People
Lead Principal Investigator
Lena Morreale Scott
Director of the Civic Education & Engagement Initiative, College of Education
Co-Principal Investigators
Paul Edmond Brown
Associate Clinical Professor; Director, Civic Innovation Center in the School of Public Policy
Michael Hanmer
Professor and Director of the Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement
Sarah Oates
Associate Dean, Research; Professor; Senior Scholar; Director of Ph.D. Studies
Team Members
College of Behavioral & Social Sciences
Antoine Banks
Professor and Interim Chair in the Department of Government and Politics, College of Behavioral & Social Sciences; Director of the Government and Politics Research Lab
College of Education
Lucas Butler
Associate Professor, Human Development and Quantitative Methodology
Doug Lombardi
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs; Professor, Human Development and Quantitative Methodology
Sarah McGrew
Assistant Professor, Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership
Philip Merrill College of Journalism
Rafael Lorente
Dean and Professor of the Practice, Philip Merrill College of Journalism
Tom Rosenstiel
Eleanor Merrill Visiting Professor on the Future of Journalism
School of Public Policy
David Backer
Research Professor; Research Director, Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland
Research Interns and Graduate Assistants
College of Education
Jenna Alton
PhD Student in Human Development, University of Maryland College of Education
Julie Miller
PhD Candidate, Minority and Urban Education, University of Maryland College of Education
Elizabeth Reynolds
PhD Student, Teacher Education & Professional Development, University of Maryland College of Education
School of Public Policy
Emilie Lahneman
Graduate Assistant; Master of Public Policy Student, University of Maryland School of Public Policy
Bridget Ruiz Rivezzo
Communications Intern; Master of Public Management Student, University of Maryland School of Public Policy
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