Rod K. Brunson, Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. Chair of Public Life, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice and Political Science, and Director of Graduate Mentoring and Diversity Initiatives, was interviewed by Reuters for a long-form article on the historic tension between policing and communities of color, and work being done across the country to make lasting change.

Daniel Urman, Director of Hybrid and Online Programs in the School of Law and Director of the Law and Public Policy Minor, and Nicholas Beauchamp, Assistant Professor of Political Science, appear in a News@Northeastern article about the Senate runoff races that went to Democratic challengers and effectively flipped control of the Senate.

Costas Panagopoulos, Department Chair and Professor of Political Science; Nikos Passas, Professor of Criminal Justice and Co-Director of the Institute for Security and Public Policy; and Daniel Urman spoke with News@Northeastern about the attack on the Capitol by domestic terrorists.

Daniel Urman was also interviewed by News@Northeastern on the legality of Trump's request to "find votes" during a phone call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.

Jack McDevitt, Professor of the Practice in Criminology and Criminal Justice and Director of the Institute on Race and Justice, was interviewed by Boston 25 News on the attack on the Capitol and the police response.

Stephen E. Flynn, Professor of Political Science and Founding Director of the Global Resilience Institute, spoke with Fast Company and News@Northeastern on the mismanagement of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

James Alan Fox, Lipman Family Professor of Criminology, Law, and Public Policy, appears in articles from the Washington Post, NBC News, and the Baltimore Sun. He speaks on rates of gun violence across the country, which point to a decrease in mass shootings while other types of shootings remain prevalent.

Max Abrahms, Associate Professor of Political Science, published an op-ed in USA Today on the Nashville terrorist attack on Christmas Day in 2020. He also appears in a News@Northeastern article on the political and legal ramifications of categorizing the attack on the Capitol as domestic terrorism.

Timothy Hoff, Professor of Management, Healthcare Systems and Public Policy, recently appeared on the BYU Radio show Top of Mind to speak about the decline in trust between patients and primary care doctors.

Neal Lerner, Chair and Professor of English, English PhD students Kyle Oddis and Avery Blankenship, and alumnus Brice Lanham have published an article in the Journal of Writing Analytics. The article discusses the potential of digital writing program archives in expanding our knowledge of writing program history, and is based on research from Northeastern’s own first-of-its-kind Writing Program Digital Archive.