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889 faculty · 160 courses · data as of 2026-07-02
Rachel Brule, Associate Professor of Global Development Policy h-index 9
International Development Recent News Brulé Wins Prestigious NSF Career Award for Women’s Empowerment Research Faculty Rachel Brulé and Mahesh Karra Earn Promotions to Associate Professor Brulé Discusses Gender Quotas and Power in Ind
Notable: “Women's inheritance rights reform and the preference for sons in India” (2018) · 126 citations
Igor Lukes, University Professor, Professor Emeritus of International Relations and History h-index 6
Notable: “National Cleansing: Retribution Against Nazi Collaborators in Postwar Czechoslovakia” (2006) · 56 citations
Andrew David, Lecturer h-index 1
Also include the evolution of the federal government and the national security state as well as the history of international relations. His work has appeared in Diplomacy and Statecraft and on H-Diplo. Specialization View All Profiles More
Notable: “The Kennedy Administration and the Battle over Foreign Aid: The Untold Story of the Clay Committee” (2016) · 3 citations
Adil Najam, Dean Emeritus; Professor of International Relations and Earth & Environment
Courses: Fundamentals of International Politics · Fundamentals of Strategic Intelligence · America Abroad: Debating the U.S. and the World since 1789 · Globalization and World Poverty · Europe and International Relations · Introduction to Comparative Politics +14 more
Ran Canetti, Wang Professor of Computer Science h-index 81
Span multiple aspects of cryptography and information security, with emphasis on the design, analysis and use of cryptographic protocols. Selected Publications R. Canetti, Universally Composable Security: A New Paradigm for Cryptographic Pr
Notable: “Universally composable security: a new paradigm for cryptographic protocols” (2001) · 3,288 citations
Kate Saenko, Professor h-index 75
In the broad area of Artificial Intelligence with a focus on Adaptive Machine Learning, Learning for Vision and Language Understanding, and Deep Learning.
Notable: “Long-term recurrent convolutional networks for visual recognition and description” (2015) · 5,283 citations
Stan Sclaroff, Professor & Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences h-index 70
In computer vision, pattern recognition, and machine learning. He is an expert in the areas of tracking, video-based analysis of human motion and gesture, deformable shape matching and recognition, as well as image/video database indexi
Notable: “Photobook: Content-based manipulation of image databases” (1996) · 1,564 citations
Mark Crovella, Professor h-index 64
Center on improving the understanding, design, and performance of networks and networked computer systems, mainly through the application of data mining, statistics, and performance evaluation. He has made contributions to understanding the
Notable: “Self-similarity in World Wide Web traffic: evidence and possible causes” (1997) · 2,703 citations
Courses: Introduction to Computing · Introduction to Internet Technologies and Web Programming · Introduction to Databases and Data Mining · Programming for Non-CS Majors · Introduction to Computer Science 1 · Introduction to Computer Science 2 +14 more
Kevin Lang, Laurence A. Bloom Professor of Economics h-index 61
Notable: “Phoneme recognition using time-delay neural networks” (1989) · 2,642 citations
Laurence J. Kotlikoff, William Fairfield Warren Professor of Economics h-index 61
Notable: “Dynamic Fiscal Policy.” (1989) · 1,764 citations
Raymond Fisman, Slater Family Professor in Behavioral Economics h-index 60
Es primarily on money in politics and corruption. His work has appeared in leading economics journals including the American Economic Review , Journal of Political Economy , and Quarterly Journal of Economics , and it has been widely covere
Notable: “Estimating the Value of Political Connections” (2001) · 3,036 citations
Robert G. King, Professor h-index 58
Notable: “Finance and Growth: Schumpeter Might Be Right” (1993) · 8,600 citations
Courses: Introductory Microeconomic Analysis · Introductory Macroeconomic Analysis · Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis · Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis · Empirical Economics 1 · Empirical Economics 2 +14 more
Richard B. Primack, Professor h-index 81
Notable: “COVID-19 lockdown allows researchers to quantify the effects of human activity on wildlife” (2020) · 658 citations
Thomas Gilmore, Professor h-index 58
Notable: “Introduction to NF-κB: players, pathways, perspectives” (2006) · 2,218 citations
Katya Ravid, Professor of Biochemistry, Biology h-index 56
Notable: “Deletion of Cavin/PTRF Causes Global Loss of Caveolae, Dyslipidemia, and Glucose Intolerance” (2008) · 352 citations
Daniel Segre, Professor of Biology, Bioinformatics h-index 53
Notable: “Analysis of optimality in natural and perturbed metabolic networks” (2002) · 1,401 citations
Courses: Introductory Biology for Health Sciences · Biology 1 · Biology 2 · Biology 2 (Discussion) · Human Infectious Diseases · Biology 2 with Integrated Science Experience 1 Lab +14 more
David Mayers, Professor of History and Political Science h-index 30
Notable: “On the Corporate Demand for Insurance” (1982) · 625 citations
Taylor Boas, Professor of Political Science and Latin American Studies; Department Chair h-index 26
Notable: “Neoliberalism: From New Liberal Philosophy to Anti-Liberal Slogan” (2009) · 609 citations
Timothy P. Longman, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Professor of Political Science and International Relations h-index 22
Notable: “Trauma and PTSD Symptoms in Rwanda” (2004) · 370 citations
Spencer Piston, Associate Professor h-index 22
Notable: “How Explicit Racial Prejudice Hurt Obama in the 2008 Election” (2010) · 317 citations
Courses: Introduction to American Politics · Introduction to Public Policy · Introduction to Comparative Politics · Introduction to International Relations · Introduction to Political Theory · Presidential Leadership +14 more
Susan Kaplan Carlton, Master Lecturer h-index 69
Notable: “Sensory Neurons Co-opt Classical Immune Signaling Pathways to Mediate Chronic Itch” (2017) · 1,056 citations
T. Barton Carter, Professor h-index 3
Christopher Beaudoin, Professor
David Abel, Professor of the Practice
Courses: Understanding Media · Professional Presentation · Principles and Practices of Public Relations · Introduction to Advertising · Persuasion Theory · Corporate Communication +14 more
Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Partial — enrichment ongoing.
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About Boston University. Boston University in Boston, MA reports an overall acceptance rate of 12.8%, an early-round acceptance rate of 29.5%, an SAT middle 50% of 1430–1510, a class size of 3,268, and a yield of 31.0% based on the most recent Common Data Set filings. Major private research university in Boston. Returning to test-required for 2025-26 cycle. Strong in communications, business, and health sciences. Median SAT 1470.