DELTA CENTER - Key Persons


Aaron Buss

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Anna Fisher

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Ariel Aloe

Job Titles:
  • Professor
Education: Ph.D., Florida State University, 2009

Art Kramer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Director of Beckman Institute, Professor

Ashley Farris-Trimble

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Becky Gonzalez

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Benjamin Munson

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Bernd Fritzsch

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Affiliate
  • Biology

Bob McMurray

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Executive Board

Bradley Love

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Professor

Brenda Nelson

Job Titles:
  • Owner, Brenda 's Educare Home

Brian F. McCabe

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  • Member of the Affiliate
  • Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Bruce Gantz

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Affiliate

Carolyn Brown

Job Titles:
  • Community Partner
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Co - Founder of Breakthrough to Literacy

Cathleen Moore

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Affiliate
  • Professor
Education: Ph.D. University of California, San Diego

Charles Nelson

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Christi Reagan

Job Titles:
  • Community Partner
  • Director, HACAP Head Start Early Head Start

Christine Shea

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Chuck Peters

Job Titles:
  • Community Partner
  • President, the Gazette Company

Claire Goodwin

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant

Colleen Mitchell

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
  • Member of the Affiliate
  • Mathematics

Dan Brooks

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Fellow

David Lewkowicz

Job Titles:
  • Professor

David Shenk

Job Titles:
  • Writer, Lecturer, Filmmaker

Dean Keith Simonton

Job Titles:
  • Dean
  • Distinguished Professor

Deb Dunkhase

Job Titles:
  • Community Partner
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Director, Iowa Children 's Museum

Deborah Linebarger

Job Titles:
  • Director, Children 's Media Lab / Associate Professor
Education: PhD, University of Texas, Austin, 1998 University: Purdue University

Deirdre Egan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Affiliate
  • Instructional Service Specialist

Donald P. Hayes

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Psychology

Duhita Mahatmya

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Affiliate
  • Associate Research Scientist / Engin
  • Associate Research Scientist / Engin / Research and Development

Eliot Hazeltine

Job Titles:
  • Professor
Education: PhD, University of California, Berkeley, 1997

Elizabeth O'Neal

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Student

Elizabeth Walker

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Emilie Maurel-Destruel

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Affiliate
  • Associate Professor / Director of 1st and 2nd Year French Program

Eric S. Jackson

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Evelina Dineva

Job Titles:
  • Scientific Assistant

External Link

Job Titles:
  • Community Partner

F. Wendell Miller

Job Titles:
  • Department Chair, Psychological and Brain Sciences

Fabian Soto

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Francis Smith

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Research Scholar / Psychology

Gavin Jenkins

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Fellow

Gregor Schöner

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Greta Sokoloff

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Affiliate
  • Research Scientist / Blumberg Lab

Gwyneth Rost

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Hanna Stevens

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
  • Member of the Executive Board

Heather Bortfeld

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Heidi Harmon

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics - Neonatology

Holly Storkel

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Chair

Isaac Petersen

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
  • Member of the Affiliate

J. Toby Mordkoff

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
  • Member of the Affiliate

Jake Kurczek

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Jake Michaelson

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

James C Dooley

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Affiliate
  • Assistant Research Scientist / Engin

Janet Werker

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Jean Gordon

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Jeanie Wade-Nagle

Job Titles:
  • Early Education Supervisor, Grant Wood AEA

Jerry Zimmermann

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Co - Founder of Breakthrough to Literacy

Jessica Horst

Job Titles:
  • Senior Lecturer

Jessica O'Bleness

Job Titles:
  • Research Consultant

Jodie Plumert

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Starch Faculty Fellow

Joe Toscano

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

John Freeman

Job Titles:
  • Professor & Stuit Faculty Fellow

Joseph Kearney

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Affiliate
  • Professor

Joshua Bongard

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Joshua Weiner

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Affiliate
  • Associate Dean / Biology

Juan Pablo Hourcade

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Julia Hollister

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Julie Gros-Louis

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Instruction

Kai Hwang

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Karen Adolph

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Psychology and Neural Science

Kate Nation

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Katherine Gordon

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Fellow

Keith Baxelbaum

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Affiliate
  • Assistant Research Scientist / Engineer

Kelli Ryckman

Job Titles:
  • Department of Epidemiology
  • Professor

Kezia Cecil Walker

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Student

Kristen Missall

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Kristi Hendrickson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Board

Lane Strathearn

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Affiliate
  • Professor

Laura Lavine

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Laurie Nash

Job Titles:
  • Early Childhood Specialist, Johnson County Empowerment

Leyre Castro Ruiz

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Member of the Affiliate
  • Research Scientist

Lina Reiss

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Linda Smith

Job Titles:
  • Chancellor
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Lisa Goffman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Professor

Lourdes Delgado Reyes

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Student

Lynn Perry

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Marco Pipoly

Job Titles:
  • Fellow

Marcus Galle

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer

Mark Blumberg

Job Titles:
  • Department Chair, Psychological and Brain Sciences

Martin Kivlighan

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
  • Member of the Affiliate

Mary Louise Petersen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Affiliate
  • Mary Louise Petersen Chair in Higher Education

Mary Lukas

Job Titles:
  • Founder and Director, Success from the Start

Mary Mascher

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • State Representative, District 77

Matthew Lira

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
  • Member of the Executive Board

Melissa Duff

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Melissa Lehan Mackin

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Michael Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Michael Young

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Michelle Voss

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
  • Member of the Affiliate

Molly Nikolas

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Morgan Di-Napoli Parr

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Student

Morten Christiansen

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Naomi Rodgers

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
  • Member of the Affiliate

Nate Klooster

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Fellow

Nicholas Bowman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Affiliate
  • Mary Louise Petersen Chair in Higher Education

Olga Lazareva

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Patti Bahr

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Professor

Peggy Nopoulos

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Affiliate
  • Professor

Philip Zelazo


Prahlad Gupta

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Rebecca Alper

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Fellow

Richard Lamb

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Rick Arenas

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Robert Lickliter

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Rodica Curtu

Job Titles:
  • Mathematics
  • Professor

Roumyana Slabakova

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Sammy Perone

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Sarah Kucker

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Scott Robinson

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Sean Deoni

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Shana Carpenter

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Shannon Ross-Sheehy

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Sheila Hansen

Job Titles:
  • Director, Every Child Counts

Sir Patrick Bateson

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus Professor

Sobanawartiny Wijeakumar

Job Titles:
  • Senior Research Associate

Stephanie Carlson

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Susan Assouline

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Affiliate
  • Professor

Susan Cook

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
  • Member of the Executive Board

Susan Gray

Job Titles:
  • Director, 4Cs Community Coordinated Child Care

Tania Leal

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Student

Valerie Mendez-Gallardo

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Vanessa Simmering

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Vincent Magnotta

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Affiliate
  • Professor / Radiology

Vladimir Sloutsky

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Zhen Wu

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor