9 MAY 2024
Doctoral Hooding and
Graduation Ceremony
C O L L E G E O F P R O F E S S I O N A L S T U D I E S
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CONTENTS
This program is for ceremonial purposes only and is not to be considered an ocial
conrmation of degree information. It contains only those details available at the
publication deadline. Please note that not all graduates’ names are listed, as some
students opt out of having their names appear in Northeastern publications.
We ask those in attendance to kindly silence their electronic devices and to remain in
their seats until the platform party has left the stage and the graduate recessional
has nished.
Program 2
Announcement of the Candidates 3
Doctor of Education
Doctor of Law and Policy
Doctor of Physical Therapy
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Dean’s Medal for Outstanding Doctoral Work
The History of Northeastern University
University Senior Leadership
University Deans
Members of the Board of Trustees, Trustees Emeriti,
Honorary Trustees, and Corporators Emeriti Program
University Marshalls
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PROGRAM
MATTHEWS ARENA, BOSTON
TEN-THIRTY A.M.
Prelude
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Jared Auclair
Interim Dean, College of Professional Studies
Faculty Speaker
Joan Giblin
Associate Teaching Professor
Announcement of the Candidates
Presentation of the Dean’s Medal for Outstanding Doctoral Work
Jared Auclair
Interim Dean, College of Professional Studies
Remarks of the Dean’s Medal Speaker
Bijoy Sagar
Doctor of Law and Policy
Charge to the Graduates
Jared Auclair
Interim Dean, College of Professional Studies
Recessional
We ask those in attendance to kindly silence their electronic devices and to
remain in their seats until the platform party has left the stage and the graduate
recessional has finished.
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DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
Rachel Ann Adriko Spillberg
Dissertation: Leveraging Technology to Support Teaching and Learning in Uganda
Advisor: William Boozang
Brigette Allen
Dissertation: Co-Creating Change: Design Thinking Approaches to Sexual Violence Prevention
in Higher Education
Advisor: Lindsay Portnoy
Thomas John Ambrose
Dissertation: What Teachers Say About Teaching Reading at the High School Level: An Action
Research Study
Advisor: Wendy Crocker
Ethnie Marie Anantua
Dissertation: Exploring New York City Educators’ Perceptions of Teaching and Learning in a
High-Stakes Testing Environment
Advisor: Hattie Hammonds
Francisco Juan Ayala
Dissertation: Teacher Knowledge of and Beliefs about Executive Functioning, Strategies They
Use to Support Students with EF Decits, and How These Variables Relate to Their
Teaching Experience
Advisor: Tracy Pascua Dea
Jacob Barr
Dissertation: Teacher Leadership: Inuences on Teacher Self-Ecacy and Collective
Teacher Ecacy
Advisor: Kristal Clemons
Christopher Andrew Bates
Dissertation: Increasing Employment Outcomes for Culturally Diverse Students Through
Experiential Learning in Higher Education
Advisor: Christopher Unger
Andrew J Bauman
Dissertation: : The Elephant in the Church: Exploring Women’s Experience with Sexism &
Abuse in the Protestant Church
Advisor: Andrew Anderson
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information. It reflects only those details available at the publication deadline.
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Morgan Alexandria Beatty
Dissertation: Working While Black: Examining the Career Development Gap in the Black
Workforce and Investigating the Racist Roots of Professionalism
Advisor: Mounira Morris
Anjum Biswas
Dissertation: Exploring The Impact Of Empathic Communication On Stress Among Students
In Higher Education Institutions
Advisor: Karen Phillips
Nicolas David Blaisdell
Dissertation: An Investigation into Pathway Preparation and Student Motivation
Advisor: William Boozang
Sasha Alana Blake
Dissertation: Fostering Teacher Self Ecacy: Understanding the Impact of Trauma Through
Student Behavior
Advisor: Sara Ewell
Alexandra Motoko Blenis-Gittens
Dissertation: : Re-Engaging Latinx English Learners in Middle School: An Action
Research Study
Advisor: Wendy Crocker
Sarah Jennie Bollinger
Dissertation: Adapting to Change: How is Higher Education preparing students to be
workforce ready?
Advisor: Kimberly Nolan
Elizabeth Ann Brumbaugh
Dissertation: Teacher Care: An Action Research Study On Teacher Wellness And Creativity In
A Tk-12 Independent School Community Of Practice
Advisor: Kelly Conn
Matthew Donald Burns
Dissertation: Supporting Student Workers Through a Cross-Organizational Advisory Team
Advisor: Rashid Mosley
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information. It reflects only those details available at the publication deadline.
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Jacqueline Monique Cade
Dissertation: Pressing Toward the Mark: HBCU Support of African American Students
with Learning
Advisor: Carolyn Bair
Chanun Tenell Caine
Dissertation: Empowering Early Learners: An Exploration of Anti-Bias Education in Early
Learning Environments
Advisor: Lindsay Portnoy
John D Carlstroem
Dissertation: A Self-study in Agentic Independent School Leadership: Authentic Listening
Toward Collaborative Partnership with African American Families
Advisor: Dana Wright
Emily Teeple Carpenter
Dissertation: Strengthening Rural College Student Career Development
Advisor: Joan Giblin
Alicia Laura Castro
Dissertation: Building Capacity for Implementing the CASEL, SEL Framework in Grades 4 & 5
of a Title I District Using: An Action Research Study
Advisor: Kelly Conn
Pamela Joan Cernjul
Dissertation: Pedagogy for Trauma Sensitive Children
Advisor: Afi Wiggins
Keisha La’Rae Chandler
Dissertation: The One Room Schoolhouse: An Action Research Study of the Retention of
Novice Black Teachers in Their First-to-Fifth Year
Advisor: Joseph McNabb
Juli Charkes
Dissertation: Minding the Gap: Understanding the Role and Needs of Interim Appointees in
Higher Education
Advisor: Joseph McNabb
Hui Wen Chin
Dissertation: Sifting Through Preschool Teachers’ Funds of Knowledge to Reveal Culturally
Sustaining Child-Feeding Professional Learning Opportunities at One University in Singapore
Advisor: Wendy Crocker
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information. It reflects only those details available at the publication deadline.
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Chun On Cho
Dissertation: How Do School Leaders Experience School Climate During the Transition to
Autonomous Schools Under School-Based Management and Then into the
Remote Environment?
