INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH

By Bridget Goosby, Professor of Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin, and IPR Visiting Scholar, May 2026

By Chika Okafor, Assistant Professor of Law, Assistant Professor of Economics (by courtesy), Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations (by courtesy), and IPR Fellow

By Mesmin Destin, Professor of Psychology and Human Development and Social Policy and IPR Fellow

By Chloe Thurston, Associate Professor of Political Science, and IPR Fellow

By Edith Chen, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Chair, Professor of Psychology, Co-Director of the Foundations of Health Research Center, and IPR Fellow

More information coming soon.

By Laurel Harbridge-Yong, Professor of Political Science, and IPR Associate Director and Fellow

Panelists:

Charles Whitaker, Dean of Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, Charles Deering McCormick Distinguished Clinical Professor, and IPR Associate

Natalie Moore, Senior Lecturer, Director of Audio Journalism Programming, Medill, and IPR Associate

Louise Kiernan, Professor and Director of Strategic Initiatives, Medill, and IPR Associate

Moderator

Laurel Harbridge-Yong, Professor of Political Science and IPR Associate Director and Fellow

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Panelists:

Olusimbo (Simbo) Ige, MD, MPH, Commissioner, Chicago Department of Health

Matthew Smith, MPP, Chief Policy Officer, Illinois Department of Public Health

Emma Adam, Edwina S. Tarry Professor of Human Development and Social Policy and IPR Fellow

Moderator:

Thomas McDade, Carlos Montezuma Professor of Anthropology and IPR Fellow and Director of IPR's Cells to Society: The Center on Health Inequalities 

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By Lincoln Quillian, Chair and Professor of Sociology, Gordon S. Fulcher Professor of Decision-Making, and IPR Fellow

By Andrew Papachristos, John G. Searle Professor of Sociology and IPR Director

By Lori Beaman, Professor of Economics and IPR Fellow

By Rebecca Seligman, Associate Professor of Anthropology and IPR Fellow

By Robin Nusslock, Julie and Frank Cohen Family Professor of Social Sciences, Director of Clinical Psychology, Director of Clinical Training, and IPR Fellow

By Alex Coppock, Associate Professor of Political Science and IPR Fellow

By Steven Franconeri, Professor of Psychology, Director of the Northwestern Cognitive Science Program, Professor of Design and of Management and Organizations (by courtesy), and IPR Associate