Congratulations to the following CSSH first-generation college students for awards from the Center of Intercultural Engagement to recognize their engagement at Northeastern!
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James J. Lyons IV (Political Science '21) for Social Justice Advocacy
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Gisselle Rodriguez Benitez (Economics '21) for First-Gen Legacy Building
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Melissa Pearson, Assistant Teaching Professor in English, is profiled in a new faculty spotlight.
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Alicia Sasser Modestino, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Urban Affairs, and Economics and Director of Research for the Dukakis Center, was interviewed by ABC News on the pandemic's impact on the workforce, particularly for women. |
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David Lazer, University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Computer Sciences, was interviewed by News@Northeastern on public behavior around different methods of COVID-19 prevention. |
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Garey, Assistant Teaching Professor of Political Science all spoke with News@Northeastern on President-elect Biden's choices for cabinet positions.
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Sari Altschuler, Associate Professor of English and Associate Director of Northeastern's Humanities Center, has won the American Literature Society’s 1921 Prize for Best Essay in American Literature for essays published in 2020 for "Touching The Scarlet Letter : What Disability History Can Teach Us about Literature." The prize is awarded to peer-reviewed essays in any field of American Literature that appeared in 2020 in a literary journal.
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William Miles, Professor of Political Science (and Peace Corps Volunteer), published an essay for the National Peace Corps Association speaking to the values espoused by the Peace Corps—transnational compassion, interracial bonds, and interfaith solidarity.
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Madhavi Venkatesan, Assistant Teaching Professor of Economics, will facilitate a six-part series on the Economics of Sustainability in partnership with the Blue Marble Librarians. The program will run from January 8, 2021 to February 12, 2021 with weekly one hour discussions via Zoom. The series is free and open to the public.
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Ryan Cordell, Associate Professor of English and Director of the Graduate Program, and current PhD student Avery Blankenship have shared their latest Viral Texts draft book chapter, entitled, “Reprinting Wright: Reevaluating American Literary Collections through Newspaper Selections.” The chapter highlights Blankenship’s research into the ways newspaper reprinting of fictional selections and fragments might realign accounts of readership and canonization in 19th-century fiction.
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Deadline extended to Feb. 15, 2021!
In 2020, community support is more important than ever. Let’s highlight the moments of creativity, resilience, and adaptability of the CSSH community with the 2020 Photo and Video Contest!
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CSSH Faculty Works-in-Progress Colloquium Series | 2020-2021 "Disruption and Displacement" Fellowship
Monday, December 7
12:00 - 1:00 PM
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Dillon, Distinguished Professor of English and Co-Director of NULab; and Elicia Cousins, PhD Candidate in Sociology, followed by an interactive Q&A!
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Virtual Film Screening | How I Live
Tuesday, December 8
5:30 - 7:30 PM
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Join the International Affairs program for a virtual film screening of How I Live, which follows the journeys of four children with cancer and the healthcare teams working to cure them in Egypt, Myanmar, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Ghana. Following the film there will be a Q&A with the film's directors and Lisa Morrissey, Director of Nursing & Patient Services, Boston Children’s Hospital. |
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“What do the data tell us about election 2020?” Panel
Friday, December 11
1:00 - 2:30 PM
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Join NuLab for a panel featuring Erika Franklin Fowler of Wesleyan University, Jill Lepore of Harvard University, Solomon Messing of ACRONYM, and Kate Starbird of University of Washington.
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Back to Class (For CSSH Faculty)
To support Hybrid NUflex teaching and learning this winter and beyond, Northeastern is offering instructors a comprehensive workshop on classroom pedagogy and technology.
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Race and School Police Relations | Race, Policing, and the Community Dialogue Series
Tuesday, December 15
3:30 - 5:00 PM
The Institute on Race and Justice and its Community Advisory Board present a dialogue series entitled "Race, Policing and the Community" — four panel discussions exploring important topics about the impact of race on policing in urban settings. The Race and School Police Relations event features panelists Lucinda Mills, District Social Worker at Boston Public Schools; Harry Harding, Children Services of Roxbury, Youth and Police Partnership; and Lisa Thurau, Strategies for Youth: Connecting Cops with Kids. The event's moderators are Maddrey Goode, Mass Hire, Boston Career Center, City of Boston & IRJ Community Advisory Board Co-Chair, and Jack McDevitt, Professor of the Practice in Criminology and Criminal Justice; Director, Institute on Race and Justice.
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Information Ethics Roundtable with Speaker Kevin Zollman
Wednesday, December 16
9:00 - 10:30 AM
Kevin Zollman, Professor of Philosophy and Social and Decision Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University, will present on "Conformity, Social Networks, and the Emergence of Pluralistic Ignorance."
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Spring 2021 Economics Informational Webinar
Friday, December 18
8:30 - 10:00 AM
Jun Ma, Dean's Leadership Fellow and Professor of Economics, will lead this informational webinar to help students learn more about the Economics Master of Science program and to assist them in making better-informed decisions.
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