About
Our Team
Leadership
Renée Edwards, Ph.D.
Assistant Director
Laurie Harrington, M.P.A.P.
Executive Director & Senior Researcher
Andrea Hetling, Ph.D.
Professor & Associate Director
Carl Van Horn, Ph.D.
Director & Distinguished Professor of Public Policy
Stephanie Walsh, Ph.D.
Assistant Director & Director of the New Jersey Statewide Data System
Faculty & Affiliated Faculty
Jocelyn Elise Crowley, Ph.D.
Professor & Senior Faculty Fellow
Andrea Hetling, Ph.D.
Professor & Associate Director
Anton House, Ph.D.
Visiting, Non-resident Scholar
Gregory Porumbescu, Ph.D.
Visiting, Non-resident Scholar
Ronald Quincy, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow for Diversity Studies
William Rodgers III, Ph.D.
Visiting, Non-resident Scholar
Hal Salzman, Ph.D
Professor & Senior Faculty Fellow
Carl Van Horn, Ph.D.
Director & Distinguished Professor of Public Policy
Research Staff
Kristine Joy Bacani, M.Ed.
Research Project Coordinator
Amarachi Chuka-Maduji, M.A.
Research Project Assistant
Victoria Coty, B.A.
Research Project Assistant
Kim Deng, Ed.D.
Research Project Coordinator
Brittney Donovan, M.P.A.
Research Project Coordinator
Jimmy Green, M.P.A.
Research Project Manager
Khudodod Khudododov, Ph.D.
Research Project Manager
Liana Lin, M.P.P.
Research Project Manager
Kirsten Meidlinger, M.S.
Research Project Assistant
Domonique Noel, M.H.A.
Research Project Assistant
Ann Obadan, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Jessica Starace, M.P.P.
Survey Research Manager
Administrative & Communications Staff
Heather Allen, M.A.
Senior Program Coordinator
Pamela Blumenson, B.A.
Program Coordinator
Michael Calabria, M.B.A.
Center Administrator
Joanne Hamza, M.A.T.
Mentorship Program Coordinator
Robb C. Sewell, M.F.A.
Assistant Director of Communications and Public Relations
Benjamin Shen, B.S.
Systems Administrator
Bernadina Smiley, M.L.E.R.
Accounting Coordinator
Renee Williams, B.S.M.
Senior Project Coordinator
National Advisory Board
Todd Greene, M.A.
Chair
Stuart Andreason, Ph.D.
Dennis Bone, M.S.
William H. Foster, Ph.D.
John J. Heldrich Jr.
William Hobgood, J.D.
Jose Lozano, M.A.
Christopher King, Ph.D.
Kevin McCabe, M.P.A.
Mary Alice McCarthy, Ph.D.
Edwin Meléndez, Ph.D.
James Moore, Ph.D.
Jane Oates, M.Ed.
Bill Palatucci, J.D.
Chris Peck, M.B.A.
Oliver Quinn, J.D.
Marlena Sessions, M.A.
Melanie Willoughby, B.A.
Charles Wowkanech
Student Researchers
Iman Basit, B.S.
Graduate Research Assistant
María Belén Conde Oviedo, M.A.
Graduate Research Assistant
Lily McFarland, B.A.
Graduate Research Assistant