By Noah Lloyd
Four Northeastern University professors have won Excellence in Research and Creative Activity Awards, which recognize full-time faculty whose work has national and international significance.
Ellen Cushman is dean’s professor of civic sustainability and professor of English. Her recent work has focused on preserving and translating Cherokee language manuscripts and creating the Digital Archive of Indigenous Language Persistence (DAILP).
Cushman said in a written comment that the award didn’t just go to her, but “honors our tribal community members’ language persistence and our students’ exceptional achievements in experiential education. I’m honored and delighted to receive this award on their behalf.”
She also thanked the university for its “ongoing support for the DAILP project with Peak Awards and a Tier 1 grant in the earliest stages of our work to prove the concept of the DAILP interface.”
David Lazer, university distinguished professor of political science and computer science, received the award as one of the foremost global scholars on misinformation, who uses network science to adduce everything from falling trust in physicians to how misinformation spread on Facebook during the 2020 election.
Tommaso Melodia, William Lincoln Smith professor of electrical and computer engineering, has made a career studying, developing and inventing improvements to wireless networks and sensors. He is also the director of the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things.
