INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH

Panelists:

Tabitha Bonilla, Associate Professor of Human Development and Social Policy and IPR Fellow.

Michael Kang, Class of 1940 Professor of Law and IPR Associate.

Moderator:

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

By Kathleen Mullan Harris, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Adjunct Professor of Public Policy at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and IPR Visiting Scholar, November 2026

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

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

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Panelists:

Dean Karlan, Frederic Esser Nemmers Distinguished Professor of Economics and Finance, Co-Director of the Global Poverty Research Lab, and IPR Associate

Katie Insel, Assistant Professor of Psychology and IPR Fellow

Elizabeth Tipton, Professor of Statistics and Data Science, Professor of Education and Social Policy (by Courtesy), Co-Director of the STEPP Center, and IPR Fellow

Moderator:

Andrew V. Papachristos, John G. Searle Professor of Sociology, Director of the Center for Neighborhood Engaged Research and Science (CORNERS), and IPR Director and Fellow

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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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