Faculty & Staff
Department Chairman
Samuel Barkin
Title: Department Chair
Department: Conflict Resolution, Human Security & Governance
Phone: 617.287.7489
Email: Samuel.Barkin@umb.edu
Graduate Program Directors
International Relations MA Program
Courtenay Sprague
Title: Graduate Program Director/Associate Professor
Department: Conflict Resolution, Human Security & Governance
Email: Courtenay.Sprague@umb.edu
Global Governance and Human Security PhD and Master’s Degree
Stacy VanDeveer
Title: Graduate Program Director/Professor
Department: Conflict Resolution, Human Security & 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 & Governance
Phone: 617.287.7489
Email: Karen.Ross@umb.edu
Full-Time Faculty
Rita Edozie
Title: Professor
Department: Conflict Resolution, Human Security & Governance
Email: RitaKiki.Edozie@umb.edu
Expertise: African affairs and politics, global development, comparative democratization, international...
Mehr Latif
Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Conflict Resolution, Human Security & Governance
Email: Mehr.Latif@umb.edu
Expertise: Political sociology, radicalization, white supremacy, emotions, public sphere, citizenship, civic...
Jeffrey Pugh
Title: Associate Professor
Department: Conflict Resolution, Human Security & Governance
Phone: 617.287.7489
Email: Jeffrey.Pugh@umb.edu
Expertise: Peace and Conflict Studies , International Studies , Latin American...
Catriona Standfield
Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Conflict Resolution, Human Security & Governance
Email: Catriona.Standfield@umb.edu
Expertise: Gender and feminist international relations theory, The United Nations...
Eben Weitzman
Title: Associate Professor
Department: Conflict Resolution, Human Security & Governance
Email: Eben.Weitzman@umb.edu
Expertise: Organizational Conflict, Intra-group Conflict in Mediation, Cultural Differences in Attitudes...Lecturers, Scholars and Faculty Fellows
- Anna M. Agathangelou, Faculty Fellow
- Allyson Bachta, Visiting Scholar
- Mahdi Hassan, Visiting Scholar
- Margaret Karns, Researcher, Conflict Resolution, Human Security & Governance
- David Klassen, Lecturer, Political Science
- Samantha Lakin, Associate Lecturer, Conflict Resolution, Human Security & Governance
- Barbara Jane Parpart, Researcher, Conflict Resolution, Human Security & Governance
- Timothy Shaw, Researcher, Conflict Resolution, Human Security & Governance
- Ursula Tafe, Senior Lecturer II, Political Science
- Muhammad Uddin, Adjunct Faculty, Conflict Resolution, Human Security & Governance
Affiliated Faculty
- Adugna Lemi, Interim Director, MGS, The McCormack School
- Dolly Daftary, Associate Professor, School for Global Inclusion & Social Development
- Elora Chowdhury, Department Chair, Women/Gender/Sexuality Studies
- Heather MacIndoe, Associate Professor, Public Policy & Public Affairs
- Heike Schotten, Professor, Political Science
- Joseph Brown, Associate Professor, Political Science
- Laila Farsakh, Professor, Political Science
- Michael Johnson, Special Assistant to the Chancellor, Public Policy & Public Affairs
- Michelle Jurkovich, Associate Professor, Political Science
- Nada Ali, Assistant Professor, School for Global Inclusion & Social Development
- Paul Kowert, Department Chair, Political Science
Emeriti
- David Matz, Professor and Founder of Graduate Programs in Conflict Resolution
- Susan Opotow, Professor, Conflict Resolution Graduate programs
Staff
- Jason Fasano, Administrative Assistant II, Conflict Resolution, Human Security & Governance
- Kelly Ward Mason, Assistant Director, Graduate Student Success, Conflict Resolution, Human Security & Governance
- Leigh Murphy, Program & Operations Manager, Conflict Resolution, Human Security & Governance