ICPSR Council Members Begin New Terms

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ANN ARBOR–Each fall after the ICPSR Biennial Meeting, new ICPSR Council members are approved by the ICPSR membership to serve four-year terms on the ICPSR Council, joining current members. A Council Chair is also approved at this time.

Council members typically serve four-year terms, and new Council members are elected every two years. The Council acts on administrative, budgetary, and organizational issues on behalf of all the members of the Consortium.

A heartfelt thanks to the Council members whose terms are ending, and a warm welcome to the incoming Council members approved at the 2025 ICPSR Biennial Meeting. The following Council members are starting their terms in 2026:

  • Sally-Ann Ashton, Prairie View A&M University
  • Marianne Bitler, University of California, Davis
  • Ernesto Calvo, University of Maryland
  • Lynda Kellam, University of Pennsylvania
  • Wendy D. Manning, Bowling Green State University
  • Julia Stoyanovich, New York University

The outgoing Council members include:

  • Randall Akee, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Dave Armstrong, Western University
  • Michael Cafarella, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Jon E. Cawthorne, Wayne State University
  • Susan Frazier-Kouassi, Prairie View A&M University
  • Esther Wilder, Lehman College, City University of New York

The following Council members have two years left in their terms:

  • Courtney Bell, University of Wisconsin (Chair)
  • Claire McKay Bowen, Urban Institute
  • Sandy Marquart-Pyatt, Michigan State University
  • Jeffrey Morenoff, University of Michigan
  • Janet Stamatel, University of Kentucky
  • Michael Steeleworthy, Wilfrid Laurier University
  • Gisela Sin, University of Illinois, Urbana (Ex Officio)