Maria Ivanova, Director of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs; Professor of Public Policy, spoke with News@Northeastern about a historic international treaty aimed at ending plastic pollution by 2040 and her role as a member of the Rwanda delegation to the United Nations Environment Assembly, which is working to achieve this goal.
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Vox
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Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and International Affairs
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Assistant Teaching Professor of History
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University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Computer Sciences
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RECOGNITION AND PUBLICATIONS |
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Austin Barraza, Political Science PhD candidate, was named one of the recipients of the American Political Science Association's 2022 Fund for Latino Scholarship. Austin will use the grant to support qualitative data collection for his dissertation. |
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Miranda Dotson, Sociology PhD candidate, published a paper with colleagues in the Journal of Youth Studies on undergraduates' experiences learning online while sheltering-in-place in spring 2020. The qualitative research details the unanticipated struggles of many students during the lockdown and provides insights useful to higher education institutions. |
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Cara Michell, Assistant Professor of Race and Social Justice in the Built Environment, facilitated a participatory mapping workshop at the Museum of Modern Art's PS1 Contemporary Art Center in NYC on Saturday, August 27. Her interactive installation "LIC Participatory Map" is part of MoMA PS1's Courtyard Coalition and is on display until September 23, 2022. The installation invites members of the Long Island City (LIC) to co-create their own image of the neighborhood. |
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PPE Speaker Series: Margaret Burnham
Tuesday, September 20
10:00 - 11:30 PM
Curry Senate Chambers
360 Huntington Ave.
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Join the Politics, Philosophy, and Economics (PPE) program for a lecture and Q&A with Margaret Burnham, University Distinguished Professor of Law; Director, Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project; and Faculty Co-Director, Center for Law, Equity and Race (CLEAR) at Northeastern University. |
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Academic Innovation for the Public Good | A Book Conversation Series
Wednesday, September 28
4:00 - 5:00 PM
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Join the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs for 10 monthly book conversations with leading scholars on how higher education can affect the public good. Each session features an author of a recently published book exploring the role of colleges and universities in addressing societal problems. An expert in the author’s field will conduct the interview, followed by questions from the audience.
This session will feature guest speaker Van Ton-Quinlivan, former executive vice chancellor for the California Community Colleges and author of WorkforceRx: Agile and Inclusive Strategies for Employers, Educators and Workers in Unsettled Times.
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FREDA: A Film Screening & Conversation with the Director
Wednesday, September 28
6:00 - 9:30 PM
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Join the Africana Studies Program for a screening of the Haitian film FREDA, which follows the life of a young woman challenged with the difficult choice to either leave her home, or seek change within it. After the film, Africana Studies Director Régine Jean-Charles will talk with the film's director Gessica Généus. |
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Urvashi Vaid Memorial Gathering
Wednesday, September 28
7:30 - 10:00 PM
Egan Research Center, Raytheon Amphitheatre
120 Forsyth Street
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A gathering in memory of Northeastern School of Law alumna and queer rights pioneer Urvashi Vaid.
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Jews of Color in Early America
Thursday, October 20
5:30 - 7:00 PM
Raytheon Amphitheatre
120 Forsyth Street
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Laura Arnold Leibman, Professor of English and Humanities at Reed College, reveals the early history of multiracial Jews in the United States and Caribbean and explains how their stories got lost in common tellings of Jewish American history.
This lecture is part of the Morton E. Ruderman Memorial Lecture Series on Colors, Cultures, and Flavors of the Jews.
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Ethics Institute Speaker:
Kay Mathiesen
Friday, October 21
12:00 - 1:30 PM
RP 428
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In the Ethics Institute Speaker Series, hosted by the Department of Philosophy and Religion, scholars share their research with faculty and students alike. Intended to help build a stronger community of scholars, this series demystifies the research process by sharing works-in-progress. This event's speaker is Kay Mathiesen, Associate Professor of Philosophy. |
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