Beth Callahan

(she/her/hers)

Assistant Director of Academic Advising

Beth Callahan
  • MEd in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Boston University
  • BA in International Relations, Boston University

Beth Callahan is an assistant director of academic advising at the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University. She received her bachelor’s in international relations from Boston University and worked as an international credentials evaluator in Boston before joining the academic advising team at Emerson College. During her time at Emerson, Callahan completed her Master of Education in educational leadership and policy studies at Boston University.

As an academic advisor at Khoury College, Callahan helps students with long-term academic planning, understanding their degree requirements, scheduling, and course registration. She supports students throughout their time at Northeastern, from orientation to graduation, connecting them with the resources they need to reach their academic, personal, and professional goals. She also teaches several sections of Khoury College’s first-year course, CS1200 First Year Seminar. As a CS1200 instructor, she works closely with new students joining the Khoury College community. Callahan enjoys working with students to map out their plans, fitting all the pieces of the puzzle together so they fulfill their academic requirements as well as fit in opportunities like study abroad, graduate-level coursework, a minor program, multiple co-op placements or research.

Callahan is excited to see the innovative ways in which Khoury College supports the belief that computer science is everywhere and is for everyone. There is an always growing number of combined major and meaningful minor programs available to students, and large-scale initiatives Khoury College is a part of, such as the Center for Inclusive Computing, aimed at increasing the number of women and underrepresented minorities in computer science.