Institute for Policy Research Faculty
IPR's faculty experts come from across Northwestern University's schools and many of its departments, and they conduct rigorous, interdisciplinary social science research for the common good.
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@ipratnu.bsky.social
@mwkraus.bsky.social
Not the German handball player or the historian. The other one. Berkeley Psych alum and social psychologist. | he/him www.csinequality.org
@profserayoung.bsky.social
Anthropologist & nutritionist; Professor at @NorthwesternU. I care deeply about improving maternal and child health, water security, and food security. And having fun. Definitely that too. www.WISEscales.org www.serayoung.org
@sepehrvakil.bsky.social
Professor, educator, writer. 📚Revolutionary Engineers available for pre-order now at @MITPress
@jnfrltackett.bsky.social
Psychology professor into kid personality and its various manifestations. Also entrepreneurship, leadership, construct validity, and nachos.
@peterslevin.bsky.social
@NewYorker contributor. @MedillSchool professor. Formerly Washington Post, Miami Herald. Author, Michelle Obama: A Life
@shdoron1.bsky.social
Sociologist interested in wealth, strat, extended families, and studying bodies using computer vision.
@aaronshaw.bsky.social
Usually professoring, parenting, running, etc. Social science and design of digital public goods in online communities. Northwestern University, Chicagoland. https://communitydata.science
@alexanderfurnas.com
Research Assistant Professor | Politics & Computational Social Science | Northwestern University, Center for Science of Science and Innovation | Dad & Wife Guy | Not Ok | Sorry for the Swears | #goblue
@andrewroberts.bsky.social
Political science at Northwestern. My substack, A Political Scientist's Progress, here: https://andrewroberts.substack.com/.
@laurenatighe.bsky.social
Northwestern assistant research professor studying family and two-gen programs • UMich alumna • Taco Bell, Diet Coke, Real Housewives enthusiast • she/her
@larivera.bsky.social
Sociologist at Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management studying gatekeeping and inequalities in organizations. Author of Pedigree: How Elite Students Get Elite Jobs. https://www.laurenarivera.com/
@naunovmartin.bsky.social
College Fellow & Asst Prof of Political Science at Northwestern University | UNC-CH, Middlebury & UWC alum | Studies political psychology, stereotyping & discrimination 🏳️🌈
@mustanski.bsky.social
@quinnmulroy.bsky.social
Chicagoan. Asst Prof at Northwestern Univ. Study politics, history, higher education, civil rights policies.
@louisekiernan.bsky.social
Director of Strategic Initiatives, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University; previously Midwest Editor, ProPublica, various, Chicago Tribune.
@danethan.bsky.social
Earth System, Climate, and Air Quality Scientist (impacts, extremes, hazards, equity, solutions, etc.); Prof @ Northwestern U; USAF 15WX Veteran; https://sites.northwestern.edu/danethan/
@dbrodriguez.bsky.social
Harold Washington Prof., Northwestern. Former dean (NU & USD). New book: Good Governing: The Police Power in the American States (Cambridge 2024). Public law, state/local, constitutionalism & democracy, legal ed & higher ed, law-tech, regulation.
@danmolden.bsky.social
Professor of Social Psychology, Northwestern University. Cardinals fan living less than 2 miles from Wrigley Field.
@danigilbert.bsky.social
Assistant professor of political science at Northwestern, studying hostage taking in international security. Director with Bridging the Gap, contributor to Good Authority. She/her. Hiking, biking, mostly plants 🌱 #COYS
@jgansmorse.bsky.social
Poli Sci prof at Northwestern University. Research on: Russia, Ukraine, democracy, rule of law, and corruption.
@stephedgerly.bsky.social
Professor and Assoc Dean of Research @ Northwestern's Medill School. SF Giants fan. TV watcher. Pop culture enthusiast.
@noshir.bsky.social
Noshir Contractor is the Jane S. & William J. White Professor of Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University. He investigates how networks form and perform.
@williambrady.bsky.social
Assistant prof @ Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. Studying emotion, morality, social networks, psych of tech. #firstgen college graduate
@michellebirkett.bsky.social
Associate Professor @ Department of Medical Social Sciences | Director @ Center for Computational and Social Sciences in Health (COMPASS) | NIH PI @ Northwestern University | HIV & Networks
@billard.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Communication & Sociology at Northwestern University. Executive Director of the Center for Applied Transgender Studies. Author of Voices for Transgender Equality: Making Change in the Networked Public Sphere (Oxford UP, 2024).
@rsbeidas.bsky.social
Ralph Seal Paffenbarger Professor and Chair, Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
@laurenbbeach.bsky.social
Scientist. Lawyer. Leader. SGM health researcher. R user. Bicertain Bisexual. Northwestern faculty. They/them. Posts my own.
@kateweisshaar.bsky.social
Associate Prof. in Sociology, Northwestern University Gender, work, family, organizations, inequality. She/her.
@robvoigt.bsky.social
using computational methods to understand the linguistic mechanisms of social problems | NLP, socioling, discourse-pragmatics | asst prof at Northwestern Linguistics https://faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu/robvoigt/
@chloethurston.bsky.social
Political scientist @ Northwestern. American political development and political economy. Politics of housing, credit, and debt. New Book: The Political Development of American Debt Relief.
@lquillian.bsky.social
Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research Northwestern University
@sylviapperry.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof of Social Psych & Institute for Policy Research Fellow @NorthwesternU; Director of the Northwestern SCIP Lab
@blibgober.bsky.social
Northwestern political science professor slash Chicago man. Researches bureaucratic politics, political economy, access to justice, other stuff.
@katieinsel.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @ Northwestern Director of CATS Lab (nucatslab.com)
@jessicahullman.bsky.social
Ginni Rometty Prof @NorthwesternCS | Fellow @NU_IPR | Uncertainty + decisions | Humans + AI/ML | Blog @statmodeling
@djgalvin.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University. Labor politics & policy, alt-labor, wage theft, APD & APE. https://sites.northwestern.edu/danieljgalvin/
@elijfinkel.bsky.social
Professor at Northwestern/Kellogg • Author of THE ALL-OR-NOTHING MARRIAGE • Co-host of the LOVE FACTUALLY podcast • Co-director of the CENTER FOR ENLIGHTENED DISAGREEMENT • Post about relationships (sex, marriage) and politics (polarization, free speech).
@tabithabonilla.bsky.social
Political Scientist st NU's SESP, IPR, and CSDD. Research: communication around politics and policy, examining identity and representation. MT native finding my way in the Midwest.
@emmakadam.bsky.social
I’m an expert on stress, stress hormones and sleep: What affects them and how they affect our moods, our thinking, and our mental and physical health. I conduct interventions with youth to help boost the positive and reduce the negative effects of stress.
@ipratnu.bsky.social
The Institute for Policy Research is a nonpartisan, interdisciplinary social science research institute at Northwestern. We conduct research to improve lives. www.ipr@northwestern.edu