Advisor: Thomas Wylie
Maritza Estela Ciliberto
Dissertation: Teachers of the Deaf Experiences and Beliefs about Bilingual ASL/English
Education and Teacher Preparation Programs
Advisor: Karen Reiss Medwed
Ashley Nicole Cinelli
Dissertation: Deepening Middle School English Teachers’ Understanding of and Capacity for
Critical Literacy Practices Through Coach-Facilitated Professional Learning Communities
Advisor: Christopher Unger
Shannon Tamson Conley
Dissertation: The Impact of Informal Teacher-To-Teacher Feedback on Instructional Practices
in the Middle School English Classroom
Advisor: Kimberly Nolan
Christopher Kelly Cooper
Dissertation: Using Art to Illustrate Medical Empathy to Physician Assistants
Advisor: Lynda Beltz
Ann M. Cox
Dissertation: Supporting Mental Health and Wellness in a Graduate Teacher
Preparation Program
Advisor: Alice McIntyre
Judy Annette Cruz-Ransom
Dissertation: Trauma-Informed Practices in Community Colleges: Enhancing Student Support
Through Faculty and Sta Professional Development
Advisor: Christopher Unger
Jinghang Cui
Dissertation: Hybrid Course Model in Physical Education: Enhancing Undergraduate
Learning experience in a Leading Chinese Public University
Advisor: Joseph McNabb
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information. It reflects only those details available at the publication deadline.
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Rosalind Alessandro DaCruz
Dissertation: : Increasing Ecacy in Deeper Learning Practices through Adult Learning
Advisor: Kelly Conn
Zachary Reid Dane
Dissertation: Providing Engaging and Relevant Professional Learning Opportunities:
An Evaluation of the Perceived Ecacy of Micro-Credentials & Digital Badges Upon K-12
Educators in a Large Urban School District
Advisor: Lindsay Portnoy
Page C Davis
Dissertation: Where They Are, Based on Where They Have Been, Further Informed By Where
They Seek to Go: Transgender and Gender Diverse Identities in College
Advisor: Cherese Childers-McKee
Sigrid Merecia Davison
Dissertation: Breaking the Ice: Educator Leaders’ Entrée into Equity and Inclusion Leadership
in a Rural High School
Advisor: Cherese Childers-McKee
Guerson Doricent
Dissertation: The Lived Experiences of Mental Health Clinician at a Public Psychiatric
Hospital in Haiti
Advisor: Mounira Morris
Catrina Shaquan DosReis
Dissertation: A Seat at the Table: The Value Proposition of an HBCU Career Center
Advisor: Joan Giblin
Christine Dixie Douville
Dissertation: “Just Because I Failed, Does Not Mean I am a Failure”: An Action Research
Approach to Exploring and Supporting the Needs of Repeating Nursing Students
Advisor: Wendy Crocker
Mary Angelita Diaz Dulatre
Dissertation: The Leadership Style of Women of Color in College Presidencies: A Content
Analysis of their Leadership Communications
Advisor: Nancy Pawlyshyn
Shayna Louise Duncan
Dissertation: Integration of Technology into Middle School Classrooms
Advisor: Lindsay Portnoy
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information. It reflects only those details available at the publication deadline.
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Bekir Duz
Dissertation: Data-Based Decision-Making (DBDM) in Education
Advisor: Christopher Unger
Baron A. Dyer
Dissertation: Perceptions and Realities in Policing: A Comprehensive Action Research Study
on the Experiences of Police Ocers Within a BIPOC Community
Advisor: Rashid Mosley
Camille Angela Edwards-Thomas
Dissertation: Navigating the Intersection: The Lived Experiences of Black Women in Pre K-12
School Leadership
Advisor: Kelly Conn
Karen E.B. Elliott
Dissertation: Challenging Curriculum/Assessment and Grade Reporting Practices
Advisor: Melissa Parenti
Mazen Elshami
Dissertation: Evaluation of the Opportunities and Challenges Syrian Refugees Face in
Accessing Higher Education While Living in Refugee Camps in Jordan
Advisor: Michael Dean
Samantha Frances Lang Enos
Dissertation: Adolescent Struggling Readers’ Positive Student-Teacher Relationships
Advisor: Andrew Anderson
Jennifer M. Farrell
Dissertation: It’s Showtime: Education, Employment and Health - An Interpretative
Phenomenological Analysis of Performing Arts Education
Advisor: Aly McDowell
Kelli Ann Fenlon Winamaki
Dissertation: Inspiring Inclusivity: Enhancing Employees’ Condence in Working with Young
Adults with Disabilities in Project SEARCH Host Businesses
Advisor: Chong Kim-Wong
Carolyn Cartier Fieger
Dissertation: Addressing Inequities in STEM Elementary Education through Professional
Learning Communities and Teacher Led Professional Development
Advisor: Michael Dean
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information. It reflects only those details available at the publication deadline.
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Alec Daniel Fisher
Dissertation: The Experience of Academic Sta during Curriculum Change in
Higher Education
Advisor: Loretta Ovueraye
Katia Flowers
Dissertation: A Shared Multicultural Leadership Team’s Performance in an International
School in Thailand
Advisor: Lynda Beltz
Katherine Ann Foecking
Dissertation: Building Positive Student-Teacher Relationships: A Foundational Element for
Successful Classroom Management
Advisor: Kimberly Nolan
Chardas Khalis Freeman
Dissertation: Sustainability in K-12 Education: How Can Schools Support Students to Address
Challenges of Environmental Sustainability?
Advisor: Christopher Unger
Stephanie S Fumiatti
Dissertation: Teacher Engagement and Input in Curriculum Development
Advisor: Melissa Parenti
Haley Catherine Gaughan
Dissertation: Starting Small: Perspectives on Building Family and Community Engagement
in Preschool
Advisor: Noor Ali
Jackson Barrett Goodwin-Jamison
Dissertation: Improving SEL Skills Through Instruction
Advisor: Kelly Conn
Susannah M. Gravel
Dissertation: Understanding How Students and Teachers Experience Creativity in
the Curriculum
Advisor: Tyneka Holley
Amy Terese Greenstein
Dissertation: Giving Them What They Need: Online Orientation for the Adult Learner
Advisor: Lynda Beltz
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information. It reflects only those details available at the publication deadline.
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Matthew Charles Gulotta
Dissertation: Resisting Low Engagement in Collegiate Aviation Emergency Remote Teaching
During the Pandemic: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis
Advisor: Corliss ompson
Kevin D. Guyton
Dissertation: Restorative Justice a Pathway to Hope: An Exploration of the Impact Restor-
ative Justice has on the Schooling Experiences of Black Boys and the Teachers who
Teach Them
Advisor: Cherese Childers-McKee
Robert E Hanke
Dissertation: Mergers and Acquisitions in Higher Education: Experiences of Senior Leaders
Advisor: omas Wylie
Sherry De-Lois Harley
Dissertation: Understanding the Assignment: The Lived Experiences of Black Girls at a Pre-
dominantly White Independent School
Advisor: Cherese Childers-McKee
Erica L. Harrington
Dissertation: Improving Instruction to Increase Academic and Social-Emotional Outcomes for
Elementary-Aged Multilingual Learners in an Underperforming Urban Public School
Advisor: Kelly Conn
Richard Kevin Hathaway
Dissertation: Developing Emerging Leaders in Civil Society: An Experiential Learning
Initiative in North Macedonia
Advisor: Karen Smith
Philip Dennis Hernandez
Dissertation: More Than a Place to Sleep: The Role of Student Housing in Supporting
First-Generation and Historically Excluded College Students in the Two-Year Setting
Advisor: Wendy Crocker
Kathryn Elizabeth Hinshaw
Dissertation: Professional Learning Pathways: A Practical Approach to the Structured
Literacy Competencies
Advisor: Melissa Parenti
This program is for ceremonial purposes only and is not to be considered an official confirmation of degree
information. It reflects only those details available at the publication deadline.
