Staff
To find contact information for MPC staff, please use the University directory.
Employment opportunities at the MPC are posted on our site (under About) and through the University of Minnesota's job website.MPC Directors
Steven Ruggles, MPC Director
Catherine Fitch, MPC Associate Director
Administrative and Program Development Core
Catherine Fitch, Core Director
Chandra Darjatmoko, Executive Accounts Specialist
Kathy McKee, Associate
Administrator
Kristin Michaelson, Grants and Fiscal Manager
Laura Olevitch, Program Development Coordinator
Sarah Simpson, Reception and Office Assistant
Data Access Core
Wendy Thomas, Core Director
Jason Gottfried, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Nathaniel Jahn, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Deborah Kucera, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Data Services Core
Ronald Goeken, Core Director
Richard Brantseg, Data Processor
Andrew Carhart, Data Processor
Jesse Gamble, Data Processor
Mark Geiger, Postdoctoral Associate
Amanda George, Data Processor
Aaron Harris, Data Processor
David Lebedoff, Data Processor
Thomas Lenius, Research Specialist
Sven Mattson, Data Processor
Sula Sarkar, Research Specialist
Dianne Star, Data Services Coordinator
Patrick Stary, Data Processor
Rebecca Vick, Research Specialist
James Vagasky, Data Processor
Donggul Choi, Graduate Research Assistant
Ebenezer Nikoi, Graduate Research Assistant
Chika Shinohara, Graduate Research Assistant
Eunhye Yoo, Graduate Research Assistant
Flexible Work and Well-being Project
Erin Kelly, Co-Principal Investigator
Phyllis Moen, Co-Principal Investigator
Rachel Magennis, Project Coordinator
Qinlei Huang, Graduate Research Assistant
Eric Tranby, Graduate Research Assistant
Information Technology Core
Peter Clark, Core Director
Justin Coyne, Software Developer
Colin Davis, Software Developer
Jason Goray, Web Architect
Monty Hindman, Program Manager
Kevin Horne, Software Engineer
Lap Huynh, Software Engineer
Charlot Meyer, Graphic Designer
Benjamin Ortega, Software Engineer
Marcus Peterson, Software Engineer
Wade Stebbings, Software Developer
Abdul Rub Aamer Mohammed, Graduate Research Assistant
Yu (Tony) Jiang, Graduate Research Assistant
Mila Gorodetsky, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Aaren Heroff, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Travis Pavek, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Integrated Health Interview Series (IHIS)
Lynn Blewett, Principal Investigator
Pamela Johnson, Research Associate
Miriam King, Research Associate
Michael Davern, Faculty Associate
Emily Blasczyk, Research Specialist
Chiu-Fang Chou, Postdoctoral Associate
Marie Kirsch, Research Specialist
Andrew Ward, Postdoctoral Associate
Tzy-Chyi (Amanda) Yu, Graduate Research Assistant
IPUMS-International
Bob McCaa, Principal Investigator
Ragui Assaad, Co-Principal Investigator
Deborah Levison, Co-Principal Investigator
Matthew Sobek, Project Manager
Lara Cleveland, Research Fellow
Patt Kelly Hall, Coordinator
Sheila Kennedy, Research Associate
Antonio Lopez Gay, Postdoctoral Associate
Vladimir Vladykin, Research Specialist
Misty Heggeness, Graduate Research Assistant
Reiping Huang, Graduate Research Assistant
Phatta Kirdruang, Graduate Research Assistant
Miguel Ricaurte Bermudez, Graduate Research Assistant
Uttam Sharma, Graduate Research Assistant
Shinya Takamatsu, Graduate Research Assistant
Julie Trupke-Bastidas, Graduate Research Assistant
Ellen Wormwood, Graduate Research Assistant (Translation)
Meng Zhao, Graduate Research Assistant
Andrew Wiesinger (Translation)
IPUMS-USA and User Support Core
Trent Alexander, Project Manager and Core Director
Sarah Flood, ATUS Coordinator
Carolyn Liebler, Faculty Associate
Vincent Louis, Postdoctoral Associate
Katie Genadak, Graduate Research Assistant
Michael Latterner, Graduate Research Assistant
Johanna Leinonen, Graduate Research Assistant
Chantel Rodriguez, Graduate Research Assistant
Research Projects
Robert Warren, Principal Investigator
Caren Arbeit, Graduate Research Assistant
Andrew Halpern-Manners, Graduate Research Assistant
Ann Meier, Principal Investigator
Gina Allen, Graduate Research Assistant
Spatial Core
Petra Noble, Core Director
David Van Riper, Research Fellow
John Adams, NHGIS Faculty Associate
Mark Lindberg, NHGIS Faculty Associate
Robert McMaster, NHGIS Faculty Associate
Mark Magnuson, Graduate Research Assistant
Kelsey McDonald, Graduate Research Assistant