The Southwestern Pennsylvania Program for Deliberative Democracy

Staff

 

 

Amelia Haviland, Social Scientist
Dr. Haviland is an Associate Statistician at the RAND Corporation. Her current research focuses on complex sampling, causality, and economic and health disparities. Prior to joining RAND, she taught Carnegie Mellon University's undergraduate course on "Surveys, Sampling, and Society."

Ken Mohnkern, Document Designer
Ken Mohnkern is an editor, technical writer, and interaction designer for Carnegie Mellon University's Information Technology Sourcing Qualification Center (ITsqc).

 

Kelli McElhinny, Public Relations
Asthe associate director of media relations at Carnegie Mellon University, she oversees public relations and alumni communications for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Liz Style, Manager, Carnegie Mellon University
Liz Style is Project Manager in the Center for the Advancement of Applied Ethics and Political Philosophy and a manager in the Southwestern Pennsylvania Program for Deliberative Democracy. Her responsibilities include the development, implementation, and management of all activities of the Program. She is also responsible for researching funding and developing community partnerships. She has served as co-administrator of the Virtual Agora Project and of the Public Informed Citizen's On-line Assembly (PICOLA).

Directors

Barbara Mistick with Karlyn Voss, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Robert Cavalier, Carnegie Mellon University

Staff

Jeff Anderson, Manager, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Suzanne Thinnes, Public Relations, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Amelia Haviland, Social Scientist, RAND Corporation
Ken Mohnkern, Document Designer, Carnegie Mellon University
Nasheena Porter, Intern, Carnegie Mellon University
Jonathan Potts, Public Relations, Carnegie Mellon University
Liz Style, Manager, Carnegie Mellon University

Advisory Board

Barry Balmat, RAND Corp.
Gregg Behr, The Forbes Funds
Gregory Crowley, Coro Center for Civic Leadership
Catherine DeLoughry, Allegheny Conference on Community Development
Aradhna Dhanda, Leadership Pittsburgh
Jim Fishkin, Stanford Center for Deliberative Democracy
Joseph Kirk, Mon Valley Progress Council
Allyson Lowe, Chatham College's Pennsylvania Women in Politics and Public Policy
Tracy McCants-Lewis, The Urban League Young Professionals
Teresa Miller, University of Pittsburgh Institute of Politics
Evelyn Murrin, League of Women Voters
Martha Raak
Kathy Risko, Pittsburgh Urban Magnet Program (PUMP)
Dan Simpson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Media Partner

WQED Multimedia


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