Print issues are available in the front office of the Economics Department in 301 Lake.

Elizabeth Bucar, Professor of Religion and Dean's Leadership Fellow, has received the John G. Cawelti Award for the Best Textbook/Primer from the Popular Culture Association for her book Stealing My Religion: Not Just Any Cultural Appropriation.

Qianqian Zhang-Wu, Assistant Professor of English; Director of Multilingual Writing, has published CLA and Translingualism: A (Literal) Scholarly Conversation” in the Journal of Second Language Writing, co-authored with Zhaozhe Wang, University of Toronto and Shawna Shapiro, Middlebury College, and “Asian Students in American Higher Education: Negotiating Multilingual Identities in the Era of Superdiversity and Nationalism,” appearing in Language and Intercultural Communication.

Risa Kitagawa, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, has published "Justice as Fairness or Retribution? Citizen Reactions to Domestic Trials of Wartime Violence" in the Journal of Peace Research.

EVENTS

The Comparative Health Humanities Symposium


Monday, April 24

1:00 - 5:00 PM


RP 909

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Tuesday, April 25

4:00 - 8:00 PM


Mahindra Humanities Center

Barker Center

Harvard University

12 Quincy Street, Cambridge


Register to attend one or both days in-person or virtually

The Symposium will gather international health humanities scholars to examine what we can learn about the field across political, social, cultural, and linguistic contexts.


Speakers include Eram Alam, Harvard University; Sari Altschuler, Northeastern University; Rita Charon, Columbia University; David Jones, Harvard University; Guillaume Lachenal, Sciences Po; Céline Lefève, Université Paris Cité; Solène Lellinger, Université Paris Cité; Chris Parsons, Northeastern University; Karen Thornber, Harvard University; Sophie Vasset, Université Paul Valéry Montpellier; Jean-Christian Vinel, Université Paris Cité; Simeng Wang, CNRS; and Patricia Williams, Northeastern University.

CRJ 3rd Annual Community Dialogue Series | A Re-Entry Forum: Post Incarceration Challenges in the 21st Century


Tuesday, April 25

3:30 - 5:00 PM


Register to attend virtually

The Center on Crime, Race, and Justice and its Community Advisory Board present the final installment of the third annual

Race and Community 

Dialogue Series. This forum will examine challenges faced by returning citizens as it relates to employment barriers and collateral consequences on their families and community.

 

Panelists include:

  • Patrice Collins, Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice and Cultures, Societies, and Global Studies
  • Megan Denver, Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice
  • Maddrey Goode, Director of Mass Hire, Boston Career Center, Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries and Co-Director and Co-Director of the CRJ Community Advisory Board
  • David Mayo, Director of the Office of Returning Citizens, City of Boston
  • Moderator Sam Willams, Executive Director of Concord Prison Outreach and Co-Director of the CRJ Community Advisory Board.
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