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
Yittayih Zelalem	Co-Director	312-996-6674	yittazel@uic.edu
Janet Smith	Co-Director	312-996-5083	janets@uic.edu
Marc Doussard	Visiting Research Associate / Research Associate Professor	312-996-4401	mdouss1@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	312-996-4259	cwilli96@uic.edu
Current Research Assistants
Zafer Sonmez	Research Assistant - PhD	312-996-6825	zsonme2@uic.edu
Ivis Garcia Zambrana	Research Assitant - PhD	312-996-4323	igarci8@uic.edu
Elizabeth Scott	Research Assistant	312-996-4323	escott20@uic.edu
Sarah Beck	Research Assistant	312-996-4323	slbeck2@uic.edu