Core faculty lead the program and are chosen for their current experience and success on the front lines of applied law and policy, and for their excellence in experiential higher education, research, and publishing. Affiliated faculty specialize in a wide range of areas and provide supplemental instruction and expertise. Monthly intensives also feature Northeastern University’s renowned faculty as distinguished guest lecturers—all top practitioners and scholars from epicenters of law and policy. 

Video clips of our esteemed faculty members giving lectures during LP.D. classes can be viewed here.

CORE FACULTY

Laurie Dopkins, Ph.D., Sociology, Rutgers University
Fields:  Qualitative Methods, Program Evaluation, Research Design

James Alan Fox, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Fields: Serial/mass murder, juvenile violence, capital punishment

J. David Golub, J.D., University of Chicago, M.B.A., New York University, A.P.C., New York University, LP.D., Northeastern University
Fields: Law, Economics, Policy, Tax, Finance, Accounting, and Securities

Tim Howard, J.D., Florida State University, Ph.D., Northeastern University
Fields: Law, leadership, cause lawyering, politics, public policy

Thomas Koenig, Ph.D., University of California-Santa Barbara
Fields: Sociolegal theory, sociology of business, public policy


AFFILIATED FACULTY

Jorge Nowalski, Ph.D., London School of Economics
Fields:  Labor Market Dynamics, Poverty, Public/Private Partnerships, Central and Latin America, Corporate Social Responsibility

Joseph Raelin, Ph.D., Policy Studies, State University of New York at Buffalo
Fields:  Leadership, Organizational Behavior

David Rochefort, Ph.D., Brown University
Field: Health politics and policy

Alan Schroeder, Ph.D., Harvard, Kennedy School of Government
Fields:  Journalism, National Elections, Presidential Debates

Gregory Wassall, Ph.D., Rutgers University
Fields: Cultural economics, taxation, public policy

Edward G. Wertheim, Ph.D., Organizational Behavior, Yeshiva University, New York
Fields:  Negotiation and Mediation Strategy, Organizational Behavior

Alan Zaremba, Ph.D., University of Buffalo
Fields:  Crisis Communications, Media Relations, Organizational Theory, Criticism


DISTINGUISHED GUEST FACULTY

Paul Almeida, Ph.D., Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania
Fields:  International Business, Strategy, Professional Labor Relations

David Berger, J.D., Yale
Securities and Exchange Commission New England Director. Fields: Securities law, Broker Regulation, Policy

Jodi G. Daniel, J.D., Georgetown University, M.P.H., Johns Hopkins University
Fields:  Law, Healthcare, Information Technology, Public Policy

Amitai Etzioni, Ph.D., Sociology, University of California
Fields:  Communitarian Theory and Application

Bob Graham, J.D., Harvard University
Former U.S. Senator and Member of Select Committee on Intelligence; Former Governor of Florida
View video of class lecture

Scott Harshbarger, J.D., Harvard Law School
Former Attorney General of Massachusetts; Partner with Proscauer Rose law firm. Fields: law, policy, leadership.
View viedo of class lecture

Joe Hendershott, M.A., School Administration, Ashland University
Fields:  Childhood Education, Education Administration

Jairo Hernandez, LL.M., Law and International Relations, Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.  Current Costa Rican Ambassador to the U.N.
Fields: International Law and Policy, Central American Economic Development.

Roderick L. Ireland, J.D., Columbia University, LL.M., Harvard University, Ph.D., Northeastern University
Associate Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Peter J. Koutoujian, J.D., New England School of Law, M.A., Harvard University Kennedy School of Government
Massachusetts State Representative and Chair, Joint Committee on Public Health

Robert Kuttner, M.S., Economics, London School of Economics, Harvard/Guggenheim Fellow
Fields:  Economics, Labor Theory, Leadership

Pedro A. Leon, Ph.D. University of Oregon
Fields:  Environment; Sustainable Economic Development, Biology, Chemistry

Monte Lobb, J.D., University of Dayton School of Law
Fields:  Ethics, Professional Football, State Government

Anouar Majid, Ph.D., English, Syracuse University
Fields: Religion, History, Language Studies

John E. McDonough, Ph.D., University of Michigan, M.P.A., Harvard University
Executive Director, Health Care for All; Former Massachusetts State Representative and Chair, Joint Committee on Health Care

Neil Suryakant Patel, J.D., Georgetown University
Fields:  International Business, Economic Development, Policy

Michael L. Rustad, Ph.D., Boston College, J.D., Suffolk University, LL.M., Harvard
Fields:  Cyberspace Law, Torts, U.C.C. Law

Russell K. Schutt, Ph.D., Sociology, University of Illinois
Fields:  Social Science Research Methods, Sociology of Law, Complex Organizations

Dennis Slaughter, LP.D., Northeastern University
Fields:  Education, Organizational Leadership

Steven C. Teske, J.D., Georgia State University
Fields:  Judicial System, Juvenile Justice

Peter G. Torkoldsen, MA, Government, Harvard University
Fields: Political Parties, Elections, Workforce Development

Tevi D. Troy, Ph.D., American Civilization, University of Texas, Austin
Fields:  Healthcare, National Policy

David G. Tuerck, Ph.D., Economics, University of Virginia
Fields: Economics, Tax Policy, Competitiveness, Labor Policy

Evelyn Villareal, Ph.D., Oxford University
Fields:  Latin American Studies, Political Science

Eugene Von Taube, MBA, MSEE, University of Minnesota
Fields:  IT Strategic Planning, Program Management