Tunji Akinsehinwa
Tunji Akinsehinwa’s expertise lies in African cinema, with a particular focus on Nigerian cinema. For three years, he worked as a cinematographer in Nollywood, where he shot feature films, documentaries, and television series. He likes to work in the independent, low-budget film scene, where less is more, and has completed several British films. As a […]
Michelle Amazeen
Michelle Amazeen is the Associate Dean of Research and an Associate Professor of Mass Communication at Boston University’s College of Communication. She also directs the Communication Research Center. Dr. Amazeen’s research focuses on persuasion and misinformation, exploring effects of misinformation and efforts to correct it. For her dissertation at Temple University, Michelle wrote about the accuracy of […]
Phillippe Copeland
Dr. Phillipe Copeland is a public scholar, educator, trainer, facilitator, and consultant. He is host of the From Issues to Action podcast. Dr. Copeland’s areas of expertise include antiracist education and practice, justice through narratives, horror, oppression and resistance, stress and trauma and health equity. Dr. Copeland’s work has been featured in The Daily Beast, […]
Ziba Cranmer
Ziba Cranmer is the Founding Director of BU Spark!, an innovation and experiential learning lab based at BU’s Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences. Since 2017, Spark! student teams have completed over 1200 projects for civil society organizations, local government, and other partner organizations. Ziba is an innovation leader with a passion for technology and […]
M. Patricia Fabian
M. Patricia Fabian is a Professor of Environmental Health and Associate Director at the Institute for Global Sustainability at Boston University. She founded the Sustainable Built Environment Lab which conducts research on extreme heat resilience in cities, indoor air quality in schools and homes, and energy transitions in the built environment. Dr. Fabian leads multiple […]
James Howard Hill Jr.
James Howard Hill Jr. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Religion at Boston University. He teaches courses and conducts research in American religions and public humanities, with particular attention to Black study, religion and politics of US popular culture, political theory, Black political thought, modernity, ecology, coloniality, and religious conceptual methodologies. His work approaches […]
Lucy Hutyra
Lucy R. Hutyra is a Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Earth and Environment at Boston University. She received a B.S. in Forest Ecology and Management from the University of Washington and a Ph.D. in Earth and Planetary Sciences from Harvard University for her thesis “Carbon and Water Exchange in Amazonian Rain Forests.” Dr. […]
Jonathan Jay
Dr. Jonathan Jay studies community firearm violence and health inequities as an associate professor of Community Health Sciences at Boston University School of Public Health. He works at the intersection of epidemiology, data science, and community-engaged research to understand the social determinants of violence and to identify effective, equitable strategies for prevention. His research examines […]
Aaron Kopp
Aaron Kopp is an award-winning filmmaker and Emmy-nominated cinematographer who grew up in the Kingdom of Eswatini. Aaron shot and co-produced the Oscar-winning film, Saving Face, about acid attacks in Pakistan. He was cinematographer for the Sundance-winning and Oscar-nominated film, The Hunting Ground, about sexual assault on college campuses. He also served as the cinematographer […]
Nathan Phillips
Nathan Phillips is Professor of Earth and Environment at Boston University. He is a physiological ecologist who studies land-climate interactions in terrestrial ecosystems and human-dominated environments, including exchanges of energy, water, and greenhouse gases including methane and carbon dioxide exchanged between the air and leaves, soil, buildings, humans, and pipelines. He works with advocates, community […]