Our People

At Corners, we think of ourselves as research partners who care deeply about people and communities. We bring a team of scientists, staff, and students with diverse backgrounds and experiences to all our projects to help our partners build safer and healthier neighborhoods.

Leadership

Soledad Adrianzén McGrath

Executive Director

Andrew Papachristos

Faculty Director

Our team

Noah Anderson

Research Data Analyst

Alex Ben Ghanem

Alex Ben Ghanem

Research Data Analyst

Nora Benomar

Research Project Coordinator

Susan Burtner

Scientific Director

Jamela Clark

Research Project Manager

Chelsie Coren

Research Project Manager

Adriaan Denbroeder

Research Project Coordinator

Angelica D’Souza

Angelica D’Souza

Associate Director of Research Programs

Azucena Lopez

Research Project Manager

Alantha Miles

Research Project Coordinator

Naomi Ostrander

Naomi Ostrander

Research Project Coordinator

Katie Pelech

Research Project Manager

Adam Pittman

Research Project Manager

Milan Rivas

Senior Data Analyst

Marisa Ross

Director of Research & Policy

Kelley Sarussi

Database Systems Engineer

Akeem Shepherd

Research Project Coordinator

Karen Smith

Program Assistant

Georgia Tankard

Georgia Tankard

Research Project Coordinator

Helena Thomas

Research Project Coordinator

Rebecca Weiland

Rebecca Weiland

Assistant Director

Dallas Wright

Research Project Manager

Kevin Barry

Graduate Research Fellow

Sino Esthappan

Graduate Research Fellow

Yulan Guo

Undergraduate Research Fellow

Melissa Evangeline (Evie) Lopoo

Melissa Evangeline (Evie) Lopoo

Graduate Research Fellow

Erin M. Ochoa

Graduate Research Fellow

Wayne Rivera-Cuadrado

Wayne Rivera-Cuadrado

Graduate Research Fellow

Kris Rosental

Graduate Research Fellow

Michelle Shames

Michelle Shames

Graduate Research Fellow

Lila Wells

Undergraduate Research Fellow

Rose Werth

Graduate Research Fellow

Jalon Arthur

Research Affiliate

Anthony Braga

Faculty Affiliate

Chad Broughton

Faculty Affiliate

Research Affiliate

Teny Gross

Research Affiliate

Toyan "TJ" Harper

Toyan "TJ" Harper

Research Affiliate

David Hureau

Faculty Affiliate

Simone Ispa-Landa

Simone Ispa-Landa

Faculty Affiliate

Hilary Jackl

Research Affiliate

Reuben Miller

Faculty Affiliate

Michael Sierra-Arévalo

Michael Sierra-Arévalo

Faculty Affiliate

Durrell Malik Washington Sr

Durrell Malik Washington Sr

Research Affiliate

Theodore "Teddy" Wilson

Theodore "Teddy" Wilson

Faculty Affiliate

Research Affiliate

Linda Zhao

Faculty Affiliate

Alumni

Jonathan Sun

Tina Law

Nikesh Mehrotra

Mollie Zoffer

Kyle Dobson

Kathryn Albrecht

Karlia N. Brown

James Murphy

Isaiah Jones

Fernanda Oliviera

Dawna Goens Leggett

Brianna White

Brandon Saucedo Pita

Ava Cheevers

Anissa Hajaree

Andrea Dittman

Career Opportunities

Corners is changing the culture of research by hiring and training a more diverse set of staff, scholars, and citizen scientists. And we are always growing, so check back often for new opportunities to join our team.

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The Center for Neighborhood Engaged Research & Science (Corners) is housed at Northwestern University’s Institute for Policy Research. We develop transformative research projects with community and civic partners aimed at improving health and safety for more equitable neighborhoods.

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