NEWS
CSSH graduate student PhiYen Nguyen, Public Policy '21, discusses with News@Northeastern her global experiences, including a Dialogue of Civilizations.

Pandemic Shakespeare, a digital project spearheaded by Associate Professor of English Erika Boeckeler, was recently featured in The Huntington News. With the support of a research team including English doctoral students Avery Blankenship, Caroline Grand, and Vijeta Saini, Pandemic Shakespeare was created to facilitate conversation and collaboration in a virtual setting and act as a means of catharsis during the COVID pandemic.
Cassie McMillan, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminology and Criminal Justice, spoke with News@Northeastern about the complex motivations behind adolescent bullying.
Costas Panagopoulos, Department Chair and Professor of Political Science, is quoted in the Washington Examiner about potential running mates for a 2024 Presidential bid from Donald Trump.
Max Abrahms, Associate Professor of Political Science, appeared in a USA Today article on the recent airstrikes on Syria and the political fallout for President Biden.
James Alan Fox, Lipman Family Professor of Criminology, Law, and Public Policy, was interviewed by the Tennessean on newly released gun-related crime statistics in the state and the impact of the pandemic on mass shootings.
Denise Garcia, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, spoke with News@Northeastern about the situation in Myanmar—one of the first major foreign policy tests for the Biden administration.
David Lazer, University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Computer Sciences, appears in a recent News@Northeastern article about the continued issues with the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
The Independent Media Institute published and excerpt of the book Diversifying Power: Why We Need Antiracist, Feminist Leadership on Climate and Energy by Jennie Stephens, Dean's Professor of Sustainability Science & Policy, Director of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, and Director of Strategic Research Collaborations in the Global Resilience Institute.
Jennie Stephens also authored an op-ed published by Chartist on tactics to increase diverse leadership in climate and energy policy.
Making Your RISE Presentation

You’ve submitted a RISE abstract. Now it’s time to get started on the fun part — your presentation. In this hands-on workshop, we’ll talk you through putting together a visually dynamic, compelling, short video presentation that you’ll share with judges and the world at RISE. We’ll also get you prepped with what to expect during the live Q&A portion.

All workshops contain the same information; you only need to register for one session.
  • Thursday, March 11, 12-1 PM
  • Thursday, March 18, 5-6 PM
  • Thursday, March 25, 9-10 AM

Interested in Having a Letterpress Design Made?

While Huskiana Letterpress Studio has been closed during the pandemic, they have continued to forge ahead on the Letterpress Goes 3D (LG3D) project, which looks to reverse-engineer historical woodcuts and metalcuts for educational and creative use in the Huskiana Letterpress Studio. Looking ahead to the future, the Studio is now seeking designs for instructors and researchers. These designs might be used in courses, research, or creative projects with potential for wider usage. They might be historical or contemporary.

Please email Kenny Oravetz, Assistant Director of Huskiana Press, to participate in LG3D.
DITI is Accepting Applications for Faculty Partnerships for Summer & Fall 2021

The Digital Integration Teaching Initiative (DITI) is now accepting new faculty partnerships for summer and fall 2021. Northeastern has committed to better teaching our undergraduates the digital tools, skills, and methods that will enable them to be successful in today’s world. The DITI was established to help CSSH faculty to meet this goal. We collaborate with faculty across CSSH disciplines to help integrate digital methods and skills in a wide range of classes.

To enlist our help to enhance your course with digital skills, please fill out the DITI call for partnerships form by April 1.
EVENTS
CSSH Faculty Works-in-Progress Colloquium Series
 
Monday, March 8
12:00 - 1:00 PM
 
Please bring lunch and join us virtually as we listen to faculty presentations followed by an interactive Q&A! Angél Nieves, Professor of Africana Studies, History, and Digital Humanities, and Director of Public History and Public Humanities, will present “The Spatial Histories of Anti-Apartheid Activism: The Soweto Uprising and Critical Digital Platform Making.”
The 2021 Morton E. Ruderman Memorial Lecture |  Trauma, the Jewish Experience, and Lessons for Post-Covid Mental Health

 
Monday, March 8
5:00 - 7:00 PM
 
Join the Jewish Studies Program for a panel discussion with world renowned experts Dr. Eva Fogelman, Dr. Rachel Yehuda, and Dr. Danny Brom. 
In Conversation with Prof. Vershawn Ashanti Young: How Replacing the Greek Topoi with Five Principles of African American Rhetoric Benefits All Writers
 
Tuesday, March 9
4:00 - 5:00 PM
 
This hour-long conversation with Vershawn Ashanti Young, University of Waterloo, will help teachers apply the five principles of African/African American rhetoric to their writing assignments. Bring an assignment, and come prepared to learn, laugh, and love (from the Black feminist definition of love to end domination and oppression in all its forms).  
Information Ethics Roundtable
 
