In addition to the awardees, the core Research and Documentation team consists of several faculty, staff and graduate students from the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University, as well as researchers from awardees’ communities who support the research activities awardees chose to engage in over the two years in the program.
Sonia Ospina, Co-Director, Principal Investigator
In addition to the core R&D team members, the staff at NYU Wagner collaborates with a group of consultants that work directly with the awardees on narrative inquiry, cooperative inquiry and ethnography.
Tamara Buckley
Counselor Education Programs
LCW Narrative Inquiry Team
Melinda Fine
Institute for Education and Social Policy, New York University
LCW Narrative Inquiry Team
Beth Rosenthal
Collaboration and Change
LCW Narrative Inquiry Team
Jonathan Walters
Freelance Writer
LCW Narrative Inquiry Writer
Elizabeth Kasl
California Center for Integral Studies
LCW Cooperative Inquiry Consultant
Lewis Jordan
Saint Mary’s College of California
LCW Cooperative Inquiry Facilitator
Linda Sartor
Dominican University
LCW Cooperative Inquiry Facilitator
Lyle Yorks
Teachers College, Columbia University
LCW Cooperative Inquiry Facilitator
Linda Smith
University of Maryland University College
LCW Cooperative Inquiry Facilitator
Lucia Alcantara
Teachers College, Columbia University
LCW Cooperative Inquiry Facilitator
Monica Byrne-Jimenez
University of Massachusetts, Boston
LCW Cooperative Inquiry Facilitator
Sandra Hayes
Teachers College, Columbia University
LCW Cooperative Inquiry Facilitator
Rose Miller
Rose Miller Associates
LCW Cooperative Inquiry Facilitator
Mary Hufford
Center for Folklore and Ethnography, University of Pennsylvania
LCW Ethnographer
Barbara Lau
Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University
LCW Ethnographer
Sabrina Lynn Motley
Department of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles
LCW Ethnographer
Abel Valenzuela
Center for the Study of Urban Poverty, University of California,
Los Angeles
LCW Ethnographer
Stephanie Arellano
Service Employees International Union
LCW Ethnographer
Susan Lobo
Independent Cultural Anthropologist
LCW Ethnographer
Kathleen Hall
University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education
LCW Ethnographer
Harvey Finkle
Harvey Finkle Photography
LCW Photographic Ethnographer
Lisa Weinberg
Organizational Consultant
LCW Ethnographer
Lynn Stephen
University of Oregon
LCW Ethnographer
Willard C. Hall, Jr.
Hall Management Corporation
LCW Ethnographer
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
The LCW Research and Documentation Component works collaboratively with an Advisory Committee comprised of seven members. The Advisory Committee brings to our team broad experience in the fields of qualitative and participative methods, leadership studies and development, documentary arts, and group relations.
David Cohen
Senior Fellow, Experience Corps/Civic Ventures; President, Global Integrity; Co-Founder, Advocacy Institute
Wilfred Drath
Group Director and Senior Fellow; Center for Creative Leadership
Aldon Morris
Professor of Sociology; Department of Sociology; Northwestern University
Melvin Oliver
Dean of Social Sciences; Center for Film, Television and New Media; University of California, Santa Barbara
Charles Palus
Senior Research Scientist; Center for Creative Leadership
Linda Powell
Senior Fellow; Research Center for Leadership in Action
Peter Reason
Director and Director of Studies; Postgraduate Programme in Action Research; The School of Management; University of Bath
Carol Stack
Professor of Social and Cultural Studies; Graduate School of Education