The Heller School for Social Policy and Management
The Lurie Institute for Disability Policy

Faculty and Staff

Monika Mitra, Lurie Institute Director - Lurie Institute for Disability Policy

Monika Mitra

Director

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Amy AbuShanab, Assistant Director - Lurie Institute for Disability Policy

Amy AbuShanab, MBA'21

Associate Director for Administration and Engagement

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Ilhom Akobirshoev, PhD'15, Director of Research - Lurie Institute of Disability Policy

Ilhom Akobirshoev, PhD'15

Director of Research

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Taline Alonso Da Silva, Visiting Scholar - Lurie Institute for Disability Policy

Taline Alonso Da Silva

Visiting Scholar

Joan Beasley

Joan Beasley

Visiting Scholar

Laurin Bixby

Laurin Bixby

Research Scientist

Joe Caldwell - Lurie Institute for Disability Policy

Joseph Caldwell

Senior Scientist

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Henry Claypool

Visiting Scholar

Maddie Crowley

Maddie Crowley

Communications Specialist

Elad Daniels, Data Analyst

Elad Daniels

Data Analyst II

Anjali Forber-Pratt - Lurie Institute for Disability Policy

Anjali J. Forber‐Pratt

Visiting Scholar

Fernanda Escobar - Lurie Institute of Disability Policy

Fernanda Escobar

Research Associate

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Alex Green, Visiting Scholar

Alex Green

Visiting Scholar

John Harris - Visiting Scholar

John Harris

Visiting Scholar

Dennis Heaphy - Lurie Institute for Disability Policy

Dennis Heaphy

Visiting Scholar

Photo of Miriam Heyman, Lurie Senior Research Associate

Miriam Heyman

Research Scientist

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Carolyn Faith Hoffman - Lurie Institute for Disability Policy

Carolyn Faith Hoffman

Postdoctoral Fellow

Luanjiao Hu, Visiting Scholar

LuanJiao Hu

Visiting Scholar

Dr. A. H. Monjurul Kabir, Honorary Visiting Scholar/Visiting Research Scientist

A. H. Monjurul Kabir

Honorary Visiting Scholar/Visiting Research Scientist

Jennifer Lee-Rambharose - Lurie Institute for Disability Policy

Jennifer Lee-Rambharose

Senior Project Manager

Frank Li - Lurie Institute for Disability Policy

Frank S. Li, MPP'19

Data Scientist I

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Nicole Lomerson, Research Associate II - Lurie Institute for Disability Policy

Nicole Lomerson

Research Associate II

Janelle Mills, Research Associate

Janelle Mills

Research Associate

Ian Moura - Lurie Institute for Disability Policy

Ian Moura

Senior Research Associate

Teresa Nguyen - Lurie Institute for Disability Policy

Teresa Nguyen

Director, Community Living Equity Center

Wendy Peverill-Conti, Department Administrator - Lurie Institute for Disability Policy

Wendy Peverill-Conti

Department Administrator

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Sydney Pickern - Lurie Institute for Disability Policy

Sydney "Syd" Pickern

Senior Research Associate

Robyn Powell - Lurie Institute for Disability Policy

Robyn Powell, PhD'20

Senior Research Associate

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Mel Ptacek - Lurie Institute for Disability Policy

Mel Ptacek, MPP/MBA'20

Communications Specialist

Sonya Rudra

Sonya Rudra

Visiting Scholar

Maggie Sheets - Lurie Institute for Disability Policy

Maggie Sheets

Visiting Scholar

Ruby Siegel - Lurie Institute for Disability Policy

Ruby Siegel

Research Associate

Lauren Smith, Associate Director of Research Operations - Lurie Institute for Disability Policy

Lauren Smith

Associate Director of Research Operations

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Rajan Sonik - Lurie Institute for Disability Policy

Rajan Sonik, PhD'17

Associate Research Professor

Dalton Stevens

Dalton Stevens

Visiting Scholar

Luci Swinford

Research Associate

Kimberly The, Senior Research Associate - Lurie Institute for Disability Policy

Kimberly The

Senior Research Associate

Anne Valentine, Research Associate - Lurie Institute for Disability Policy

Anne Valentine

Research Scientist

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Marji Erickson Warfield - Lurie Institute for Disability Policy

Marji Erickson Warfield, PhD'91

Senior Scientist and Lecturer

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Weiwen Zeng

Weiwen Zeng

Visiting Scholar