IPSR Staff/Faculty

Dr. Steven Maynard-Moody
Director
Professor, Public Administration
s-maynardmoody@ku.edu
Susan Mercer
Associate Director
smercer@ku.edu
Loren Bennesch
Grant Development Officer
lorenb@ku.edu
Dr. Dietrich Earnhart
Director, Center for Environmental Policy
Associate Professor, Economics
earnhart@ku.edu
Sarah Frazelle
Research Assistant
frazelle@ku.edu
Dr. Donna Ginther
Director, Center for Economic and Business Analysis
Associate Professor, Economics
dginther@ku.edu
Erika Hane
Research Assistant
Dr. Don Haider-Markel
Director, Survey Research Center
Professor, Political Science
dhmarkel@ku.edu
Dr. Larry Hoyle
Computer Services/Associate Scientist
larryhoyle@ku.edu
Genna Hurd
Co-Director, KU Entrepreneurship Works for Kansas
Research Associate
ghurd@ku.edu
Milos Jekic
Information Specialist
mjekic@ku.edu
Ann Ingham
Research Assistant
Emily Kennedy
Administrative Associate Sr.
ejkennedy@ku.edu
Nancy Cayton Myers
Grant Development Coordinator
ncmyers@ku.edu
Dr. Joane Nagel
Director, Center for Research on Global Change
Distinguished Professor, Sociology
nagel@ku.edu
Pat Oslund
Research Economist/Research Associate
poslund@ku.edu
Natalie Parker
C-CHANGE Project Coordinator
ncparker@ku.edu
Taylor Price
Research Assistant
tprice@ku.edu
Judy Schrick
Accountant I
jschrick@ku.edu
Dr. Philip A. Schrodt
Director, Center for International Political Analysis
Professor, Political Science
schrodt@ku.edu
Sarah Stacy
Research Assistant
sarah83@ku.edu
Jim Stoutenborough
Manager, Survey Research Center
jstout@ku.edu
Laura Kriegstrom Stull
Graphic Designer/Research Assistant
Events Coordinator
lstull@ku.edu
Xanthippe Wedel
Information Specialist
xan@ku.edu

