Vanessa Ivy

Vanessa Ivy is the current research associate at the Kirwan Institute. Her favorite thing about working at Kirwan is the ability to use research and data practices to engage with the community and bring about positive change at the local, state, and national level. Vanessa received her MS and PhD is Social Psychology from the Ohio State University. Her PhD work centered voices of color in the examination of systemic racism and social justice action. In her role at Kirwan, Vanessa supports the research team and provides quantitative analysis on pressing social issues.