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This program is for ceremonial purposes only and is not to be considered an official confirmation of degree
information. It reflects only those details available at the publication deadline.
Delilah Marie Holmes
Dissertation: The Illusion of Choice: The Realities of a Compulsory Public School Choice
Program and its Impact on Opportunity
Advisor: Kimberly Nolan
Efrosini Hortis
Dissertation: Reimagining Institutional Resources to Support Persistence and Retention of
First-Generation Students in a Four-Year Public Institution in the U.S.: An Action
Research Study
Advisor: Wendy Crocker
Andrew Blair Hossack
Dissertation: Staying Curious Together: Piloting a Collaborative Inquiry Model in an
Independent, International K-12 School
Advisor: Wendy Crocker
Marie Helen Huhnke
Dissertation: Making Sense of the Cultural Structure of Equity: A Structural
Functionalist Approach
Advisor: Loretta Ovueraye
Patrick David Hutchinson
Dissertation: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis of How International Students
Make Sense of Information Literacy
Advisor: Daniel Volchok
Dwayne D. Jones Sr.
Dissertation: Empowering First-Year Success: A Study on the Impact of First-Year Peer
Mentorship Program on First-Year, First-Generation Black Male Students
Advisor: Joseph McNabb
Kathleen Corinne Kaulins
Dissertation: A Seat at the Table: Female Investors’ Perspectives on the Gender Diversity of
Private Company Boards
Advisor: Joan Giblin
Christopher Michael Keller
Dissertation: Collaborating Outside of the Silo: An Action Research Study of Interdisciplinary
Collaboration of Teachers at a Small Suburban Middle School in the Northeast
Advisor: Andrew Anderson
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This program is for ceremonial purposes only and is not to be considered an official confirmation of degree
information. It reflects only those details available at the publication deadline.
Brendan James Kent
Dissertation: School leader’s perspectives of implementing and supporting Social Emotional
Learning (SEL): An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis
Advisor: Kelly Conn
Jo Kogut
Dissertation: A Collaborative Math Curriculum: Nurturing Academic and Social-Emotional
Growth for High School Students
Advisor: Christopher Unger
William Wai-Yin Kwok
Dissertation: Strategies for Integrating Martial Arts-based Mindfulness into
Educational Settings
Advisor: Kelly Conn
Vivian Lanzot
Dissertation: Mentorship Matters: The Impact of Black and Latino Administrative Women
Leaders in Higher Education and the Role That Mentoring Plays in the Trajectory of
Their Career
Advisor: Christopher Unger
Shareen M. Laskar
Dissertation: Tuition Isn’t Their Only Bill: An Exploration of Holistic Approaches to Address
College Readiness in Public and Urban Higher Education Institutions.
Advisor: Lindsay Portnoy
Donald Michael Leonard
Dissertation: Creating Cultures of Belonging on Collegiate Athletics Teams
Advisor: Joan Giblin
Ariel Dulcidia Leitao Leonelli
Dissertation: What’s the #vibe: Exploring the Impact of Peer Inuence through Social Media
on College-Going Decisions
Advisor: Christopher Unger
Christine Ritter Loch
Dissertation: Psychological Empowerment Among Virtual-Based Professionals in the Phar-
maceutical Industry: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Advisor: Sean Gallagher
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This program is for ceremonial purposes only and is not to be considered an official confirmation of degree
information. It reflects only those details available at the publication deadline.
Lucy Siying Lu
Dissertation: Strengthening Co-op Educators’ Support Practices for International Students’
Transitional Experiences in the American Workplaces
Advisor: Kelly Conn
Widline Luctama-Compere
Dissertation: Human Capital Management (HCM) Technology Implementation to Support
Human Resource Teams
Advisor: Aimee Williams
Christopher Allan Lukasik
Dissertation: Using action research to develop public policy work in gender-based
violence organizations
Advisor: Rashid Mosley
Tina Lulla
Dissertation: The Enrollment of Black and Latinx Students in Advanced Placement
Science Courses
Advisor: Loretta Ovueraye
Jennifer Anne Madonna
Dissertation: Preparing Teachers for Praxis Shock Through Pre-Service Teacher
Preparation Programs
Advisor: Christopher Unger
Sonia Malkani
Dissertation: Career Advancement: Immigrant Working Women
Advisor: Melissa Parenti
John-Joseph Edward Marderosian
Dissertation: Investigating High Teacher Turnover at an Historically Underserved
School District
Advisor: Kimberly Nolan
Jennifer Lynn Martin
Dissertation: Leadership Preparation for Mid-Level Female Leaders at Spokane
Community College
Advisor: Kimberly Nolan
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This program is for ceremonial purposes only and is not to be considered an official confirmation of degree
information. It reflects only those details available at the publication deadline.
Adetokunbo Martins
Dissertation: Enhancing the Academic Self- Ecacy of Black and Hispanic High School
Students in STEM
Advisor: Neil Trotta
A.Anthony Duva Mastracchio
Dissertation: The Eects of Social Media Integrated Instruction on English as a Second Lan-
guage Learner’s Achievement in Vocabulary Comprehension
Advisor: Michael Dean
Kathleen Ann McCarey-Pomerleau
Dissertation: Unlocking the Power of Co-Collaboration: The Impact of Educator Involvement
in Educational Technology Development
Advisor: Cherese Childers-McKee
Lisa Andrea McCalla
Dissertation: Persistent Pearls: Understanding Activism Through the Experiences of Black
Women in Black Greek- Lettered Sorority Alumnae Chapters
Advisor: Mounira Morris
Julia Lyu Mears
Dissertation: The lived experience of BIPOC professional sta at “Flagship University”
Advisor: Christopher Unger
Meredith Eden Merchant
Dissertation: The Disconnect of Soft Skill Development and Job Skill Prociency in
Higher Education
Advisor: Christopher Unger
Judith Mary Merra
Dissertation: Teacher Interview as Methodology to Examine how White Teachers are Taking
Action in the Wake of George Floyd’s Death
Advisor: Christopher Unger
Ryan C. Merrill
Dissertation: Sensemaking in Higher Education: The Experiences of First-Time Public
University Presidents
Advisor: Carolyn Bair
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This program is for ceremonial purposes only and is not to be considered an official confirmation of degree
information. It reflects only those details available at the publication deadline.
