Daniel Aldrich, Professor of Political Science, and Public Policy and Urban Affairs, and Director of the Security and Resilience Studies Program, delivered the 57th annual Robert D. Klein Lecture last week on social infrastructure and connections during disasters.
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Congratulations to Economics students Fenner Dreyfuss-Wells '24, Anjali Nair '20, Astrid Pedersen '20, Vishnu Prasad '20, and Natasha Keidl '22 for co-authoring papers in Sustainability and Sustainability and Climate Change with Madhavi Venkatesan, Assistant Teaching Professor of Economics .
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Jennie Stephens, Director of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Dean's Professor of Sustainability Science and Policy, and Director of Strategic Research Collaborations in the Global Resilience Institute, weighed in on articles in Reuters and the New York Times calling for solar geoengineering, or physical methods of mitigating the sun's rays to address climate change. |
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Costas Panagopoulos, Department Chair and Professor of Political Science, was interviewed by USA Today to respond to their analysis of political donations from participants of the January 6 Capitol riot. |
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James Alan Fox, Lipman Family Professor of Criminology, Law, and Public Policy, published an op-ed in USA Today on media coverage of mass shootings. |
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Alicia Sasser Modestino, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Economics and Director of Research in the Dukakis Center, spoke with News@Northeastern on the impact of gender inequality in economic seminars on the field at large.
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David Lazer, University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Computer Sciences and Co-Director of NULab for Texts, Maps, and Networks, was interviewed by News@Northeastern on new research indicating hesitation among parents for the COVID-19 vaccine.
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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.
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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.
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Kendall Bailey | Dissertation Defense
Monday, March 29
2:00 - 4:00 PM
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Please join the Political Science department for a dissertation work-in-progress presentation by PhD candidate Kendall Bailey. Her dissertation is titled "Nationalization of Gubernatorial Elections: The Impact of National and State Factors on Gubernatorial Vote Choice."
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How They Reenter
Tuesday, March 30
6:30 PM
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Northeastern University’s Student Alliance for Prison Reform (SAPR) is hosting their first panel. Join Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice Megan Denver; Executive Director at the Mayor’s Office of Returning Citizens Kevin Sibley; and Program Director at the Brooks House Reentry Center Lisa Chute for a discussion on how former prisoners reenter and adjust to society post-incarceration.
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SPPUA in Action | Immigration Policy Landscape: Then and Now
Wednesday, March 31
3:00 - 4:00 PM
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Please join SPPUA in a panel discussion of the past, present and future of immigration policy on the U.S./Mexico border. The 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.
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Undergraduate Research Forum
Wednesday, March 31
3:30 - 5:00 PM
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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. |
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CSGS Spring Open House
Thursday, April 1
3:30 - 4:30 PM
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The Department of Cultures, Societies and Global Studies Open House is an opportunity for students to connect with current majors and minors, hear their experiences and ask questions about our majors/minors, programs, faculty research, and classes. We welcome any students who would like to learn more about the department and its programs and those who are curious about majoring in one of our programs or becoming more involved in the department. |
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Music in the Holocaust: Gideon Klein Award Presentations
Monday, April 5
5:00 - 6:30 PM
Kalah Karloff, 2020-2021 Gideon Klein Scholar, will present her work “Music and the Holocaust: 'We Made Music in Hell'”, and Professor Emeritus of Music Joshua Jacobson will present “Music and the Holocaust: A Retrospective on the Gideon Klein Award. Karloff’s project examines how music was used as a form of torture by the Nazis in concentration camps and how the effect of music on the human body can change with its context. Professor Jacobson provides a retrospective of the many musical projects fostered by the Gideon Klein Award.
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Culturally Responsive Evaluation (CRE): Theory to Practice
Tuesday, April 6
10:00 - 11:30 AM
The Northeastern University Public Evaluation Lab (NU-PEL) and the Greater Boston Evaluation Network (GEBN) will be co-hosting a virtual event to continue our Culturally Responsive Evaluation (CRE) series. To embed diversity, equity, and inclusion in evaluation and assessment practices, there is an increasing need to focus on the role of culture. We will have a panel of expert evaluators, including Alemayehu Bekele, Marcia Coné, and Noe Medina, who will share how CRE looks like in their work, discuss potential challenges, and offer recommendations on how to implement CRE in practice. This is an open event.
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David Autor | Spring 2021 Economic Policy Forum
Tuesday, April 6
3:00 - 4:30 PM
David Autor, MIT, will present "Building Better Jobs in an Age of Machines." William Dickens, University Distinguished Professor of Economics and Public Policy, will moderate.
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28th Annual Robert Salomon Morton Lecture: David Nirenberg
Wednesday, April 7
7:00 - 9:00 PM
Join the Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Committee, the Jewish Studies Program, and the Northeastern Humanities Center for a lecture from author David Nirenberg. He will present "Does the Past History of Anti-Semitism Tell Us Anything about its Future?" From their earliest origins to the present moment, Christians and Muslims have given shape to their faiths by interacting with and thinking about Jews and Judaism. How has that long history of thought contributed to anti-Semitism in the past and present? And what can the study of that history offer the future?
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Philip N. Backstrom, Jr. Holocaust Survivor Talk: Esther Adler
Thursday, April 8
12:00 - 1:30 PM
Part of the Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Week 2021
Esther Adler was born in Germany to Polish parents and escaped as a teenager to Palestine after experiencing the events of kristallnacht. Her story includes years of separation from and reunification with her parents and brothers. She eventually graduated from the Teacher’s Institute of the Jewish Theological Seminary of New York and has spent many years as a teacher in both formal and informal settings. She has published a collection of poetry and an autobiographical novel, Best Friends: A Bond that Survived Hitler.
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NULab Spring Conference
Friday, April 9
10:45 AM - 4:30 PM
Please join us virtually via Zoom for the fourth annual NULab Spring Conference, "Data and Social Justice," showcasing the work of faculty, graduate students, and research collaborators. This conference will feature a keynote address by Patricia Williams, University Distinguished Professor of Law and Humanities, whose work explores critical race theory and movements in American legal theory.
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Artificial Intelligence and Philosophy: Why Do They Need Each Other?
Friday, 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.
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