Current Faculty

IPR is home to an interdisciplinary community of scholars, who are at the forefront of policy-relevant social science research in their respective fields. A list of IPR fellows and associates can be found below:

Faculty Fellows
Faculty Associates

Faculty Fellows

IPR's 46 faculty fellows contribute to our core research areas. Links to their biographical and contact information, CVs, and research summaries can be found below.

Fellow		Research Areas
	Emma Adam Professor of Human Development and Social Policy \| IPR Fellow	Stress and adolescent emotional, behavioral, and academic development Effects of stress on cognition and health Race-based stress and racial disparities in health and academic outcomes
	Lori Beaman Associate Professor of Economics \| IPR Fellow	Development and labor economics Social networks and information dissemination Impact of development policies on decision making Gender
	Julia Behrman Assistant Professor of Sociology (on leave, 2017–18)	Demography Education Gender and family Inequality Fertility Health
	John Bullock Associate Professor of Political Science \| IPR Fellow	Partisanship and partisan bias in political thinking Knowledge and ignorance of politics among ordinary voters Education's effects on attitudes toward inequality
	P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale Vice Provost for Academics \| Frances Willard Professor of Human Development and Social Policy \| IPR Fellow	Two-generation programs that promote low-income parents' and their children's education simultaneously How social policy issues affect family functioning and the development of children, youth, and adults Social disparities and health and well-being
	Anthony Chen Associate Professor of Sociology and Political Science \| IPR Fellow	American political development and public policy since the New Deal Politics of social policy, civil rights, and business-government relations Affirmative action in college admissions
	Edith Chen John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Chair and Professor of Psychology \| IPR Fellow	The biological and psychological mechanisms associated with poverty and poor health in children Resilience in youth -- why some who confront adversity stay in good health The consequences of upward mobility for the health of minority youth
	Fay Lomax Cook Professor of Human Development and Social Policy (on leave) \| Assistant Director, National Science Foundation (NSF), and Head of the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate, NSF \| IPR Fellow	Public opinion and social policy The politics of social policy Public deliberation and deliberative democracy Social Security
	Mesmin Destin Associate Professor of Psychology and Human Development and Social Policy \| Chair of IPR's Program on Child, Adolescent, and Family Studies \| IPR Fellow	Socioeconomic disparities in academic achievement Identity-based motivation Social psychological intervention
	James Druckman Payson S. Wild Professor of Political Science \| IPR Associate Director \| IPR Fellow	Political and science communication Representation Sports politics Experimental methodology
	Alice Eagly James Padilla Chair of Arts and Sciences \| Professor of Psychology \| IPR Fellow	Psychology of attitudes Psychology of gender Women and leadership Gender gaps The content of stereotypes about social groups
	David Figlio Orrington Lunt Professor of Education and Social Policy and of Economics \| Dean of the School of Education and Social Policy \| IPR Fellow	School accountability School vouchers Education finance Intergenerational issues in health and education Teacher and principal quality Welfare policy
	Daniel Galvin Associate Professor of Political Science \| IPR Fellow	American presidency Party politics Labor movement Employment law
	Jonathan Guryan Professor of Human Development and Social Policy \| Chair of IPR’s Program on Education Policy \| IPR Fellow	Labor market discrimination The causes and consequences of racial inequality Long-term effects of early life health
	Laurel Harbridge-Yong Associate Professor of Political Science \| IPR Fellow	American politics, congressional elections, public opinion, and representation Public policy (including budgetary policy) Polarization, bipartisanship, compromise, and gridlock in Congress
	Larry V. Hedges Board of Trustees Professor of Statistics and Education and Social Policy \| Professor of Psychology \| Professor of Medical Social Sciences \| Director of the IPR Q-Center \| IPR Fellow	Statistical methods for meta-analysis Evidence-based methodology for social science research Social distribution of academic achievement in America Educational policies and practices
	Simone Ispa-Landa Assistant Professor of Human Development and Social Policy \| IPR Fellow	Race Gender Criminal records Stigma
	Kirabo Jackson Professor of Human Development and Social Policy \| IPR Fellow	Labor economics Public finance Economics of education, in particular, teacher quality and effectiveness
	Seema Jayachandran Associate Professor of Economics \| IPR Fellow	Health and education in developing countries Gender equality Environmental conservation
	Cynthia Kinnan Assistant Professor of Economics \| IPR Fellow	Households and small firms' risk-taking and finances Effects of social networks on insurance, credit, and savings Issues related to financial access and social programs
	Christopher Kuzawa Professor of Anthropology (on leave, 2017–18) \| IPR Fellow	Influence of intrauterine and early postnatal environments on development and long-term health Social disparities and health Male reproductive ecology and the psychobiology of social relationships
	Ofer Malamud Associate Professor of Human Development and Social Policy \| IPR Fellow	General and vocational education Technology and child development Returns to college education
	Charles F. Manski Board of Trustees Professor in Economics \| IPR Fellow	Econometrics and statistics Judgment and decision making Public policy analysis
