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Kathy Harrington Sullivan

Assistant Director, University of Illinois Systems Institute of Government and Public Affairs

Kathy Harrington Sullivan is the Assistant Director at the University of Illinois Systems Institute of Government and Public Affairs. In this role she is the director of the NEW Leadership


Emma Brick-Hezeau

NEW Leadership Research Aide, Newcomb Institute

Emma Brick-Hezeau earned a B.S. from Tulane University in Economics with a minor in Political Science and a B.A. in Linguistics from Tulane University. Emma joined Newcomb Institute as an


Aidan Smith, Ph.D.

Director of the Newcomb Scholars Program, Newcomb Institute

Aidan Smith is the Director of the Newcomb Scholars Program and teaches its first year seminar, The History and Philosophy of Higher Education: The Role of College Women. She earned


Anna Mitchell Mahoney, Ph.D.

Director of Research and Administrative Assistant Professor of Women's Political Leadership, Newcomb Institute

Anna Mitchell Mahoney earned a B.A. from Loyola University in Mass Communications, a M.A. in Women’s Studies from the University of Alabama, and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Rutgers


Julie Henriquez Aldana, Ph.D.

Administrative Assistant Professor of Women’s Leadership and Director of Student Leadership and Engagement, Newcomb Institute

Julie Henriquez Aldana serves as an Administrative Assistant Professor of Women’s Leadership and Director of Student Leadership and Engagement for the Newcomb Institute.  She earned a B.S. in International Trade


Sally J. Kenney, Ph.D.

Executive Director, Newcomb Institute

Sally J. Kenney has served as director of the Newcomb Institute and held the Newcomb endowed chair since 2010. She is a faculty member in the Political Science Department and


Claire Krafka

Alumnae in Residence, The Ohio State University

Claire Krafka (she/her) is a rising fourth-year at Ohio State University from Dayton, Ohio. She studies Strategic Communications and Public Management, Leadership, and Policy, with a minor in Campaigns and


Lauren Schueler

Director of N.E.W. Leadership and Civic Engagement, University of Oklahoma

Lauren Schueler is the director of N.E.W. Leadership and civic engagement at the Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center. She coordinates the N.E.W. (National Education for Women’s) Leadership program


Dr. Rachel Blum

Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Oklahoma

Rachel Blum is an Assistant Professor in the Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center and the Department of Political Science at the University of Oklahoma. She received her Ph.D.


Sandra Miller

Program Assistant, The Ohio State University

Sandra Miller fosters community leadership as a Program Assistant for the Professional Development unit at the John Glenn College of Public Affairs at her alma mater, The Ohio State University.