David Merry
Dissertation: Managing Organizational Change in Career Services Units
Advisor: Sean Gallagher
Nicole Renee Miller
Dissertation: Searching for Cultural Competence: A Study Exploring the Disconnect Between
the College Classroom and the Workplace
Advisor: Wendy Crocker
Ryan David Miller
Dissertation: I Don’t Know What I Don’t Know: An Action Research Study regarding the
Impact of Youth Travel/Club Sports on High School Athletic Participation
Advisor: Andrew Anderson
Enrique Morales-Diaz
Dissertation: Latinx Institutional Agents: A Narrative Inquiry of How They Employ Their
Community Cultural Wealth at Hispanic-Serving Community Colleges in New England
Advisor: Michael Dean
Dena Helena Mortensen
Dissertation: READ and Rehearse: An Eective Model for Professional Development
in Reading
Advisor: Melissa Parenti
Bonnie Joy Niemann
Dissertation: Montessori Educators’ Understandings and Perceptions of Critical Race Theory,
and Their Receptiveness to Its Inclusion in Curriculum
Advisor: Aly McDowell
Sarah Chaplin Barnes Norsworthy
Dissertation: Pages of Potential: An Action Research Study on the Aordances and
Constraints of Using Picture Books as Tools to Deepen Adult Senses of Identity and Belonging
Advisor: Wendy Crocker
Jennifer Marie Olivieri
Dissertation: School-Community Relationships
Advisor: Michael Dean
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This program is for ceremonial purposes only and is not to be considered an official confirmation of degree
information. It reflects only those details available at the publication deadline.
Stephen Philip Ostendor
Dissertation: The Classroom is Only Part of the Challenge: Employing Interventions That Help
Retain Adult Learners in Higher Education
Advisor: Lynda Beltz
Joshua Charles Otlin
Dissertation: Learning to Assess for Learning: An IPA Study Exploring Teachers’ Experiences
with Professional Development in Formative Assessment
Advisor: Andrew Anderson
Jonathan Edward Page
Dissertation: Finding a Place for Us: Improving the Social Connectedness and Sense of
Belonging for Black Students at a Predominately White Institution (PWI)
Advisor: Mounira Morris
Sandra Lee Passalcqua
Dissertation: A Change in the Educational Landscape of a Rural Community: A School for the
Joy of Learning
Advisor: Christopher Unger
Bindi R. Patel
Dissertation: Latina Student Success: Identity and Experiences of Latina Community
College Students
Advisor: Kimberly Nolan
Elizabeth Marie Pawlowski
Dissertation: Stuck in the Middle: Examining the Impact of the Learning Environment on
Adolescent Motivation
Advisor: Paula Boyum
Diane C. Perez
Dissertation: Exploring the Transfer Student Capital-Building Experiences of Lateral
Transfer Students
Advisor: Dan Volchok
Kelli Ann Perkins
Dissertation: Beyond #BlackGirlMagic: The Persistence of Black Women to Senior Level
Careers in Higher Education Administration
Advisor: Mounira Morris
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This program is for ceremonial purposes only and is not to be considered an official confirmation of degree
information. It reflects only those details available at the publication deadline.
Rochel Alicia Pinder
Dissertation: Part-time & Adult Learners of Color: Factors Inuencing Persistence in a
Certicate Program Pathway to a Degree
Advisor: Joan Giblin
Emily Anne Lavoie Plante
Dissertation: The Process and Impact of a Community of Practice on Teacher Knowledge
and Integration of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
Advisor: Andrew Anderson
Ashley Shavon Porter
Dissertation: For Us, By Us: The Unique Experiences of Black Women Educators in K-12 Schools
Advisor: Mounira Morris
Danielle Nicole Pusateri
Dissertation: Building Gender Justice Leaders: How a Series of Professional Learning
Conversations Can Assist Early Learning Professionals in Supporting
Transgender/Non-Binary Children and Their Families
Advisor: Christopher Unger
Stephanie Ann Ramos
Dissertation: Shatterproof: Perspectives of Latinx Leaders in Northeastern Independent
Secondary Schools.
Advisor: A Y. Wiggins
Retha Reynolds
Dissertation: Achieving Equity for All Students: Culturally Relevant Project-based Learning
and the Academic Achievement Gap
Advisor: Kimberly Nolan
Susan Cheryl Riello
Dissertation: Designing and Delivering Online Learning Experiences to Support Graduate
Student Well-Being
Advisor: Joseph McNabb
Joseph Wyatt Robertson
Dissertation: Improving Student Learning through PBL, Student Choice, and
Community Partnerships
Advisor: Christopher Unger
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This program is for ceremonial purposes only and is not to be considered an official confirmation of degree
information. It reflects only those details available at the publication deadline.
Jason Fields Roth
Dissertation: College and Career Readiness, Addressing an Initiative for Instructional
Implementation in the Secondary Classroom
Advisor: Lindsay Portnoy
Madeleine Roberta Ryan
Dissertation: Transformative Leadership: BIPOC Faculty and Sta as Catalysts for Recruiting
and Sustaining a Multicultural Student Body
Advisor: Mounira Morris
Mark Ira Scheinbaum
Dissertation: How Can a Documentary Presentation of HMC (Historically Marginalized
Community) Post-Graduate Stories Inspire other HMCs to consider Applying to
Graduate School?
Advisor: Christopher Unger
Darren M. Schwartz
Dissertation: Time Management and Instructional Leadership
Advisor: Michael Dean
Stefanie Gail Seidner
Dissertation: Latinx Immigrant Parents and the Home-School Relationship: An Interpretative
Phenomenological Analysis
Advisor: Shira Leibowitz
Alicia Marie Serrato
Dissertation: The Successes and Challenges of Implementing Multi- Tiered Systems of Sup-
port in Urban Elementary Schools
Advisor: Melissa Parenti
Jennifer Jane Sharp
Dissertation: Belongingness in Underrepresented in Medicine Doctor of Physical
Therapy Students
Advisor: Kimberly Nolan
Cicily Teresa Shaw
Dissertation: Undermatching in College Admission and the Role of the School Counselor
Advisor: Kelly Conn
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This program is for ceremonial purposes only and is not to be considered an official confirmation of degree
information. It reflects only those details available at the publication deadline.
