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OUR TEAM

Our GPL researchers represent multiple academic disciplines, practitioner and methodological expertise, and inter- and trans-disciplinary approaches to research and policy change. GPL advocacy, practice, and field research is aligned with the disciplines of counseling, economics, educational policy, gender studies, government, Indigenous studies, law, leadership studies, public health, social work, and sociology.

DIRECTOR

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Melinda Lemke, Ph.D.

 RESEARCH

ASSOCIATES

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Joyce Jekayinoluwa, M.A.

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Danielle Zack Smith, Ed.M.

AFFILIATES

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Tasha Austin,

Ph.D.​

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Sherri Castillo,

Ph.D.​

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Jennifer L. Clark-Saboda, Ph.D.

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Laurie Cook Heffron, Ph.D.

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Ngo Hna,

MPA

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Megan M. Iantosca, Ph.D. 

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Katheryne T. Leigh-Osroosh, Ph.D.

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Hollie Mackey,

Ph.D.

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Cheryl Matias,

Ph.D.

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Ana Luisa Muñoz-García, Ph.D.

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Nadine Shaanta Murshid, Ph.D.

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Amanda B. Nickerson, Ph.D., NCSB

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Tia Palermo,

Ph.D., MSc

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Jaylene T. Patterson, Ph.D. 

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Michelle D. Young,

Ph.D.

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