Staff
The Voorhees Center (VC) has a staff consisting of full-time professionals, PhD candidates and Master's level research assistants. In addition, Urban Planning faculty, as well as experts in other disciplines in UIC, are tapped to participate in research activities and projects undertaken by the Center. VC works in collaboration with community and local government partners to perform applied research and technical assistance projects. The Center employs an interdisciplinary approach to community development.
Voorhess Center Staff |
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| Yittayih Zelalem | Co-Director | 312-996-6674 | yittazel@uic.edu |
| Janet Smith | Co-Director | 312-996-2151 | janets@uic.edu |
| Lauren Nolan | Visiting Data Management Research Specialist | 312-413-0215 | laurenn@uic.edu |
| Yibing Li | Business Manager | 312-996-5463 | yibingli@uic.edu |
| Cedric Williams | Manager of Systems Services | 312-355-1224 | cwilli96@uic.edu |
Current Research Assistants |
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| Anna Bachman | Graduate Research Assistant | 312-996-4323 | abachm2@uic.edu |
| Brittany Bagent | Graduate Research Assistant | 312-996-4323 | bbagen2@uic.edu |
| Ivis Garcia Zambrana | Graduate Research Assistant - PhD | 312-996-6671 | igarci8@uic.edu |
| Melissa Geer | Graduate Research Assistant - PhD | 312-996-6671 | mgeer2@uic.edu |
| Molly Huber | Graduate Research Assistant | 312-996-4323 | mhuber6@uic.edu |
| Krisshna Venugopalan | Graduate Research Assistant | 312-996-4259 | kvenug3@uic.edu |
| Ryan Schmitt | Graduate Research Assistant | 312-996-4323 | rschmi23@uic.edu |
| Zafer Sonmez | Graduate Research Assistant - PhD | 312-996-4323 | zsonme2@uic.edu |
| Jennifer Wichmann | Graduate Research Assistant | 312-996-4323 | jwichm2@uic.edu |
| Wenlong Peng | Graduate Assistant | 312-355-2446 | wpeng3@uic.edu |
| Beatriz Fajardo | General Office Assistant | 312-996-6336 | bfajar2@uic.edu |