Our Team
Mark L. Joseph, PhD
Leona Bevis/Marguerite Haynam Associate Professor in Community DevelopmentJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesFounding DirectorNational Initiative on Mixed-Income CommunitiesJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesFaculty AssociateCenter on Urban Poverty and Community DevelopmentJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: mark.joseph@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.3426
Amy T. Khare, PhD
Research Assistant ProfessorNational Initiative on Mixed-Income CommunitiesJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesResearch DirectorNational Initiative on Mixed-Income CommunitiesJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: amy.khare@case.edu
Alexandra Curley, PhD
Research Assistant ProfessorNational Initiative on Mixed-Income CommunitiesJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: axc783@case.edu
Dawn Ellis, MA
Department AssistantNational Initiative on Mixed-Income CommunitiesJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: dxe92@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.2266
Taryn Gress, MSSA
Research AssociateJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesStrategic DirectorNational Initiative on Mixed-Income CommunitiesJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: taryn.gress@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.5359
Sherise McKinney, MSSA
Research AssistantJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesProject CoordinatorNational Initiative on Mixed-Income CommunitiesJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: sherise.mckinney@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.2508
Richard Rodems, MSW, PhD
Research Manager and Research AssociateNational Initiative on Mixed-Income CommunitiesJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: richard.rodems@case.edu
Diane Shoemaker, MFA, CNM
Department AdministratorNational Initiative on Mixed-Income CommunitiesJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: diane.shoemaker@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.4396
Debbie Wilber, MPA
Assistant Director and Research AssociateNational Initiative on Mixed-Income CommunitiesJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesFaculty AssociateSchubert Center for Child StudiesEmail: debbie.wilber@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0551
Affiliated Faculty and Staff
Mark Chupp, PhD
Founding DirectorCommunity Innovation NetworkJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesCo-DirectorSocial Justice InstituteChairConcentration in Community Practice for Social ChangeJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesAssistant ProfessorJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: mark.chupp@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.5157
Claudia J. Coulton, PhD
Lillian F. Harris Professor of Urban Research & Social ChangeJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesDistinguished University ProfessorJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesFounding DirectorCenter on Urban Poverty and Community DevelopmentEmail: claudia.coulton@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.2304
Robert L. Fischer, PhD
Associate ProfessorJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesCo-DirectorCenter on Urban Poverty and Community DevelopmentJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesChairMaster of Nonprofit Organizations ProgramJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: fischer@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.2711
Francisca García-Cobián Richter, PhD
Research Assistant ProfessorJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: francisca.richter@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.8686