IGPA engages a wide range of policy-oriented faculty across the University System who collaborate within focused working groups. Each of these groups is comprised of dozens of faculty researchers representing each of the three System universities. As questions arise in both the public sphere and academia, IGPA scholars use the latest research methods and work together to evaluate current affairs, ask tough questions, and identify possible solutions.
Members of this working group engage in research in all areas of education, learning, resilience, and child and family well-being to promote justice, equity, and inclusion in all educational, service, and community settings.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Public Administration | University of Illinois Springfield
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Professor, School of Public Health (UI Health) | University of Illinois Chicago
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| Affiliation | Assistant Professor, Education Policy, Organization, and Leadership | University of Illinois Urbana Champaign |
| nathanc@illinois.edu |
| Affiliation | Professor, Department of Educational Policy Studies | University of Illinois Chicago |
| sacosner@uic.edu |
| Affiliation | Assistant Professor, Division of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health | University or Illinois Chicago |
| tford5@uic.edu |
| Affiliation | Associate Professor, College of Social Work | University of Illinois Chicago |
| geigerj@uic.edu |
| Affiliation | Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | University of Illinois Chicago |
| krysan@uic.edu |
| Affiliation | Assistant Professor, College of ACES | University of Illinois Urbana Champaign |
| bunselme@illinois.edu |
| Affiliation | Senior Lecturer, Coordinator of MEd Early Childhood Education, College of Education | University of Illinois Chicago |
| cmain@uic.edu |
| Affiliation | Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Family Resiliency Center | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| brentmcb@illinois.edu |
| Affiliation | Professor, Department of Special Education, College of Education | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| meadan@illinois.edu |
| Affiliation | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | University of illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| cmn@illinois.edu |
| Affiliation | Professor, Developmental Sciences Division, College of Education | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| mperry@illinois.edu |
| Affiliation | Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership | University of Illinois Springfield |
| wphil1@uis.edu |
| Affiliation | Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | University of Illinois Chicago |
| pomerntz@illinois.edu |
| Affiliation | Interim Associate Director, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| epowers@illinois.edu |
| Affiliation | Associate Professor, College of Education | University of Illinois Chicago |
| joshuar@uic.edu |
| Affiliation | Professor, Department of Economics, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | University of Illinois Chicago |
| sgrivkin@uic.edu |
| Affiliation | Professor, Department of Educational Psychology | University or Illinois Chicago |
| bsanchez@uic.edu |
| Affiliation | Assistant Professor, School of Social Work | University of Illinois Urbana Champaign |
| ws16@illinois.edu |
| Affiliation | Professor, Department of Psychology, NoVo Foundation Endowed Chair in Social and Emotional Learning | University or Illinois Chicago |
| reichl@uic.edu |
| Affiliation | Associate Professor, Department of Special Education, College of Education | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| jshriner@illinois.edu |
| Affiliation | Professor, Department of Psychology and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| eals@illinois.edu |
| Affiliation | Professor and Chair, Department of Educational Policy Studies, College of Education | University of illinois Chicago |
| bsuperfi@uic.edu |
| Affiliation | Associate Professor, Department of Economics, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| rebeccat@illinois.edu |
| Affiliation | Assistant Professor, College of Education | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| miketiss@illinois.edu |
| Affiliation | Professor and Chair, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education | University of Illinois Chicago |
| mvarelas@uic.edu |
| Affiliation | Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor, School of Social Work | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| mzhan@illinois.edu |
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Interim Director, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, James J. Stukel Presidential Professor, Public Administration, Economics, Urban Planning and Policy | University of Illinois Chicago
David Merriman
