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Core Team

  • Lisa Arellano

    Lisa Arellano, PhD

    Interim Executive Director and Associate Director of Research
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    Lynn Santopietro, MA

    Associate Director of Programs
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  • Quinn Prado Diaz

    Program Manager
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  • Dyana Curreri-Ermatinger, MA

    Grant Writer
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  • Camille Kluttz-Leach, JD, PhD

    Board Secretary
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    Jennifer Arthur

    Executive Assistant
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Program leads

  • Jason Owens

    Upward Bound
    Program Director
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    Mayra Guevara

    Mills Educational Talent Search Program Director
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  • Lynna Din

    Mills Educational Talent Search Associate Director
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  • Miguel Fuentes-Cabrera

    Miguel Fuentes-Cabrera, PhD

    Hellman Experiential Science Faculty Lead

    Associate Teaching Professor
    Computational Physicist

    Northeastern University
    Khoury College of Computer Sciences (Khoury)
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Research Advisory Group

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    Libby Adler

    Professor of Law and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies

    Northeastern University
    School of Law
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    Régine Michelle
    Jean-Charles

    Director of Africana Studies

    Dean’s Professor of Culture and Social Justice

    Professor of Africana Studies and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies

    Northeastern University
    College of Social Sciences and Humanities (CSSH)
    Contact
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    Brinda Mehta

    Mills College Germaine Thompson Professor of French and Francophone Studies

    Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    Mills College Northeastern University (MCNU)
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  • Kirsten Saxton

    Professor of English

    Director, Humanities Center Oakland

    The Lorry I. Lokey Endowed Chair in Ethics

    Mills College at Northeastern University (MCNU)
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  • Gloria Sutton

    Associate Professor of Contemporary Art History

    Affiliated Faculty with Information Design and Visualization

    Northeastern University
    College of Arts, Media and Design (CAMD)

     

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    Suzanna Danuta Walters

    Professor of Sociology

    Professor and Director of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    Northeastern University
    College of Social Sciences and Humanities (CSSH)
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    Dana Wright

    Professor of Education

    Mills College at Northeastern University (MCNU)
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Faculty Affiliates

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    Oliver Ayers

    Associate Professor in History at Northeastern University London

    London Director of Northeastern’s Humanities Center
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    Natalee Kēhaulani Bauer

    Professor of Cultures, Societies and Global Studies

    Mills College at Northeastern University (MCNU)

    Writing Group

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    Rasika Bhalerao

    Assistant Teaching Professor

    Board member, Climate Change AI

    Northeastern University
    Khoury College of Computer Sciences (Khoury)
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    Susan Ito, MFA

    Assistant Teaching Professor

    Robert J. and Ann B. Wert Endowed Chair

    Mills College at Northeastern University (MCNU)
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    Cliff Lee

    Professor of Education

    Program Director of the Educators for Liberation, Justice and Joy (ELJJ)

    Teacher Education Program at Mills College at Northeastern University(MCNU)

    Northeastern University
    College of Arts, Media and Design (CAMD)
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    K.J. Rawson

    Professor of English and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies

    Director of the Humanities Center

    Northeastern University
    College of Social Sciences and Humanities (CSSH)
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    Saiph Savage

    Assistant Professor

    Director of the Civic A.I. Lab at the Northeastern University

    Northeastern University
    Khoury College of Computer Sciences (Khoury)
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  • Jessica Staddon

    Professor of the Practice
    Privacy/Safety/AI

    Northeastern University
    Khoury College of Computer Sciences (Khoury)
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  • Laney Strange

    Director of Broadening Participation

    Director for Teaching Faculty – Boston, Teaching Professor

    Northeastern University
    Khoury College of Computer Sciences (Khoury)
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  • Alec Stubbs

    Assistant Teaching Professor of Philosophy and Oakland Politics

    Philosophy, and Economics (PPE) Program Coordinator

    Northeastern University
    College of Social Sciences and Humanities (CSSH)
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    Dakuo Wang

    Associate Professor

    Northeastern University
    Khoury College of Computer Sciences (Khoury)

    Northeastern University
    College of Art, Media, and Design (CAMD)
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    Lucy Williams

    Professor of Law

    Faculty Director, Center for Public Interest Advocacy and Collaboration

    Northeastern University
    School of Law
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    Jane Yamashiro

    Research Justice at the Intersections Program Lead
    Northeastern University

    Independent Researcher in Sociology
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Leadership Council

  • Lisa Arellano

    Lisa Arellano, PhD

    Interim Executive Director and Associate Director of Research
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  • Kathleen Burke

    Former Chair
    Board of Trustees, Mills College
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  • Elise Hu

    Journalist, podcast host and media startup founder
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  • Rita Ng

    Physician in Chief
    Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center
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Advisory board

  • Lisa Arellano

    Lisa Arellano, PhD

    Interim Executive Director and Associate Director of Research
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    Jane Amidon

    Professor of Landscape Architecture and Director of the Urban Landscape Program

    Vice Provost
    Network Academic Programs

    Northeastern University
    College of Social Sciences and Humanities (CSSH)

    Northeastern University
    College of Arts, Media and Design (CAMD)
    Contact
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    Carla Brodley

    Professor of Computer Science

    Dean of Inclusive Computing, Northeastern University

    Founding Executive Director, Center for Inclusive Computing

    Northeastern University
    Khoury College of Computer Sciences (Khoury)
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    Tina Eliassi-Rad

    Professor of Computer Science

    The Inaugural Joseph E. Aoun Chair

    Northeastern University
    Khoury College of Computer Sciences (Khoury)
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    Beth Kochly

    Dean of Mills College at Northeastern University (MCNU)

    Professor of Chemistry
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    Carrie Maultsby-Lute

    Head of Partnerships
    Northeastern University
    Oakland Campus
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    Ronald Sandler

    Professor of Philosophy

    Director of the Ethics Institute at Northeastern University

    Northeastern University
    College of Social Sciences and Humanities (CSSH)
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Our Team

Location

Mills Hall, Office 128
5000 MacArthur Boulevard
Oakland, CA 94613-1301
510.430.3232

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