International Development, Community and Environment (IDCE) Graduate Programs
Administration and Staff
Interim Director of IDCE
David Bell, Ph.D.
508-793-7568
dbell@clarku.edu
Associate Director of IDCE
Laurie Ross, Ph.D.
(508) 793-7642
lross@clarku.edu
Program Coordinators
Graduate Programs
International Development and Social Change
David Bell, Ed.D.
508-793-7568
dbell@clarku.edu
Community Development and Planning
Ramón Borges-Mendéz, Ph.D.
508-421-3838
rborgesmendez@clarku.edu
Geographic Information Science for Development and Environment
Yelena Ogneva-Himmelberger, Ph.D.
508-421-3805
yogneva@clarku.edu
Environmental Science and Policy
Tim Downs
(508) 421-3814
tdowns@clarku.edu
Undergraduate Programs
International Development and Social Change
Ken MacLean, Ph.D.
508-793-7201
kmaclean@clarku.edu
Environmental Science and Policy
Halina Brown, Ph.D.
508-793-7172
hbrown@clarku.edu
To contact other IDCE faculty, please visit their webpage for information. Please note that while our faculty love to hear from prospective students, it is best to contact the Admissions Office directly for a timely response and for answers to your questions about the admissions process and our four graduate school programs.
Staff
Paula Hall
Admissions Manager
508-793-7334
phall@clarku.edu
Sarah Barrett
Director of Marketing and Publications
508-793-7690
sbarrett@clarku.edu
Sharon Hanna
Director of Career Development
and External Relations
508-793-7454
shanna@clarku.edu
Heather Peloquin
Budget Manager/Assistant to the Director
508-421-3767
hpeloquin@clarku.edu
Erika Paradis
Student and Academic Affairs Manager
508-421-3846
eparadis@clarku.edu
Cindy Gabriel
Student and Academic Affairs Assistant
508-421-3846
cgabriel@clarku.edu
Hien Nguyen
Administrative Assistant for Departmental Operations
508-421-3882
hinguyen@clarku.edu
Brittany Crompton
Graduate Admissions Assistant
(508) 793-7205
bcrompton@clarku.edu
[ Spotlight Profile ]
Laurie Ross, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Community Development and Planning
Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Community Development and Planning
Laurie Ross, who joined the IDCE faculty in 2000, received a Ph.D. in Public Policy from University of Massachusetts, Boston, an MA from the Program for International Development and Social Change in 1995 and a B.A. in Geography and International Development in 1991 from Clark. Ross engages in community based participatory research on youth employment as a gang reduction strategy and youth-led tobacco control.
She is the director of the Healthy Options for Prevention and Education (HOPE) Coalition, a youth-adult partnership coalition created to reduce youth violence, substance use and promote adolescent mental health in the City of Worcester. Eighteen local organizations are part of the Coalition.