About
Our Team
Leadership
Renée Edwards, Ph.D.
Assistant Director
Laurie Harrington, M.P.A.P.
Executive Director & Senior Researcher
Andrea Hetling, Ph.D.
Professor & Associate Director
Carl Van Horn, Ph.D.
Director & Distinguished Professor of Public Policy
Stephanie Walsh, Ph.D.
Assistant Director & Director of the New Jersey Statewide Data System; Faculty Fellow, Bloustein School
Faculty & Affiliated Faculty
Jocelyn Elise Crowley, Ph.D.
Professor & Visiting Faculty Fellow
Daniel Douglas, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor & Visiting Faculty Fellow
Andrea Hetling, Ph.D.
Professor & Associate Director
Anton House, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor & Visiting Faculty Fellow
Emily A. Parker, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor & Visiting Faculty Fellow
Laura R. Peck, Ph.D.
Associate Professor & Principal Faculty Fellow
Gregory Porumbescu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor & Visiting Faculty Fellow
Ronald Quincy, Ph.D.
Professor & Visiting Faculty Fellow
William Rodgers III, Ph.D.
Visiting Faculty Fellow
Hal Salzman, Ph.D
Professor & Senior Faculty Fellow
Carl Van Horn, Ph.D.
Director & Distinguished Professor of Public Policy
Stephanie Walsh, Ph.D.
Assistant Director & Director of the New Jersey Statewide Data System; Faculty Fellow, Bloustein School
Research Staff
Kristine Joy Bacani, M.Ed.
Research Project Coordinator
Victoria Coty, B.A.
Research Project Assistant
Kim Deng, Ed.D.
Research Project Coordinator
Brittney Donovan
Research Project Coordinator
Jimmy Green, M.P.A.
Research Project Manager
Khudodod Khudododov, Ph.D.
Research Project Manager
Liana Lin, M.P.P.
Research Project Manager
Lily McFarland, M.P.P.
Research Project Assistant
Kirsten Meidlinger, M.S.
Research Project Assistant
Ann Obadan, Ph.D.
Research Project Manager
Jessica Starace, M.P.P.
Survey Research Manager
Administrative & Communications Staff
Heather Allen, M.A.
Senior Program Coordinator
Pamela Blumenson, B.A.
Program Coordinator
Michael Calabria, M.B.A.
Center Administrator
Joanne Hamza, M.A.T.
Mentorship Program Coordinator
Robb C. Sewell, M.F.A.
Assistant Director of Communications and Public Relations
Benjamin Shen, B.S.
Systems Administrator
Bernadina Smiley, M.L.E.R.
Accounting Coordinator
Renee Williams, B.S.M.
Senior Project Coordinator
National Advisory Board
Todd Greene, M.A.
Chair
Stuart Andreason, Ph.D.
Dennis Bone, M.S.
William H. Foster, Ph.D.
John J. Heldrich Jr.
William Hobgood, J.D.
Jose Lozano, M.A.
Christopher King, Ph.D.
Rachel Korberg, M.A./M.P.P.
Francisco Maldonado-Ramírez, Esq., J.D.
Kevin McCabe, M.P.A.
Mary Alice McCarthy, Ph.D.
Edwin Meléndez, Ph.D.
James Moore, Ph.D.
Jane Oates, M.Ed.
Bill Palatucci, J.D.
Chris Peck, M.B.A.
Oliver Quinn, J.D.
Marlena Sessions, M.A.
Melanie Willoughby, B.A.
Charles Wowkanech
Student Researchers
María Belén Conde Oviedo, M.A.
Graduate Research Assistant
Puneet Sandhu, B.S.
Graduate Research Assistant