Staff

Beverly Vandiver

Interim Executive Director

Phone: 614-247-1633

Email: steiner.303@osu.edu

Kathy Lechman

Associate Director

Phone: 614-292-2430

Email: lechman.1@osu.edu

Andrew J. Miller

Program Director

Email: Miller.10173@osu.edu

Ashley F. Wilson

Manger of Special Events and Projects

Phone: 614-292-4817

Email: wilson.1871@osu.edu

Claire Mei

Graduate Research Associate

Email: mei.115@osu.edu

Dwight "Kip" Holley

Researcher, Civic Engagement & Racial Equity

Phone: 614-292-7134

Email: holley.17@osu.edu

Emily Steiner

Executive Assistant

Phone: 614-292-2634

Email: Steiner.303@osu.edu

Eyako Heh

Research Intern

Email: heh.2@osu.edu

Glennon Sweeney

Senior Research Associate

Phone: 614-306-3556

Email: sweeney.270@osu.edu

Gwynedd Cowan

Student Assistant

Email: cowan.161s@osu.edu

Jocelyn Smallwood

Communications Intern

Email: smallwood.43@osu.edu

Kelly Capatosto

Senior Data and Policy Specialist

Phone: 937-441-8174

Email: capatosto.3@osu.edu

Kierra S. Barnett

Post-Doctoral Researcher

Phone: 614-688-4177

Email: barnett.433@osu.edu

Kyle Strickland

Senior Legal Analyst & Special Assistant to the Director

Phone: 614-688-2517

Email: strickland.95@osu.edu

Lena Tenney

Coordinator of Public Engagement

Phone: 614-292-3891

Email: tenney.39@osu.edu

Michael Outrich

Social Research Associate II / GIS/ Mapping Specialist

Phone: 513–491-4763

Email: outrich.1@osu.edu

Mikyung Baek

Senior Research Associate

Phone: 614-292-9873

Email: baek.7@osu.edu

Preshuslee Thompson

Training and Research Specialist

Phone: 614-292-0507

Email: Thompson.2264@osu.edu

Suparna Bhaskaran

Tannya Forcone

Graduate Research Assistant

Phone: 216.577.1125

Email: forcone.1@osu.edu

Faculty Affiliates

Donna Y. Ford

EHE Distinguished Professor, Department of Educational Studies

Email: ford.255@osu.edu

Hasan Jeffries

Associate Professor, Department of History

Email: Jeffries.57@osu.edu

Ines Valdez

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science

Phone: 614-247-8729

Email: valdez.39@osu.edu

Jacquelyn C.A. Meshelemiah, PhD

Associate Professor, College of Social Work

Phone: 614-292-9887

Email: meshelemiah.1@osu.edu

Jason Reece

Assistant Professor, Graduate Chair, City and Regional Planning Section

Phone: 614-292-7412

Email: reece.35@osu.edu

Karen Patricia Williams, PhD

Nursing Distinguished Professor of Women’s Health Director, Center for Women, Children and Youth

Phone: 614-292-1523

Email: williams.5963@osu.edu

Koritha Mitchell

Associate Professor

Phone: 614-688-3648

Email: mitchell.717@osu.edu

Maurice Stevens

Professor

Email: stevens.368@osu.edu

Wendy Smooth

Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Email: smooth.1@osu.edu