Affiliated KU Faculty

Dr. Elif Andac
Assistant Professor, Sociology
andac@ku.edu
Dr. Ronald Ash
Professor, School of Business
rash@ku.edu
Dr. Elizabeth Asiedu
Associate Professor, Economics
asiedu@ku.edu
Charlie Bankart
Assistant Vice Provost , International Programs
cbankart@ku.edu
Dr. Mary Banwart
Associate Professor, Communication Studies
mbanwart@ku.edu
Dr. Barbara Barnett
Assistant Professor, School of Journalism
barnettb@ku.edu
Dr. Nancy Baym
Associate Professor, Communication Studies
nbaym@ku.edu
Dr. Christina Bejarano
Assistant Professor, Political Science
cbejaran@ku.edu
Dr. Melissa Birch
Associate Professor, School of Business
mhbirch@ku.edu
Dr. David Braaten
Professor, Geography/Atmospheric Science
Deputy Director, Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets CReSIS
braaten@ku.edu
Dr. Hannah Britton
Associate Professor, Political Science
britton@ku.edu
Dr. Karl Brooks
Associate Professor, History and Environmental Studies
kbrooks@ku.edu
Dr. J. Christopher Brown
Associate Professor, Geography and Environmental Studies
jcbrown2@ku.edu
Dr. Ronald Caldwell
Assistant Professor, Economics
rcald@ku.edu
Dr. J. William Carswell
Associate Professor, School of Architecture & Urban Planning
jwc@ku.edu
Dr. So-Min Cheong
Assistant Professor, Geography
somin@ku.edu
Dr. Kelly H. Chong
Assistant Professor, Sociology
kchong@ku.edu
Dr. Shannon Criss
Associate Professor, School of Architecture & Urban Planning
scriss@ku.edu
Dr. Gregory Cushman
Assistant Professor, History
gcushman@ku.edu
Dr. Dorothy Daley
Associate Professor, Political Science
daley@ku.edu
Dr. Derrick Darby
Associate Professor, Philosophy
ddarby@ku.edu
Dr. Leisha Dehart-Davis
Assistant Professor, Public Administration
lddavis@ku.edu
Dr. Alesha Doan
Assistant Professor, Political Science
adoan@ku.edu
Dr. Jerome Dobson
Professor, Geography
dobson@ku.edu
Dr. Arienne Dwyer
Associate Professor, Anthropology
anthlinguist@ku.edu
Ada Emmett
Scholarly Communication Librarian, KU Libraries
aemmett@ku.edu
Dr. Charles R. Epp
Associate Professor, Public Administration
chuckepp@ku.edu
Dr. Johannes Feddema
Professor, Geography
feddema@ku.edu
Dr. Ruben Flores
Assistant Professor, American Studies
flores@ku.edu
Dr. Michael Fox
Associate Professor, Health Policy & Management
mfox2@kumc.edu
Dr. H. George Frederickson
Distinguished Professor, Public Administration
gfred@ku.edu
Dr. Alison Gabriele
Assistant Professor, Linguistics
gabriele@ku.edu
Dr. Mugur Geana
Assistant Professor, School of Journalism
geanam@ku.edu
Dr. Jane Gibson
Associate Professor, Anthropology
jwgc@ku.edu
Robert Glicksman
Distinguished Professor, School of Law
Courtesy Professor, Environmental Studies Program
r-glicksman@ku.edu
Dr. Holly Goerdel
Assistant Professor, Public Administration
hgoerdel@ku.edu
Dr. Tanya Golash-Boza
Assistant Professor, Sociology
tgb@ku.edu
Dr. Marilu Goodyear
Associate Professor, Public Administration
goodyear@ku.edu
Dr. Richard Hale
Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering
rhale@ku.edu
Dr. Eric Hanley
Associate Professor, Sociology
hanley@ku.edu
Dr. Allan Hanson
Professor, Anthropology
hanson@ku.edu
Dr. John Hoopes
Associate Professor, Anthropology
hoopes@ku.edu
Dr. Bonnie Johnson
Assistant Professor, School of Architecture & Urban Planning
bojojohn@ku.edu
Dr. Juliet Kaarbo
Associate Professor, Political Science
jkaarbo@ku.edu
Dr. John Keating
Associate Professor, Economics
jkeating@ku.edu
Dr. John Kennedy
Assistant Professor, Political Science
kennedy1@ku.edu
Dr. Dongbin Kim
Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
dbkim@ku.edu
Dr. Meredith Kleykamp
Assistant Professor, Sociology
kleykamp@ku.edu
Dr. Charles Krider
Professor, School of Business
ckrider@ku.edu
Dr. Leonard Krishtalka
Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Director, Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center
krishtalka@ku.edu
Elizabeth Weeks Leonard
Associate Professor, School of Law
eweeks@ku.edu
Rick McMullen
Senior Scientist, Research and Graduate Studies
mcmullend@ku.edu
Dr. Michael Lynch
Assistant Professor, Political Science
mlynch@ku.edu
Dr. Janet Marquis
Director, Research Design and Analysis Unit of the Schiefelbusch Institute for Lifespan Studies
jmarquis@ku.edu
Dr. Kathleen McCluskey-Fawcett
Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
Professor, Psychology
kamf@ku.edu
Dr. Lori Messinger
Associate Professor, School of Social Welfare
lorim@ku.edu
Dr. Brent Metz
Assistant Professor, Anthropology
bmetz@ku.edu
Wallace W. Meyer, Jr.
Director of Entrepreneurship Programs, School of Business
wmeyerjr@ku.edu
Dr. John Nalbandian
Professor, Public Administration
nalband@ku.edu
Dr. Jennifer Ng
Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
jcng@ku.edu
Dr. Ebenezer Obadare
Assistant Professor, Sociology
obadare@ku.edu
Dr. Shannon O’Lear
Associate Professor, Geography and Environmental Studies
olear@ku.edu
Dr. Mariya Omelicheva
Assistant Professor, Political Science
omeliche@ku.edu
Dr. Sanjay Pandey
Associate Professor, Public Administration
skpandey@ku.edu
Dr. David Perlmutter
Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research
Professor, School of Journalism
ddp@ku.edu
Dr. A. Townsend Peterson
Distinguished Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
town@ku.edu
Dr. Joshua L. Rosenbloom
Associate Vice Provost for Research & Graduate Studies
Professor, Economics
jrosenbloom@ku.edu
Dr. Robert Rowland
Professor, Communication Studies
rrowland@ku.edu
Dr. Tracy Russo
Associate Professor, Communication Studies
trusso@ku.edu
Dr. Argun Saatcioglu
Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
argun@ku.edu
Dr. Tarun Sabarwal
Assistant Professor, Economics
sabarwal@ku.edu
Dr. Elaine Sharp
Professor, Political Science
esharp@ku.edu
Dr. Prakash Shenoy
Distinguished Professor, School of Business
pshenoy@ku.edu
Dr. Surendra Singh
Southwestern Bell Chair in Marketing, and
Director, Research and Ph.D. Programs, School of Business
ssingh@ku.edu
Dr. Val H. Smith
Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
vsmith@ku.edu
Dr. William Staples
Professor, Sociology
staples@ku.edu
Dr. Brent Steele
Assistant Professor, Political Science
bjsteele@ku.edu
Dr. Donald Steeples
Distinguished Professor, Geology
don@ku.edu
Dr. Koleman Strumpf
Koch Professor of Economics, School of Business
cigar@ku.edu
Dr. Belinda McSwain Sturm
Assistant Professor, Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
bmcswain@ku.edu
Dr. Kimberly A. B. Swanson
Assistant Professor of French
kswanson@ku.edu
Dr. William Tsutsui
Professor, History
Executive Director, Confucius Institute at the University of Kansas
btsutsui@ku.edu
Dr. Kees van der Veen
Associate Professor, Geography
cjvdv@ku.edu
Dr. Jessica Vasquez
Assistant Professor, Sociology
vasquez@ku.edu
Dr. Thomas Volek
Associate Professor, School of Journalism
twvolek@ku.edu
Dr. Nina Vyatkina
Assistant Professor, Germanic Languages and Literatures
vyatkina@ku.edu
Dr. Glen White
Professor, Applied Behavioral Science
glen@ku.edu
Dr. Stacey S. White
Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Urban Planning
sswhite@ku.edu
Andi Witczak
Director, Center for Service Learning
awitczak@ku.edu
Dr. O. Fiona Yap
Associate Professor, Political Science
fyap@ku.edu
Dr. Mary Zimmerman
Professor, Health Policy and Management
mzimmerman@ku.edu

Student Employees

Mohammed Alam
Research Assistant
rashed@ku.edu
Baris Kesgin
Research Assistant
bkesgin@ku.edu
Monique Laney
Research Assistant
monique@ku.edu
Nicole Witt
Office Assistant
nwitt@ku.edu