People and Partners

Advisory Board

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  Ragan Glover

  Director, Michigan Research and Discovery Scholars, University of Michigan

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  Jeffrey Boase

  Associate Professor, Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology, University of Toronto

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  Scott Campbell

  Professor, Rinehart Chair in Mediated Communication, The Ohio State University

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  Germaine Halegoua

  John D. Evans Development Professor & Associate Professor of Communication and Media, University of Michigan

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  James Katz

  Feld Professor of Emerging Media Studies, Boston University

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  David Nemer

  Associate Professor of Media Studies, University of Virginia

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  Mimi Sheller

  Professor and Dean of the Global School, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Core Faculty

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  Michael Ann Devito

  Assistant Professor

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  Michael Ann Devito is an Assistant Professor in Khoury College of Computer Sciences, with a joint appointment in the Department of Communication Studies.

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  Morgan DiCesare

  Postdoctoral Teaching Associate

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  Morgan DiCesare is a Postdoctoral Teaching Associate in communication studies. Her work underscores the importance of social relationships in retelling queer and trans histories.

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  Laura Forlano

  Professor

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  Laura Forlano, a Fulbright award-winning and National Science Foundation funded scholar, is a writer, social scientist and design researcher.

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  Meg Heckman

  Associate Professor

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  Meg Heckman is a journalist, author and educator. Her core research examines the practice and evolution of journalism through a feminist lens.

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  Jonathan Kaufman

  Director, Professor

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  Jonathan Kaufman is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, editor and author. Prior to joining Northeastern, he held senior positions at The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News.

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  Zorana Matić Isautier

  Visiting Associate Teaching Professor

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  Dr. Zorana Matić is a Visiting Associate Professor of Architecture and Urban Design. Her research is nested in intersections of design, human behavior, and health & well-being.

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  Eileen McGivney

  Assistant Professor

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  Eileen McGivney is an Assistant Professor in Art + Design and Communication Studies. She works in the areas of Education Innovation and Extended Reality (XR).

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  Celia Pearce

  Professor

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  Celia Pearce is an award-winning game designer, author, researcher, teacher, curator, and artist, specializing in multiplayer gaming, virtual worlds, and independent art.

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  Jody Santos

  Associate Teaching Professor

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  Jody Santos is a human rights filmmaker and founder of the Disability Justice Project, which trains human rights defenders in the Global South in documentary storytelling.

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  Maria Elena Villar

  Professor and Chair

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  Dr. Villar is a professor of Communication Studies, focusing on strategic communication for social change; science & health communication; and community-based research.

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  Dan Zedek

  Professor of the Practice

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  Dan Zedek heads a design studio specializing in content-driven design and strategy. He was previously the creative director of The Boston Globe.

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  Sylke Rene Meyer

  Professor

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  Sylke Meyer is a writer, director, media artist, performer, educator and co-founder of the performance group Studio206, which is based in Berlin/Los Angeles.

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  Dan Kennedy

  Professor

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  Dan Kennedy is a professor of journalism and a nationally known media commentator. His most recent book, "What Works in Community News," was published in January 2024.

Affiliated Faculty

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  Meryl Alper

  Associate Professor

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  Meryl Alper researches the social, cultural, and health implications of communication technologies, with a focus on disability, digital media and children and families’ tech use.

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  Rahul Bhargava

  Assistant Professor

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  Rahul Bhargava is an educator, researcher, designer, and facilitator who builds collaborative projects to interrogate our datafied society.

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  Derek Curry

  Associate Professor

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  Derek Curry creates research, artworks and games that provide an experiential understanding of topics where information may be limited. He has been published in Big Data & Society.

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  Sina Fazelpour

  CSSH Philosophy & Khoury

  Sina Fazelpour is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Computer Science at Northeastern University. His research focuses on issues of justice, diversity, and reliability in data-driven and artificial intelligence technologies.

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  Christopher Le Dantec

  Professor

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  Christopher Le Dantec is a computer scientist and design researcher focused on Digital Civics. He aims to advance equity and community resilience through Participatory Design.

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  Stephen Warren

  Assistant Teaching Professor

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  Stephen Warren's research focuses on media psychology, entertainment theory, sports communication, and audience behavior and habits, primarily using quantitative methods.

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  Brooke Foucault Welles

  Senior Associate Dean for Research and Partnerships, Professor

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  Brooke Foucault Welles is Senior Associate Dean for Research and Partnerships and a Professor in the Department of Communication Studies.

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  Qi “Ryan” Wang

  College of Engineering

  Qi Wang is an Associate Professor in the College of Engineering. His research focuses include urban and social resilience; geo-social networking; coupled, human-natural systems; natural disaster response and evacuation; and urban computing.

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  Craig Robertson

  Professor

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  Craig Robertson is a media historian with expertise in the history of paperwork, information technologies, identification documents, and surveillance.