The Life Course Center convenes conversations with an interdisciplinary pool of scholars interested in time, age, and the life course from the Institute of Social Research and Data Innovation, the College of Liberal Arts, and the broader UMN community as members of the Life Course Center. Membership is conditional on the approval of its Academic Advisory Board. Learn more about becoming a member.
LCC Leadership

Sarah Flood
Director
LCC
Research Scientist
IPUMS

Janette Dill
Associate Director
LCC
Associate Professor
Health Policy and Management
UMN FACULTY AND RESEARCH STAFF MEMBERS

Cawo Abdi
Associate Professor
Sociology

Ryan Allen
Professor
Associate Dean of Research
Humphrey School of Public Affairs

Ragui Assaad
Professor
Humphrey School of Public Affairs

Zinzi D. Bailey
Associate Professor
Epidemiology and Community Health

Timothy Beebe
Interim Dean and Mayo Professor
School of Public Health

Kaitlyn Berry
Assistant Professor
Epidemiology and Community Health
Population Health Predoctoral Trainee Alum

Yanjie Bian
Professor
Sociology

Lynn Blewett
Professor
Health Policy and Management
Director
SHADAC

Alexander A. Boni-Saenz
Professor
Law

Elizabeth Heger Boyle
Professor
Sociology

Patrick J. Brady
Researcher 6
Epidemiology and Community Health

Marilyn Bruin
Professor
College of Design

Chalandra Bryant
Professor
Family Social Science

June Carbone
Professor
Law
Robina Chair
Law, Science and Technology

Caitlin Carroll
Assistant Professor
Health Policy and Management

Tongtan "Bert" Chantarat
Research Scientist
ISRDI

Lara Cleveland
Project Manager
IPUMS International
Senior Research Scientist
ISRDI

Michael G. Curtis
Assistant Professor
College of Education and Human Development

Elizabeth E. Davis
Professor
Applied Economics

Juan Del Toro
Assistant Professor
Psychology

Marti DeLiema
Professor
School of Social Work

Xiao Dong
Assistant Professor
Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development
Research Themes

Bryan Dowd
Professor
Health Policy and Management

Julia Drew
Project Manager
IPUMS Health Surveys
Research Scientist
ISRDI

Wei (Denise) Duan-Porter
Assistant Professor
Medicine

Jodi Dworkin
Professor and Extension Specialist
Family Social Science

Penny Edgell
Professor
Sociology

Michael Esposito
Assistant Professor
Sociology

Susan Everson-Rose
Professor
Medicine
Associate Director
Program in Health Disparities Research

Christina Ewig
Professor
Humphrey School of Public Affairs
Faculty Director
Center on Women, Gender, and Public Policy

Yingling Fan
Professor
Humphrey School of Public Affairs

Andrew Fenelon
Associate Professor
Epidemiology and Community Health

Gabrielle Ferrales
Assistant Professor
Sociology

Angie Fertig
Research Scientist
Social Policy

Michael Finch
Adjunct Associate Professor
Carlson School of Management

Cathy Fitch
Associate Director
ISRDI
Executive Director
MnRDC

Greta Friedemann-Sanchez
Associate Professor
Humphrey School of Public Affairs

Linda Bane Frizzell
Associate Professor
Environmental Health

Joe Gaugler
Emeritus Long-Term Care Professor
School of Nursing

Theresa Glomb
Professor
Carlson School of Management
Toro Company-David M. Lily Chair
Organizational Behavior

Teresa Gowan
Associate Professor
Sociology

Nick Graetz
Assistant Professor
Sociology

Dave Hacker
Professor
History

Maria Hanratty
Associate Professor
Humphrey School of Public Affairs

Rachel Hardeman
Director
Center for Antiracism Research for Health Equity
Associate Professor
Health Policy and Management

Douglas Hartmann
Professor
Sociology

Thomas Helgerman
Assistant Professor
Carlson School of Management

Carrie Henning-Smith
Deputy Director
Rural Health Research Center
Associate Professor
Health Policy and Management

Rachelle Hill
Lead FSRDC Administrator
U.S. Census Bureau

Peter Huckfeldt
Professor
Health Policy and Management

Kathleen Hull
Professor and Chair
Sociology

Kristen Jacklin
Executive Director
Medical Anthropology

Janna Johnson
Associate Professor
Humphrey School of Public Affairs

Claire Kamp Dush
Professor
Sociology
Development Core Director
MPC

Harshada Karnik
Research Scientist
Center for Public Health Systems

Miriam King
Project Manager
IPUMS Global Health
Research Scientist
ISRDI

Katy B. Kozhimannil
Distinguished McKnight University Professor
Health Policy and Management
Bob Krueger
Professor
Psychology

