Faculty Experts

Michelle Anne Birkett

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Social Sciences and Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing

Field: Medical Social Sciences

Focus Areas: Data Bias, Discrimination, Health Disparities, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ Health, Network Science

Jon Guryan

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School of Education and Social Policy

Lawyer Taylor Professor of Education and Social Policy

Field: Education, Human Development

Focus Areas: Cognitive Therapy, Discrimination, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Educational Development, Education Policy, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency, Labor Markets, Poverty, Race and Ethnicity

Nia Heard-Garris

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Field: Pediatrics

Focus Areas: Adolescent Health and Psychology, Cardiovascular Health, Childhood Development, Child Psychology, Discrimination, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Health Disparities, Pediatric Illness, Race and Ethnicity, Stress

Nour Kteily

Kellogg School of Management

Associate Professor of Management & Organizations

Field: Management and Organizations

Focus Areas: Conflict Resolution, Discrimination, Middle Eastern Culture and Politics, Negotiation Tactics, Social Psychology

Nicholas Pearce

Kellogg School of Management

Clinical Professor of Management and Organizations

Field: Management and Organizations

Focus Areas: Discrimination, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Leadership Theory and Practice, Negotiation Tactics, Nonprofits, Organizational Change, Organizational Culture

Sylvia Perry

Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Associate Professor of Psychology

Field: Psychology

Focus Areas: Childhood Development, Discrimination, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Education Disparities, Gender Diversity and Equality, Health Disparities, Parenting , Race and Ethnicity, Social Psychology

Madison Shea Smith

Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Research Assistant Professor

Field: Artificial Intelligence, Computational Social Science, Data Science, Medical Social Sciences, Psychology

Focus Areas: Addiction and Substance Abuse, Behavior Change, Clinical Research, Data Science, Discrimination, Domestic Violence, Eating Disorders, Family Dynamics, Gender Diversity and Equality, Gender Identity, Health Disparities, HIV/AIDS, Inequality, Intersectionality, LGBTQ Health, Mental Health, Personality and Identity Construction, Psychological Counseling, Relationships, Reproductive Health, Research Methods, Sexual Assault, Sexual Health, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Social Networks, Statistics and probability

Jorg Spenkuch

Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law

Associate Professor of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences

Field: Economics, Political Science and Foreign Affairs

Focus Areas: Discrimination, Immigration, Income Mobility, Middle Eastern Culture and Politics, Political Campaigns, Political Corruption, Socioeconomics, Voter Rights and Behavior

Alvin B. Tillery Jr.

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Professor of political science and African American studies

Field: Political Science and Foreign Affairs

Focus Areas: Affirmative Action, American Culture and Politics, Discrimination, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Immigration, Race and Ethnicity

Nicole Woitowich

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Research Assistant Professor of Medical Social Sciences

Field: Medical Social Sciences, Obstetrics/Gynecology

Focus Areas: Discrimination, Gender Diversity and Equality, STEM Education