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Joshua believes that students learn when they are engaged and active in the classroom. His teaching philosophy is one where he is facilitating a group discussion more than lecturing to a class. 

His area of academic focus and expertise includes forensic social work, social work practice with individuals and groups, and gerontology.

At Lesley, he teaches these courses:

• Introduction to Social Work
• Social Work Policy
• Social Work Practice with Groups
• Research Methods
• Program Evaluation
• Social Work Practice with Individuals and Families
• Community Mental Health
• Contemporary Families
• Human Behavior and the Social Environment.

Joshua launched Lesley's Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) degree in Fall 2019. Joshua holds a Master of Social Work and PhD in Social Work from the University of Alabama. 

Sarah Doyle is an adjunct faculty member in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and at the Lesley at Bunker Hill program. She is also a Program Supervisor for middle and high school teacher candidates for the Education Department of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and for the Graduate School of Education.

She is a PhD candidate in Educational Studies at Lesley University. Her current research is based in reproductive and social justice for high school students who are pregnant—or parenting—students.

Some of the courses that Sarah teaches are Social Policy, Sociology of Family, Research Methods, and Contemporary U.S. Society.

Education

BA, Wesleyan University (Women's Studies, African American Studies, Art History minor)
M.Ed. in Secondary Education, Arizona State University College of Teacher Education and Leadership

Personal website: http://milluzzi.org

Michael Illuzzi is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the CLAS Honors Program at Lesley University.

Before joining Lesley, Michael taught at Wheaton College in Norton MA, the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, and St. Olaf College. He has been actively involved in community organizing and social justice activism. He is a member of the Sharon Racial Equity Alliance and an affiliate with the BU Anti-Racism Institute. He has led a group of faculty that has transformed the Honors program to focus on critical community engagement and co-created and teaching a course entitled: Doing Good or Looking Good: Decolonizing Community Engagement.

Michael's work in political theory and American politics focuses on racial, gender, and class inequalities and U.S. political movements that have fought against overlapping injustices. His teaching and research interests also include: critical community engagement, populism, peoplehood, and critical storytelling’s potential to challenge dominant narratives.

Current Book Project

Michael’s current book project—Populism and Peoplehood in America—argues rather than turning to creating new theories for alternatives to right-wing nationalism, we can instead learn from past American actors and activists.

Using thousands of historical newspapers, archival sources, and historiographic texts, Michael shows how Lincoln’s redefinition of the American founding, a social gospel urban mayor’s campaign to bring greater economic justice for new immigrants, Martin Luther King’s attempts to save the soul of the American nation, Illinois Black Panther chairman—Fred Hampton’s—efforts to form a cross-racial coalition to fight the racial and economic oppression, and the contemporary Poor People’s Campaign all used invocations to religion, patriotism and sometimes populism to redefine what America meant to their followers and called them to form a coalition to fight to preserve this renewed vision.

This history of advocacy suggests that left-wing variations of stories of community building complete with invocations to religion, patriotism, and populism were no less prevalent or powerful as the current right-wing variations and now more than ever we cannot afford to cede the ground to these powerful mobilizing strategies.

Education

• Ph.D. (Political Science), University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 2008
• B.S. (Culture and Politics), Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service, DC, 1999

Kazuyo Kubo specializes in the sociology of family, race and ethnic relations, and transnational studies. Her research examines the welfare of children and adoptive family formation, and how race influences U.S. parents' transnational adoption decisions and practices. 

Her areas of academic focus and expertise include family formation, adoption, and race and ethnic relations.

At Lesley, she teaches these courses:

• Sociology of Family
• Sociology of Aging
• Transnational Family Formation
• Race and Ethnic Relations
• Race in a Global Perspective
• Research Methods

Kazuyo holds a BA and MA in East Asian Studies from the University of Minnesota at Twin Cities and a PhD in Sociology from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. 

Janel retired from Lesley in May 2018 after 28 years of service.  She always brought her extensive experience as a clinical social worker with individuals, families, and communities to her courses.

Her areas of academic focus and expertise include: social work, ethics, and cultural competence. At Lesley, she has taught the following courses: Concepts and Skills in Professional Practice, Introduction to Social Work, Case Management in Social Work and Counseling, Child Welfare: Challenges and Solutions, Contemporary Issues in Counseling and Human Services, Human Services Internship and Seminar, and Research Methods in Social Sciences. 

She holds a BA from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, a MSW and PhD from Simmons University, and is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker. 

Melanie earned her PhD in Counseling Psychology at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She is the Graduate Program Director of the Master's in Mental Health program and Clinical Faculty for the Counseling Psychology PhD program at UMass Boston. Her approach as an instructor, supervisor, and clinician are informed by a social justice and multicultural lens. She encourages critical thinking and open dialogue among students about working with diversity and how this relates to personal and professional identity integration.