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
IPR's 49 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 | |
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![]() | Emma Adam Professor of Human Development and Social Policy | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | Lori Beaman Associate Professor of Economics | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | Julia Behrman Assistant Professor of Sociology |
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![]() | John Bullock Associate Professor of Political Science | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale Vice Provost for Academics | Frances Willard Professor of Human Development and Social Policy | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | Anthony Chen Associate Professor of Sociology and Political Science | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | Edith Chen John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Chair and Professor of Psychology | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | Fay Lomax Cook Professor of Human Development and Social Policy (on leave) | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | 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 |
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![]() | James Druckman Payson S. Wild Professor of Political Science | IPR Associate Director | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | Alice Eagly James Padilla Chair of Arts and Sciences | Professor of Psychology | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | David Figlio Orrington Lunt Professor of Education and Social Policy and of Economics | Dean of the School of Education and Social Policy | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | Daniel Galvin Associate Professor of Political Science | IPR Fellow (on leave, 2018–19) |
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![]() | Jonathan Guryan Professor of Human Development and Social Policy | Chair of IPR’s Program on Education Policy | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | Laurel Harbridge-Yong Associate Professor of Political Science | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | 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 |
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![]() | Simone Ispa-Landa Assistant Professor of Human Development and Social Policy | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | Kirabo Jackson Professor of Human Development and Social Policy | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | Seema Jayachandran Professor of Economics | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | Christopher Kuzawa Professor of Anthropology | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | Ofer Malamud Associate Professor of Human Development and Social Policy | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | Charles F. Manski Board of Trustees Professor in Economics | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | 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 |
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![]() | Mary McGrath Assistant Professor of Political Science | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | Rachel Davis Mersey Associate Professor of Journalism | Chair of IPR's Program on Politics, Institutions, and Policy Policy | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | Greg Miller Louis W. Menk Professor of Psychology | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | Matthew Notowidigdo Associate Professor of Economics | IPR Fellow (on leave, 2018–19) |
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![]() | Robin Nusslock Associate Professor of Psychology | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | Andrew V. Papachristos Professor of Sociology | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | Christine Percheski Associate Professor of Sociology | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | Monica Prasad Professor of Sociology | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | Lincoln Quillian Professor of Sociology | Chair of IPR's Program on Urban Policy and Community Development | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | Beth Redbird Assistant Professor of Sociology | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | Rachel Beatty Riedl Associate Professor of Political Science | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | Onnie Rogers Assistant Professor of Psychology | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | James Rosenbaum Professor of Education and Social Policy, and of Sociology | Chair of IPR’s Program on Poverty, Race, and Inequality | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | Terri Sabol Assistant Professor of Human Development and Social Policy | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach Margaret Walker Alexander Professor of Human Development and Social Policy | IPR Director |
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![]() | Morton Schapiro Professor and President, Northwestern University | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | Hannes Schwandt Assistant Professor of Human Development and Social Policy | IPR Fellow (on leave, 2018–19) |
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![]() | Rebecca Seligman Associate Professor of Anthropology | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | Bruce D. Spencer Professor of Statistics | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | Quincy Thomas Stewart Associate Professor of Sociology | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | Chloe Thurston Assistant Professor of Political Science | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | Elizabeth Tipton Associate Professor of Statistics | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | Celeste Watkins-Hayes Associate Vice President for Research | Professor of Sociology and African American Studies | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | Sandra Waxman Louis W. Menk Chair in Psychology | Professor of Cognitive Psychology | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | Burton Weisbrod Cardiss Collins Professor of Economics | Chair of IPR’s Program on Performance Measurement and Rewards | IPR Fellow |
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![]() | Sera Young Assistant Professor of Anthropology | IPR Fellow |
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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 |
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![]() | 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 |
![]() | Michelle Birkett Medical Social Sciences |
![]() | 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 Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | Cynthia Kinnan Faculty Adjunct |
![]() | Kristen Knutson Neurology and Preventive Medicine |
![]() | Craig LaMay Journalism |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | Yang Qu Human Development and Social Policy |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | Jennifer Tackett Psychology |
![]() | Linda Teplin Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences |
![]() | Susan Thistle Sociology |
![]() | Christopher Udry Economics |
![]() | Brian Uzzi Management and Organizations |
![]() | Lauren Wakschlag Medical Social Sciences |
![]() | Ellen Wartella Communication Studies |
![]() | Charles Whitaker Journalism |
![]() | Teresa Woodruff Obstetrics and Gynecology |