Linda S. Shields
Dissertation: How School Meal Programs Can Improve Dietary Quality in Nutritionally Disad-
vantaged Adolescent Populations by Expanding Food Preferences by Exposing Students to
Unfamiliar, But Healthy Food Choices
Advisor: Kimberly Nolan
Marcos Omar Silva
Dissertation: Online Resource Library to Engage Youth in Conversations about
Social Inequities
Advisor: Melissa Parenti
Beth Ellen Simmons
Dissertation: Examining Student Engagement in Powerful STEM Secondary Classrooms:
Measuring Opportunities to Develop Deeper Learning Competencies
Advisor: Tracy Pascua Dea
Jason Chadwick Singleton
Dissertation: Placing Students at the Center: Examining How Teacher Empathy Modeling
and Empathy-Infused Student-Centered Learning Experiences Cultivate Empathetic Middle
School Classrooms and Learning Communities
Advisor: Melissa Parenti
Laura Myerchin Sklaro
Dissertation: Trauma and Technology: Understanding Barriers and Solutions to Long COVID
Care Access
Advisor: Lindsay Portnoy
Melissa Amelia Spash
Dissertation: Implementing School Autonomy in a Medium-Sized Urban School District: The
Potential of Principals’ Networks for Increasing Capacity and Eectiveness
Advisor: Christopher Unger
Kellie Lynn Stewart
Dissertation: Exploring Sign Language Interpreter Decision-Making: Accepting or Declining
Assignments
Advisor: Karen Phillips
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Lauren Mary Stiles
Dissertation: General and Special Education Teachers’ Experiences with Co-teaching as Ongo-
ing Professional Learning
Advisor: Andrew Anderson
Yifan Sun
Dissertation: Breaking the Silence: Exploring Career Advancement and Personal Wellbeing of
Asian American Employees on a Two-year Community and Technical College Campus
Advisor: Kimberly Nolan
Kevin A Thomas
Dissertation: On College Student Success, Living-Learning Communities, and Self-Regulated
Learning: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Advisor: Chong Kim-Wong
Jacqueline M. Tiermini
Dissertation: “The System is Built Upside Down”: Constructing a Collaborative Model for
Career Awareness
Advisor: Wendy Crocker
Stefany Tomlinson
Dissertation: Still, I RISE: A Framework for Transforming Experiences for Black Women
Leaders in K-12 Urban Education
Advisor: Mounira Morris
Robert L. Totino
Dissertation: Strategies to Potentially Maintain Financial Sustainability by a Small, Private,
Nonprot Higher Education Institution: An Action Research Study
Advisor: Wendy Crocker
Heather Nicole Tucker
Dissertation: Administrative Strategies to Advance Co-Teaching for Students with Disabilities
Advisor: Christopher Lawrence
Casey Nicole Vaughan
Dissertation: A New Paradigm: Market Driven Matriculation Designed to Optimize Academic
Post Graduate Success
Advisor: Christopher Unger
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information. It reflects only those details available at the publication deadline.
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Bonnie Veronico
Dissertation: Why Have All the Teachers Gone? An Action Research Investigation into the
Causes of Teacher Departures from the Field of Adult English Language Learning, and the
Viability of Ongoing Professional Development as a Solution for Career Persistence
Advisor: Kelly Conn
Marquis Trevor Victor
Dissertation: The Impact of Critical Consciousness on the Leadership, Structure and Work of
Elevated Thought
Advisor: Joseph McNabb
Tracy Jean Wagner
Dissertation: It Has to be the Fabric: Practicing District-Level Equity-Minded Leadership in a
Predominantly White High School
Advisor: Alice McIntyre
Taiwana Sherri Walker
Dissertation: A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words: Teachers’ Reections on Using
Visualizations in an English Language Arts Classroom to Build Reading Comprehension and
Critical Thinking
Advisor: Aly McDowell
Kathryn Elizabeth Welch
Dissertation: Using Trauma-Informed Practice to Support Students and Educators in a
Post-COVID World: An Action Research Project
Advisor: Ella Benson
Carla Stevens Wiegers
Dissertation: Leading Abroad: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) of Interna-
tional Dean of Student Life Roles in U.S. Study Abroad
Advisor: Michael omas
Erin C Wiesehahn
Dissertation: The Impacts of Belonging, Shared Vision, and Positive Working Conditions on
School Culture and Collective Teacher Ecacy
Advisor: Alice McIntyre
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information. It reflects only those details available at the publication deadline.
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Amanda Beth Willand
Dissertation: Exploring and Improving Culturally Responsive Practices for Students
with Autism
Advisor: Melissa Parenti
Nichole LaDawn Yates
Dissertation: Fostering Belonging with Black Women in Organizational Leadership
Advisor: Christopher Unger
Anthony Yuan
Dissertation: An Investigation of Teachers’ Experience of Teaching Children with Autism
Spectrum Disorder in Hong Kong Mainstream Preschools
Advisor: Patricia Mason
Nikki Elise Yuskowski
Dissertation: Highlighting Social-Emotional Learning In The Content-Based Curriculum
Advisor: Kimberly Nolan
Cara Jane Zimon
Dissertation: Let’s Talk about It: Supporting Novice Teachers through Virtual
Conversation Spaces
Advisor: Christopher Unger
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information. It reflects only those details available at the publication deadline.
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This program is for ceremonial purposes only and is not to be considered an official confirmation of degree
information. It reflects only those details available at the publication deadline.
DOCTOR OF LAW AND POLICY
Mark Antony Addison
Dissertation: Title IX Investigator Perceptions of Federal Regulatory Compliance Burdens and
Impact on Work Regarding Sex Discrimination at Institutions of Higher Education
Advisor: Megan Kennedy
Colonel Ralph J. Capio
Dissertation: Identication and analysis of the impact government shutdowns have on small
and socially disadvantaged businesses and how to ameliorate them
Advisor: Megan Kennedy
Jabulani Dube
Dissertation: Conict in Ethiopia: An Analysis of United States foreign policy during the
Ethiopia Tigray Conict (2020 to 2022)
Advisor: Fiona Creed
Michele Frazier
Dissertation: The Calm in the Storm: Alternative Crisis Response Models in the Era of Defund
the Police and Back the Blue
Advisor: Megan Kennedy
Daniel Gannon
Dissertation: Breaking Barriers: Empowering Leaders to Expand Access & Attainment for
Socially Vulnerable Communities
Advisor: Megan Kennedy
Paula Jean Grow
Dissertation: Hidden in Plain Sight: A study in maximizing the potential of employees
with disabilities
Advisor: Fiona Creed
Rochelle Higgins
Dissertation: On The Road to Reparations: A Qualitative Study Exploring Accessibility to
Comprehensive College-Readiness Student Support Programs for African American Students
Advisor: Megan Kennedy
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Steve Russell Jean
Dissertation: Operation Breakthrough: Adoption Barriers to Optimizing Articial Intelligence
for Health Equity among Black Veterans with Heart Failure
Advisor: Kevin Brannon
Harold L. Miller Jr.
Dissertation: Understanding The Lived Experiences of Black Male Alumni Who Have Received
Special Education Services in Boston Public Schools
Advisor: Tracy Pascua Dea
Andrea M. Noktes
Dissertation: The Second Glass Ceiling: Uncovering Barriers to Capital for Women
Entrepreneurs in Small Business Lending
Advisor: JD LaRock
Pam S. O’Dell
Dissertation: Climate Change Policy in California Agriculture
Advisor: Richard Swanson
Alexandra Punch
Dissertation: Shifting Attitudes: Measuring the Impact of Information on Opinions Toward
Safe Consumption Sites in New York State
Advisor: Ted Johnson
Linda Ann Siebert Rapoport
Dissertation: The Dynamics that Successfully Led the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to
Pass Workplace Family Policies into Law through Ballot Initiatives and Legislator Led
Negotiations with Coalition and Employer Leaders
Advisor: JD LaRock
Bijoy Sagar
Dissertation: Policy barriers to the adoption of digital health interventions in the
management of chronic Type 2 diabetes among African American adults in the United States
Advisor: Neil Maniar
Zahraa Nazim Saiyed
Dissertation: Equity and social vulnerability in earthquake and wildfire mitigation policy
Advisor: Megan Kennedy
Jennifer Lynn Sherillo
Dissertation: Barriers To Mental Healthcare In The Veteran Administration: A Qualitative
Study Examining Veteran’s Perceptions Of Access To Mental Healthcare In South Carolina
Advisor: Kevin Brannon
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degree information. It reflects only those details available at the publication deadline.
