Faculty Honors

Professor Caleb Gayle’s Black Moses is one of ten nominees for the National Book Award for Nonfiction
Congratulations to Caleb Gayle on the nomination of his book Black Moses for the National Book Award.

Mike Beaudet & John Wihbey receive grant to launch Reinventing TV Digital Media Innovation Center
Congratulations to Professors Mike Beaduet and John Wihbey on a five-year, $3 million investment from the Stanton Foundation and Northeastern University to launch a Reinventing TV Digital Media Innovation Center.

Gloria Sutton publishes Radical Softness, a new book about innovative installation artist Janet Echelman
Gloria’s new book Radical Softness: The Responsive Art of Janet Echelman was published by Chronicle Books and Princeton Architectural Press.

Craig Robertson’s New Book Chris Knox: Not Given Lightly published by Auckland University Press
Congratulations to Craig Robertson, Professor of Communication Studies, on his new book Chris Knox: Not Given Lightly published by Auckland University Press.

Khalid Kodi’s Book From Wound to Foundation published by Dar El Mosawarat Press
Congratulations to Khalid Kodi, Professor of the Practice in Art+Design, on his new book From Wound to Foundation, published in Egypt by Dar El Mosawarat Press.

John Wihbey’s new book Governing Babel published by MIT Press
Congratulations to John Wihbey on his new book Governing Babel: The Debate Over Social Media Platforms and Free Speech – and What Comes Next” published by MIT Press.

Clareese Hill receives Innovation Grant for project “Unearthing Early Black Stories in New England”
Congratulations to Professor Clareese Hill on receiving a Mills Institute Innovation Lab Grant for her project “The Practice-based Artistic Archive: Unearthing Early Black Stories in New England.”

Professor Allen Feinstein Commissioned by Boston Symphony Orchestra to further Youth Music Initiative
Professor Allen Feinstein has been commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra to write a suite for their kids concert series Concerts for Very Young People. The work premiered at Tanglewood and will be repeated in the Boston area this coming year.

Adriana de Souza e Silva appointed as Chair of the ICA’s Mobile Communication Division
Congratulations to Adriana de Souza e Silva on being appointed Chair of The International Communication Association’s Mobile Communication Division. Her tenure as Chair of the Division will run from 2025-2027.

Professor Lily Song wins a Fulbright US Scholar Award
Congratulations Lily Song! Lily, Assistant Professor in the School of Architecture, won a Fulbright scholarship to realize her project “Reckoning, Reimagining, Rebuilding: Case study of the Estonian National Museum.”

Professor Dani Snyder-Young elected President of the Association of Theatre in Higher Education
Dani Snyder-Young, Professor & Interim Chair in the Department of Theatre, was elected President of the Association of Theatre in Higher Education.

José Menéndez’s design studio Buena Gráfica wins 5 STA awards
Congratulations to José Menéndez for his recent awards from the Society of Typographic Arts (STA)! Each year, the STA honors the 100 best examples of typographic excellence produced around the globe in a wide range of categories.

Melinda Lopez receives 2025 National Impact Award from Provincetown Theater
Congratulations to Melinda Lopez, who received a 2025 National Impact Award from Provincetown Theater. Melinda Lopez is Professor of the Practice at Northeastern. She is an award-winning playwright, performer, and educator based in Boston.

Professor Alina Lungeanu wins a Sage Publishers Award for her paper on shared leadership in Ancient Rome
Alina Lungeanu, Assistant Professor in Communication Studies, was awarded a Sage Publishers Award for her paper “When Two is Too Many and Not Enough: Shared Leadership in Ancient Rome (32 to 491 CE).”

Keli Dailey named Brown-Handler Writer in Residence
Congratulations to Keli Dailey, who has been awarded a Lisa Brown & Daniel Handler Residency, and will be a Brown-Handler Writer in Residence at the San Francisco Public Library in 2025-2026.

Professor Dennis Staroselsky’s film wins Best US Short at the Waco Independent Film Festival
Dennis Staroselsky, Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Theatre, won Best US Short at the Waco Independent Film Festival for his film “What It’s Like To Be Okay.”

Professor Caleb Gayle publishes “Black Moses: A Saga of Ambition and the Fight for a Black State”
Congratulations to Caleb Gayle on his new book, Black Moses: A Saga of Ambition and the Fight for a Black State, published by Riverhead Books in August 2025.

Lizzie Yarina publishes edited volume “Climate Changed: Models and the Built World”
Congratulations to Lizzie Yarina for the publication of her edited volume Climate Changed: Models and the Built World (Columbia University Press, August 2025).

Lecturer Tony Luong’s work with ProPublica is a Pulitzer Finalist and on exhibit in New York City
Tony’s work with ProPublica investigating mental health care access was named a Pulitzer Finalist and is currently on exhibit in New York City at the Photoville Festival.

Professor Wallace Lages and team selected to participate in World’s Biggest Analog
Professor Wallace Lages is leading a research project on how astronauts can use mixed reality to communicate and collaborate with space outposts and earth. The project was selected to participate in World’s Biggest Analog’s 2025 simulation mission.

Professor Sophia Ainslie has a solo exhibit at Gallery NAGA
Sophia Ainslie, Teaching Professor in Art + Design, has an upcoming solo exhibition at Gallery NAGA in Boston. The show, entitled “Woven,” will be on view from Sept. 2nd to Sept. 27th, 2025.

Professor Julia Hechtman has a solo exhibition and her work is now part of Video Data Bank
Julia Hechtman, Associate Chair and Teaching Professor of Art + Design, has a solo exhibition at the Brookline Arts Center and 38 of her videos are now part of the Video Data Bank.