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Institute Scholars

Institute Scholars partner with a variety of organizations throughout the Milwaukee area to conduct their research.  Some of these institutes include the American Cancer Society, Council for the Spanish Speaking, Inc., Indian Council of the Elderly, Milwaukee County Department on Aging, Milwaukee Indian Education Committee, Milwaukee Public Schools, Milwaukee Urban League, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, Social Development Commission, UWM Center on Aging, UWM Cultures and Communities Program, UWM Hmong American Studies Initiative, UWM Institute for Survey and Policy Research, UWM Milwaukee Idea/Center for Urban Initiative Research, UWM Roberto Hernandez Center and UW System Institute on Race and Ethnicity.
Cheryl Ajirotutu, Associate Professor of Anthropology
414 229-4390; yinka@uwm.edu

Swarnjit Arora, Academic Program Director of Institute for Survey and Policy Research
Associate Professor of Economics
(414) 229-6617; ssa2@uwm.edu

Mary Louise Buley-Meissner, Associate Professor of English
(414) 229-4533 ; meissner@uwm.edu

Portia Cobb, Associate Professor of Film
(414) 229-293; pcobb@uwm.edu

Edgar Epps, Professor of Educational Policy & Community Studies
(414) 229-6547; eepps@uwm.edu

Bruce Fetter, Professor of History
(414) 229-5207; bruf@uwm.edu

Enrique Figueroa, Assistant to the Provost for Latino Affairs & Director of Roberto Hernandez Center
(414) 229-3651; figueroa@uwm.edu

Sandra Grayson, Associate Professor of English
(414) 229-4524; sgrayson@uwm.edu
website: http://www.uwm.edu/~sgrayson/

Donald Green, Associate Professor of Sociology
(414) 229-4259; dgreen@uwm.edu
Martin Haberman, Distinguished Professor of Curriculum & Instruction
(414) 229-6871; mhaberma@uwm.edu

 Gregory Jay, Director of Cultures and Communities Program & Professor of English
(414) 229-6327; gjay@uwm.edu

 Joyce Kirk, Executive Director of Institute on Race and Ethnicity & Associate Professor of Africology
(414) 229-2261; jfk2@uwm.edu

Susie Lamborn, Associate Professor of Educational Psychology
(414) 229-5305; slamborn@uwm.edu

Gwat-Yong Lie, Associate Dean of Graduate School & Associate Professor of Social Work
(414) 229-2241; gwatlie@uwm.edu

Christine Lowery, Associate Professor of Social Work
(414) 229-4735; clowery@uwm.edu

John Ndon, Associate Professor of Clinical Lab Science
(414) 229-4605; ndon@uwm.edu

Festus Obiakor, Professor of Exceptional Education
(414) 229-4666; fobiakor@uwm.edu

James Peoples, Jr Professor of Economics
(414) 229-4482; peoples@uwm.edu

Kalyani Rai, Associate Professor of Center for Urban Community Development
(414) 227-3271; kalyanir@uwm.edu

 Joseph Rodriguez, Associate Professor of History
(414) 229-3963 ; joerod@uwm.edu

Harold Rose, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geography
(414) 229-4868; halrose@uwm.edu

Marty Sapp, Professor of Educational Psychology
(414) 229-6347; sapp@uwm.edu

Josef Stagg, Associate Professor of Architecture
(414) 229-4032; jstagg@uwm.edu

 Jose Torres, Associate Professor of Social Work
(414) 229-6777; jbt@uwm.edu

Hanh Quang Trinh, Associate Professor of Health Care Administration
(414) 229-6051; hanht@uwm.edu

William Velez, Professor of Sociology
(414) 229-4809; velez@uwm.edu