Faculty & Staff
Department Chairman
Samuel Barkin
Title: Department Chair
Department: Conflict Resolution, Human Security & Global Governance
Phone: 617.287.7489
Email: Samuel.Barkin@umb.edu
Graduate Program Directors
International Relations and Global Governance & Human Security MA Programs
Courtenay Sprague
Title: Graduate Program Director, Professor
Department: Conflict Resolution, Human Security & Global Governance
Email: Courtenay.Sprague@umb.edu
Global Governance and Human Security PhD Program
Stacy VanDeveer
Title: Graduate Program Director, Professor
Department: Conflict Resolution, Human Security & Global Governance
Email: Stacy.VanDeveer@umb.edu
Conflict Resolution Master's and Certificate Degree
Karen Ross
Title: Graduate Program Director, Associate Professor
Department: Conflict Resolution, Human Security & Global Governance
Phone: 617.287.7489
Email: Karen.Ross@umb.edu
Full-Time Faculty
Eben Weitzman
Title: Associate Professor
Department: Conflict Resolution, Human Security & Global Governance
Email: Eben.Weitzman@umb.edu
Expertise:
Jeffrey Pugh
Title: Associate Professor
Department: Conflict Resolution, Human Security & Global Governance
Phone: 617.287.7489
Email: Jeffrey.Pugh@umb.edu
Expertise:
Joshua Weitz
Title: Visiting Assistant Professor
Department: Conflict Resolution, Human Security & Global Governance
Email: Joshua.Weitz@umb.edu
Expertise:
Mehr Latif
Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Conflict Resolution, Human Security & Global Governance
Email: Mehr.Latif@umb.edu
Expertise:
Michelle Jurkovich
Title: Associate Professor
Department: Conflict Resolution, Human Security & Global Governance
Email: Michelle.Jurkovich@umb.edu
Expertise:Lecturers, Scholars and Faculty Fellows
- David Klassen, Lecturer, Political Science
- Margaret Karns, Researcher, Conflict Resolution, Human Security & Global Governance
- Samantha Lakin, Partner, Center for Peace Democracy & Development
- Ursula Tafe, Senior Lecturer III, Political Science
Affiliated Faculty
- Adugna Lemi, Associate Dean of College of Liberal Arts & Director of McCormack School, McCormack School
- Amy Smith, Graduate Program Director, Professor, Public Policy & Public Affairs
- Dolly Daftary, Graduate Program Director, Associate Professor, Global Inclusion & Social Development
- Ellen Milimu, Lecturer, Women's Gender Sexuality Studies
- Elora Chowdhury, Department Chair, Women's Gender Sexuality Studies
- Heather MacIndoe, Graduate Program Director, Associate Professor, Public Policy & Public Affairs
- Heike Schotten, Department Chair, Political Science
- Joseph Brown, Associate Professor, Political Science
- Laura Castro Diaz, Assistant Professor, School for the Environment
- Laura Hayman, Professor, Nursing
- Laila Farsakh, Professor, Political Science
- Michael Johnson, Professor, Public Policy & Public Affairs
- Nada Ali, Assistant Professor, Global Inclusion & Social Development
- Nir Eisikovits, Professor, Philosophy
- Paul Kowert, Professor, Political Science
- Trevor Memmott, Assistant Professor, Public Policy & Public Affairs
Emeriti
Staff
- Jason Fasano, Administrative Assistant II, Conflict Resolution, Human Security & Global Governance
- Kelly Ward Mason, Assistant Director, Grad Stu Success, Conflict Resolution, Human Security & Global Governance
- Leigh Murphy, Program & Operations Manager, Conflict Resolution, Human Security & Global Governance