Contributors

The UNC Charlotte Urban Institute brings together leading experts in government, academia and the community to provide the highest quality research, policy recommendations and analysis on a full range of public policy issues.  To learn more about our contributors and view their past postings to this website, click on the names below.

OUR CONTRIBUTORS

  • Amanda Albright
  • Ayana Allen

    Post-Doctoral Research Associate
    The Urban Education Collaborative

    UNC Charlotte
  • Bill Anderson

    Executive Director

    MeckEd
  • Claire Apaliski

    Social Research Specialist

    UNC Charlotte Urban Institute
  • Larry Barden

    Professor emeritus of biology

    UNC Charlotte
  • Marjorie Benbow

    Managing Director, Charlotte Center

    Wake Forest University
  • Stephen Billings

    Assistant Professor of Public Policy

    UNC Charlotte
  • Vicki Bott

    Grants Development Director

    Centralina Council of Governments
  • Tim Campbell

    Chairman

    Urban Age Institute
  • Eric Caratao

    Social Research Specialist

    UNC Charlotte Urban Institute
  • Marley Carroll

    Vice President of Design

    Clark Nexsen
  • John Chesser

    Senior Analyst

    UNC Charlotte Urban Institute
  • Laura Clark

    Director of Research & Planning

    Council for Children's Rights
  • Crystal Cockman

    Uwharrie Conservation Specialist

    The LandTrust for Central North Carolina
  • Cindy Combs

    Professor of Political Science and Public Administration

    UNC Charlotte
  • Karen L. Cox

    Professor of History

    UNC Charlotte
  • Tracey Crowe

    Researcher, Writer & Consultant

    TLC Green Ventures
  • Melissa Currie

    Ph.D. Student
    1021E Colvard South

    UNC Charlotte Urban Institute
  • Elizabeth Delmelle

    Ph.D. Student
    Department of Geography and Earth Sciences

    UNC Charlotte
  • Monica Dorning

    Ph.D. Student
    Center for Applied Geographic Information Science

    UNC Charlotte
  • Philip L. Dubois

    Chancellor

    UNC Charlotte
  • Sherry Elmes

    Associate Director
    Center for Transportation Policy Studies

    UNC Charlotte
  • Robin Emmons

    Executive Director

    Sow Much Good
  • Abiola Farinde

    Ph.D. Student and Graduate Research Assistant

    UNC Charlotte
  • Owen Furuseth

    Associate Provost for Metropolitan Studies
    and Extended Academic Programs
    Professor of Geography
    Department of Geography and Earth Sciences

    UNC Charlotte
  • Sara Gleave

    Ph.D. Student

    UNC Charlotte Urban Institute
  • David Goldfield

    Robert Lee Bailey Professor of History

    UNC Charlotte
  • Patrick C. Graham

    President & CEO

    Urban League of Central Carolinas
  • Bill Graves

    Associate Professor
    John H. Biggs Faculty Fellow
    Dept. of Geography and Earth Sciences

    UNC Charlotte
  • Ruth Ann Grissom
    Writer, conservationist
  • Hannah Guerrier

    Research Assistant

    UNC Charlotte Urban Institute
  • Ferrel Guillory

    Director
    UNC Program on Public Life

    University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  • Bianca Guinn

    Graduate Assistant
    UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

  • Rob Hamby

    Director of TIMS
    Business and Technical Support Applications Specialist

    UNC Charlotte Urban Institute
  • Tom Hanchett

    Staff Historian

    Levine Museum of the New South
  • Kevin Hart

    Social Research Specialist

    UNC Charlotte Urban Institute
  • Edd Hauser

    Director
    Center for Transportation Policy Studies

    UNC Charlotte
  • Amy Hawn Nelson

    Director
    Institute for Social Capital
     

    UNC Charlotte Urban Institute
  • Ben Hitchings

    Planning Director

     