Wednesday, March 10
9:00 - 10:30 AM
 
Josh Simons,Harvard University, will present “Regulating Informational Infrastructure: Are Facebook and Google utilities good for democracy?”
Myra Kraft Open Classroom Inspiring Design: Creating Beautiful, Just, and Resilient Places in America
 
Wednesday, March 10
6:00 - 7:30 PM
 
The events of 2020 will have deep and lasting consequences for every aspect of society, including the physical environments we inhabit—our homes, our neighborhoods, and our cities. This session of MKOC is titled Fostering Innovative Civic Leadership. The featured speakers are Alice Kimm, John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects; Kelli Bernard, AECOM; and Ben Stapleton, USGBC-LA.
Composite Bodies Series | Entangled Nuclear Colonialisms, Matters of Force, and the Material Force of Justice
 
Wednesday, March 10
5:00 - 6:30 PM
 
The Composite Bodies Series is a partnership between the Northeastern University Humanities Center and the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard.
Composite Bodies takes up questions of technology, surveillance, embodiment, and power from an intersectional feminist lens. This session's speaker is Karen Barad, UC Santa Cruz.
PPE/Ethics Institute Speaker |
Does Democracy Have A Future?
 
Thursday, March 11
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
 
Michele Moody-Adams, Columbia University, will present.
Events Coming Soon
Writing Workshop: The Lyric You, Facilitated by MC Hyland

Monday, March 15 - Friday, March 19 

The Writing Center, Writing Program, and Writing Minor at Northeastern are thrilled to sponsor two online writing workshops for NU faculty, staff, students, and the community at large—one will be held in February and the other in March. Facilitator MC Hyland is the founding editor of DoubleCross Press, a poetry micropress. She is the author of two full-length books of poems: THE END (Sidebrow 2019) and Neveragainland (Lowbrow Press 2010); and over a dozen poetry chapbooks and artist books.

Workshops are free, open to the public, and welcome writers of all levels and disciplines. Please note this event series is not being offered for course credit.

Black Feminist Health Science Studies Symposium

Thursday, March 18 
1:00 - 5:30 PM

Organized by Moya Bailey, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Speakers include Ruha Benjamin, Princeton University; Harriet Washington, science writer, editor, and medical ethicist; Evelynn Hammonds, Harvard University; Patricia Williams, University Distinguished Professor of Law and Humanities at Northeastern University; Nicole Charles, University of Toronto Mississauga; OmiSoore Dryden, Dalhousie University; Adeola Oni-Orisan, University of California; and Ugo Edu, UCLA.

Uncovering COVID-19: Policies and Practices in Global Health

Thursday, March 18 
4:00 - 5:30 PM

Join the Africana Studies program for a panel discussion rooted in scholarly research about COVID-19 and its detrimental impact on Black, Brown, and minority communities. The event will feature panelists such as Richard Wamai, Associate Professor of Cultures, Societies and Global Studies; Uzma Alam, MD, Buffalo Diagnostic Imaging; and Johnothan Smileye Jr., MD, Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System.

The Critical Role of Social Ties in Disasters and Shocks | Klein Lecture

Monday, March 22 
2:00 PM

Daniel Aldrich, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Director of the Security and Resilience Studies Program, has been named Northeastern University's 57th Robert D. Klein Lecturer.

Undergraduate Research Forum

Wednesday, March 24
3:30 - 5:00 PM

Thursday, March 25 
2:30 - 4:00 PM

Please join CSSH undergraduate students as they present their research—independently or with faculty, for class or on co-op, completed or still in progress—and take questions from attendees.

SPPUA in Action | Immigration Policy Landscape: Then and Now

Wednesday, March 31
3:00 - 4:00 PM

Please join SPPUA in a panel discussion of the past, present and future of immigration policy on the U.S./Mexico border. Our panel will highlight the experiences of policy makers, journalists, lawyers, advocates and academics as they consider the implications of recent policy and practice on the future of American immigration policy. Panelists will include Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16); Hemanth Gundavaram, NU School of Law; Taylor Levy, El Cerrito, California, immigration lawyer; Robert Moore, El Paso Matters, and moderator Rachel Rosenbloom, NU School of Law.

Artificial Intelligence and Philosophy: Why Do They Need Each Other?

Wednesday, April 9
12:00 PM

Join NCH London for a stimulating and thought-provoking conversation by leading experts in the field of AI, Philosophy, and Ethics. Artificial Intelligence has undergone a boom in recent years, and its applications are now ubiquitous, figuring in our private and professional lives, and raising profound issues for society at large (e.g. in relation to algorithmic bias, autonomous machines, data privacy, democratic deliberation, etc). In this international roundtable, hosted by NCH London, a range of experts will address the question of how both industry and the field of AI can benefit from input from philosophy (in areas including ethical system design and explainability) … and vice versa. Audience participation is very much encouraged, and attendees can expect to acquire–and perhaps contribute – insights on the value of interdisciplinary engagement, and education, across these diverse fields.