	Thomas McDade Carlos Montezuma Professor of Anthropology \| Director of Cells to Society (C2S): The Center on Social Disparities and Health at the Institute for Policy Research \| IPR Fellow	Long-term effects of early environments, with an emphasis on inflammation and health Health disparities Biomarkers for population-based research Social and cultural contexts of stress and health
	Mary McGrath Assistant Professor of Political Science \| IPR Fellow	Political decision-making, behavior, and opinion formation Partisanship and group identification Attitudes toward taxation and redistributive policies Public opinion regarding scientific information and science in public policy
	Rachel Davis Mersey Associate Professor of Journalism \| Chair of IPR's Program on Politics, Institutions, and Policy Policy \| IPR Fellow	News audiences Digital and mobile media Information and democracy
	Greg Miller Louis W. Menk Professor of Psychology \| IPR Fellow	Health consequences of poverty in children Stress-related changes in immune system functions Asthma, cardiometabolic disease, and perinatal outcomes
	Matthew Notowidigdo Associate Professor of Economics \| IPR Fellow	Long-term unemployment Unemployment insurance Health insurance Consumer bankruptcy
	Andrew V. Papachristos Professor of Sociology \| IPR Fellow	The diffusion of crime and violence in social networks and urban neighborhoods Gun violence and gun violence prevention Street gangs Neighborhood effects Urban poverty and inequality Policing and police reform in the United States
	Christine Percheski Assistant Professor of Sociology \| IPR Fellow	Women’s employment Family demography Income inequality Marriage and family formation Health insurance coverage
	Monica Prasad Professor of Sociology \| IPR Fellow	Taxation Comparative political economy Corruption
	Lincoln Quillian Professor of Sociology \| Chair of IPR's Program on Urban Policy and Community Development \| IPR Fellow	Residential segregation Neighborhood formation Neighborhood effects Racial attitudes
	Beth Redbird Assistant Professor of Sociology \| IPR Fellow	Inequality/stratification Economic sociology Organizations, occupations, and work Quantitative methodology
	Rachel Beatty Riedl Associate Professor of Political Science \| IPR Fellow	Democratization Religion and politics Authoritarian regime legacies Identity politics
	Onnie Rogers Assistant Professor of Psychology \| IPR Fellow	Child and adolescent development Racial and gender identity Racial and gender stereotypes Diversity, schooling, and education
	James Rosenbaum Professor of Education and Social Policy, and of Sociology \| Chair of IPR’s Program on Poverty, Race, and Inequality \| IPR Fellow	High-school-to-work transition Employers and community colleges Gautreaux Program Moving to Opportunity
	Terri Sabol Assistant Professor of Human Development and Social Policy \| IPR Fellow	Early childhood education policy Child development Family engagement Reduction in early life disparities
	Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach Margaret Walker Alexander Professor of Human Development and Social Policy \| IPR Director	Education policy Child health Anti-poverty policies Economics of food consumption Food stamps
	Morton Schapiro Professor and President, Northwestern University \| IPR Fellow	Economics of higher education College financing and student aid Measuring college success
	Heather Schoenfeld Assistant Professor of Legal Studies and Education and Social Policy \| IPR Fellow	Politics of criminal justice policy Mass incarceration Race and American political development
	Hannes Schwandt Assistant Professor of Human Development and Social Policy \| IPR Fellow (on leave, 2018–19)	Health economics and labor economics Fetal origins of human capital Economic demography: Fertility, mortality, and inequality Subjective wellbeing, midlife crisis
	Rebecca Seligman Associate Professor of Anthropology \| IPR Fellow	Cultural influences on mental health and healing Effects of social inequalities on physical and mental health Embodiment, psychophysiology, and mind-body interaction Immigrant mental health
	Bruce D. Spencer Professor of Statistics \| IPR Fellow	Statistics used in public policy and legal settings Evaluation of the Census and other data programs Demographic statistics Design and analysis of samples and other statistical studies Statistical assessment of earthquake hazard predictions
	Quincy Thomas Stewart Associate Professor of Sociology \| IPR Fellow	Racial and ethnic inequality Formal demography Health and mortality Modeling social inequality
	Elizabeth Tipton Associate Professor of Statistics \| IPR Fellow	Statistical methods for meta-analysis Evidence-based methodology for education and psychology research Design and analysis of field experiments
	Lauren Wakschlag Professor and Vice Chair for Scientific and Faculty Development, Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine \| IPR Fellow	Childhood mental health and early-life risk mechanisms Measurement and modeling of disruptive behavior in childhood Prenatal adversity
	Celeste Watkins-Hayes Associate Vice President for Research \| Professor of Sociology and African American Studies \| IPR Fellow	Urban poverty Social policy HIV/AIDS Formal organizations: nonprofit and government Race, class, and gender
	Sandra Waxman Louis W. Menk Chair in Psychology \| Professor of Cognitive Psychology \| IPR Fellow	Biological thought and culture Early linguistic and cognitive development Word learning in infants
	Burton Weisbrod Cardiss Collins Professor of Economics \| Chair of IPR’s Program on Performance Measurement and Rewards \| IPR Fellow	Defining, measuring, and rewarding “performance” in the public and nonprofit sectors Theory and measurement of economic behavior by for-profit, public, and nonprofit organizations Economics of higher education and health/medical care
	Sera Young Assistant Professor of Anthropology \| IPR Fellow	Global health Maternal and child nutrition Infant feeding HIV Food insecurity

Faculty Associates

IPR has more than 100 faculty associates and adjuncts, who are listed below with links to their biographical pages in their respective departments and schools.