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M
ary Kathleen Speta
Dissertation: A Selling Sex in America: A qualitative Review & Inquiry
Advisor: Jeananne Elkins
Nicolette Fariello Springer
Dissertation: The Power of Information: Exploring the Influence of Knowledge on the Public
Opinion of Pay Equity Legislation
Advisor: Megan Kennedy
DOCTOR OF PHYSICAL THERAPY
Robin Henrikson Beaulieu
Dissertation: Patient Centered Care in a Geriatric Home Care Population: challenges and
successes: a series of case reports
Advisor: Jeananne Elkins
Kevin Guang Ann Cai
Dissertation: Management of Canalithiasis Posterior Canal BPPV: a case study
Advisor: Jeananne Elkins
Kwan Yin Ching
Dissertation: Osteochondral Lesion in the Hallux’s Proximal Phalanx: A Physical Therapy
Case Report
Advisor: Jeananne Elkins
Joel Aaron Desautels
Dissertation: Post-operative medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction quadriceps
inhibition in female athletes: a case series
Advisor: Jeananne Elkins
Tonya Annette Juge
Dissertation: Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: A Case Study
Advisor: Jeananne Elkins
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degree information. It reflects only those details available at the publication deadline.
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Rac
hel Elise Krantz
Dissertation: Audit of the Major Trauma Service Within a London Hospital for NICE
Guidelines on Rehabilitation Following Traumatic Injury (Spinal Cord Injury)
Advisor: Jeananne Elkins
Amy Louise Morris
Dissertation: Scoliosis: Current State of PT Knowledge in Assessment and Treatment
Advisor: Jeananne Elkins
Heather D Ross
Dissertation: Early-onset puberty: The exogenous factors inuencing peripheral precocious
puberty and the developmental consequences impacting adolescent girls
Advisor: Jeananne Elkins
Eileen Louise Tran
Dissertation: OA method propoasl for Student Centered Goal Setting in School-Based
Physical Therapy
Advisor: Jeananne Elkins
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DEAN’S MEDAL FOR
OUTSTANDING DOCTORAL WORK
The Dean’s Medal for Outstanding Doctoral Work is the highest honor awarded by the College
of Professional Studies to a doctoral graduate. It was established to acknowledge exemplary
academic achievement and to recognize demonstrated creativity.
The process for determining one or more recipients involves evaluating nominated
candidates based on the following criteria: the degree of comprehension, innovation, and
creativity; the scope and importance of the work to a eld of study; and the caliber of writing.
Faculty advisors from all three doctoral programs are invited to nominate students whose
nal doctoral work they deem exceptional. A review committee composed of faculty from the
college chooses a group of nalists, and the Dean of the College makes the nal decision.
2023 Dean’s Medal Recipient
Hui Wen Chin, EdD
Committed to supporting the well-being of both young children and their educators, Hui
Wen Chin’s research sifted through the beliefs, values, and experiences of early childhood
educators (ECE) at a university in Singapore to identify how educators make choices related
to the feeding practices of young children. Chin is a graduate of Northeastern’s Doctor of
Education program and a recipient of the Dean’s Medal for Outstanding Doctoral Work for
her dissertation, Sifting through Preschool teacher’s funds of knowledge to reveal culturally
sustaining child feeding opportunities at one university in Singapore.
By using a “Sifter Model” that evolved from a course assignment, a reection tool was
designed to develop participant introspection and help educators align their ideals with
their child-feeding practices. A WhatsApp channel was leveraged as both a data collection
method and to create community. The ndings from her study reect change at several levels
radiating from the educator’s personal values, attitudes and beliefs about child feeding.
Chin’s comprehensive literature review respectfully weaves Eastern and Western
perspectives and resisted a reductionist dichotomy. Her research has already made
signicant contributions to the education discipline having appeared in publications for
parents, academics, and educators.
By utilizing clear aims and objectives and a well-justied research design, Chin’s study
demonstrated how responses crafted with participants can address a challenge in the local
context. Ultimately, this research illustrated that power for decision-making about child
feeding resides within each participant regardless of external factors. The recommendations
from this study impact several levels beginning with educators and moving to scholar-
practitioners, tertiary education, and nally government.
Chin is an early childhood education instructor and course writer at the Singapore University
of Social Sciences. A citizen of the world, she has lived in Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia
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and the United States. She earned a bachelor’s degree in media and communications and
American studies from the University of Melbourne, a master’s degree in food studies
from New York University, and a master’s degree in early childhood education from Boston
University. Prior to becoming a teacher-educator and scholar-practitioner, she wrote about
food and travel for both print and online publications. Chin has also started a small batch
granola business and worked as a preschool teacher.
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2023 Dean’s Medal Recipient
Bijoy Sagar, DLP
A lifelong believer in the power of technology and innovation to change lives, Bijoy Sagar has
taken this hope for the future and aimed it at solving the problem of access to digital health
interventions for African Americans. A doctoral graduate of Northeastern’s Law and Policy
program, Sagar’s thesis, Policy barriers to the adoption of digital health interventions in the
management of chronic Type 2 diabetes among African American adults in the United States,
was developed from his longstanding desire for families, patients and caregivers to nd hope
for healthier lives, in part aided by the potential of data and technology.
As a scholar – practitioner, Sagar completed a dissertation that applies the research skills
gained in the Doctor of Law and Policy program to a problem he identied as a practitioner
working in the life science and pharmaceutical sectors. During his time working as a senior
technology leader, Sagar learned that technology only has meaning when seen in the context
of helping to solve larger social problems. By taking his passion for the exciting potential
inherent within data and technology he completed an exceptional research study aimed at
breaking down barriers to medical technology for marginalized groups.
Sagar focused his research on improving equity in health care while seeking to nd ways
to improve outcomes for African Americans, a group who are disproportionately aected
by Type 2 diabetes and suer worst outcomes than other groups. He used a health equity
measurement framework to guide data collection and analysis. By determining which
variables aect the intention to use the digital intervention, Sagar can use his ndings to
further policy and improve access for marginalized groups.
Originally from Mumbai, India, Sagar holds a bachelor’s degree in geology and a master’s
degree in geochemistry from the University of Mumbai. He is also a double Husky having
earned a master’s from the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern. Sagar is
currently the Chief Information and Digital Ocer of Bayer, while also serving as a private
equity advisor and board member. He divides his time between New Jersey and Dusseldorf,
Germany with his wife Jawahara and daughter Mira with whom he shares a passion for travel.
