Teresa Córdova, Ph.D.
Director and Professor
Yibing Li
Associate Director for Business and Finance
Timothy O. Imeokparia, Ph.D., AICP
Associate Director of Research and Planning
Thea Crum
Associate Director of Neighborhoods Initiative
Matthew Wilson, Ph.D.
Associate Director of Economic & Workforce Development
Juan González
Senior Fellow, Great Cities Institute
Jack Rocha
Community Development Planner
Alex Linares
Economic Development Planner
Norma Hernandez
Community Development Planner
Christiana Kinder
Office Manager
Andrea Angulo
Administrative Assistant
Haley Ventura
Graduate Assistant
Affiliated Faculty
John Hagedorn, Ph.D.
James J. Stukel Faculty Fellow, Great Cities Institute
Professor Emeritus, Criminology, Law, and Justice
Rachel Havrelock, Ph.D.
Founder and Director, UIC Freshwater Lab
Associate Professor, English
Allyson Holbrook, Ph.D. Professor, Public Policy, Management, and Analytics
Michele A Kelley, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Emerita, Community Health Sciences
Kelly LaRoux, Ph.D. Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Public Policy, Management, and Analytics
Susan Perkins, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Managerial Studies
Krishna R. Reddy, Ph.D.
Professor, Civil Environmental Engineering
Director of Sustainable Engineering Research Laboratory
Director of the Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Laboratory
Sanjeev Vidyarthi, Ph.D., Senior Fellow
Associate Professor, Urban Planning and Policy
Director, Master of City Design Program
Kathleen Yang-Clayton, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow, Great Cities Institute Clinical Associate Professor, Public Administration
Associate Dean, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Affiliated Staff
Diego Aulestia
Senior Associate Head of the Human Settlements Unit of CEPAL, the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean Former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the WTO
Beth Gutelius, Ph.D.
Senior Research Specialist
Jim Lewis, Ph.D.
Senior Research Specialist
Lucas McGranahan, Ph.D.
Senior Research Specialist
Rob Paral
Senior Research Specialist