Elaine Belansky, PhD
Center Director and Principal Investigator
Associate Research Professor
Elaine.Belansky@du.edu
303-871-3237
Research Interests
- Child and adolescent health
- School health
- Strategies to shorten research to practice lag time
Shannon Allen, PhD
Project Manager
Assistant Research Professor
Shannon.Allen@du.edu
303-871-2996
Research Interests
- Education policy
- Family and community engagement
- Two-generation strategies
Ben Ingman, PhD
Principal Investigator
Assistant Research Professor
Benjamin.Ingman@du.edu
303-871-2557
Research Interests:
- Adventure education
- School health
- Curriculum studies
Nicholas Cutforth, PhD
Director of Community Engagement
Professor and Chair, Department of Research Methods and Information Science
Nicholas.Cutforth@du.edu
303-871-2477
Research Interests:
- School and community physical activity environments
- Community engaged scholarship
- Qualitative research
Our Project Leadership Staff
Shirley Berg, MA
Business Coordinator
Shirley.Berg@du.edu
Carla Loecke, MEd
Director of Curriculum & Training
Carla.Loecke@du.edu
Jerry Jones
AIM Facilitator and Community Coordinator
Jerry.L.Jones@du.edu
Susan Portner, RN
AIM Facilitator
Susan.Portner@du.edu
Our Student Research Assistants
Joi Lin
Graduate Research Assistant
AIM-XL Facilitator
Joi.Lin@du.edu
Research Interests
- Gifted career development
- Virtual learning
- Education policy
Debbie Gowensmith
Graduate Research Assistant
AIM-XL Facilitator
Debbie.Gowensmith@du.edu
Research Interests
- Community-engaged research
- Participatory and culturally rooted evaluation methods
- The role of research and evaluation in social justice
Liliana Diaz
Graduate Research Assistant
Project Manager
Liliana.Diaz@du.edu
Research Interests
- Latinx students success
- Civic engagement
- Higher education public policy
Andrea Johnson
Graduate Research Assistant
AIM-XL Facilitator
Andrea.Johnson@du.edu
Research Interests
- Literacy Education with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
- Rural education practices
- Teacher training
