MDI Faculty

MDI Research Professors

Michael Bailey

Colonel William J. Walsh Professor of American Government, Department of Government and McCourt School of Public Policy

Renee DiResta

Associate Research Professor

Ellie Graeden

Research Professor

Thessalia Merivaki

Associate Teaching Professor

Amy O’Hara

Research Professor
Director, Georgetown Federal Statistical Research Data Center

Jake Pasner

Assistant Research Professor

Lisa Singh

Director, Massive Data Institute
Sonneborn Chair | Chair and Professor, Department of Computer Science | Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy

Ioannis Ziogas

Assistant Teaching Professor/ MDI Assistant Research Professor

MDI Affiliated Faculty

Maria Alva (She/Her)

Department of Health Management and Policy, Assistant Professor

Ali Arab (He/Him)

Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies

Michael Bailey

Colonel William J. Walsh Professor of American Government, Department of Government and McCourt School of Public Policy

Shweta Bansal (She/Her)

Department of Biology, Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor

Evan Barba (He/Him)

Department of Communication Culture and Technology, Associate Professor

Sarah Adel Bargal (She/Her)

Computer Science, Assistant Professor

Simon Blanchard (He/Him)

McDonough School of Business, Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor and Dean’s Professor

Leticia Bode (She/Her)

Department of Communication Culture and Technology, Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor

NaLette Brodnax (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Assistant Professor

Der-Chen Chang

Department of Computer Science and Mathematics, McDevitt Chair Professor

Sandeep Dahiya (He/Him)

McDonough School of Business Entrepreneurship and Finance, Akkaway Professor

Jishnu Das (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy and SFS, Professor

Thomas DeLeire (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Professor

Laura DeNardis (She/Her)

Communication, Culture & Technology, Professor

Robin Dillon-Merrill (She/Her)

McDonough School of Business Operations and Analytics, Professor and Area Head

Renee DiResta

Associate Research Professor

Katherine Donato (She/Her)

International Migration, Donald G. Herzberg Professor

Nada Eissa (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Associate Professor

Will Fleisher (He/Him)

Department of Philosophy, Assistant Professor

Ellie Graeden

Research Professor

Bradley Hardy (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Assistant Professor

Benjamin Harrop-Griffiths (He/Him)

Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Assistant Professor

Qiwei “Britt” He (She/Her)

Program in Data Analytics, Associate Professor

Sebastian Jilke(He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor

Rebecca Johnson (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Assistant Professor

S. Ayse Kadayifci-Orellana (She/Her)

Master of Science in Foreign Service, Adjunct Faculty
Department of Government, Adjunct Faculty

So-Yeon Kang

Assistant Professor

Jonathan Ladd (He/Him)

McCourt School and Department of Government, Associate Professor

Megan Lickley (She/Her)

Walsh School of Foreign Service, Assistant Professor

Janet Mann (She/Her)

Department of Biology and Psychology, Distinguished University Professor

Dayanand Manoli (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Associate Professor

Brian McCabe (He/Him)

Department of Sociology, Associate Professor

Thessalia Merivaki

Associate Teaching Professor

Judith Miller (She/Her)

Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Professor

Kobbi Nissim (He/Him)

Department of Computer Science, Professor and McDevitt Term Chair

Amy O’Hara

Research Professor
Director, Georgetown Federal Statistical Research Data Center

Jake Pasner

Assistant Research Professor

Evelyn Patterson (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Professor
Co-Director of Racial Justice Institute

Reining Petacchi (She/Her)

McDonough School of Business, Associate Professor

Bogdan Raita (He/Him)

Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Assistant Professor

Elissa Redmiles (She/Her)

Department of Computer Science, Assistant Professor

Mark Richardson (He/Him)

Department of Government, Assistant Professor

Leslie Ries (She/Her)

Department of Biology, Associate Professor

Carole Roan Gresenz (She/Her)

Department of Health Management & Policy and MSPP, Professor

Eva Rosen (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Associate Professor

Marguerite Roza (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Director, Edunomics Lab and Research Professor

Nita Rudra (She/Her)

Department of Government, Professor

Rebecca Ryan (She/Her)

Department of Psychology, Professor

Lutz Sager (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Assistant Professor

Toni-Lee Sangastiano (She/Her)

Department of Art and Art History, Associate Professor of the Practice and Digital Media Specialist

Nathan Schneider (He/Him)

Department of Linguistics and Computer Science, Associate Professor

Micah Sherr (He/Him)

Department of Computer Science, Callahan Family Professor

Lisa Singh

Director, Massive Data Institute
Sonneborn Chair | Chair and Professor, Department of Computer Science | Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy

Andrew Sobanet (He/Him)

Department of French and Francophone Studies, Professor and Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs

Mahlet Tadesse (She/Her)

Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Professor

Kevin Tobia (He/Him)

Associate Professor of Law

Rajesh Veeraraghavan (He/Him)

School of Foreign Service, Assistant Professor

Muthuramakrishnan Venkitasubramaniam (He/Him)

Computer Science, Associate Professor

Tiago Ventura (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Assistant Professor

Qiuping Yu (She/Her)

McDonough School of Business, Associate Professor

Amir Zeldes (He/Him)

Department of Linguistics, Associate Professor

Ioannis Ziogas

Assistant Teaching Professor/ MDI Assistant Research Professor