Program Elements

Coordinators

Current Coordinators

John Portz
Professor and Chair
Political Science Department
Northeastern University
303 Meserve Hall
360 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02115
Tel: (617) 373-3391
Fax:(617) 373-5311
j.portz@neu.edu
http://www.polisci.neu.edu/faculty/portz.html

John Portz is a professor and current chair of the Political Science Department at Northeastern University. He has a joint appointment in the School of Education. His teaching areas include public administration, public policy, and state and local government. His primary areas of research include education policy and leadership. John also is active in his home community of Watertown. He served as an elected member of the Town Council for eight years and now serves on the Watertown School Committee.

Michael S. Dukakis
University Distinguished Professor
Political Science Department
Northeastern University
327 Meserve Hall
360 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02115
Tel: (617) 373-4396
Fax: (617) 373-5311
m.dukakis@neu.edu

Michael Dukakis is a University Distinguished Professor at Northeastern University. He joined the faculty in the Political Science Department in 1991 and teaches courses in the areas of public administration, health policy, and leadership. Prior to coming to Northeastern, he served for twelve years as the governor of Massachusetts, and he was the 1988 presidential nominee of the Democratic Party.

Past Coordinators

Angela Irving (1996-2007)
James Fraser (1995-1997)
Earl Avery
William Dandridge (1990-1995)
Joseph Cronin (1989-1991)
Jack Green