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
John Robert Warren, MPC Acting Director
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
Matthew Buechner, Undergraduate Assistant
Alexis Yeboah, Undergraduate Assistant
Data Access Core
Wendy Thomas, Core Director
Ryan Brandt, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Nathaniel Jahn, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Data Services Core
Ronald Goeken, Core Director
Richard Brantseg, Historical Census Coordinator
Andrew Carhart, Data Processor
Jesse Gamble, Data Processor
Amanda George, Data Processor
Aaron Harris, Data Processor
David Lebedoff, Data Processor
Thomas Lenius, Coordinator
Sven Mattson, Data Processor
Dianne Star, Executive & Office Admin Specialist
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
Kimberly Fox, Denver Site Manager
Holly Whitesides, Denver Intervention Coordinator
Kelly Chermack, Graduate Research Assistant
Rachelle Hill, Graduate Research Assistant
Jack Lam, Graduate Research Assistant
Eric Tranby, Graduate Research Assistant
She Zao, 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
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
Kruthi Nagaraj, Graduate Research Assistant
Noel Peterson, Graduate Research Assistant
Aaren Heroff, Undergraduate Assistant
Integrated Health Interview Series (IHIS)
Lynn Blewett, Principal Investigator
Pamela Johnson, Research Associate
Miriam King, Research Associate
Michael Davern, Faculty Associate
Brian Lee, Graduate Research Assistant
Fatuma Mohamed, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Joseph Pnewski, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellows
Benjamin al-Haddad
Margeret Charleroy
Kyle Walker
Seth Werner
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
Vladimir Vladykin, Coordinator
Sula Sarkar, Coordinator
Margherita Ghiselli, Graduate Research Assistant
Dorothy Gondwe, Graduate Research Assistant
Phatta Kirdruang, Graduate Research Assistant
Rodrigo Lovaton Davila, Graduate Research Assistant
Aine McCarthy, Graduate Research Assistant
Marianne Samayoa, Graduate Research Assistant
Uttam Sharma, Graduate Research Assistant
Ellen Wormwood, Graduate Research Assistant
IPUMS-USA and User Support Core
Trent Alexander, Project Manager and Core Director
Sarah Flood, ATUS Coordinator
Carolyn Liebler, Faculty Associate
Matthew Schroeder, Postdoctoral Associate
Rebecca Vick, Research Fellow
Katie Genadek, Graduate Research Assistant
Christine Gille, Graduate Research Assistant
David LaVigne, Graduate Research Assistant
Brandon Trampe, Graduate Research Assistant
Kerry Peterson, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Renae Rodgers, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Jonathan Schmig, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Research Projects
Catherine Fitch, Principal Investigator
Gina Allen, Graduate Research Assistant
Misty Heggeness, Graduate Research Assistant
Eric Grodsky, Principal Investigator
Elaine Hernandez, Graduate Research Assistant
Ann Meier, Principal Investigator
Gina Allen, Graduate Research Assistant
John Robert Warren, Principal Investigator
Andrew Halpern-Manners, 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
Matthew Petcoff, Graduate Research Assistant
Daniel Eckberg, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Baily Jones, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Christian May, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Visiting Scholars
Hilde Jaastad, University of Tromso, Norway
Ji Eun Lee, Korean National Statistical Office, South Korea
Whole Village Project
Kari Hartwig, Program Director
Jennifer Simmelink, Graduate Research Assistant