Isabella Abraham
Isabella is a senior in the Pardee School in the College of Arts and Sciences pursuing a BA in International Relations and an Arabic minor. In her second year working with the IOC, she is looking forward to further exploring urban planning and policy, especially as it relates to housing inequality, policing, and food justice. […]
Daniel Abramson
Daniel M. Abramson’s scholarship focuses on issues of architecture, society, economics, and government, from the eighteenth through twentieth centuries with a specialization in American and European topics. Current work focuses on architecture and citizenship in American government centers since 1900, including a recent article in Grey Room 78 (Winter 2020) on the Massachusetts State Service Center and the American welfare state. Before coming to Boston University in 2016, Abramson taught at Tufts University and Connecticut College. He […]
Lara Adekeye
Read more about Lara’s experience as the 2017 MORRE Summer Fellow Lara studied Political Science and African American studies. Her passion for social justice stems from her experience as a Cambridge, MA resident, her leadership in the African American Studies Center at Boston University, and more recently her experience working with the American Civil Liberties […]
Darien Alexander Williams
Urban H Interests: Heat, Housing, Health Darien Alexander Williams is an assistant professor in the Macro Practice Department with a focus on environmental & climate justice. His research broadly engages Black and Muslim urban planning history, hurricane disaster recovery, climate change, and community organizing. Williams’ research examines methods of counter-institution building developed by Black and […]
Gloria Ampadu-Darko
Gloria is a sophomore majoring in International Relations with a minor in Political Science and Public Health. Her interests include international development, human rights, civil rights, and social justice. She aspires to pursue a career in which she can make a meaningful impact in one of these areas. Gloria’s directed study will be centered around […]
Diya Ashtakala
Diya is a first-year graduate student pursuing an MA in International Affairs with a specialization in security studies from Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies. She grew up in Bangalore, India. She received a BA in Communicative English, Political Science, and Economics from India. As an undergraduate, she worked with student-run magazines. She served […]
Astraea Augsberger
Astraea Augsberger is interested in child welfare workforce development and the transition to adulthood for court involved youth, and youth participation in decision-making practices. She is currently teaching courses including Introduction to Clinical Practice with Individuals, Families and Groups and Clinical Practice with Individuals. Augsberger is co-leading a research project along with Mary Collins studying […]
Paula Austin
Paula C. Austin is a U.S. historian with a focus on African American history, the history of race and racism, visual culture, urban, education, and women’s history, the history of social science, and the history of childhood. She is particularly interested in interiority and broadening the narrow definitions of intellectual history. Her book, Coming of Age […]
Cristell Bacilio
Cristell Bacilio (she/her) is a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences pursuing a BA in International Relations and Political Science from Dallas, Texas. With a strong interest in social justice and human rights, she hopes to give back to the communities she is a part of and is excited to learn from and […]
Jessica Bajada-Silva
Read more about Jessica’s experience as the 2018 MORRE Summer Fellow Jessica Bajada-Silva studied Environmental Analysis and Policy in the College of Arts and Sciences. She worked as a Student Office Assistant at the BU Hariri Institute for Computing and previously interned at the Human Rights Center in Padova, Italy. On campus, she’s involved as […]