    Town of Morrisville
  • Mae Israel

    Independent Journalist

  • Don Jonas

    Executive Director

    Care Ring
  • Andria Krewson

    Journalist and Graduate Student

    UNC Charlotte
  • Jonathan Kozar

    Social Research Specialist

    UNC Charlotte Urban Institute
  • Suzanne Leland

    Associate Professor of Political Science

    UNC Charlotte
  • Chance Lewis

    Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Professor and Endowed Chair of Urban Education,
    Executive Director of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Urban Education Collaborative

    UNC Charlotte
  • Brett Loftis

    Executive Director

    Council for Children's Rights
  • Josh McCann

    Graduate Assistant
     

    UNC Charlotte Urban Institute
  • Bill McCoy

    Emeritus Faculty

    UNC Charlotte
  • Jane McIntyre
    United Way of Central Carolinas
  • Ross Meentemeyer

    Executive Director
    Center for Applied Geographic Information Science

    UNC Charlotte
  • Jeff Michael

    Director

    UNC Charlotte Urban Institute
  • Keihly Moore

    Graduate Assistant

    UNC Charlotte Urban Institute
  • Mary Newsom

    Associate Director
    Urban and Regional Affairs

    UNC Charlotte Urban Institute
  • Joe Padilla
    Real Estate and Building Industry Coalition
  • Corbin Peters

    Intern

    UNC Charlotte Urban Institute
  • Nancy Pierce

    Photographer

  • Dana Powell

    Stanback Intern

    The LandTrust for Central North Carolina
  • Jody Pressley
    UNC Charlotte Urban Institute
  • Elizabeth Racine

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Health and Human Services

    UNC Charlotte
  • Dustin Read

    Director of the Center for Real Estate
    Clinical Assistant Professor
    Department of Finance
    Belk College of Business

    UNC Charlotte
  • Benjamin Russo

    Professor of Economics
    Department of Economics
    Belk College of Business

    UNC Charlotte
  • Brad Satterwhite
  • Christy Shi

    Community-based food systems consultant

    Shi-Day Consulting
  • Linda Shipley

    Senior Associate Director

    UNC Charlotte Urban Institute
  • Doug Shoemaker

    Director of Research and Outreach
    Center for Applied Geographic Information Science

    UNC Charlotte
  • Terry Shook

    Founding Partner and Principal

    Shook Kelley
  • Laura Simmons

    Social Research Specialist
    Director of the Charlotte Regional Indicators Project

    UNC Charlotte Urban Institute
  • Mark Sivy

    Graduate Research Assistant

    UNC Charlotte Urban Institute
  • Selena Skorman

    Assistant Social Research Specialist

    UNC Charlotte Urban Institute
  • Heather Smith

    Professor
    Department of Geography and Earth Sciences
    Faculty Fellow, UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

    UNC Charlotte
  • Zach Szczepaniak

    Graduate Assistant

    UNC Charlotte Urban Institute
  • Kurt Thurmaier

    Professor and Director
    Division of Public Administration

    Northern Illinois University
  • Amber Veverka

    Freelance Writer

  • John Vogler

    Research Associate
    Center for Applied Geographic Information Science

    UNC Charlotte
  • Jim Walsh

    Associate Professor and Associate Chair
    Department of Political Science

    UNC Charlotte
  • David Walters

    Architect and Town Planner
    Professor and Coordinator of Master of Urban Design Program
    College of Art and Architecture

    UNC Charlotte
  • Qingfang Wang

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Geography and Earth Sciences

    UNC Charlotte
  • Keith Waters

    Graduate Assistant

    UNC Charlotte Urban Institute
  • Murray Whisnant

    Architect

    Murray Whisnant Architects
  • Christina Wilson
    Humana Cares
  • Elizabeth Workman

    Graduate Assistant

    UNC Charlotte Urban Institute
  • Lisa Yarrow

    Co-Director
    Charlotte-Mecklenburg Women's Summit

    UNC Charlotte
  • Brian Zapata

    Ph.D. Student
    Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    UNC Charlotte