People

Research & Evaluation

Wesley James	Executive Director
Jonathan Bennett	Associate Director
Rachel Arthur	Research and Data Analyst
Joseph Branson	Data Science Specialist
Claire Brindley	Research and Data Analyst
McKinlee Deutsch	Research and Data Analyst
Mehdi Hajilou	Post Doctoral Fellow
Shuai Yuan	Data Science Specialist
Xiangjun Zhang	Research and Data Analyst

Economic Development

Click here to learn more about the Upskill Mid-South team.

Support Staff

Nicole Hoyle	Business Officer
Elizabeth Wilson	Pre-Award Coordinator

Interns & Graduate Assistants

We are also supported by interns and graduate assistants throughout the year. To learn more about our internship and assistantship program, click here!

Faculty Affiliates

CCRE's faculty affiliates constitute a network of talented faculty who share research interests in advancing local community-engaged projects in the applied social sciences. Offering specialized expertise across a variety of domains, CCRE relies on our faculty partners to maximize the community impact of our work. Click here to apply for faculty affiliation with CCRE!

Our current faculty affiliates include:

Amaia Iratzoqui	Criminology & Criminal Justice
Doyun Koo	Criminology & Criminal Justice
Katherine Lambert-Pennington	School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy
Jeni Loftus	Sociology
Jennifer Mandel	Biological Sciences
Tim McCuddy	Sociology
Gretchen Peterson	Sociology
Charlie Santo	City & Regional Planning
Anthony Stone	Sociology
Colby Taylor	Behavioral Sciences (CBU)
Gregory Washington	Social Work
Leah Windsor	Institute for Intelligent Systems