Staff

To find contact information for MPC staff, please use the University directory.

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
Kristy Odermann, Administrative Specialist
Laura Olevitch, Program Development Coordinator
Sarah Simpson, Undergraduate Assistant

Data Access Core

Wendy Thomas, Core Director
Jeffrey Elsen, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Jason Gottfried, 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
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
James Vagasky, Data Processor
Donggul Choi, Graduate Research Assistant
Ebenezer Nikoi, 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
Rachelle Hill, Graduate Research Assistant
Qinlei Huang, Graduate Research Assistant
Eric Tranby, Graduate Research Assistant
Safiyyah Abdul-Alim, Undergraduate 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
Kuo-Wei (David) Hsu, Graduate Research Assistant
Yu (Tony) Jiang, Graduate Research Assistant
Jaya Kawale, Graduate Research Assistant
Abdul Rub Aamer Mohammed, Graduate Research Assistant
Mila Gorodetsky, Undergraduate Assistant
Aaren Heroff, Undergraduate Assistant
Travis Pavek, Undergraduate 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
Fatuma Mohamed, Undergraduate 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
Sheela 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

IPUMS-USA and User Support Core

Trent Alexander, Project Manager and Core Director
Sarah Flood, ATUS Coordinator
Carolyn Liebler, Faculty Associate
Marie Kirsch, Research Specialist
Vincent Louis, Postdoctoral Associate
Matthew Schroeder, Postdoctoral Associate
Rebecca Vick, Research Fellow
Katie Genadak, Graduate Research Assistant
Michael Latterner, Graduate Research Assistant
David LaVigne, Graduate Research Assistant
Elizabeth Zanoni, 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
Matthew Petcoff, Graduate Research Assistant