Faces of ICPSR: Featured Individuals
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Meet ICPSR Members
David Blanding
As a Data Depositor at ICPSR, David Blanding, a Faculty Director of the Master of Public Affairs Program at Brown University, has gone from skydiving to sharing and allowing the research community to dive into data from his economic study. Get to know Professor Blanding.
Claire Kamp Dush
As a Data Depositor at ICPSR, Claire Kamp Dush is one of the Principal Investigators behind data resources like the National Couples’ Health and Time Study (NCHAT), and a 2022 recipient of ICPSR’s Piper A. Simmons Data Depositor of the Year Award. She enjoys karaoke, hanging out with her family, and doing puzzles.
Maggie Levenstein
As a University of Michigan Research Professor and Director of ICPSR, Maggie Levenstein, loves data, dancing, and making social science better.
Becca Klarin
Meet Becca Klarin, the Manager of Research Integrity at WestEd and an enthusiastic advocate for ICPSR resources. From sharing Summer Program details that spark excitement among her colleagues to spending her free time learning to sew and nurturing her green thumb, Becca brings passion to her work and hobbies.
Courtney Bell
A member of ICPSR’s Governing Council and a Professor at UW-Madison, Courtney Bell shares her enthusiasm for ICPSR’s collaborative, innovative approaches to social science research data as well as a surprising talent: she can still do a cartwheel!
Stephanie Labou
Meet Stephanie Labou, the Data Science Librarian at UC San Diego and an ICPSR Official Representative. She’s passionate about making data fun and engaging, and enjoys exploring new datasets while diving into her growing stack of books in her free time.
Jane Fry
As an Official Representative (OR) for ICPSR at Carleton University in Ottawa, Jane Fry helps promote ICPSR resources on campus and assists data users in locating, downloading, and working with ICPSR data. From 2016 to 2020, Jane served as the Canadian member of ICPSR’s Governing Council, and she is the 2021 recipient of the William H. Flanigan Award for Distinguished Service as an ICPSR Official Representative.
Jillian Amaral
Meet Jillian Amaral, one of ICPSR’s Official Representatives (OR) and a Science Librarian at Wellesley College. She’s passionate about data literacy, helps organize Love Data Week, and enjoys quilting, mystery novels, and traveling in her free time.
Ann Glusker
As an Official Representative (OR) for ICPSR at her institution, Ann Glusker helps promote ICPSR resources on campus and assists data users in locating, downloading, and working with ICPSR data.
Victoria Johnson
As a Marketing and Communications Intern at ICPSR, Victoria Johnson helps the Membership & Communications team connect with the ICPSR community.
Shanelle Boluyt
As a Senior DevOps Engineer at ICPSR, Shanelle Boluyt develops customer-friendly, flexible processes that improve efficiency and reduce human error without sacrificing customer experience.
Eszter Palvolgyi-Polyak
As an Information Resources Specialist Intermediate at ICPSR, Eszter Palvolgyi-Polyak assists with the development of the ICPSR Bibliography of Data-Related Literature, tracking and documenting ICPSR data use in the social science literature and beyond.
Kyrani Simon
As a Senior Data Project Manager at ICPSR, Kyrani Simon oversees projects, helping ensure quality data and policies, positive partner collaboration, and excellent user support.
Robert Choate
As a Lead Data Curator at ICPSR, Robert Choate prepares social science data and documentation, ensuring that the data is well-managed, trustworthy, and supports informed decision-making.
Aubrey Garman
As a Lead Data Curator at ICPSR, Aubrey Garman works both independently and collaboratively to troubleshoot data issues, standardize practices for data curation, and streamline the data curation workflow.
Scott Campbell
Scott Campbell helps craft quality communications and produce videos for the ICPSR Summer Program.
Michelle Evanchuk
As an Administrative Specialist at ICPSR, Michelle Evanchuk is the glue that keeps everything running, managing complex schedules, coordinating events, and supporting ICPSR’s diverse staff and membership.
Candice Layla Wilson
As a DevOps Manager at ICPSR, Candice Layla Wilson and her team manage all aspects of solution deployment and technical infrastructure operations with a focus on reliability and usability.
Bill Horvath
As a Full-Stack Engineer Supervisor at ICPSR, Bill Horvath works with a diverse team committed to delivering high-quality products and user experiences through modern development practices.
Rachel Huang
As a Data Product Manager at ICPSR, Rachel Huang helps create quality products and guide a first-class user experience on our platforms and tools that support the research data lifecycle.
Amy Pienta
As a Research Professor and Director of Business and Collection Development at ICPSR, Amy Pienta writes grants and leads teams across ICPSR in support of the research data lifecycle.
Sandra Tang
As an Assistant Researcher at ICPSR, Sandra Tang helps develop, manage, and analyze social science data and conducts related research.
Lara Cooper
ICPSR’s Lara Cooper loves Bridging gaps, bringing the right people together, learning process, creating process.
Tyler Beltran
Tyler Beltran chats about creative pursuits, representing ICPSR at conferences, and hands-on equity building at ICPSR’s Resource Center for Minority Data.
Hassan Hodges
Hassan Hodges chats about self-care, helping support the research data lifecycle, and more.
