IGPA’s leadership team uses their experience and expertise in the policy world to lift the work of scholars from across the University of Illinois System.
Director
Benjamin M. Superfine is the Senior Director of the Institute of Government and Public Affairs and a Professor in the Department of Educational Policy Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He previously served as Assistant Vice Provost for Faculty Relations at UIC, focusing on faculty labor and policy issues, and Chair of the Department of Educational Policy Studies. He holds faculty affiliate positions in UIC Law, the Learning Sciences Research Institute, and the Center for Urban Education Leadership.
Ben’s research is interdisciplinary and addresses educational law and policy issues in areas including school finance reform, standards-based reform and accountability, teacher evaluation, and collective bargaining. He is currently a co-principal investigator on a National Science Foundation grant to develop research-practice partnerships with urban school districts.
Before joining UIC, Ben practiced law at Dow Lohnes PLLC in Washington D.C. He earned his J.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, and his bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
Associate Director
Director for Strategic Operations
Senior Coordinator
Senior Coordinator
Senior Coordinator
Senior Coordinator
| Job description | Project Development Specialist |
| Phone | 312-996-6188 |
| bburge1@uillinois.edu |
| Job description | Office Manager |
| Phone | 217-333-3340 |
| rblythe@uillinois.edu |
| Job description | Extra Help |
| Phone | 217-300-5618 |
| bennett@uillinois.edu |
| Job description | Visiting Research Associate |
| cdevot2@uic.edu |
| Job description | Business and Financial Specialist |
| Phone | 217-300-6894 |
| leahh@uillinois.edu |
| Job description | Edgar Fellows Coordinator |
| sgrace@uillinois.edu |
