Heather Salter

Heather Salter is Professor and Director of World History Programs at Northeastern University, Boston. She holds a Ph.D. in History from Duke University and is the author of three monographs and five co-authored or co-edited books. Her most recent book is The Shanghai Agents: The Soviet Plot to Start a Revolution in Interwar China (Cambridge 2026). Her early travels overseas inspired a lifetime interest in people who fought against colonialism, which later translated to a career researching, writing, and teaching about it. She has also published under the name Heather Streets-Salter and Heather Streets.