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Faculty and Staff

Monika Mitra

Director

mmitra@brandeis.edu 781-736-3807

Amy AbuShanab, Heller MBA'21

Assistant Director

aabushanab@brandeis.edu 781-736-3799

Ilhom Akobirshoev, Heller PhD'15

Research Scientist

ilhom@brandeis.edu 781-736-3774

Joseph Caldwell

Senior Scientist

joecaldwell@brandeis.edu 781-736-2117

Finn Gardiner, Heller MPP'18

Communications Specialist

fgardiner@brandeis.edu 781-736-6980

Miriam Heyman

Senior Research Associate

miriamheyman@brandeis.edu 781-736-8415

Sandy Ho

Research Associate

hos@brandeis.edu 781-736-3954

H. Stephen Kaye

Visiting Research Scientist

stevekaye@brandeis.edu

Frank Li, Heller MPP'19

Research Associate

fsli@brandeis.edu 781-736-6837

Ari Ne'eman

Visiting Scholar

aneeman@brandeis.edu

Wendy Peverill-Conti

Senior Department Coordinator

wendypc@brandeis.edu 781-736-2693

Robyn Powell, Heller MA'16, Heller PhD'20

Senior Research Associate

rpowell@brandeis.edu 781-736-5328

Mel Ptacek, Heller MPP/MBA'20

Communications Coordinator

ptacek@brandeis.edu

Lauren Smith

Research Associate

smithl@brandeis.edu 781-736-3981

Anne Valentine

Research Associate

anvalent@brandeis.edu 781-736-3965

Marji Erickson Warfield, Heller PhD'91

Senior Scientist and Lecturer

mew@brandeis.edu 781-736-3833

Hussain Zandam

Postdoctoral Fellow

huzandam@brandeis.edu 781-736-3841