ISR Director’s Office
Kate Cagney
Director
Kate Cagney, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, started her role as the Director of the Institute for Social Research in September 2021. Her work examines social inequality and its relationship to health with a focus on neighborhood, race, and aging and the life course. Her general aim is to bring insights from urban sociological theory and methods to research on health.
Thom Madden
Managing Director
Thom Madden stepped into the role of ISR’s managing director in May 2022. He has extensive experience in higher education administration, guiding institutions in shaping their strategy on finance, research administration, and budgeting.
ISR Centers
Center for Political Studies
Ken Kollman, Director
Lauren Guggenheim, Research Associate Director
Catherine Seay-Ostrowski, Center Administrator
Phone: (734) 763-1348 or email
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
Margaret Levenstein, Director
J. Trent Alexander, Associate Director
John Lemmer, Assistant Director
Michelle Overholser, Administrative Assistant
Phone: (734) 615-8400 or email
Population Studies Center
Sarah Burgard, Director
Catherine Seay-Ostrowski, Center Administrator
Phone: (734) 764-8354 or email
Research Center for Group Dynamics
Richard Gonzalez, Director
Catherine Seay-Ostrowski, Center Administrator
Phone: (734) 764-8354 or email
Survey Research Center
Matthew Shapiro, Director
Helen Levy, Associate Director
James Wagner, Associate Director
Catherine Thibault, Assistant Director
Dawn Reed, Administrative Specialist
Phone: (734) 764-8365 or email
ISR Service Areas
Communications
Katherine Pearson, Director of Communications
(734) 615-4042
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Development
Henry Jewell, Director of Development
(734) 764-8369
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Human Resources
Leigh Anne Cutcher, Director of Human Resources
(734) 764-4408
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Accounting
Kurt Rigg, Director of Business Operations
(734) 763-7824
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Research Administration
Kerri Cross, Director of Research Administration
(734) 647-1367
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Computing & Multimedia Technology
Marcus Blough, Director of Computing & Multimedia Technology
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