Education

Faculty

The Master's in Urban and Regional Policy draws upon an outstanding team of faculty from various discipline and practices. Consistent with the mission of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, the faculty are actively engaged in addressing issues relevant to current urban communities.

Core Faculty

Barry Bluestone

• Ph.D., University of Michigan
• Dean, School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs & Director, Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy
• Specialization: Political Economy; Urban and Social Policy; Public Policy

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Christopher Bosso

• Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
• Associate Dean, School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs
• Specialization: U.S. Politics and Public Policy; Environmental and Food Policy; Regulatory Policy; Science and Technology

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Laurie Dopkins

• Ph.D., Sociology, Rutgers University
• Program Coordinator, Masters in Urban and Regional Policy Program & Senior Research Associate, Dukakis Center
• Specialization:Program Evaluation; Community-Based Research; Community and Youth Development; Social Indicators and Results Accountability Systems; Non-Profit, Philanthropic, and Public Administration

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Joan Fitzgerald

Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

Director, Law, Policy and Society Program

Specialization: Urban Economic Development; Urban Sustainability Planning; Workforce Development; Green Economic Development

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Paul Harrington

• Ed.D., University of Massachusetts
• Associate Professor of Law, Policy and Society & Associate Director, Center for Labor Market Research

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Richard O'Bryant

• Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Director, John D. O'Bryant African American Institute, Assistant Professor of Political Science
• Specialization: Science and Technology Policy and Politics; Urban and Regional Studies and Politics; Urban and Community Technology; and Community-Based Research

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Stephanie Pollack

• J.D., Harvard Law School
• Associate Director (Programming), The Dukakis Center
• Specialization: Smart Growth and Sustainable Development; Affordable Housing; Childhood Lead Poisoning; Transportation and Transit Policy and Planning

Affiliated Faculty

Hortensia Amaro

• Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
• Distinguished Professor, Associate Dean for Urban Health Research, Director of Institute on Urban Health Research
• Specialization: Public Health; Social and Developmental Psychology

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Michael Dukakis

J.D., Harvard University

Distinguished Professor, Political Science and Public Administration; Distinguished Fellow, Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy

Former Governor of Massachusetts

1988 Democratic Nominee for President

Specialization: Public Policy; Health Policy and Politics; State and Local Government; Public Management

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Silvia Dominguez

• Ph.D., Boston University
• Assistant Professor of Sociology
• Specialization: Immigration; Race Relations; Urban Poverty; Public Housing; Latin-Americans; Violence

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Danny Faber

• Ph.D. in Sociology, University of California at Santa Cruz
• Professor of Sociology & Director of the Northeastern Environmental Justice Research Collaborative
• Specialization: Political Economy and Economic Crisis Theory; Environmental Sociology; Globalization; Classical and Contemporary Sociology Theory; Environmental Justice; Social Movements; Sociology of Philanthropy

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James Allen Fox

• Ph.D., Sociology with Distinction, University of Pennsylvania
• Lipman Family Professor of Criminal Justice
• Specialization: Multiple Homicide; Youth and School Violence; Statistics; Capital Punishment

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Michael Handel

• Ph.D., Harvard University
• Associate Professor of Sociology
• Specialization: Economic Sociology; Sociology of Work, Organizations, and Labor Markets; Social Stratification

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Shelley Kimelberg

• Ph.D., Harvard University
• Assistant Professor of Sociology; Senior Research Associate, the Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy
• Specialization: Urban Sociology; Poverty; Economic Development; Social Policy

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Clay McShane

• Ph.D, University of Wisconsin
• Professor of History
• Specialization: United States Urban and Social History

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John Portz

• Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
• Professor of Political Science & Chair of the Political Science Department
• Specialization: Public Policy and Administration; Education Policy; State and Local Government

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Gordana Rebrenovic

• Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany
• Associate Professor of Sociology and Education & Associate Director of the Brudnick Center on Violence and Conflict
• Specialization: Urban Sociology; Social Organizations; Conflict and Violence

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David Rochefort

• Ph.D., Brown University
• Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor
• Specialization: Public Policy; Health and Mental Health Care; Social Welfare; Methodology; Community-Based Research; Student Leadership

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Andy Sum

• Professor of Economics; Director, Center for Labor Market Studies
• Specialization: Labor Market Analysis; Urban and Regional Demographics; Immigration

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George Thrush

• M. Arch., Harvard University
• Director of the School of Architecture
• Specialization: Contemporary Urban Issues in Architecture

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Bruce Wallin

• Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
• Associate Professor of International Affairs
• Specialization: Public Policy; Public Finance; American Government