People
CLA provides both research development and research support staff to help support research and scholarly work. Research development staff provide services including exploring potential funding opportunities, supporting funding application development, developing data management plans, assisting with application submission, and providing research development workshops and trainings. Research support staff in LATIS can provide support for research planning, methodological development, programming, analysis, technology, and data sharing. Connect with the CLA research development team at [email protected] and the research support team at [email protected].
Meet the Research Development Staff
Michelle Andrews
Specialties
Geographic Information Science; Remote Sensing
Michael Beckstrand
Specialties
Mixed Methods; Data analysis; Qualitative Research Methods; Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods; Non-State Actors and International Human Rights Norms
Philip C Burton
Specialties
Research design and statistical analysis in functional magnetic resonance imaging of the human brain
Tessa Cicak
Specialties
Primate Feeding Behavior; Dental Topographic Analysis; Human and primate evolution; 3D scanning
Alicia Hofelich Mohr
Specialties
Research data management; Data analysis; Reproducible Research using R
Jisu Huh
Specialties
Data-driven computational advertising research / AI advertising; Interactive/digital/social media advertising; DTC pharmaceutical and medical device advertising; Advertising effects; Trust and skepticism of advertising
Pernu Menheer
Specialties
Game theory programming; Survey Methodology; Precision timing programming for social science research
David Olsen
Specialties
Research computing; Parallel programming; Machine learning
Samantha Thi Porter
Specialties
3D Scanning; Advanced digital imaging; Virtual and Augmented Reality; Paleolithic Archaeology; The Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition in western Europe; Lithic technology
Chris Scherr
Specialties
Windows System Administration; Virtualization; Powershell scripting; SCCM
Joel Turbes
Specialties
Security plans for data use agreements; Software licensing
Robert Wozniak
Specialties
Web Application Development (Ruby on Rails, Python, Javascript, React); Database and query design (MySQL, MSSQL, Oracle); Scripting using Ruby, Perl, Python, and Bourne shell (sh)
Sasha Zarins
Specialties
Survey design; Data analysis; Quantitative methods