Email: krueger@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5110
Robert Krueger is Professor of Human Geography where his work examines a deceptively simple question: how can knowledge, technology, and institutions contribute to development that genuinely improves people's lives? ...
Email: pagupusi@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x6225
Patricia C. Agupusi (Ph.D.) is an Assistant Professor of Social Science at the School of Social Science and Policy Studies at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Massachusetts, US. Her research interests include state capacity, political violence, and the political economy of development and inequality. ...
Email: cbrown2@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5163
Dr. Crystal Brown earned her Ph.D. in Political Science with a focus in comparative politics, international relations, and public policy. She also has a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from Pennsylvania State University and a certificate in Data Analytics from Harvard University. ...
Email: doyle@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5583
I am a social psychologist trained in the interdisciplinary field of judgment and decision making. I am particularly interested in how people develop an understanding of complex environmental and societal problems and how their "mental models" of complex systems can best be studied and improved to aid both personal and public decision making. I firmly believe that environmental and social problems can’t be solved without understanding how they are represented in the mind and identifying what cognitive processes people bring to bear upon them. ...
Email: mghajargar@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8314600 x4600
Dr. Maliheh Ghajargar is a design researcher whose work examines human–environment–technology interactions. She investigates how AI, robots, and interactive media participate in people's relationships with landscapes and ecologies— and how these relationships can be made perceptible through tangible, embodied, and sonic interaction. ...
Email: acrodriguez@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5787
Angela Incollingo Rodriguez is an Associate Professor of Psychological & Cognitive Sciences and Neuroscience. She directs the Stigma Eating & Endocrinology Dynamics (SEED) Lab and collaborates on interdisciplinary research initiatives throughout WPI and around the globe. ...
Email: aismael@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x6234
Email: rlopez1@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x6805
Richard Lopez is an Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology in the Department of Social Science and Policy Studies at WPI. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in psychology, social neuroscience, and human neuroscience and neurotechnology. He also directs the Social Neuroscience of Affective Processes (SNAP) Lab. ...
Email: erottmar@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x6096
Erin Ottmar is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Learning Sciences at WPI. She received her BA in psychology and elementary education from the University of Richmond. After college, she spent several years teaching in Ecuador and Japan. In 2011, she received her PhD in Educational Psychology: Applied Developmental Science from the University of Virginia. After graduate school, spent 3 years as a post-doctoral research scientist at the University of Richmond. ...
Email: opavlov@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5234
Professor Pavlov earned a BS degree in Physics/Computer Science and a PhD in Economics from University of Southern California and an MBA from Cornell University. He has taught at WPI since 2002. He has been to many universities in the US, Russia and Western Europe, but he thinks WPI is like no other university. The project-based approach at WPI allows him to involve students in research projects. He values the opportunity to include students in his research through IQPs and MQPs.
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Email: mjradz@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5767
Professor Radzicki is an economist and simulation scientist who directs WPI’s Complex Systems Laboratory as well as the university’s Program in Technology, Policy, and Sustainability. ...
Email: saeed@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5563
Khalid Saeed is widely recognized for his work on the interface of economics and system dynamics. He has published two books and numerous articles on a variety of methodological, developmental and management agendas including sustainable agriculture, poverty alleviation, political instability, supply chain management and system dynamics modeling. His current focus is on operationalization of economic policy so it can be implemented through available managerial roles. ...
Email: kschneider@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5068
Kaitlyn Schneider is an assistant teaching professor of psychology at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the Department of Social Science and Policy Studies. She received her PhD in counseling psychology at Northeastern University, and MS in clinical mental health counseling at Villanova University. She is a licensed clinical psychologist practicing in Massachusetts. Dr. ...
Email: sshaw@wpi.edu
Stacy Shaw’s research focuses on understanding creative thinking in mathematics, how anxiety and other threat experiences affect mathematical cognition and reasoning, as well as how classroom experiences can affect performance and learning in STEM. Recently she has become interested in the role of rest for academic achievement, burnout, and student wellbeing. She graduated with her Ph.D. ...
Email: skorinko@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5451
Jeanine Skorinko is a professor of psychology at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the Department of Social Science and Policy Studies. She also is the director of the Psychological & Cognitive Science program. She received her PhD in social psychology at the University of Virginia. ...
Email: adksmith@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x6543
See my personal website (https://followthe6.com) for a description of my work to incorporate Behavioral Economics into Personal Finance.
Email: gbsomasse@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5417
Dr. Gbetonmasse Somasse is an economist and applied econometrician with field experience as a development practitioner. He is an Associate Professor of Teaching in the Department of Social Science and Policy Studies. Prior to joining WPI, he was an instructor at Clark University. He also served as senior economist statistician at the Central Bank of West African States and a consultant for the UN Economic Commission for Africa and the United Nations Development Program. ...
Email: nanand@wpi.edu
Navneet Magon Anand is a design strategist, consultant and researcher with a background in Architecture and Sustainability. She is the founder of Design Veritas, a design strategy consultancy and creative studio advocating for human and environmental sustainability and wellbeing. Her research, which focuses on intentional culture design, has a human centered approach beyond the four walls and is built on a core foundation of innovation, sustainability and wellbeing. She is a graduate of McGill University’s School of Architecture and has her MBA in Green Building and Sustainability. ...
Email: gburrier@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x4893
Grant completed his Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of New Mexico with sub-field specializations in Comparative Politics and International Relations. His dissertation analyzed infrastructure investments and sustainable development in Brazil, focusing on the policymaking process inside Brazil’s developmental state and the socio-environmental impacts of hydroelectric dams in the Amazon. His principal research interests include political economy, the environment, renewable energy, social welfare, democratic institutions, and populism. ...
Email: lelgert@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5452
I joined WPI in 2011 as a scholar and teacher with training in public health, environmental policy, and international development studies. My research and teaching interests focused on the environment-development nexus, where tensions between sustainability and livelihoods often lead to contentious policy debates. ...
Email: rmurenzi@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x6960
Romain Murenzi joined Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) as a full professor of Physics in January 2024. His research interests include Wavelets, Groups, Phase Space Representations, Coherent States: Links Between Quantum Physics; and Signal Processing in One and More Dimensions.
In addition to STEM, Murenzi is interested in expanding his research to social science and policy. This includes areas such as Science, Technology, and Innovation policy for sustainable development, science for society, science diplomacy, and providing scientific advice to governments. ...
Email: eastoddard@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x4871
Prof Stoddard is a human-environment geographer who is interested in the intersection of nature, society, and justice, particularly in the context of climate change. She looks at the ways in which we can design for climate resilience, in terms of infrastructure, location specific practices, and through community resilience. Stoddard also looks at the vulnerability and resilience of food systems to disasters (climate, disease outbreaks, etc.), and the impacts for humans, animals, and ecosystems. ...
Email: ehollywood@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x6897