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Affiliated Faculty and Staff

Many of the faculty members at Illinois State University have experience with community and economic development in the United States and around the world. This list includes departmental chairs and graduate program advisors, Stevenson Center staff, and the faculty most involved with the programs, either as sequence core instructors or instructors of required degree program courses. Students also work closely with other faculty members in the Departments of Economics, Politics & Government, and Sociology & Anthropology, as well as the School of Kinesiology and Recreation.


Staff

John Kostelnick Picture

John Kostelnick

Ph.D. from University of Kansas

jkostelnick@illinoisstate.edu

Jar Spencer

Jar Spencer

B.A. from Central Michigan University

aespenc@illinoisstate.edu

Dane Myers

Dane Myers

M.S. from Illinois State University

damyers@illinoisstate.edu

Breana Brown

Breana Brown

M.S. from Western Governors University

bnbrow2@illinoisstate.edu

Faculty

Winfred Avogo

Winfred Avogo

Ph.D. from Arizona State University

wavogo@IllinoisState.edu

Frank Beck Image

Frank D. Beck

Ph.D. from Penn State University

fdbeck@illinoisstate.edu

Joan M. Brehm

Joan M. Brehm

Ph.D. from Utah State University

socgradcoordinator@illinoistate.edu

Thomas Burr

Thomas Burr

Ph.D. from University of California, Davis

tburr@illinoisstate.edu

Michaelene Cox

Michaelene Cox

Ph.D. from University of Alabama

mcox@illinoisstate.edu

Oguzhan Dincer

Oguzhan Dincer

Ph.D. from University of Oregon

odincer@illinoisstate.edu

Michael Dougherty

Michael Dougherty

Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin-Madison

mdoughe@illinoistate.edu

Daniel Elkins

Daniel Elkins

Ph.D. from Indiana University

delkins@illinoistate.edu

Alec Foster

Alec Foster

Ph.D. from Temple University

alfost2@illinoistate.edu

Chris Grieshaber portrait

Chris Grieshaber

Ph.D. from University of Michigan

dcgries@ilstu.edu

Timothy Harris

Ph.D. from University of Kentucky

tfharr1@ilstu.edu

Melissa Heil portrait

Melissa Heil

Ph.D. from University of Illinois

mkheil@ilstu.edu

Mike Hendricks

Mike Hendricks

Ph.D. from University of Missouri

mshend1@illinoistate.edu

Matt Himley

Matt Himley

Ph.D. from Syracuse University

mdhimle@illinoistate.edu

Gina Hunter

Gina Hunter

Ph.D. from University of Illinois

glhunt2@illinoistate.edu

Robert W. Hunt

Robert W. Hunt

Ph.D. from Princeton University

rwhunt@illinoistate.edu

Daniel Kpienbaareh portrait

Daniel Kpienbaareh

Ph.D. from University of Western Ontario

dlkpien@IllinoisState.edu

Jacqueline Lanier portrait

Jacqueline Lanier

Ph.D. from University of Illinois

jalanie@ilstu.edu

Bin Lizzo

Bin Lizzo

Ph.D. from University of Illinois

rlizzo@ilstu.edu

Tracy Mainieri

Tracy Mainieri

Ph.D. from Clemson University

tmainie@illinoistate.edu

Logan Miller

Logan Miller

Ph.D. from Ohio State University

glmill1@ilstu.edu

Dimitrios Nikolaou

Dimitrios Nikolaou

Ph.D. from Ohio State University

dnikola@illinoistate.edu

Aaron Pitluck

Aaron Pitluck

Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin-Madison

Aaron.Pitluck@illinoistate.edu

Ali Riaz

Ali Riaz

Ph.D. from University of Hawaii

ariaz@illinoistate.edu

Lori Riverstone

Lori Riverstone

Ph.D. from University of Tennessee

lrivers@ilstu.edu

James Scott

Ph.D. from Northern Illinois University

jmscott6@ilstu.edu

Noelle Selkow

Ph.D. from University of Virginia

nselkow@ilstu.edu

Kam Shapiro

Kam Shapiro

Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University

jkshapi@illinoistate.edu

Liv Stone

Liv Stone

Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis

lkstone@illinoistate.edu

Madeline Trimble

Madeline Trimble

Ph.D. from University of Manheim (Germany)

mktrimb@ilstu.edu