Our Team
Mark L. Joseph, PhD
Leona Bevis/Marguerite Haynam 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 Poverty and Community DevelopmentJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: mark.joseph@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.3426
Debbie Wilber, MPA
Associate DirectorNational 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
Amy T. Khare, PhD
Research DirectorNational Initiative on Mixed-Income CommunitiesJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: amy.khare@case.edu
Phone: 316.622.6696
Alexandra Curley, PhD
Research Assistant ProfessorNational Initiative on Mixed-Income CommunitiesJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: alexandra.curley@case.edu
Phone: 978.406.5169
Dustin Major
Research Associate & Project ManagerNational Initiative on Mixed-Income CommunitiesJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: dustin.major@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.3997
Mara McCrickard
CoordinatorNational Initiative on Mixed-Income CommunitiesJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: mara.mccrickard@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0722
Precious McLaughlin
Department AdministratorNational Initiative on Mixed-Income CommunitiesJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: precious.mclaughlin@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.3605
Alyssa Nickell
Senior Research AssociateNational Initiative on Mixed-Income CommunitiesJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: axn609@case.edu
Phone: 773.531.4898
Christina Vukovich, MSW, MNO
Research AssociateNational Initiative on Mixed-Income CommunitiesJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: christina.vukovich@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.2508
Doctoral Fellow
Colette Ngana
Colette is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at Case Western Reserve University. Her research focus is on the experiences of burn injury survivors, particularly the intersection of housing and accidental injury. She holds a BS in History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science from Michigan State University and an MA in Bioethics from CWRU. Colette is also a pottery and crochet artist and reproductive justice advocate working with local abortion rights, health, and justice organizations in Ohio.
Students
Jacob Rivera
Senior Research Assistant
jacob.rivera@case.edu
Kate Freeman (she/her)
Senior Research Assistant
kate.freeman@case.edu
Samantha Ready
Research Assistant
samantha.ready@case.edu