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A UNIVERSITY ENGAGED WITH THE WORLD
THE HISTORY OF NORTHEASTERN
Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader
in experiential learning. Despite the university’s current preeminence, Northeastern had
modest origins.
At the end of the 19th century, immigrants and rst-generation Americans constituted
more than half of Boston’s population. Chief among the city’s institutions committed to
helping these people improve their lives was the Boston YMCA. The YMCA became a place
where young men gathered to hear lectures on literature, history, music, and other subjects
considered essential to intellectual growth.
In response to the enthusiastic demand for these lectures, the directors of the YMCA
organized the “Evening Institute for Young Men” in May 1896. Frank Palmer Speare, a well-
known teacher and high-school principal with considerable experience in public schools,
was hired as the institute’s director. Two years later, under Speare’s direction, the YMCA
advertised the creation of the “Department of Law of the Boston YMCA,” and on October 3,
1898, Robert Gray Dodge taught the rst class. The program, an immediate success, marked
the birth of Northeastern University. Speare would later remark, “We started with an eraser
and two sticks of chalk.”
When demand for other courses grew, Speare moved to add more programs, and in 1909 the
full-time day colleges began instruction. That same year, the Evening Polytechnic School
announced “cooperative engineering courses,” in which students would have an opportunity
to apply classroom knowledge in the workplace—the beginning of Northeastern’s signature
cooperative education program.
Decades of expansion
The school continued to grow, and in 1922 the College of Business was founded. More space
was needed. The university purchased the former home of the Boston Red Sox in 1929, and
in 1934 the Boston architectural rm Shepley, Bulnch, Richardson, and Abbott was awarded
the contract to design Richards Hall. Using what was to become the campus signature—
white brick—Shepley, Bulnch presented plans for a neoclassical building. Opened in 1938,
Richards Hall was the rst building to appear on the front quadrangle.
As the campus grew, so did Northeastern’s programs. In 1935, the College of Liberal Arts was
added, signaling that Northeastern was on its way to becoming a major university.
When Speare stepped down as president in 1940, he was replaced by Carl Stephens Ell, dean
of the College of Engineering. It was under Ell’s leadership that Northeastern rst admitted
women to full-time day programs.
In the postwar world, Northeastern, like its peer institutions, saw a phenomenal increase
in the number of people attending college. The university expanded its programs to
accommodate this growing population of increasingly diverse students. In rapid succession,
additional programs and colleges were established: College of Education, 1953; University
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College, 1960; College of Pharmacy, 1962; College of Nursing, 1964; Boston Bouvé College,
1964; College of Criminal Justice, 1967; and College of Computer Science, 1982.
This expansion of programs brought with it a need for more buildings—and land. When
Ell retired as president in 1959, he was succeeded by Asa S. Knowles. Under his leadership,
suburban properties in Weston, Nahant, and Burlington were acquired and the Boston
campus blossomed with new buildings, including various undergraduate dormitories
designed to accommodate the increasing number of residential students at what had been
primarily a commuter campus.
Transforming the Boston campus
When Knowles retired in 1975, he was succeeded by Kenneth G. Ryder, who had begun
his career at Northeastern as a member of the history department and had risen through
the ranks to become executive vice president before his election as president. Under his
leadership, the university expanded and enriched its programs, particularly in the arts and
humanities, and continued to improve its facilities. Plans for the Snell Library were nalized
during Ryder’s tenure, and the campus was beautied. During these years, Northeastern also
deepened its commitment to Boston and its neighborhoods.
In 1989, Ryder stepped down as the fourth president of the university. He was succeeded
by John A. Curry, Northeastern’s executive vice president and its rst alumnus to become
president. With President Curry in charge, the university embarked on a series of ambitious
undertakings, including a new science and engineering research center, a state-of-the-art
classroom building, a recreation complex, and several new graduate and undergraduate
programs.
To support these new ventures, Curry led Northeastern in a successful fundraising campaign.
His years of leadership also featured signicant restructuring as the university prepared
to enter its second century. In June 1996, after four decades of service, Curry retired from
Northeastern. To succeed him, the trustees elected Richard M. Freeland as the university’s
sixth president.
Elevating experience
A distinguished historian and administrator, President Freeland brought to the university a
renewed sense of energy and mission. His programs were designed to support his vision of
Northeastern as a university that would be student-centered, practice-oriented, and urban.
Northeastern developed the West Campus with architecturally acclaimed residence halls
and teaching facilities for the health sciences and computer science, and added new spaces
to enrich student life on campus.
When Freeland stepped down in 2006, he was succeeded by Joseph E. Aoun, an
internationally known linguistics scholar. Northeastern’s seventh president came from
the University of Southern California, where he served as dean of the College of Letters,
Arts, and Sciences. President Aoun developed an academic plan outlining the university’s
vision in several areas: experiential learning, global outreach, use-inspired research, urban
engagement, and intellectual life. He greatly expanded global co-op opportunities. He also
aligned the university’s research with three worldwide imperatives—health, security, and
sustainability—with a focus on interdisciplinary solutions.
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A rising global prole
Under Aoun’s leadership, Northeastern launched a system of campuses designed to be
platforms for lifelong learning aligned with area economies. The rst two opened in Charlotte,
North Carolina (2011), and Seattle (2013). Additional campuses followed in Silicon Valley,
California (2015), and in Toronto (2016).
In 2016, Aoun led the development of a new academic plan, Northeastern 2025. The plan
was a blueprint for transforming the university into a global university system—featuring
networks of learners and innovators—designed to empower people to succeed in this era
of unprecedented technological change. Accordingly, the university expanded the role of its
global campuses to serve as platforms for learning, research, and industry partnerships. In
2019, it opened another location in Vancouver and acquired New College of the Humanities in
London, now ocially Northeastern University London and oering undergraduates a unique
opportunity to earn a dual U.S./U.K. degree. Later in 2019, Northeastern launched a research
campus in Arlington, Virginia, an addition to two existing research campuses in Nahant and
Burlington, Massachusetts (formed in 1967 and 2012 respectively).
Then in January 2020, technology entrepreneur David Roux and his wife, Barbara, made an
investment in the university to open the Roux Institute in Portland, Maine. The institute
focuses on graduate studies and research in elds such as AI, digital engineering, and
advanced life sciences, amplied by industry partnerships. It was specically designed to be
a model of how higher education can ignite economic development in regions of the country
largely bypassed by the innovation economy, setting a new bar for what the global university
system could achieve.
Resilience and momentum
The same revolutionary vision for global learning and discovery that inspired Northeastern
2025 infuses the university’s latest academic plan, Experience Unleashed. The plan is
designed to deepen the impact of Northeastern’s global network by maximizing the power of
experience to understand and solve the world’s interconnected, ever-evolving challenges.
