Staff Directory: Institute for Policy Research

Staff Directory

IPR’s administrative leaders guide and enable the Institute’s mission of interdisciplinary research for the common good.

IPR administration and contact information
Name	Phone	Email
Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach Director and Professor	847.491.8704	dws@northwestern.edu
James Druckman Associate Director	847.491.2646	druckman@northwestern.edu
Eric Betzold Business Administrator	847.491.8707	betzold@northwestern.edu
Patricia Reese Director of Communications	847.491.8712	p-reese@northwestern.edu

IPR administrative staff support faculty research and run labs, manage and promote events, and communicate and publish findings.

IPR administrative staff and contact information
Name	Phone	Email
Arlene Dattels Accounting Specialist	847.467.4041	a-dattels@northwestern.edu
Ellen Dunleavy Program Assistant 1	847.491.8705	e-dunleavy@northwestern.edu
Christen Gall Communications Coordinator	847.467.7858	christen.gall@northwestern.edu
Lena Henderson Research Administrator	847.491.7952	lena-henderson@northwestern.edu
Cynthia Kendall Administrative Assistant 3	847.491.8704	c-kendall@northwestern.edu
Carey Mark Technical Support Specialist Associate	847.467.6670	carey.mark@northwestern.edu
Derek Robertson Communications Coordinator	847.467.0528	derek.robertson@northwestern.edu

IPR research staff manage and coordinate faculty-directed research projects and labs.

IPR research staff and contact information
Name	Phone	Email
Evelyn Asch Research Associate	847.467.7093	e-asch@northwestern.edu
Kenn Dela Cruz Research Study Coordinator Senior Two-Generation Research Initiative		kenn.delacruz@northwestern.edu
Johanna Dezil Research Study Assistant Foundations of Health Research Center		johanna.dezil@northwestern.edu
Jane Ngozi Drage Research Study Coordinator Foundations of Health Research Center		jane.drage@northwestern.edu
Sushmita Gopalan Research Data Analyst Senior		sushmita.gopalan@northwestern.edu
Jungwha Ham Lab Technician Foundations of Health Research Center		paula.ham@northwestern.edu
Robin Hayen Research Project Coordinator Foundations of Health Research Center		robin.hayen@northwestern.edu
Lauren Hoffer Research Technologist 2 Foundations of Health Research Center	847.467.5650	lauren.hoffer@northwestern.edu
Gorana Ilic Research Study Coordinator College-to-Careers Project		gorana.ilic@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Jennifer Kish Research Data Analyst Associate Foundations of Health Research Center	847.467.5650	jennifer.kish@northwestern.edu
Dawna Leggett Research Associate		dawna.leggett@northwestern.edu
Adam Leigh Research Technologist 3 Foundations of Health Research Center	847.467.5650	adam.leigh@northwestern.edu
Valerie Lyne Research Study Coordinator Quasi-Experimental Design and Analysis in Education	847.467.4001	v-lyne@northwestern.edu
Aaron Miller Research Associate	847.491.7003	a-miller@northwestern.edu
Lisa Renaud Linking Language and Cognition in Infancy: Entry Points and Developmental Change	847.491.4430	li sa.renaud@northwestern.edu
Marisa Sclafani Communications Coordinator Two-Generation Research Initiative		marisa.sclafani@northwestern.edu
Preeya Shankar Research Technologist		preeya.shankar@northwestern.edu
Rebekah Siliezar Research Study Assistant Foundations of Health Research Center	847.467.5650	rebekah.siliezar@northwestern.edu
Tina Thanh-Mai Tran Research Technologist Foundations of Health Research Center	847.467.5650	tina.tran@northwestern.edu
Kay Vause Research Project Coordinator Foundations of Health Research Center	847.467.5650	katherine.vause@northwestern.edu
Rebecca Weiland Research Project Manager	847.467.1755	rebecca.weiland@northwestern.edu
Rachel Weissman-Tsukamoto Research Technologist		rachel.weissman-tsukamoto@northwestern.edu
Kali Lynn Woodruff Research Specialist		kali.woodruff@northwestern.edu
Dallas Wright Senior Research Study Coordinator	847.491.1206	dallas.wright@northwestern.edu