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

Julie Miller
Postdoctoral Associate, University of Maryland College of Education
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

Will Anderson
Graduate Student in Public Policy, University of Maryland School of Public Policy
Research Interns, Graduate Assistants, and Students
College of Education

Jenna Alton
PhD Student in Human Development, University of Maryland College of Education

Elizabeth Reynolds
PhD Student, Teacher Education & Professional Development, University of Maryland College of Education

Debbie Haryono
Marketing Student Intern for the Maryland Democracy Initiative, University of Maryland College of Education
School of Public Policy

Maja Durkovic
Student Intern for the Center for Civic Innovation, University of Maryland School of Public Policy
College of Behavioral & Social Sciences

Sonia Vargas
PhD Student in Government and Politics, University of Maryland College of Behavioral & Social Sciences
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