Associate	Department
	Ronald Ackermann General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
	Katherine Amato Anthropology
	Ana Aparicio Anthropology
	Ana Arjona Political Science
	Galya Ben-Arieh Political Science
	Nicola Bianchi Management and Strategy
	Henry Binford History
	Bernard Black Finance and Law
	Pablo Boczkowski Communication Studies
	Tabitha Bonilla Research Assistant Professor
	Ann Borders Obstetrics and Gynecology
	Héctor Carrillo Sociology
	Jenifer Cartland Pediatrics
	David Cella Medical Social Sciences
	Dennis Chong Faculty Adjunct
	Crystal Clark Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
	Cynthia Coburn Human Development and Social Policy
	Jeannette Colyvas Human Development and Social Policy/Learning Sciences
	Noshir Contractor Engineering
	Thomas D. Cook Faculty Emeritus
	David Dana Law
	Shari Seidman Diamond Law
	Jack Doppelt Journalism
	David Dranove Management and Strategy
	Greg Duncan Faculty Adjunct
	Annette D’Onofrio Linguistics
	Matthew Easterday Learning Sciences
	Janice Eberly Finance
	Stephanie Edgerly Journalism
	Steven Epstein Sociology
	Joe Feinglass General Internal Medicine/Preventive Medicine
	Joseph Ferrie Economics
	Eli Finkel Psychology
	William Funk Preventive Medicine
	Jordan Gans-Morse Political Science
	Craig Garfield Pediatrics
	Craig Garthwaite Strategy
	Elizabeth Gerber Mechanical Engineering
	Claudia Haase Human Development and Social Policy
	John Hagan Sociology and Law
	Eszter Hargittai Faculty Adjunct
	John Heinz Faculty Emeritus
	Barton Hirsch Education and Social Policy
	Paul Hirsch Management and Organizations
	Jane Holl Pediatrics
	Benjamin Jones Strategy
	Dean Karlan Finance
	Brayden King Management and Organizations
	Kristen Knutson Neurology and Preventive Medicine
	Craig LaMay Journalism
	Carol Lee Human Development and Social Policy/Learning Sciences
	Donna Leff Journalism
	Dan Lewis Human Development and Social Policy
	Molly Losh Communication Sciences and Disorders
	Jolie Matthews Learning Sciences
	Michael Mazzeo Management and Strategy
	Leslie McCall Faculty Adjunct
	Therese McGuire Management and Strategy
	Julie Lee Merseth Political Science
	Vijay Mittal Psychology
	Daniel Mroczek Psychology
	Quinn Mulroy Human Development and Social Policy
	Brian Mustanski Medical Social Sciences
	Robert Nelson Sociology
	Robin Nusslock Psychology
	Daniel O'Keefe Communication Studies/Sociology
	Thomas Ogorzalek Political Science
	Benjamin Page Political Science
	Mary Pattillo Sociology/African American Studies
	Destiny Peery Law
	Frank Penedo Medical Social Sciences
	Sylvia Perry Psychology
	Amélie Petitclerc Medical Social Sciences
	Gregory Phillips Medical Social Sciences
	Robert Porter Economics
	David Rapp Psychology
	Eva Redei Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
	Michelle Reininger Faculty Adjunct
	Jennifer Richeson Faculty Adjunct
	Lauren Rivera Management and Organizations
	Andrew Roberts Political Science
	Daniel Rodriguez Law
	Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz Sociology
	William Rogerson Economics
	Leonard Rubinowitz Law
	Terri Sabol School of Education and Social Policy
	Paola Sapienza Finance
	Max Schanzenbach Law
	Madeleine Shalowitz Institute for Health Services Research and Policy Studies
	Michelle Shumate Communication Studies
	Melissa Simon Obstetrics and Gynecology
	Wesley G. Skogan Faculty Emeritus
	Edward (Ned) Smith Management and Organizations
	Teresa Eckrich Sommer Research Associate Professor
	James Spillane Human Development, Social Policy and Learning Sciences
	Amanda Starc Strategy
	Seth Stein Earth and Planetary Sciences
	Reed Stevens Learning Sciences
	Jennifer Tackett Psychology
	Linda Teplin Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
	Susan Thistle Sociology
	Chloe Thurston Political Science
	Christopher Udry Economics
	Brian Uzzi Management and Organizations
	Ellen Wartella Communication Studies
	Charles Whitaker Journalism
	Teresa Woodruff Obstetrics and Gynecology