
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

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

Nancy O’Sullivan
ECHO-DU Program Manager
Nancy.OSullivan@du.edu


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