In 2022, the university took a signicant step in realizing the potential for its global system
by merging with Mills College in Oakland, California, becoming the rst university with
comprehensive residential campuses for undergraduate and graduate students on both
U.S. coasts. Northeastern’s Oakland campus is now home to Mills College at Northeastern
and the Mills Institute, focused on equity, social justice, and women’s leadership. Later in
2022, Northeastern announced its newest campus in Miami, with graduate education and
innovation partnerships aligned with South Florida’s economic growth.
On October 3, 2023, Northeastern marked its 125th anniversary. The milestone oered an
opportunity both to recognize how the entire Northeastern community has been shaped by
the power of experience and to herald the next 125 years of world-changing impact. Thanks
to the dedication and hard work of our university community, Frank Palmer Speare’s “eraser
and two sticks of chalk” have evolved into one of the world’s most innovative universities. Our
faculty collaborates more uidly with experts across industry, government, and community-
based organizations. Ideas and solutions can be scaled. And our students are empowered to
be true global citizens, scientists, entrepreneurs, and creators—prepared to make an impact
wherever they go.
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UNIVERSITY SENIOR LEADERSHIP
Joseph E. Aoun, President
David Madigan, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Aairs
Michael Armini, Senior Vice President for External Aairs
Kenneth W. Henderson, Chancellor and Senior Vice President for Learning
Mary Ludden, Senior Vice President for Global Network and Strategic Initiatives
Diane Nishigaya MacGillivray, Senior Vice President for University Advancement
Thomas Nedell, Senior Vice President for Finance and Treasurer
Mary B. Strother, Senior Vice President and General Counsel
UNIVERSITY DEANS
Gregory Abowd, College of Engineering
Jared Auclair, Interim, College of Professional Studies
David De Cremer, Dunton Family Dean, D’Amore-McKim School of Business
James R. Hackney, School of Law
Elizabeth Hudson, College of Arts, Media and Design
Beth Kochly, Interim, Mills College at Northeastern University
Elizabeth D. Mynatt, Khoury College of Computer Sciences
Carmen Sceppa, Bouvé College of Health Sciences
Hazel Sive, College of Science
Kellee Tsai, College of Social Sciences and Humanities
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MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES,
TRUSTEES EMERITI, AND HONORARY TRUSTEES
2023–2024
Richard A. D’Amore, Chair
Edward G. Galante, Vice Chair
Alan S. McKim, Vice Chair
Jerey Bornstein
Subodh Chanrai
Jerey Clarke
William Conley
Susan Deitch
Deborah Dunsire
Spencer Fung
Sir Lucian Grainge, CBE
David House
Frances Janis
Chaitanya “Chet” Kanojia
Amin Khoury
Venetia Kontogouris
William Lowell
Todd Manganaro
Anita Nassar
James Pallotta
Irene Panagopoulos
John Pulichino
Marcy Reed
Kathleen “Katie” Sanborn
Winslow Sargeant
Jeannine Sargent
Ronald Sargent
Maha Shair
Melpomeni “Melina” Travlos
Jean-Pascal Tricoire
Christopher Viehbacher
Christophe Weber
Ex-Ocio
Joseph E. Aoun
Members of the Board of Trustees
Barbara C. Alleyne
George D. Behrakis, Vice Chair Emeritus
Margot Botsford
Frederick Brodsky
Frederick L. Brown
Peter B. Cameron
Richard P. Chapman Jr., Vice Chair Emeritus
William J. Cotter
John J. Cullinane
Harry T. Daniels
Neal F. Finnegan, Chair Emeritus
W. Kevin Fitzgerald
H. Patricia Hanna, Vice Chair Emerita
Arnold S. Hiatt
William S. Howard
Richard G. Lesser
Diane H. Lupean
Robert C. Marini, Vice Chair Emeritus
Roger M. Marino
Katherine S. McHugh, Vice Chair Emerita
Henry J. Nasella, Chair Emeritus
Kathryn M. Nicholson
Richard C. Ockerbloom, Vice Chair Emeritus
Arthur A. Pappas
Ronald L. Rossetti
Carole J. Shapazian, Vice Chair Emerita
Robert J. Shillman
Janet M. Smith
Sy Sternberg, Chair Emeritus
Jean C. Tempel, Vice Chair Emerita
Alan D. Tobin, Vice Chair Emeritus
Catherine A. White
Arthur W. Zaropoulo
Ellen M. Zane
Trustees Emeriti
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Salah Al Wazzan
Quincy L. Allen
Samuel Altschuler
Tarek As’ad
Robert J. Awkward
Vincent F. Barletta
Richard L. Bready
John F. Burke Jr.
William P. Casey
Lawrence G. Cetrulo
Nassib G. Chamoun
William D. Chin
Steven J. Cody
Daniel T. Condon
Timothy J. Connelly
Joseph J. Cronin
Robert L. Culver
Richard J. DeAgazio
Kevin A. DeNuccio
Robin W. Devereux
Robert E. DiCenso
Priscilla H. Douglas
Adriane J. Dudley
Michael J. Egan
Douglas M. Epstein
Joseph D. Feaster Jr.
Louise Firth Campbell
Lisa D. Foster
Francis A. Gicca
Gary R. Gregg
Nancy E. B. Haynes
Charles C. Hewitt III
Roderick Ireland
Mary Kay Leonard
Mark A. Krentzman
Joseph C. Lawler
M Benjamin Lipman
George A. MacConnell
Susan B. Major
Paul V. McDonough
Thomas P. McDonough
Kathleen McFeeters
Susan A. Morelli
Francis E. Murphy
James Q. Nolan Jr.
Peter J. Ogren
Lawrence A. O’Rourke
Leonard C. Perham
Valerie W. Perlowitz
Steven Picheny
John E. Pritchard
Eugene M. Reppucci Jr.
Rhondella Richardson
Patrick A. Rivelli
David J. Ryan
George P. Sakellaris
Richard A. Schoenfeld
Peter J. Smail
Shelley Stewart Jr.
Karen Tay Koh
Gordon O. Thompson
Alexander L. Thorndike
James R. Turner
Mark L. Vachon
Laurie B. Werner
E. Leo Whitworth
Donald K. Williams Jr.
Donald L. Williams
Akira Yamamura
Richard R. Yuse
Corporators Emeriti
Scott M. Black
Charles K. Giord
Kuntoro Mangkusubroto
Lucille R. Zanghi
Honorary Trustees
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UNIVERSITY MARSHALS
Christopher Bosso, Chief Marshal
Dan Kennedy
Jay Mulki
Musdal Ondemir
Mary Jo Ondrechen
Mary-Susan Potts-Santone
Heather Streets-Salter
Annemarie Sullivan
Elizabeth Zulick
This program is for ceremonial purposes only and is not to be considered an ocial
conrmation of degree information. It contains only those details available prior to the event.
The registrar of the university maintains the ocial list and records of all graduates.
Stefano Basagni
Jonathan Bell
Luca Caracoglia
Chris Cesario
Martin Dias
Amy Farrell
David Herlihy
David Kaeli
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