from 1973 to 1978), mathematicians Amir Aczel, Victor S. Miller, and Robert Thomas Seeley, computer scientist Patrick O'Neil, neurologist M. V. Padma Srivastava, novelists Jaime Clarke, Elizabeth Searle, and Melanie Rae Thon, philosopher Jane Roland Martin, poets Martha Collins and Sabra Loomis, political scientists Jalal Alamgir and Kent John Chabotar, clinical psychologist David Lisak, social psychologist Melanie Joy, and sociologists Benjamin Bolger and Robert Dentler.
== Institutes and centers ==
The following free-standing institutes and centers are administered by the Office of the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.
Center for Social Development and Education
Center for Survey Research
Institute for Asian American Studies (a member of the Asian American and Pacific Islander Policy Research Consortium)
Institute for Community Inclusion
Massachusetts Office of Public Collaboration
The Mauricio Gastón Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy
Urban Harbors Institute
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