Tracy Kugler
Training Director, Research Scientist
ISRDI
Project Manager
IPUMS International Historical Geographic Information System (IHGIS)
Lynda Lahti Anderson
Research Associate
Institute on Community Integration

Deborah Levison
Professor
Humphrey School of Public Affairs

Carolyn Liebler
Associate Professor
Sociology

Enid Logan
Associate Professor
Sociology

Lacey Loomer
Associate Professor
Health Care Management

Hannes Malmberg
Assistant Professor
Economics

Colleen Flaherty Manchester
Associate Professor
Carlson School of Management

Schelomo Marmor
Associate Professor
Surgical Oncology
Co-Director
Center for Quality Outcomes, Discovery and Evaluation (C-QODE)

Ann Masten
Regents Professor, Distinguished McKnight Professor
Institute of Child Development

Mary Jo "MJ" Maynes
Professor
History

Donna McAlpine
Associate Professor
Health Policy and Management

Matt McGue
Professor
Psychology

Siobhan McMahon
Associate Professor
School of Nursing

Ann Meier
Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Programs
CLA
Professor
Sociology
Nate Merrill
Data Analyst, IPUMS

Jude Mikal
Senior Research Fellow
College of Pharmacy

Phyllis Moen
Professor
Sociology

Rajean Moone
Faculty Director
Long Term Care Administration

Samuel L. Myers, Jr.
Professor
Humphrey School of Public Affairs

Toben Nelson
Professor
Epidemiology and Community Health

Hannah Neprash
Assistant Professor
Health Policy and Management

Huong Nguyen
Clinical Associate Professor
School of Nursing

Viann Nguyen-Feng
Assistant Professor
Counseling Psychology
Manka Nkimbeng
Assistant Professor
Health Policy & Management
Affiliate Assistant Professor
School of Nursing

Paige Nong
Assistant Professor
School of Public Health

Carrie Oelberger
Assistant Professor
Humphrey School of Public Affairs

Theresa Osypuk
Professor
Epidemiology and Community Health

Joshua Page
Fink Professor
Sociology and Law
Anna Prizment
Associate Professor
Medicine
Research Themes

David M. Quinn
Associate Professor
College of Education and Human Development

Wendy Rahn
Professor
Political Science

Arthur J. Reynolds
Professor
Institute of Child Development

Evan Roberts
Assistant Professor
History of Medicine

Glenn Roisman
Distinguished McKnight University Professor
Robert Holmes Beck Chair of Ideas in Education
Institute of Child Development

Alexander Rothman
Professor
Psychology

Martha Rueter
Professor Emeritus
Family Social Science

Steven Ruggles
Director
ISRDI
Professor
History

Gina Rumore
Research Development Consultant

Sula Sarkar
Research Scientist
ISRDI

Joachim Savelsberg
Professor
Sociology

Ingrid Schneider
Professor
Forestry

Jonathan Schroeder
Project Manager
IPUMS NHGIS
Research Scientist
ISRDI

Cathy Schulz
Family Social Science

Tetyana Shippee
Professor
Health Policy and Management

Jeffry Simpson
Professor
Psychology

Mark Snyder
Professor
Psychology

Matt Sobek
Director of Data Integration
IPUMS

Ying Song
Associate Professor
Geography, Environment and Society

Teresa Swartz
Assistant Professor
Sociology

Kristine Talley
Associate Professor
School of Nursing
Director
Center for Aging Science and Care Innovation

Judy Temple
Professor
Humphrey School of Public Affairs

Bharat Thyagarajan
Professor
Laboratory Medicine and Pathology

Christopher Uggen
Professor
Sociology and Law

David Van Riper
Director of Spatial Analysis
ISRDI

Alexandra VanBergen
Senior Data Analyst
MPC

Jane VanHuevelen
Assistant Professor
Sociology

Tom VanHuevelen
Associate Professor
Sociology

Frances Vavrus
Professor
College of Education and Human Development

Sithara Vivek
Assistant Professor
Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Research Themes

John Robert Warren
Director
ISRDI
Professor
Sociology
Co-Director
Training Program in Population Health Science

Cliff Whetung
Assistant Professor, Medical School

Rachel Widome
Professor
Epidemiology and Community Health

Kari Williams
Senior Data Analyst
IPUMS

Sylia Wilson
Associate Professor
Institute of Child Development

Elizabeth Wrigley-Field
Associate Director
MPC
Associate Professor
Sociology

Lin Xiu
Professor
Human Resource Management