Our Team

Co-Directors

  • headshot J. Lawrence Aber

    J. Lawrence Aber

    Willner Family Professor of Psychology and Public Policy and University Professor

    la39@nyu.edu

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  • Headshot Hirokazu Yoshikawa

    Hirokazu Yoshikawa

    Courtney Sale Ross University Professor of Globalization and Education at Steinhardt, Applied Psychology

    hy2042@nyu.edu

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Executive Team

(Alphabetical by last name)

Research & Communication, Coordination, Operations Staff

(Alphabetical by last name)

NYU Research Affiliates

  • Edward Seidman, Ph.D
    Professor and Director,
    Psychology and Social Intervention Program
    Department of Applied Psychology, New York University, New York

  • Dana Burde, Ph.D
    Assistant Professor of International Education, New York University, New York
    Affiliate, Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies at Columbia University
    Editor-in-Chief, Journal on Education in Emergencies.

  • Rezarta Bilali, Ph.D
    Assistant Professor of Psychology and Social Intervention, New York University, New York

  • Alejandro J. Ganimian Ph.D
    Assistant Professor of Applied Psychology and Economics, New York University, New York

  • Linda Collins, Ph.D
    Professor of Global Public Health, New York University

  • Peter Van der Windt, Ph.D
    Assistant Professor of Political Science, NYU Abu Dhabi

  • Antje Von Suchodoletz, Ph.D
    Assistant Professor of Psychology, NYU Abu Dhabi

  • Samreen Malik, Ph.D
    Associate Professor of Economics, NYU Abu Dhabi

  • Jocelyn Bélanger, Ph.D
    Assistant Professor of Psychology, NYU Abu Dhabi

  • Rachel Brulé, Ph.D
    Assistant Professor of Political Science, NYU Abu Dhabi

  • Anaga Ramachandran
    Doctoral Student, Psychology and Social Intervention, New York University, New York

  • Sharon Kim
    Doctoral Student, Psychology and Social Intervention, New York University, New York

  • Zezhen (Michael) Wu
    Doctoral Student, Psychology and Social Intervention, New York University, New York

  • Lucero Ramirez-Varela
    Doctoral Student, Psychology and Social Intervention, New York University, New York

External Collaborators

  • Jere Behrman, Ph.D

    William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Economics, University of Pennsylvania

  • Olga Lucia Gonzalez Beltran, Ph.D

    Post-doctoral Researcher, Universidad de los Andes

  • Carolina Maldonado Carreño, Ph.D

    Associate Professor, Universidad de los Andes

  • Peter F. Halpin, Ph.D

    Associate Professor, Learning Sciences and Psychological Studies, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

  • Sarah Kabay, Ph.D

    Program Director, Education, Innovations for Poverty Action

  • Paul Hastings, Ph.D

    University of California - Davis

  • Garene Kaloustian, Ph.D

    SEL Specialist, World Learning

  • Dana Charles McCoy, Ph.D

    Assistant Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education

  • Andres Molano, Ph.D

    Associate Professor, Universidad de los Andes (on leave)

  • Camilo Moreno, Ph.D

    Post-doctoral Researcher, Universidad de los Andes

  • Paul Oburu, Ph.D

    Associate Professor of Psychology, Maseno University

  • Sharon Wolf, Ph.D 

    Assistant Professor, Human Development and Quantitative Methods Division, University of Pennsylvania