Leadership Robin Tepper Jacob Faculty Co-Director & Founder Brian Jacob Faculty Co-Director & Founder Andrea Plevek Executive Director Staff Avazeh Attari Michigan Data & Policy Fellow Jason Baron Postdoctoral Fellow Stacey Brockman Doctoral Researcher Sophia Chong Project Manager Anna Erickson Project Manager Elizabeth Folger Administrative & Communications Specialist Megan Foster Friedman Project Manager Jeremy Guardiola Project Manager Deb Hubbard Research Associate Stephanie Karol Doctoral Researcher Valerie Le Undergraduate Media/Marketing Assistant Kayla Manley Student Research Assistant Olivia Meeks Project Manager Tareena Musaddiq Postdoctoral Fellow Sarah Ostyn Michigan Data & Policy Fellow Priyanka Panjwani Student Research Assistant Lingling Peng Research Associate Hersheena Rajaram Data Analyst Michael Ricks Doctoral Researcher Katja Robinson Research Associate Jennifer Smith Research Process Manager Sabrina Solanki Postdoctoral Fellow Nathan Sotherland Doctoral Researcher Jingwen Zhang Student Research Assistant Faculty & Research Affiliates Daniel Almirall Research Associate Professor in the Institute for Social Research Susan Dynarski Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy, Professor of Education, School of Education and Professor of Economics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Elisabeth Gerber Jack L Walker Jr Collegiate Professor of Public Policy, Associate Dean for Research and Policy Engagement, Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy, Professor of Political Science, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and Faculty Associate, Center for Political Studies, Institute for Social Research Max Gross Researcher, Mathematica Sara Heller Assistant Professor of Economics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research Lisa Prosser Assistant Dean for Research Faculty, Professor of Pediatrics, Medical School and Professor of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health Awilda Rodriguez Assistant Professor of Education, School of Education Joseph Ryan Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work and Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research Luke Shaefer Associate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, Faculty Associate, Survey Research Center, Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy and Center Director, Poverty Center Trina Shanks Associate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work Kevin Stange Associate Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy Megan Tompkins-Stange Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy Frank Vandervort Clinical Professor of Law, Law School
