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
Francesca Gaiba Senior Director of Operations and Outreach		gaiba@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
Christen Gall Communications Coordinator	847.467.7858	christen.gall@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
Latonia (Tonia) Trimuel Budget Specialist		latonia.trimuel@northwestern.edu
Joseph Wright Research Administrator	847.491.7952	joseph.wright@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
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
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
Christopher Klager Research Associate STEPP Center		klager@northwestern.edu
Dawna Goens Leggett Research Associate Northwestern Neighborhood & Network Initiative (N3)		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, Laboratory of Human Biology	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
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 Northwestern Neighborhood & Network Initiative (N3)	847.467.1755	rebecca.weiland@northwestern.edu
Rachel Weissman-Tsukamoto Research Technologist Foundations of Health Research Center		rachel.weissman-tsukamoto@northwestern.edu
Kali Lynn Woodruff Research Specialist		kali.woodruff@northwestern.edu
Dallas Wright Senior Research Study Coordinator, Northwestern Neighborhood & Network Initiative (N3)	847.491.1206	dallas.wright@northwestern.edu