Vanessa Ivy

Vanessa Ivy is a research associate at the Kirwan Institute. In her role, Vanessa supports the research team and provides qualitative and quantitative analysis on pressing social issues. Vanessa started at Kirwan in 2024 and has been at Ohio State since 2019. 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 level. Vanessa received her MS and PhD in Social Psychology from the Ohio State University. Her PhD work centered voices of color in the examination of systemic racism and social justice action.